Paced Breathing

Paced Breathing

Control your breath timing with visual & audio cues for meditation and recovery

App info


3.10.2
March 13, 2025
Android 2.3+
Everyone
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App description


Android App Analysis and Review: Paced Breathing, Developed by Paced Breathing LLC. Listed in Health & fitness Category. Current Version Is 3.10.2, Updated On 13/03/2025 . According to users reviews on Google Play: Paced Breathing. Achieved Over 387 thousand Installs. Paced Breathing Currently Has 2 thousand Reviews, Average Rating 4.4 Stars

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
* Ramp mode: gradually change breath times
* Visual, audio, & vibrate cues
* Reminders / notifications
* Background playback
* Streaks, goals, & session tracking

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: [email protected]!

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, or prevent any medical conditions. Consult a healthcare professional before starting any new breathing practices, especially if you have any pre-existing health conditions
We are currently offering version 3.10.2. This is our latest, most optimized version. It is suitable for many different devices. Free download directly apk from the Google Play Store or other versions we're hosting. Moreover, you can download without registration and no login required.

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What's New


Added 'My Progress' page: see your past session, set & track goals, and see your streaks - details at https://pacedbreathing.app/status

Rate and review on Google Play store


4.4
1,910 total
5 73.5
4 10.9
3 5.9
2 0.8
1 9.0

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Recent Comments

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Paula Stockamp

I love this app! Then it kept crashing on me. I wrote a negative review and emailed. Mihai responded with questions and suggestions, ready to get to the root of the issue. One of his suggestions worked! I was so impressed with his care, concern, and drive to create a better product. I even read the about section in the app, which I have never done before. Great man. Great product. If your app is crashing, clear your app data ( & maybe cache). It worked for me. If you don't know how, Google it.

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Eleanor Harris

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. The one thing I can't seem to fix is that an icon doesn't show on any screen on my phone. I have given it all permissions I can find but it doesn't work. So o have to go onto the apps on settings and open it from there. Can anyone help me with this?

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Andria Gardella Henderson

Happy to hear this app will get an update! I was having problems with the app quiting when the screen turned off on my new phone, but now it seems to be working. Being able to run a session with the screen turned off is one of the great features of this app. The other two I utilize are the ease with which you can toggle sound and vibration on and off, and the ease with which you can change the duration of a session. On all other apps I've tried (many!), making those changes is a hassle.

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Iahel Cathartes Aura

I've used this on & off since 2012. It's under diff dev now. I wish it could be updated yo work on my phone (Galaxy S10). Still by far my favorite. Minimal, nice, calming, attractive, easy, simple & good. All that's needed, with nothing silly, overly meaningful or expressive. No overly harsh or bright blue colors.

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A Google user

Great app. One of the best I've tried. I rely on the vibrate feature. (The voices and sounds are otherwise very distracting). The vibrate is not working on my pixel 2 xl anymore. Not sure if it was an update from you or something else but without the vibrate feature working I can't really use it anymore.

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R Hall

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. I love that I can adjust the breathe in, breathe out, and hold times. This is very important because A. Everyone has different needs B. As you get better, you can adjust to challenge yourself further. I'm down to 3.2 breaths per minute. Many thanks to the developer 💗

user
A Google user

Works very well for HRV biofeedback paced breathing. Simple and easy and the visual and sound cues are crisp and make it easy to know exactly when to start and stop each inhale, exhale and pause. The only issue is the blue color which can interfere with sleep. A warmer color scheme would also be easier on the eyes at night.

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Adam Tulik

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 (the reason which made me buy the pro version after 15 seconds of thinking). 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!