Comparison

Arrive vs Luftkraft Breath

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

Head to head
About

Arrive

Features
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Calm down in 2 minutes. You get home and you can't calm down. It's 1am and your mind won't stop. Your heart is going before the meeting. You're in the car park and you can't go in. You've told yourself to relax, and it did nothing. You can't think your way from wound up to calm. Your body has to come down in steps. Arrive gives you the steps, for how you feel right now. HOW IT WORKS Tap the feeling that fits. Arrive gives you a short somatic exercise, or a few in a row. You do them. At the end you say whether you feel calmer. Arrive remembers what works for you and offers it first next time. Most take just 2 minutes. ANYWHERE No equipment. No signal needed. Many are invisible to anyone watching: at a desk, in the car, in bed at 1am. Built on techniques tested in randomised trials. WHAT'S NOT HERE No subscription. No AI chatbot. No streaks. No account. PRICE One exercise a day of your choice is free, as often as you need it that day. Unlock every exercise, every time, with one payment. Nothing to cancel. IMPORTANT Arrive is a wellbeing app, nothing more. Not therapy, not treatment, not a medical device. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Luftkraft Breath

This app offers guided breathing exercises for various needs like calm, sleep, focus, and energy. It features a simple, distraction-free interface with a visual pacer and timers, suitable for use on iPhone and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Guided breathing exercises for various needs
  • Simple, distraction-free interface
  • Visual pacer and timers
  • Sessions from 2-10 minutes
  • Dark mode design
  • Supports iPhone and Apple Watch
Features
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A breathing exercise for every moment, and a way to get to the right one. Luftkraft Breath does not expect you to know which technique you need. Pick a moment — calm, sleep, focus, energy, pressure, movement — and it shows you what fits. Each exercise carries one line on what it is, and one on the safety that matters for it. A session is a single screen: a pacer that breathes with you, the seconds left in the current phase, and nothing else moving. It runs on iPhone and Apple Watch. WHAT IS INSIDE - 19 paced exercises, from 4-7-8 and box breathing to coherent breathing at about six breaths a minute - Short tutorials for the skills they are built from — long exhale, gentle pause, humming exhale, nose breathing - Two to ten minutes, your choice each time - Dark by design, for the hours people actually breathe - One free exercise; a single purchase opens the rest, on both devices SAFETY Educational guidance only, not medical advice. Stop if you feel dizzy or unwell. If you have heart or lung conditions, are pregnant, or breath holds trigger panic, skip the holds and ask a clinician. Never practise breath holds in or near water.

Screenshots

Arrive4 screens
Luftkraft Breath4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Luftkraft Breath at none against Arrive's 1. Luftkraft Breath also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Arrive sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Luftkraft Breath asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Arrive ships an update weekly, Luftkraft Breath every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Arrive versus Luftkraft Breath: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArriveLuftkraft Breath
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size159 MB3 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperEscape Velocity Studio LimitedDamm Good Tech

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Arrive

One-time1
  • Unlock Arrive$29.99
None

Luftkraft Breath

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arrive free?
Arrive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Luftkraft Breath free?
Luftkraft Breath is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Arrive or Luftkraft Breath have ads?
Neither Arrive nor Luftkraft Breath shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Arrive or Luftkraft Breath?
Arrive ships an update weekly, and Luftkraft Breath every 11 days. Most recently, Arrive was updated on October 31, 2026 and Luftkraft Breath on October 31, 2026.

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