Paced Breathing3.13.1 - App Store

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
* Heart monitoring: heart rate, HRV, & coherence (PB+)
* Ramp mode: gradually change breath times
* Visual, audio, & vibrate cues
* Reminders / notifications (PB+)
* Background playback
* Playlists for multiple breath presets
* Streaks, goals, & session tracking (PB+)

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: mihai@pacedbreathing.com!

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. 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, prevent medical conditions. Consult a healthcare professional before starting a breathing practice, especially if you have pre-existing health conditions.

Version History Bug fixes — see https://pacedbreathing.com/status/ 3.13.1 21h ago New visuals, new dark mode, playlists, and new onboarding — details at https://pacedbreathing.com/status 3.13.0 Sep 28 Fixed bugs — details at https://pacedbreathing.com/status 3.12.2 Jan 26 Fully integrated heart features into the app and fixed bugs — details at https://pacedbreathing.com/status 3.12.1 Jan 15 Fully integrated heart features into the app and fixed bugs — details at https://pacedbreathing.com/status 3.12.0 Jan 11 Added heart monitoring for PacedBreathing+ users — it includes tracking your heart rate, HRV, & heart coherence with a bluetooth heart rate monitor! 3.11.3 09/18/2025 Added heart monitoring for PacedBreathing+ users — it includes tracking your heart rate, HRV, & heart coherence with a bluetooth heart rate monitor! 3.11.2 09/06/2025 Added 'My Progress' page: see your past session, set & track goals, and see your streaks - details at https://pacedbreathing.app/status 3.10.3 03/14/2025 Added 'My Progress' page: see your past session, set & track goals, and see your streaks - details at https://pacedbreathing.app/status 3.10.2 03/13/2025 Bug fixes, see https://pacedbreathing.app/status for details. 3.9.2 02/28/2025 Bug fixes. Details at https://pacedbreathing.app/status 3.9.1 02/22/2025 Added new sounds and fixed some bugs! See https://pacedbreathing.app/status for details 3.9.0 01/23/2025 Made it easier to change your breathing times, and added ability to set multiple reminders for different days of the week (and some fixes)! See https://pacedbreathing.app/status for details. 3.8.1 06/24/2024 Made it easier to change your breathing times, and added ability to set multiple reminders for different days of the week (and some fixes)! See https://pacedbreathing.app/status for details. 3.8.0 06/22/2024 Fixed small bugs, added 'Breaths' info, added monthly billing option (details: https://pacedbreathing.app/status) 3.7.0 05/29/2024 Fixed 'pro' app migration bug + cut-off profile names bug (details: https://pacedbreathing.app/status) 3.6.1 04/27/2024 Fixed lots of major bugs and added background playback for iOS (details: https://pacedbreathing.app/status) 3.6.0 04/22/2024 Fixed sounds and vibrations, improved the profiles tab, and added onboarding for old 'Paced Breathing Pro' users (details: https://pacedbreathing.app/status) 3.5.0 04/03/2024 Added notifications and vibrate settings (https://pacedbreathing.app/status) 3.4.0 02/23/2024 Lots of small fixes and features (for a full list see the pop-up in the app, or https://pacedbreathing.app/status) 3.3.0 02/09/2024 Bug fixes (if you find any issues, send an email to: hello@pacedbreathing.app) 3.2.0 01/09/2024 Bug fixes! 3.1.13 01/01/2024 * Bug Fixes: lots of bugs should now be fixed!
* New Sounds: try out Emerald Echo, Binaural sound, and the Male/Female voices
* Profiles: have multiple settings for different breathing times
* Session Countdown: now you'll get 3 seconds to settle in before your session begins
* Ads: at the top, you may see an ad. The ads will never be shown during a session and they won't "pop" in disruptively
* Subscription: the free version of PB isn't going away or changing, but the paid features will now be offered through a subscription called PacedBreathing+. It'll will remove ads, give you unlimited profiles, let you use any sound 3.1.12 12/21/2023 * Bug Fixes: lots of bugs should now be fixed!
* New Sounds: try out Emerald Echo, Binaural sound, and the Male/Female voices
* Profiles: have multiple settings for different breathing times
* Session Countdown: now you'll get 3 seconds to settle in before your session begins
* Ads: at the top, you may see an ad. The ads will never be shown during a session and they won't "pop" in disruptively
* Subscription: the free version of PB isn't going away or changing, but the paid features will now be offered through a subscription called PacedBreathing+. It'll will remove ads, give you unlimited profiles, let you use any sound 3.1.11 12/19/2023 3.0.1 04/19/2023