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24 alternatives to Essential Breathing

A minimal breathing timer for calm pauses

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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Essential▲106
A beautiful, minimal, distraction-free meditation app
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
2
PAUSE▲375
A relaxation and meditation app by ustwo
2015 · pauseable.com · its alternatives →
3
Shut Up & Breathe▲190
Your daily 2 minutes of peace
2024 · shutupandbreathe.vercel.app · its alternatives →
4
Unwind▲142
A refreshing & distraction-free mindful breathing companion
2019 · its alternatives →
5
Unwind 2▲172
Deep mindful breathing exercises from your phone and watch.
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Breathe CLI – Paced resonance breathing in the macOS terminal▲132
I built a terminal app that paces slow breathing at 6 breaths per minute for vagal tone training. It's a single Python file, stdlib only, no dependencies — just run breathe and follow the bar. I'm a cardiology patient (HFrEF). Slow breathing at resonance frequency is one of the few non-pharmacological interventions shown to improve cardiac vagal tone and baroreflex sensitivity (Bernardi et al., Circulation 2002; Lancet 1998). I wanted a frictionless daily habit tool — no app store, no account, no subscription, just open terminal and go. Design constraints, all grounded in the clinical…
May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Momotaro▲229
Minimal, calm timer for iOS that invites you to focus.
Dec 2025 · momotaro.app · its alternatives →
8
Four7Eleven▲70
The healthy 4-7-11 method app for calm breathing
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Unwind 3.0▲258
Relieve stress and anxiety, sleep better, and improve focus
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
10
Box Breathe▲74
Stress relief is just a tap away!
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Unwind▲116
An app to help you with your mindful breathing
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
12
Breathing In Labour▲136
A distraction-free breathing app for labor preparation
Jul 2026 · lebene.pl · its alternatives →
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Breathe2▲73
Pre-installed workouts & option to create your own, for free
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
14
Breathe – Peripheral Breath Trainer▲167
breathe is a (distraction-free) peripheral breath trainer, it helps you breathe correctly so you can stay calm and focus on what matters. - GitHub - tryhardfifi/breathe: breathe is a (distraction-free) peripheral breath trainer, it helps you breathe correctly so you can stay calm and focus on what m
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
15
Do Meditate▲96
The minimalist app for meditations, breathing, and sounds.
2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
16
Sigh▲76
Reduce overall stress in 5 minutes with cyclic breathing
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Pausa▲122
Your space to breathe, reduce anxiety & stress, feel better
Oct 2025 · pausaapp.com · its alternatives →
18
Mindstimer▲71
The simple meditation timer for Apple Watch, iPhone and iPad
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Breathe▲12
Breathing patterns for calm and focus.
Dec 2025 · breathe.is · its alternatives →
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BreatheDeeply▲8
Pause.Breathe.Transform
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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One Calm▲63
Calm down in one minute
2023 · zedom1.github.io · its alternatives →
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Breathe▲79
Breathing exercises to focus and calm down.
2022 · breathe.so · its alternatives →
23
Just Breathe▲9
Simple breathing exercises without the complexity
2025 · didyoubreathe.com · its alternatives →
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Just6▲71
A breathing and meditation app
2019 · its alternatives →

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