Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Breathin
A really neat breathing exercise app
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Breathin launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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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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Lungy▲92Next-gen breathing exercises that respond to every breath
2022 · lungy.app · its alternatives →
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Breathing app made by teenager developer
2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Breathe2▲73Pre-installed workouts & option to create your own, for free
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Breathe now, thank yourself later
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Unwind 2▲172Deep mindful breathing exercises from your phone and watch.
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Yoga breathing exercises, pranayamas
2023 · universalbreath.app · its alternatives →
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Unwind 3.0▲258Relieve stress and anxiety, sleep better, and improve focus
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Four7Eleven▲70The healthy 4-7-11 method app for calm breathing
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Not AI-powered. Built for my wife. Simple & Science-backed.
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Breathhh▲204Personal mental shield against stress and anxiety
2022 · breathhh.app · its alternatives →
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Hey HN! I’m an NHS doctor and the founder of Pia (https://www.piahealth.co) which developed Lungy (https://www.lungy.app). Lungy is an iOS app that responds to breathing in real-time and was designed to make breathing exercises more engaging and beneficial to do. It’s been two years since Lungy launched (here’s the original ShowHN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34534615) and it's had a huge update and complete redesign. We rebuilt the whole app, and added a real-time 3D soft body solver which gives some really cool interactions like blobs /…
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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