Best Breath Hold Apps

227+ iOS apps curated and reviewed

4.8 avg rating
19 free apps
Updated June 2026

STAmina Apnea Trainer is the household name in breath hold, but it's far from the only option. We track 227+ alternatives and competitors on iOS — many free, many higher-rated than you'd expect.

Top Picks for Breath Hold

STAmina Apnea Trainer#1

STAmina Apnea Trainer by Squarecrowd Apps SIA

Freediving, Spearfishing coach
Editor's Choice
⚽ Sports
4.9😊(5.4K ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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This app helps users improve their breath-holding capabilities for activities like freediving, spearfishing, and other water sports. It offers various training tables and personalized programs to enhance physical and mental endurance underwater.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Helps improve breath hold
  • 🚀 Customizable tables
  • 👍 Tracks progress

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy UI when switching devices
  • 🐛 Unreliable Apple Watch sync
  • 🐛 Buggy watch app
Apnea Freediving Exercises#2

Apnea Freediving Exercises by SleepyBytes SIA

Breathe Hold Stamina Training
Strong Contender
💪 Health & Fitness
4.5😊(26 ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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Enhance your freediving, apnea, and diving abilities with a four-week training program. This app helps you increase breath-hold time, dive deeper, and explore more of the underwater world. Regular practice improves your apnea skills and overall diving performance.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Effective for improving breath hold
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 🤯 Significant improvement in breath hold time
  • 🧘‍♀️ Helps with meditation and relaxation

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 App crashes or loses progress when switching apps
  • 🔕 Lack of audio/vibration cues for breathing
  • 🕰️ Preset timers not customizable
BreathHold: Apnea Trainer#3

BreathHold: Apnea Trainer by Dawid Kowalski

Increase breath hold stamina
Worth Considering
⚽ Sports
5.0(1 ratings)
FreeIn-App Purchases
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Enhance your breath-hold capacity with personalized training tables and techniques. Ideal for freedivers, spearfishers, and athletes seeking to improve lung capacity and breath control through structured exercises and expert guidance.

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H2O Breath Hold Trainer
H2O Breath Hold Trainer
H2O Breath Hold Trainer
Increase lung capacity!
Free

Enhance your breath control, lung capacity, and mental resilience. This app provides customizable training tables, performance tracking, and personalized assessments to help you improve your breath-holding abilities for freediving, athletics, or general well-being.

Customizable CO2 & O2 training tablesPerformance tracking and insightsDynamic training modes
💪 Health & Fitness
(15)
free with in-app purchases
5
iBreathe – Relax and Breathe
iBreathe – Relax and Breathe
iBreathe – Relax and Breathe
Simple Guided Breathing
Free

This app offers guided deep breathing exercises to help manage stress, anxiety, and insomnia. Its simple interface allows for pre-defined or custom breathing routines, with features like reminders and Apple Health integration. It also provides educational content on breathwork.

Guided deep breathing exercisesCustomizable breathing routinesStress and anxiety relief programs
💪 Health & Fitness
(17K)
free with in-app purchases
6
Wim Hof Method: Breathwork
Wim Hof Method: Breathwork
Wim Hof Method: Breathwork
Breathing Exercise, Meditation
Free

This comprehensive wellness tool guides you through daily breathing exercises, cold exposure, and mind-powering practices. Experience increased energy, reduced stress, better sleep, and enhanced resilience through scientifically validated techniques.

Guided breathing exercisesCold water therapy practicesMind power exercises
💪 Health & Fitness
(13K)
free with in-app purchases
7
Breathwrk: Breathing Exercises
Breathwrk: Breathing Exercises
Breathwrk: Breathing Exercises
Stress, Sleep, Focus, Breathe
Free

Improve your mental and physical well-being with neuroscience-based breathing exercises. This app offers guided sessions for sleep, stress, focus, and energy, with customizable sensory experiences and habit tracking.

100s of guided exercises and classesDaily updated classesHabit tracking and reminders
💪 Health & Fitness
(18K)
free with in-app purchases
8
Freediving Apnea Trainer
Freediving Apnea Trainer
Freediving Apnea Trainer
Improve your apnea and stamina
Free

This app helps improve breath-holding capabilities for freediving, underwater hunting, and yoga. It calculates personalized training tables based on your maximum breath-hold time and offers various exercises to enhance stamina and control. Track your progress with statistics and charts, and utilize customizable timers with voice and vibration notifications.

Personalized training table calculationCustomizable square breath timerProgress tracking with statistics
💪 Health & Fitness
(256)
free with in-app purchases
9
Freediving Breath Trainer
Freediving Breath Trainer
Freediving Breath Trainer
Expert Breath-Hold Training
Free

This app helps you improve your breath-holding capabilities for freediving. It offers personalized training plans based on an initial breath test and tracks your progress to help you achieve longer underwater times.

Personalized training plansInitial breath testProgress tracking
💪 Health & Fitness
(4)
freemium
10
Freediving hold breath + Apnea
Freediving hold breath + Apnea
Freediving hold breath + Apnea
Breathing exercises for divers
Free
💪 Health & Fitness
(0)
11
NTX Apnea
NTX Apnea
NTX Apnea
NTX freedive training system
Free

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 exercisesBreathing and relaxation exercisesCustomizable training parameters
💪 Health & Fitness
(62)
free
12
Insight Timer: Meditate, Sleep
Insight Timer: Meditate, Sleep
Insight Timer: Meditate, Sleep
Meditation & Anxiety Relief
Free

Access thousands of guided meditations, music tracks, and talks from world-renowned experts to calm your mind, reduce anxiety, and improve sleep. Daily new content is added, catering to both beginners and experienced practitioners.

Thousands of guided meditationsMusic tracks and ambient soundsMeditation timer
💪 Health & Fitness
(442K)
free with in-app purchases
13
Freedive
Freedive
Freedive
by Luca Naterop
Free

This app helps freedivers improve their breath-holding abilities with customizable training tables and performance tracking. It offers automated CO2 tolerance and O2 deprivation tables, along with the ability to create personalized sessions. Track your progress and receive notifications during your training.

Auto-generated CO2 tolerance tablesAuto-generated O2 deprivation tablesCustomizable table creation
🔧 Utilities
(14)
free
14
Breath Hold - FreeDive
Breath Hold - FreeDive
Breath Hold - FreeDive
by Junil Lee
Free
⚽ Sports
(0)
15
Breath Hold: Stress Reset
Breath Hold: Stress Reset
Breath Hold: Stress Reset
Breathing exercises for calm
Free
💪 Health & Fitness
(0)
16
BreathHoldWork
BreathHoldWork
BreathHoldWork
Breathwork & Apnea Training
Free

This app offers a focused environment for structured breath-hold training with customizable sequences and audio cues. It's designed for experienced practitioners to log and replay their practice sessions.

Customizable breath-hold and recovery sequencesClear visual timing and progress displayOptional audio cues and haptic feedback
💪 Health & Fitness
(6)
free
17
Breathing Exercises: Breathe+
Breathing Exercises: Breathe+
Breathing Exercises: Breathe+
Guided Patterns Box Breath 478
Free

This app offers guided breathing patterns for relaxation, meditation, and breath training. Visualize your breath with customizable inhale, exhale, and hold times. Track your progress and integrate with HealthKit for mindful minutes.

Full screen breath visualizationGuided and free-form sessionsCustomizable inhale/exhale/hold times
💪 Health & Fitness
(3.4K)
free with in-app purchases
18
Apnea: Freediving Breath Hold
Apnea: Freediving Breath Hold
Apnea: Freediving Breath Hold
Freediving & Pranayama Coach
Free

This app is a personal breath-holding coach designed to improve respiratory potential for freedivers, swimmers, and those seeking stress relief through controlled breathing. It offers personalized training plans, guided exercises, and comprehensive guides on the science of breath-holding.

Personalized breath-holding tests and training plansGuided exercises: step-by-step holds, hyperventilation, interval breathingCO₂ and O₂ tolerance training
💪 Health & Fitness
(3)
free with in-app purchases
19
Apnea Training for Freediving
Apnea Training for Freediving
Apnea Training for Freediving
Diving Breath Holding Trainer
Free

Enhance your breath-holding capabilities for freediving with specialized CO2 and O2 training tables. Track your progress, create custom workouts, and receive daily reminders to consistently improve your freediving skills.

CO2 & O2 training tablesProgress trackingCustomizable workouts
💪 Health & Fitness
(2)
freemium
20
Hold breath longer underwater
Hold breath longer underwater
Hold breath longer underwater
Apnea freediving trainings app
$1.99

This iPhone-exclusive training app helps you extend your breath-holding duration using CO2 and O2 tables. It provides suggested training times based on your maximum breath hold, but always consult a professional and train safely.

CO2 training tablesO2 training tablesExtended breath-holding duration
⚽ Sports
(1)
paid