Breathing Zone for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By AnthonyWA

  Perfect save one detail

  This app has been hugely helpful for me. It’s a reliably effective wellness tool. I have both the desktop and iPhone versions and love it. The only reason I’m not putting 5 stars is the app needs a distraction free mode where everything is hidden except for the color wheel. It would be amazing to use this app where all I see is a black screen and the beautiful, animated bloom. Seriously though, this app just saved me from having to sit through a panic attack and that's awesome. Also, in case the developer reads this. The contact form on the app website has a broken CAPTCHA.

  
  
• By dj phatmann

  just a few additions to greatness

  the only additions that would be helpful for this app would be a menubar controller and iCloud sync. If you set up a weekly goal, it’d be nice to have that reflected on all of your connected devices.

  
  
• By ProteusFinnerty

  simple, inexpensive, pleasant, powerful

  Although this app does nothing for you that you couldn't do by yourself with a decent stopwatch, it makes the experience of focusing on and altering the speed of your respiration simple and effective. The benefits of use are primarily psychological - reduced stress, better focus, increased calm and reserves of energy. A 5 minute or so exercise becomes a habitual source of health and energy tremendsously quickly, and it becomes clear within 2 or 3 uses how to use it most effectively, without more attention or dedication than it needs. This exercise is a pleasant experience first and foremost, and an effective remedy for the daily grind most of the time. While I know I could make do without it, I'm very grateful it's become one of the apps I use most frequently. It works, if not wonders, simply wonderfully well.

  
  
• By Elsbeau

  I recommend to patients for panic attacks and/or anxiety

  The visual imagery helps some people focus who have difficulty initially doing mindful breathing. Patients I work with report watching the in-out breathing takes their focus off their panic. Decreasing the breathing rate to 3.5 helps them get control of their shallow rapid breathing, which also helps slow rapid heart beat. Ideally, after initial success with this, the patient should wean themselves off of an external support and transition to internalizing mindful breathing. Highly recommended for patients with smartphones or Macs. It is available for smartphones other than iPhones also.

  
  
• By mplbr

  needs a volume control; support site broken

  A nice application, with a good selection of sounds and intervals. There is no in-app volume control, so you can only control the volume using your system settings. This means you can't easily use it at the same time as other applications since it will usually be way too loud. The website and suport site linked from the App Store page produce security warnings from safari and chrome.

  
  

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