Control your breath timing with visual & audio cues for meditation and recovery
About Paced Breathing
Paced Breathing is a health & fitness app developed by Paced Breathing LLC.
Download Statistics
Paced Breathing has been downloaded 440 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 3.1 thousand times.
User Ratings
Paced Breathing is rated 4.61 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 2.2 thousand ratings.
App Information
Paced Breathing is FREE to download. The APK download size is 88.11 MB. The latest version available is 3.12.2. The last update was on January 24, 2026.
Technical Requirements
Paced Breathing requires Android 2.3+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play November 2012.
Description
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
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. 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, prevent medical conditions. Consult a healthcare professional before starting a breathing practice, especially if you have pre-existing health conditions.
Recent changes: Fixed some issues — details at https://pacedbreathing.app/status
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Great customizable paced breathing meditation app! All functionality you need is in the free version, the paid version lets you save multiple breath patterns, and more options for the cue sounds.
★★★★★Joe Mallahan· Jun 2, 2026
I have been using this highly flexible breathing app daily for over 5 years. It's so simple and so effective.
★★★★☆chaitu munna· Nov 3, 2025
App is good. It would be great if there is continuous vibration guided breathing, giving haptic feedback all through the inhale and exhale phase.
★☆☆☆☆C J· Jun 8, 2024
Positively hate the new version. Crashes regularly, less function in free version, regularly have to redo all the settings. 2 thumbs down, will use a different app.
★★☆☆☆Jill Pape· Dec 29, 2023
Update: 12. 29.23. New version no longer functions as I very much need. I play the tone at low volume in the background while I do other things. I'm watching a YouTube instructional video, and the tone causes the video to pause now. When this is fixed I'll go back to 5 stars. OP: Fantastic! Minimal ads on the free version. Helping my chronic illness, CFS/ME. Can adjust volume, run other apps while tasking on phone. Or of course, in the real world. Follow me at insta, jill.lorraine
★☆☆☆☆reinis· Apr 11, 2026
This app used to be simple and good. Now it's enshitificated to the point where I'm embarrassed to share it with others. Features were removed and put behind a €4 monthly subscription just to force people to pay. Edit: reply to the gaslighting owner's reply...; App version 2.3.3 came with 2x free profiles or unlimited profiles if you paid €2.79 AFTER updating to the latest version you cannot create a second profile without a €4 monthly subscription. Your claim is FALSE
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