Comparison

Buteyko Pro vs GearView

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

GearView

This app displays virtual gears, cadence, power, and heart rate for the Stages SB20 smart bike. It offers customizable gear settings, color-coded metrics, and audio feedback for gear changes. Additional features include history and zone graphs, and a battery test for connected devices.

Highlights
  • Virtual gear display
  • Color-coded metrics
  • Gear change sound alerts
  • Favorite gear settings
  • HRM relay feature
  • History and zone graphs
  • Battery test for devices
Features
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GearView is a companion app for the Stages SB20 smart bike. It uses a dedicated iOS device to show virtual gears along with cadence, power and heart rate. Features: · Easy-to-read virtual gear display. · Color coded metrics based on your FTP, cadence and maximum heart rate. · Plays sounds when you change gears. A variety of sound schemes are provided. · Easy to set "favorite gears" that you can use for steady riding, hard efforts and all-out sprints. · Intelligent power and cadence smoothing. · "HRM relay" feature that sends your heart rate readings to other apps so a single channel HRM to work with multiple apps. · History graphs for power and heart rate. · "Zone graphs" showing time in spent in each workout zone for power and heart rate. · "Battery test" feature that lets you check battery levels for all your fitness devices before starting a workout. · Written for iOS 15.0 and above. You can use older devices for GearView and free up your newest iPad, iPhone or Apple TV for your primary workout app. ** THIS APP WORKS WITH THE STAGES SB20 SMART BIKE ONLY **.

Screenshots

Buteyko Pro4 screens
GearView4 screens

Verdict

The call

Buteyko Pro and GearView both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of GearView's written reviews are positive against 50% of Buteyko Pro's. GearView also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 weeks). Buteyko Pro's advantage is price (Free vs $5.99) and ratings volume (44 vs 3). 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; GearView costs $5.99 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 GearView. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Buteyko Pro has 44 ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of GearView's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Buteyko Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, GearView every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Buteyko Pro versus GearView: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterButeyko ProGearView
PriceFree — better$5.99
Rating4.8 (44 ratings) — better4.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings44 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperEduard ReuversCRAIG STATCHUK

Customer experience

Buteyko Pro

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

GearView

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Buteyko Pro

No in-app purchases

None

GearView

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Buteyko Pro free?
Buteyko Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GearView free?
GearView costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Buteyko Pro or GearView?
Buteyko Pro is rated higher. Buteyko Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while GearView averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Buteyko Pro or GearView have ads?
Neither Buteyko Pro nor GearView shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Buteyko Pro or GearView?
Buteyko Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and GearView every 3 days. Most recently, Buteyko Pro was updated on September 25, 2026 and GearView on October 18, 2026.

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