Comparison

Buteyko Pro vs Box Breathe

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

Box Breathe

This app provides guided breathing exercises and meditation tools to help users relax, manage stress, and improve sleep. It offers customizable sessions with visual and haptic feedback, progress tracking, and Apple Watch integration.

Highlights
  • Customizable breathing modes (classic and free-form)
  • Session timer with cycle or duration settings
  • Siri voice and haptic feedback
  • Weekly session planning and reminders
  • Progress tracking with detailed stats
  • Apple Watch integration with heart rate monitoring
  • Dark Mode themes
Features
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Meet your professional tool for breathing exercises and meditation! Since its launch, Box Breathe has become a trusted companion for thousands of people who practice meditation and yogic breathing, as well as those who struggle with panic attacks and insomnia or just look for a simple tool to help them relax through breathing. Athletes use Box Breathe to control and calm breath both during and after intense workouts, running or swimming. With simple and intuitive design at its core, Box Breathe offers a highly customizable set of features to satisfy your goals: - choose between “classic” Box mode with equal durations of breathing phases and “free-form” mode in which you can specify individual duration for each phase - program your breathing session with a convenient timer by setting either a number of breathing cycles or an overall duration - adjust duration of breathing phases with simple swipes before or during a session - plan your weekly breathing sessions and set reminders - save your breathing patterns and quickly access them from a context menu on main screen - mark each breathing phase with a Siri voice guide or a different sound and custom designed haptic feedback (custom haptics are supported on iPhone 8 and later models running iOS 13) - set haptic response for every second of your breathing session (not supported on devices prior to iPhone 6s) - built-in metronome helps you count every second of your breathing session - track your progress with detailed overall, yearly, monthly, weekly and daily stats - with iOS 13, choose between white and orange themes for Dark Mode - Apple Health integration - independent app for Apple Watch with even greater functionality - on Apple Watch, follow your heart rate as you breathe - Apple Watch app works in background, tapping your wrist to mark each following breathing step - Apple Watch app offers different haptics for inhale and exhale phases, as well as a light haptic marking each second of your session. Fast life pace requires an efficient tool for stress relief, and in most cases a simple breathing session is all it takes. No matter where you are - in a gym, office, at home or stuck in a traffic jam - Box Breathe app will help you calm in a matter of seconds. _______________________ Our preview images were created using 'Previewed' at previewed.app. Drum and Lyre icons by Icons8.

Screenshots

Buteyko Pro4 screens
Box Breathe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Buteyko Pro at Free against Box Breathe's $1.99. Buteyko Pro also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Box Breathe's advantage is review sentiment (66% vs 50%) and ratings volume (507 vs 45). On rating, update cadence, ads and monetization model 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; Box Breathe costs $1.99 up front. Box Breathe sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Buteyko Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Buteyko Pro against 4.8 for Box Breathe. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Box Breathe has 507 ratings behind it against 45, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Buteyko Pro's written reviews are positive against 66% of Box Breathe's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Buteyko Pro versus Box Breathe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterButeyko ProBox Breathe
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.8 (45 ratings)4.8 (507 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews65.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings45507 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#117 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB33 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperEduard ReuversDenys Triasunov

Customer experience

Buteyko Pro

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

Box Breathe

All ratings498 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.6%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews184 reviews
Positive65.8%
Neutral10.9%
Negative23.4%

Bugs and requests

Buteyko Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Box Breathe

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashing or stopping unexpectedly during use
  • Preset options not working as expected
  • Compatibility issues with newer Apple Watch models
  • Sound and vibration features not functioning properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to save and load more than 5 presets
  • Option to disable sound and keep only haptic feedback on Apple Watch
  • Improved Apple Watch integration to prevent screen from turning off
  • Guided audio cues or voice prompts for the breathing cycles

In-app purchases

None

Buteyko Pro

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Box Breathe

One-time2
  • Percussion Sound Pack$0.99
  • Strings & Bells Sound Pack$0.99

Questions

Is Buteyko Pro free?
Buteyko Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Box Breathe free?
Box Breathe costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Buteyko Pro or Box Breathe?
Box Breathe is rated higher. Buteyko Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 45 ratings, while Box Breathe averages 4.8 from 507 ratings.
Do Buteyko Pro or Box Breathe have ads?
Neither Buteyko Pro nor Box Breathe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Buteyko Pro or Box Breathe?
Buteyko Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and Box Breathe every 3 weeks. Most recently, Buteyko Pro was updated on October 21, 2026 and Box Breathe on October 25, 2026.

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