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24 alternatives to Pulse
Fall asleep in 60 seconds with this innovative breathing app
Pulse is a breathing app designed to help users fall asleep quickly. It guides users through breathing exercises intended to induce sleep within 60 seconds. The app is available on iOS and falls into the life and fun… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Pulse launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Breathing exercises focused on calm and acceptance
Feb 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Pulsetto▲118Reduce stress, improve sleep & relax in under 4 minutes
2023 · indiegogo.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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PulseSync▲116Keep your everyday health data in one simple app.
2025 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Heartbeat Hero▲102Easy CPR training & simulation using only an iPhone
Nov 2025 · forres.tech · its alternatives →
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Sleep Story▲109Best sleep app of 2019. Stories to make you fall asleep.
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Pulse HR▲76Fitness tracker by Withings with a 20 day battery life
2018 · withings.com · its alternatives →
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Most wearables collect data and hand you a dashboard. Pulse goes a step further: it helps you run experiments with your own habits, and actually shows you what makes a difference. No subscriptions. No locked features. Just tools to test what improves your sleep, focus, or energy.
2025 · blog.pulse.site · its alternatives →
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Pulse▲71Minimalist meditation app with no voice-over, just BG sound
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Sigh▲76Reduce overall stress in 5 minutes with cyclic breathing
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Personalized music to focus, relax & sleep
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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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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Huma Breath▲135Quick and effective breathing exercises to alleviate anxiety
2021 · its alternatives →
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Sleepfulness▲104The beautifully effective sleep app, powered by mindfulness.
2016 · its alternatives →
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2017 · pulse.crevalle.io · its alternatives →
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