Comparison

brhythm vs BreathBuzz

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

Head to head
About

brhythm

Features
Read full description

Breathe on a rhythm. brhythm is a breathing timer that counts you through 48 breathwork patterns with cues you can see, hear, and feel โ€” and keeps counting when the screen is off. Tap QUICK START, pick a pattern, pick a length, breathe. No account, no sign-up, no setup. WHAT YOU GET, FREE โ€ข 48 patterns in nine categories โ€” calm, sleep, focus, coherence, energy, balance, cooling, sound, and classical pranayama. Box breathing, 4-7-8, coherent breathing, resonance at 5.5, the physiological sigh, Nadi Shodhana, Ujjayi, Bhramari, Kapalabhati, Sitali, and more. โ€ข A tutorial for every one of them โ€” how it goes, where it comes from, what it may help with, and when to skip it. โ€ข A suggested length, pre-filled โ€” each pattern opens with a sensible default dose you can change, in breaths or in minutes. โ€ข Ten curated playlists โ€” Morning Ignition, Deep Focus, Midday Reset, Evening Unwind, Sleep Descent, SOS Calm, Cool Down, Energy Espresso and more. Home suggests one for the hour you opened the app. โ€ข Silence โ€” end a session with timed or open-ended quiet, and a stopwatch that simply keeps going. CUES YOU CAN USE WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED Visual, sound, and haptic cues are three independent switches. Turn on all three, or put the phone face down and keep only the vibration: one buzz to inhale, two to exhale, three at a transition. Sessions survive the lock screen, other apps, and phone calls. A SCREEN THAT GETS OUT OF THE WAY Pure black, one huge pixel countdown, and the phase you are in. Readable across a room or through half-closed eyes. Nothing pulses for your attention. NO STREAKS, NO NAGGING, NO TRACKING No ads, no account, no analytics, no third-party code of any kind. brhythm collects nothing. Your sessions and playlists sync through your own private iCloud, where nobody else โ€” us included โ€” can read them. ONE PAID FEATURE, SAID PLAINLY All 48 patterns, every tutorial, Quick Start at any length, and all ten sample playlists are free forever. brhythm+ unlocks exactly one thing: building and remixing your own playlists โ€” chaining patterns and silence into a sequence that changes on a fresh breath. It is free for 7 days from the first playlist you make. After that, playlists you already built stay playable; making new ones needs brhythm+. brhythm+ is $3.99 per month or $19.99 per year, or $49.99 once for lifetime access โ€” one tier, so a lifetime purchase covers anything that ever lands in it. Prices appear in your local currency in the app. Subscriptions renew automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends, and are managed or cancelled in your Apple Account settings; payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.w3-digital.com/apps/brhythm/privacy/ BEFORE YOU START brhythm is a wellness tool, not a medical device. It does not diagnose, treat, or cure anything, and it never replaces advice from a qualified clinician. Patterns with breath holds or fast breathing carry a caution in the app: practise sitting or lying down, never in or near water and never while driving, and stop anything that makes you dizzy or uneasy. Your normal breath is always the safe place to return to.

About

BreathBuzz

Features
Read full description

BreathBuzz makes calm something you feel instead of something you watch: breathing exercises led by vibration, with your eyes shut. Most breathing apps ask you to stare at a circle on a bright screen. BreathBuzz leads the rhythm with vibration, so you can breathe with the phone in your pocket. At two in the morning, when anxiety has you wide awake, that is the whole difference. SEVEN-DAY PLANS, NOT A PILE OF PATTERNS Four guided plans, every day written out: Calm in 7 Days, Sleep Better, Focus Reset, and a Tense Moments toolkit. Four to five minutes a day. Day 1 is slow belly breathing; by Day 5 you are finding the pace your own heart rate responds to. You always know what today is for, instead of opening a menu and guessing. ONE TAP WHEN IT'S BAD SOS starts the moment you open the app. No countdown, no setup, nothing to choose. Put the phone in your pocket and follow the buzz until the panic passes. Calm you can reach for with shaking hands. MOOD CHECK-IN, BEFORE AND AFTER Mark how you feel before the session, mark again after. A month in, your mood history shows which breathing pattern actually moves the number, what time of day the stress tends to hit, and what the trigger usually was. This is a mood tracker that records the thing you did about it, not just the feeling. EIGHT PATTERNS, EACH WITH ITS OWN FEEL 4-7-8, Box, Coherence 5-5, Triangle, Physiological Sigh, Relax and more. Every breathing pattern carries its own haptic texture, so you learn them by feel instead of by reading. Box breathing feels nothing like a physiological sigh, and after a week your hand knows which is which. BREATH HOLD AND WIM HOF ROUNDS Guided by vibration alone: one pulse every 15 seconds, two when it is time to exhale. Your eyes stay closed, because nobody watches a screen while holding their breath. Rounds, recovery, and a personal record you can actually beat. AN EVENING THAT ENDS IN SILENCE Pick 10, 20 or 30 minutes of sleep breathing. The pace eases down on its own, the vibration fades out, the screen dims, and the session ends quietly. No voice telling you to relax, no rain loop, no sleep sound library to subscribe to. It lets go of you instead of waking you at the end. FIND YOUR RESONANT PACE Resonant breathing sits at a different tempo for every body. BreathBuzz measures which pace your heart rate actually responds to and saves it as your own rhythm, so your coherence breathing is yours and not a default. MAKE YOUR OWN Set your own inhale, hold, exhale and pause. Choose how strong the vibration is and what it feels like: smooth, wave or heartbeat. Save it and it is yours. FOR STRESS AND ANXIETY, WHERE THEY ACTUALLY HAPPEN Stress does not wait for a quiet room, and anxiety rarely picks a convenient moment. Vibration-led breathing works in an elevator, in a waiting room, in a parking lot before you walk in. Anxiety relief and stress relief that fit the ninety seconds you actually have. NO SOUND NEEDED No voice. No music. No rain. These are breathing exercises you can do in a meeting, on a plane, or in bed next to someone asleep. Nobody around you knows. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No sign-up wall. No ads. No third-party analytics. Your mood history and everything else stays on your phone. Home-screen widget. Live Activity on the Lock Screen. Backup and restore to a file you keep. Light and dark. Seven languages. Full reduced-motion support. BreathBuzz: calm you feel with your hand, not your eyes. Breathing exercises are not medical treatment. If you have a health condition, speak to a clinician. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trypocketleaf.com/hapticbreathing/privacy

Screenshots

brhythm4 screens
BreathBuzz4 screens

Verdict

The call

brhythm and BreathBuzz are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. brhythm sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and BreathBuzz sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
brhythm versus BreathBuzz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbrhythmBreathBuzz
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSAFIYE REKLAM MEDYA DANISMANLIK GIDA TURIZM VE TICARET LIMITED SIRKETIKyrylo Niesmielov

In-app purchases

3 purchases

brhythm

Subscriptions2
  • brhythm+ Monthly$3.991 Month
  • brhythm+ Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • brhythm+ Lifetime$49.99
2 purchases

BreathBuzz

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is brhythm free?
brhythm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BreathBuzz free?
BreathBuzz is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do brhythm or BreathBuzz have ads?
Neither brhythm nor BreathBuzz shows ads.

Other comparisons