Comparison

Liner Notes vs BreatheVantage

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Liner Notes

This AI-powered journal transforms your daily reflections into unique visual art, personalized music recommendations, and weekly letters. It helps you capture feelings, track your mood, and see your days in context without pressure or guilt.

Highlights
  • AI visual art generation
  • Personalized music recommendations
  • Weekly summary letters
  • Drafts from photos and events
  • Voice and text entry
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Your day, journaled for you. Liner Notes is an auto diary and voice journal that drafts your day from your photos, sleep, steps, heart rate and conversations, and keeps the time you spend with the people who matter as memories. No account. Your records stay on your iPhone. PHOTOS, SLEEP, STEPS WRITE YOUR DAY Your places, photos, plans, sleep, steps and workouts are already a draft of the day. Read it, change only what you want, and keep it. On days you'd rather talk, one line into the mic is plenty. YOUR HEART RATE, TENSE OR RELAXED With Apple Watch, your heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV) are compared with your usual self at that time of day, so a timeline shows when your body was tense and when it was relaxed. Plans, places, workouts and sleep sit alongside. After a workout, see how your heart rate came back down. This feature is for keeping and reflecting on your days. It is not intended for diagnosis or medical use. TIME WITH PEOPLE, IN THEIR WORDS Keep a conversation from a spoken note, and it's transcribed on your iPhone and split by speaker; summaries are made with Apple's Private Cloud Compute. The recording is deleted once it's text. Whether to tell people in the room is up to you. Conversations with people you name become part of your memories of them. FROM APPLE WATCH, TOO One press on your wrist starts recording. Your iPhone takes it from there. HEART RATE AND VOICE AS YOU TALK Your heart rate, the pitch of your voice, how much each of you talked, and laughter line up over a conversation, so you can see where it came alive. SEE HOW YOUR RELATIONSHIPS SHIFT Who you spent time with, and on what. People become glass particles and topics become capsules that shift as time plays. Liner Notes also tells you in plain words who appeared for the first time and who you haven't seen in a while. A PICTURE AND A SONG FOR EVERY DAY Each day's entry gets a picture and a song that fits. Each morning, a short note picks up from the day before, and at the end of the week, a letter to you arrives from seven days of records. YOUR RECORDS STAY ON YOUR IPHONE - There is no account - Your diary and conversations are stored on your iPhone - You choose where text is created in Settings: on your iPhone, Apple's private cloud, or OpenAI. OpenAI is used only with your consent, while you subscribe or during the preview - Export every record anytime as Markdown or as a full copy NO STREAKS, NO GUILT No streak counters, no "you missed a day" messages. While you're away, the automatic record keeps going, and it's waiting when you come back. FEATURES - A diary draft from places, photos, plans, sleep and steps - A day timeline from heart rate and HRV (tense and relaxed) - Conversation records with speakers and summaries, and recording from Apple Watch - Heart rate, voice pitch and laughter over a conversation - Workout heart rate and how it came back down afterward - Atlas: how people and topics shift over time, with highlights - The day's picture and tonight's song - A morning note and a weekly letter - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Siri and the Action Button - Records calendar and "One year ago today" - Export as Markdown or a full copy, and a daily copy to iCloud Drive PRICING The daily diary, automatic records, drafting and polishing, and export are free forever, plus a morning note once a week. Your first 3 mornings (up to 7 days) let you try the subscription with no card and no automatic charge. The subscription adds a morning note every day, weekly letters, conversation records, the day's picture and tonight's song. Family Sharing supported. Full playback of tonight's song requires an Apple Music subscription. Keep the days that slip away. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://linernotes.aves.ltd/en/privacy.html

About

BreatheVantage

This app offers guided breathing exercises with visual and haptic feedback. Choose from proven patterns or create your own, with options for Apple Watch integration and health tracking.

Highlights
  • Guided breathing patterns (4-7-8, Box, Coherent)
  • Customizable breathing pattern builder
  • Haptic and audio guidance
  • Apple Watch integration with haptic feedback
  • Session history and streaks
  • Apple Health integration (Mindful Minutes)
  • Live heart rate monitoring (Premium)
Features
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BreatheVantage is a calm, beautiful place to breathe. Watch a single luminous orb rise and settle with your breath. Follow proven patterns — 4-7-8, Box, and Coherent — or build your own. Warm phase tones and soft haptics guide each inhale, hold, and exhale, so you can close your eyes and simply follow along. APPLE WATCH • Breathe on your wrist — haptic guidance, eyes closed, no screen needed • A session keeps going when you lower your wrist • Premium: live heart rate on your wrist during iPhone sessions, and how far you settled by the end FREE • The 4-7-8 breathing pattern • A soothing brown-noise soundscape • The full breathing experience — no account, no ads PREMIUM • Every breathing pattern, plus a custom pattern builder • A full palette of soundscapes • Session history and streaks • Log sessions to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes • Live heart rate from Apple Watch Everything runs on your device. Nothing about your sessions is collected or sent anywhere. Premium is $6.99/month or $49.99/year, with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://breathe.layavantagesystems.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://breathe.layavantagesystems.com/privacy BreatheVantage is a wellness and relaxation tool. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any condition.

Screenshots

Liner Notes4 screens
BreatheVantage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BreatheVantage at every 4 days against Liner Notes's weekly. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Liner Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and BreatheVantage sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Liner Notes against 5.0 for BreatheVantage. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Liner Notes ships an update weekly, BreatheVantage every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Liner Notes versus BreatheVantage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiner NotesBreatheVantage
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAves Inc.Laya Vantage Systems Corp

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Liner Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
2 purchases

BreatheVantage

Subscriptions2
  • BreatheVantage Premium7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • BreatheVantage Premium (Jahr)$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Liner Notes free?
Liner Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BreatheVantage free?
BreatheVantage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Liner Notes or BreatheVantage?
Liner Notes and BreatheVantage are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Liner Notes or BreatheVantage have ads?
Neither Liner Notes nor BreatheVantage shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Liner Notes or BreatheVantage?
Liner Notes ships an update weekly, and BreatheVantage every 4 days. Most recently, Liner Notes was updated on October 31, 2026 and BreatheVantage on October 31, 2026.

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