Comparison

Breathful vs MyXring

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

Head to head
About

Breathful

This app helps you track the effectiveness of your mindfulness meditation practice by quantifying your progress. It allows you to log sessions, count distractions, and monitor improvements over time to validate your chosen meditation techniques.

Highlights
  • Track meditation effectiveness with data
  • Quantify focus improvement
  • Log 10-minute mindfulness sessions
  • Count 'distractions' during sessions
  • Monitor average distractions dropping
  • Archive sessions by date and time
Features
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Breathful tracks the effectiveness of your meditation with data. Watch the numbers change as you develop your ability to focus and quantify your improvement over time. Rather than endorse a particular method for practicing mindfulness meditation, Breathful acknowledges that there is a common theme amongst all techniques: Focus on being mindful of your breathing - Breathful. ------------------------------------------------------------ Mindfulness 101 The object of mindfulness is witnessing one’s own present experience without any attachment or reactivity... In other words, any thoughts that arise during mindfulness practice are acknowledged, and then allowed to pass. Directing one's attention to breathing helps maintain a present state of mind. ------------------------------------------------------------ So what is Breathful and how is it different from other meditation timer apps? Breathful is a useful tool that allows users to engage in ten-minute “sessions” of mindfulness practice. Actively monitor each session by attaching a number of “distractions” - when the session ends, it will be archived in the session log by date and time, along with the number of distractions encountered during the session. When you see the average number of distractions dropping, you'll know your method of mindfulness is an effective one. INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING BREATHFUL: - A new session is started by tapping on the timer circle, which will then start a ten minute countdown. - If at any point the user taps on the screen while the timer is running, then a "distraction" will be recorded. *Note: It is up to the user to decide what constitutes a "distraction" and you may not want to record minor distractions lasting only a split-second... what constitutes a minor vs. major distraction is up to you. Improve your focus with mindfulness training and let Breathful quantify your progress! If you've had your doubts about meditation in the past, here's your chance to gather your own statistics and come to your own conclusion.

About

MyXring

Features
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MyXring is a multi-functional app integrating smart ring for your daily health tracking. By advanced monitor technology and algorithm, the different health devices tells you wide-ranging body information and provide various assists to help you reach your balance of body and mind. Besides your daily activity, it can also get deeply into your heart, sleep, workouts and many other vital sings. This app then illustrates all data in beautiful statistic graphs for you to easily access them. MyXring is packed with useful features when connected with different health devices including: • Sleep Monitor Record detailed daily sleep status including deep sleep, light sleep, and sleeping heart rate. • Activity Tracking 24-hour tracking of your steps, distance, calories-burnt, active-time, and reached daily-goal. • Data Statistics Display historical trend of your health data by day, week, month, and year in vivid statistic graphs. Start a new healthy and active lifestyle with MyXring. If you are using an Apple phone, in order to calculate training consumption, we will receive and send your exercise data from Apple's HealthKit with your authorization. To simplify your input process, we will retrieve your weight data from HealthKit. Meanwhile, the training data generated by your MyXring will also be synchronized with Apple HealthKit. Any information obtained through the use of HealthKit, such as weight and height, will not be shared or sold to any third party, including advertisers and other agents.

Screenshots

Breathful3 screens
MyXring4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Breathful versus MyXring: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBreathfulMyXring
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB261 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCookies & MilkUMEOX Innovations Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Breathful

No in-app purchases

None

MyXring

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Breathful free?
Breathful is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MyXring free?
MyXring is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Breathful or MyXring have ads?
Neither Breathful nor MyXring shows ads.

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