What is the best breathing exercise app for iPhone?

Open: Breathwork + Meditation, S tier, ranked #1 of 17, rated 4.9 by 17,848 people.

Which breathing exercise apps are free?

17 of 17 are free to download: Open: Breathwork + Meditation (S), Wim Hof Method: Breathwork (S), Breathwrk: Breathing Exercises (S), iBreathe - Relax and Breathe (S) and more. 11 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.

Which breathing exercise app has the best App Store rating?

Mindllama soundscape rain at 4.9 from 9,416 ratings.

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Best Breathing Exercise Apps for iPhone (2026)

17 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Open: Breathwork + Meditation is the top-ranked of 17 breathing exercise apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.9/5 from 17,848 ratings.

1
Open: Breathwork + MeditationS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 17,848 ratings · score 96
2
Wim Hof Method: BreathworkS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 13,540 ratings · score 95
3
Breathwrk: Breathing ExercisesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 18,035 ratings · score 95
4
iBreathe - Relax and BreatheS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 17,639 ratings · score 94
5
Breathing Zone: BreathworkS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,773 ratings · score 93

What belongs in this list

Do guided breathing exercises to calm down, relax or manage stress.

Not here: Facial or jawline exercises alone; Workout routines alone; Relaxing games alone; A general meditation library alone; A general chatbot that could be prompted for breathing tips alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

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1
Open: Breathwork + MeditationS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 17,848 ratings · score 96 · best in class
2
Wim Hof Method: BreathworkS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 13,540 ratings · score 95 · best in class
3
Breathwrk: Breathing ExercisesS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 18,035 ratings · score 95 · best in class
4
iBreathe - Relax and BreatheS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.9 · 17,639 ratings · score 94 · best in class
5
Breathing Zone: BreathworkS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,773 ratings · score 93 · best in class
6
FivePointFive: BreathworkS
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 4,987 ratings · score 93 · best in class
7
Mindllama soundscape rainS
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 9,416 ratings · score 92 · best in class
8
Oak - Meditation & BreathingA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 31,662 ratings · score 87 · excellent
9
Breathing Exercises: Breathe+A
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,450 ratings · score 86 · excellent
10
RESPIRA: Breath & MeditationA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 226 ratings · score 84 · excellent
11
SOMA Breath: Guided BreathworkA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 14 ratings · score 81 · excellent
12
BreathNow - blood pressure appB
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,776 ratings · score 79 · good
13
Breathe: Meditation & BreathB
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 50 ratings · score 79 · good
14
Relax: Meditation & BreathingC
Free · ★ 4.9 · 68 ratings · score 63 · situational
15
3 Minute MindfulnessD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 2,113 ratings · score 55 · weak
16
De-Stress: Breath & MeditationF
Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 14 ratings · score 49 · avoid
17
AURA: Breath & MeditationF
Free + IAP · ★ n/a · 0 ratings · score 25 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best breathing exercise app for iPhone?: Open: Breathwork + Meditation, S tier, ranked #1 of 17, rated 4.9 by 17,848 people.
Which breathing exercise apps are free?: 17 of 17 are free to download: Open: Breathwork + Meditation (S), Wim Hof Method: Breathwork (S), Breathwrk: Breathing Exercises (S), iBreathe - Relax and Breathe (S) and more. 11 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which breathing exercise app has the best App Store rating?: Mindllama soundscape rain at 4.9 from 9,416 ratings.
How many breathing exercise apps reach S or A tier?: 11 of 17. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.