Advanced Buteyko vs NTX Apnea
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Advanced Buteyko
Learn advanced breathing techniques with guided levels and spoken instructions. Track your progress and see how your heart rate is affected by your breathing. Suitable for all levels, with advanced exercises for course participants.
- 61 Buteyko Breathing levels
- Spoken instructions
- Heart rate tracking integration
- Guided by certified instructors
- Progressive skill development
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The Advanced Buteyko app is designed to help you learn Advanced Buteyko breathing. It's streamlined for convenience, includes spoken instructions and contains 61 different Buteyko Breathing levels. The first level of the app can be done by anyone. Level 2 can be done after registering for a free account. The highest levels are only suitable for participants to the Advanced Buteyko Breathing course. Course participants start with the basics and are guided by a certified Buteyko Breathing instructor to gradually raise their skills until they're ready for the most advanced Buteyko Breathing exercises. This approach guarantees best results in terms of fitness, general health and the reversal of chronic disease. An activated user account is required to use all features of the app. Contact one of our Buteyko Breathing instructors to get started. The app requests access to read your heart rate info in the Apple Health app (optional). This allows us to show you how your heart rate goes up and down depending on your breathing scores. The Advanced Buteyko app is the official app of the Advanced Buteyko Institute.
NTX Apnea
This app offers a comprehensive system for freediving and spearfishing training, focusing on improving breath-hold, awareness, and relaxation. It provides a variety of exercises with detailed instructions and expert guidance to suit all experience levels.
- Breath-hold training exercises
- Breathing and relaxation exercises
- Customizable training parameters
- In-app exercise history
- Automatic difficulty adjustment
- Audio and video guidance
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NTX Apnea is a complete freediving and spearfishing training system for improving breathold, awareness and relaxation. Exercises target different aspects of training (e.g. dive reflex, breathold under stress, CO2 tolerance, self awareness, etc.) and support a wide range of difficulty making it an ideal tool for apneists of any experience level. Exercises are richly supported with detailed instructions along with expert audio and video guidance. SUPPORT: Email: kociubin+ntxapnea@gmail.com with questions, suggestions or bug reports. BREATHOLD TRAINING EXERCISES: -Halfway Holds -Lazy Tables -Spanish Steps -Crazy Tables -Zany Walks -Oxy Walks -Wonky Square BREATHING AND RELAXATION EXERCISES: -Guided Breathe-up -Coherence Breathing -Box Breathing FEATURES: -Variety of exercises (e.g. easy, medium, pro, indoor/outdoor) -Customization and personalization of parameters/settings -In app exercise history -Exercise suggestions -Automatic increasing of difficulty based on performance improvements -Built in pre-exercise warmup/breathe-up -Audio guidance -Detailed instructions and videos
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The clearest difference is rating: NTX Apnea at 4.9 against Advanced Buteyko's 4.1. NTX Apnea also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Advanced Buteyko's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NTX Apnea holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 66 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Advanced Buteyko's written reviews are positive against 100% of NTX Apnea's.
Advanced Buteyko ships an update every 2 weeks, NTX Apnea every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Advanced Buteyko | NTX Apnea |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (30 ratings) | 4.9 (66 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 | 66 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 131 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Eduard Reuvers | Mariusz Kociubinski |
Customer experience
Advanced Buteyko
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In-app purchases
Advanced Buteyko
No in-app purchases
NTX Apnea
No in-app purchases
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