Control your breath timing with visual & audio cues for meditation and recovery
Featured in James Nestor’s best-selling book, Breath, Paced Breathing uses visual, audio and haptic cues to guide you through your practice. Whether meditating, strengthening your lungs or simply relaxing - join the thousands who love using Paced Breathing everyday!
USES
* Relieve Stress
* Meditate — (especially good for Kundalini, Hatha, Pranayama)
* Strengthen Lungs — (improve lung capacity & aid recovery)
* Falling Asleep
FEATURES
* Adjustable timing for inhale, hold, exhale, & hold
* Heart monitoring: heart rate, HRV, & coherence (PB+)
* Ramp mode: gradually change breath times
* Visual, audio, & vibrate cues
* Reminders / notifications (PB+)
* Background playback
* Streaks, goals, & session tracking (PB+)
HEALTH BENEFITS
Regular breathing practices have been shown to help improve your:
* Cardiovascular health [1][2][3]
* Relaxation [2]
* Stress responses [1][4][5]
* Mood [1]
* Attention [4]
* Alzheimer's risk [6]
FROM THE DEVELOPER
I’m Mihai, an engineer born in Romania & raised in Michigan. My ideal day is working on apps to help others, like Paced Breathing. Someday I hope I can work on apps like these full time! Hearing from users makes my day, so shoot me an email with requests, bugs, things you like, or just your story: mihai@pacedbreathing.com!
USER FEEDBACK
* "The best breathing app out there (I've tried 12 apps, this is the only one that works for me). I have recommended it to over 100 people over the 7 years I've been using it. I use it at least 5 x a week. Gives me instant calm" — R. Hall
* "LOVE this app. Very simple and easy to use. You can set time for inhale, exhale, and pause after each if you wish. You can watch it or listen…Thank you! Ads Not intrusive. Ads turn off when the app is active” — Denise
* "This is a wonderfully simple app. The default sound tone is just right for me and I like that I get to set the volume and it stays there whether or not the volume of the phone ring or other apps are different" — Eleanor
* "I've never written something like this in a review but... I love whoever wrote this app :-) Gets to the point in 0.2 s. No long annoying splash screens. No attempts to extort money... Super reliable, simple and 100% effective. I was looking for something that would let me take some breaks during normal meditation to do some controlled breathing, for example our most natural pattern - continuous 5.5 s inhale, 5.5 exhale. This app lets me remain in silence, fixing my rhythm by vibrations, and just... works perfect! BRAVO. A lesson to all developers how to make useful apps!" — Adam
CITATIONS
* [1] Study published in Front Public Health (2017) shows slow rhythmic breathing decreased blood pressure response to stress & improved mood: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5575449
* [2] Study in PLOS ONE (2019) shows slow paced breathing can improve relaxation & cardiovascular function: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0218550
* [3] Study in American Journal of Cardiology (2002) shows slow, paced breathing can significantly reduce blood pressure in hypertensive patients: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16129818/
* [4] Study in Frontiers in Psychology (2017) shows diaphragmatic breathing improves attention, reduces negative affect, & lowers stress in healthy adults: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00874/full
* [5] Study in Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (2005) shows benefits of Sudarshan Kriya, a specific yogic breathing practice, in treating stress, anxiety, & depression: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/acm.2005.11.189
* [6] Study in Nature Scientific Reports (2023) shows slow paced breathing counters pathways that lead to Alzheimer’s disease: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-30167-0
DISCLAIMER
App not intended to diagnose, treat, prevent medical conditions. Consult a healthcare professional before starting a breathing practice, especially if you have pre-existing health conditions.
Found this app after reading James Nestor’s book called Breath. Previously, I’ve tried other breathing apps, some with bells and whistles. However, all I needed was a way to count breaths to the tenth of a second. This apps does exactly this, and with optional sound/visual/haptic. Everything is adjustable on the main screen, while miraculously staying simple and clean visually.
Too easy to turn off
pelican2012
I like this app a lot because it lets me easily set a time for inhale, the time for exhale, whether I want to hold after either the inhale or the exhale, and the length of the session. My only complaint is that if I accidentally touch the screen, it ends the session. Often I have the phone sitting on a table beside me while I breathe, and I will pick it up to see how many minutes have gone by accidentally touch the screen and the session is over. And I have no record of how many minutes have passed. I would like the app to have a different way to easily pause or end the session .
Developer Response
Hey there, I’m looking to add a pause mode at some point, if you email me (hello@pacedbreathing.app), I’d love to get more details so I can design this feature well for you.
Consistency is key
Franciuk
I started with the free app but soon updated to the subscription. I love to be able to save my routines and track my progress. There are so many more expensive and complicated apps, but I think this, in its simplicity, works really well. And Mihai has been really helpful when I looked for help. I already shared with many of my friends!
From the Breath book
Biggest Star Wars fan!!!1!
This app is fantastic. My wife and I dove deep on the Breath book, mouth tape and all. I’ve struggled with the counting part of breathing exercises, and this app solves that. I can look at the screen to get started, and it even buzzes when my screen goes off, keeping me in check. Highly recommend!
Fixed bugs — details at https://pacedbreathing.com/status
Version 3.12.2
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Information
Seller
Paced Breathing LLC
Size
68.3 MB
Category
Health & Fitness
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
