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24 alternatives to Box Breath: Reduce stress and anxiety

Got Stress? Box Breathing to the Rescue!

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Box Breath: Reduce stress and anxiety launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Boxy▲69

   Breath to relieve stress

   2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Box Breathe▲74

   Stress relief is just a tap away!

   2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Get Calmer▲11

   Practice Box Breathing technique to reduce anxiety & stress

   2025 · gethappier.framer.website · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Box Breathing Buddy▲165

   Calm your mind in between tabs

   2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Relax Box▲113

   Anxiety relief games, relaxing music, breathing exercises

   2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Box Breathing▲155

   Breathe in sync with this to calm yourself down

   2017 · quietkit.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   I'm a doctor and made a responsive breathing app for stress and anxiety▲666

   Hey HN! Some more info: I’m an NHS doctor and the founder of Pi-A (https://www.pi-a.io) which developed Lungy (https://www.lungy.app). Lungy is an app (iOS only for now) that responds to breathing in real-time and was designed to make breathing exercises more engaging and beneficial to do. It hopefully has many aspects of interest to the HN community – real-time fluid, cloth and soft body sims running on the phone’s GPU. My background is as a junior surgical trainee and I started building Lungy in 2020 during the first COVID lockdown in London. During COVID, there were…

   2023 · lungy.app · its alternatives →

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   Squair▲162

   I built Squair because my phone was giving me anxiety - and it was also the only thing in my pocket when anxiety hit. The problem: 4 cups of coffee just to focus. Then the anxiety kicks in. Chest tight. Racing thoughts. Scrolling reels to "calm down" made it worse. I Googled "anxiety relief" at 2am and found box breathing — same technique Navy SEALs use in combat. First time I tried it, I felt the difference within 2 minutes. No crash. No pills. Just breathing. So I built an app around it. 6 months. Solo dev with a full-time job. 112 builds. 2 App Store rejections. Finally live. What it…

   Jan 2026 · squair.app · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Sigh▲76

   Reduce overall stress in 5 minutes with cyclic breathing

   2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    breathin▲73

    Breathing exercises for everyone

    2021 · breathin.app · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Breathe▲79

    Breathing exercises to focus and calm down.

    2022 · breathe.so · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Breathwrk▲100

    Learn and master breathwork with guided breathing exercises

    2020 · breathwrk.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Breathe V2▲88

    100% free breathing app for relaxation & stress relief

    2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    BreatheSonic▲113

    Use music to improve your breathing

    2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Breathhh▲204

    Personal mental shield against stress and anxiety

    2022 · breathhh.app · its alternatives →

16. 16
    BoxMind▲3

    Master Calmness & Focus Through Box Breathing

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Huma Breath▲135

    Quick and effective breathing exercises to alleviate anxiety

    2021 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Breathe Meditations for Mac▲76

    Immerse yourself in nature. Increase pleasant feelings.

    2020 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Bubble Meditation by ShutEye▲64

    Bubble meditation to help you relax and clear your mind.

    2022 · shuteye.ai · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Breathe▲152

    Mindfulness reminders to help you disengage from anxiety

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Breathe Machine▲94

    A virtual tool to help with breathing exercises and anxiety.

    2020 · breathemachine.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Breath Confetti▲100

    Learn simple methods to calm your mind

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    478▲11

    a breathing exercise to reduce anxiety

    2025 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    DailyBreathing▲76

    Breathwork

    2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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