Comparison

Buteyko Pro vs FlameInMind

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

Head to head
About

Buteyko Pro

Learn and practice the Buteyko breathing method with guided exercises and progress tracking. This app offers a progressive training system with audio instructions, tips, and timers to improve your breathing and overall health. It integrates with courses and webinars for personalized instruction.

Highlights
  • Progressive Buteyko training system
  • 51 levels with audio instructions
  • Personal breathing charts
  • Breathing exercise history
  • Health indicator tracking
  • Share progress with instructors
Features
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*** Progressive Buteyko Breathing training system *** 52 levels with audio instructions, tips and timers *** Optimized for our webinars and courses The Buteyko Pro app includes both the basic exercises and a progressive training system to learn a great variety of advanced exercises and techniques, with the option to sign up for instruction by certified instructors to customize the program and exercises to the individual. The levels cover seated exercises, walking, steps, very little breathing, mini-pauses, and recovery and rescue techniques. Buteyko Breathing is a popular breathing exercise program which has been officially recognized in Western countries since the 1990s. The method is named after Konstantin Buteyko, the physician who developed it in the 1950s. The Buteyko Breathing exercises aim to soften your breathing and reduce your breathing volume, gradually making the blood release more oxygen to cells and boosting your general health and fitness over time. Disclaimer: there is no guarantee of specific results and results will vary. The app is optimized for use with the courses, workshops and webinars available at ButeykoBreathing.com. Your instructor will customize the program for you and recommend specific levels and techniques to achieve best possible results. The app contains many additional settings to customize each level. With the Buteyko Pro app: * View your personal breathing charts * View and edit your breathing exercise history * Share your exercise scores and notes with your Buteyko instructor The intro level can be done immediately, without a user account. Sign up for a free account to unlock more levels. Your Buteyko Instructor may make an account for you, or you can make an account from within the app. An activated user account is required to use all features of the app. Participants to the complete workshop, course or webinar receive a fully upgraded user account which opens up all features and levels of the app. More info at ButeykoBreathing.com. The app allows you to save a few essential health indicators (heart rate, SpO2, HRV, body weight) together with your Buteyko exercise results. This allows you to discover how these health indicators go up and down alongside your breathing scores during the Buteyko Breathing program. Download Buteyko Pro and start with the intro level today. No account needed.

About

FlameInMind

This app analyzes your brain and heart activity, translating body signals into sacred geometry graphs. It links body wave coherence to Phi and octave ratios, offering binaural sound waves to help achieve bliss states.

Highlights
  • Real-time brain and heart activity data collection
  • Sacred geometry graph generation
  • Links body waves to Phi and octave ratios
  • Binaural sound waves for bliss states
  • Supports latest Muse headband sensors
  • Bluetooth data reception, display, and storage
Features
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Flameinmind app is designed to receive data from your body signals and to translates them into graphs related to sacred geometry. Flameinmind collects real-time informations on brain and heart activity (Brain data through Muse headband sensors and heart data through Polar chest strap sensor). This app is making a link between body waves coherence and sacred geometry: searching for Phi and octave rations in your Brain waves and heart rate spectra (as Bliss states are closely linked to octave and phi rations in the body waves). Flameinmind also includes binaural sound waves related to sacred geometry (Phi ratios) that can help to achieve bliss state in your body waves. Now version 4.0 including an update allowing to use the latest Muse sensors. This app only provides the ability to receive, display and store hardware data (brain wave sensor and HRV sensors) via Bluetooth, This app is not a medical device, is not intended for medical use, and does not provide diagnostic features. The hardware (HRV sensors and brain sensors) via Bluetooth involved in this application is used only in a jurisdiction that complies with applicable laws and regulations and is not intended as a substitute for medical advice or diagnostic results. Users of the hardware are solely responsible for ensuring compliance with relevant laws, regulations and standards.

Screenshots

Buteyko Pro4 screens
FlameInMind4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Buteyko Pro at Free against FlameInMind's $159.99. Buteyko Pro also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (44 vs 12). FlameInMind's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.0). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Buteyko Pro is free to download; FlameInMind costs $159.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Buteyko Pro against 4.7 for FlameInMind. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 12 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Buteyko Pro's written reviews are positive against 67% of FlameInMind's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Buteyko Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, FlameInMind every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Buteyko Pro versus FlameInMind: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterButeyko ProFlameInMind
PriceFree — better$159.99
Rating4.8 (44 ratings) — better4.7 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings44 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB16 MB
Age rating12+9+
DeveloperEduard ReuversPatrick Botte

Customer experience

Buteyko Pro

All ratings44 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral4.5%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative37.5%

FlameInMind

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Buteyko Pro

No in-app purchases

None

FlameInMind

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Buteyko Pro free?
Buteyko Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FlameInMind free?
FlameInMind costs $159.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Buteyko Pro or FlameInMind?
Buteyko Pro is rated higher. Buteyko Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while FlameInMind averages 4.7 from 12 ratings.
Do Buteyko Pro or FlameInMind have ads?
Neither Buteyko Pro nor FlameInMind shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Buteyko Pro or FlameInMind?
Buteyko Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and FlameInMind every 2 months. Most recently, Buteyko Pro was updated on September 25, 2026 and FlameInMind on October 3, 2026.

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