Cadence · Interval Timer Flow vs Breathe Easy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cadence · Interval Timer Flow
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One timer for training, breathwork, meditation, and deep focus. Whether you're pushing through run/walk intervals, pacing a cold plunge, cycling through box breathing, or sitting in meditation — Cadence guides you. Just the right cues for every situation, so you stay in flow. One app for body, mind, and productivity — the only timer you need across every discipline. BUILT FOR HOW YOU ACTUALLY PRACTICE Cadence guides you through your personal tailored practice. Every block in your sequence carries its own cue — a selection of various sounds, a haptic pulse, a color burst, a flashlight flash — so you always know where you are without opening your eyes. Or go completely silent, mute every sound, and let the flashlight flash alone guide you through. • Breathwork — Build sequences for box breathing, coherent breathing, 4-7-8, or any pattern you practice. Cadence reminds you of each breath and cycle. • Meditation — Design your own sit with cues that gently bring you back to the present moment. No voice telling you what to feel — just a quiet signal when it's time. • Deep work — Pomodoro-style work and break blocks to anchor your attention. No app switching. No distractions. • Training — HIIT, Tabata, and run/walk intervals with haptic cues that land even when your phone is in your pocket. • Cold exposure — Set your hold and let a cue pace your breathing to a slow, steady rhythm that keeps you calm in the cold. 17 PRESETS TO START IN SECONDS Seventeen presets — Silent Calming Anchor, Before Bed Wind-Down, Cold Exposure, Box Breathing, Tabata, and many more. Pick one and go. When you want more control, build your own multi-block sequences from scratch. Set each block's duration, cue type, repeat count, and transition sound. Save them. Reuse them. Evolve them as your practice grows. PROGRAMS THAT GROW WITH YOU Three built-in programs with structured progressions to help you build a lasting practice: • 5K Training — Progressive run/walk intervals that build you towards a 5K. • Meditation — Start at five minutes and gradually build to thirty over the course of weeks. • Reading stamina — Extends your uninterrupted reading time, session by session. DESIGNED TO DISAPPEAR AND TO GET YOU IN THE FLOW Cadence uses sound, haptics, and light — not narration — to guide your practice. Eyes closed, phone face-down, fully present. Just the right cues that keep you on track without pulling you out of the moment. YOUR SESSION AT A GLANCE Three concentric rings show your progress in real time — session, round, and block — so one look tells you everything. A Lock Screen Live Activity keeps your timer visible without unlocking your phone. Add your favourite timers as Home Screen widgets for quick access. When you finish, Cadence logs your session to Apple Health automatically — Mindful Sessions for meditation and breathwork, Workouts for training. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No tracking. No ads. Your practice data stays on your device and nowhere else. TRY CADENCE FREE Start with a 7-day free trial. Then choose a monthly, annual subscription, or a one-time purchase — whichever feels right. Simple structure for your best work. Download Cadence and feel the difference. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Breathe Easy
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Breathe Easy is a breathing timer for iPhone and Apple Watch that keeps going with the screen off: the session stays on the Lock Screen, and on your wrist the watch taps out every phase. Pick a rhythm, lock your iPhone, put it face down and breathe: the sound cues carry on, and the Lock Screen shows the phase. FREE, FOREVER • Box breathing (4·4·4·4) and 4-7-8, unlimited sessions • Singing bowl sound cues, gentle haptics, sessions of 1, 3, 5 or 10 minutes • Start your last practice from a Home Screen or Lock Screen widget. • An optional daily reminder, off until you switch it on. • Works offline. No account, no ads, no analytics: the app collects nothing. PRO, ONE PAYMENT • All 12 practices, box and 4-7-8 plus: coherent breathing, calming exhale, triangle, equal breathing, pursed-lip pacing, long exhale, slow resonance, extended box, physiological sigh and a custom pattern • Your own rhythm: breaths 1 to 20 seconds, holds 0 to 20 seconds • Kalimba, chimes, guitar, handpan and voice sound themes, four more color themes, and every theme added later No subscription, no renewals, nothing to cancel. Pay once and it's yours. ON YOUR WRIST On Apple Watch, Breathe Easy taps out every phase: a rising tap to breathe in, a falling one to breathe out, so you can breathe with your eyes closed. Start it from a watch face complication or, on Apple Watch Ultra, the Action button. The free practices work on the watch on their own; Pro, your custom pattern, your color theme and your preparation length come from your iPhone. WHY IT KEEPS GOING Breathe Easy runs the session like a music player, so your iPhone keeps it going with the screen locked: the Lock Screen shows the phase, Pause and Play, and an End button. CALM BY DESIGN One screen, one orb that breathes with you, a countdown you can read from across the room, and nothing that nags: no streaks, no pop-ups, and the daily reminder stays off unless you turn it on. In English, Ukrainian, Polish, German, Spanish, French and Portuguese.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Breathe Easy at every 4 days against Cadence · Interval Timer Flow's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Cadence · Interval Timer Flow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Breathe Easy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cadence · Interval Timer Flow ships an update every 2 weeks, Breathe Easy every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cadence · Interval Timer Flow | Breathe Easy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christian Kasper | Yevhen Kalahanov |
In-app purchases
Cadence · Interval Timer Flow
- Cadence Pro — Monthly$2.991 Month
- Cadence Pro — Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$59.99
Breathe Easy
- Pro$6.99
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