Breath Ball Breathing Exercise 4+
Relieve stress and relax.
Michael Holl
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
Four reasons why you should use Breath Ball to do your breathing exercises:
• Breath Ball's breathing-curve is based on observations of hundreds of clients. It's the secret why Breath Balls breathing exercises feel natural and work much better than any of the competing apps.
• Maximum customizability: Our well being highly depends on what we like and dislike. Breath Ball is the only app you can fully customize to your liking to give you the one breathing app that feels just right.
• Focus on simplicity: Breath Ball is incredibly easy to use and even the first breathing session usually leads to great results.
• Free: Even the free version of Breath Ball provides all the functionality you'll ever need.
These are the reasons why leading professionals from biofeedback coaches to meditation teachers use and recommend Breath Ball to do breathing exercises.
What is Breath Ball used for?
Breath Ball helps you to overcome high stress situations, to meditate, and to relax. It comes with four breathing exercises:
• The cardiac coherence breathing exercise is used to enter a meditative trance for deep relaxation.
• Prof. Dr. Loew's slow paced breathing technique is used to calm down and overcome high stress situations.
• Dr. Andrew Weil’s 4:7:8 breathing technique is used to fall asleep.
• The COPD foundation’s recommended breathing technique can help to catch a breath.
Each of these breathing exercises comes with a short tutorial that will get you started in less than two minutes. Beside that you can create your own breathing exercises; something yoga and meditation coaches enjoy a lot.
Privacy concerns?
Please note: Breath Ball value your privacy. No personal data is collected. There is no Facebook integration and there are no social sharing features. If you decide to use this app, you do so absolutely anonymous.
Breath Ball is a philanthropic project and you are more than welcome to use it. In case of questions or suggestions feel free to drop us an email at michael@breathball.com
Thanks for reading. Feel free to download Breath Ball now.
Disclaimer:
Please note that Breath Ball is solely used for relaxation and that it is not a medical device according to MDR. For therapeutic treatment, please consult a medical professional. In case of discomfort, respiration issues or if you experience anything unfavorable, stop the breathing exercise immediately and seek the advice of a physician or therapist. You are using Breath Ball at your sole responsibility.
What’s New
Version 6.2.2
Font scaling is now restricted to prevent the UI from reaching outside the screens boundaries.
A rarely occurring bug, that caused a breathing exercise to stop immediately after start, has been fixed.
Ratings and Reviews
Highly recommend!
I’ve dealt with anxiety in various forms for over a decade, and have been frequently informed about the benefits of guided breathing. There’s a lot of research supporting this as a healthy habit, but I was never able to make it work on my own! I would find myself over-breathing, gasping for air, and getting even more anxious whenever I tried to practice a given exercise. Using Breath Ball has been my first successful experience with breathing exercises. I’m very happy to have found this app!
I’d love to see some optional features that allow you to track your progress—maybe a log that records when you practice, or just an overall count somewhere of the total minutes you’ve done exercises for. I would definitely consider a pro subscription if it came with tracking features.
GREAT IN EVERY WAY
1st thing I look at in apps I’m considering is, how much my info are they collecting and sharing. Answer with BreathBall-none.
2nd, the developer makes it clear he is not a medical expert and suggests checking with Dr or therapist with any discomfort or questions.
3rd, he could sell the pro section and does ask that you buy it if you can afford it because some can’t. It is only $10 and he provides it free anyway.
For me that all speaks to integrity and makes me more comfortable using it.
Through the years I had heard of the “4:7:8” breathing to aid in sleep and it just didn’t work. With the explanation for why this works and great instructions, it is still a process and the more I use it, the easier it is to feel the changes bringing me closer to sleeping. Best app ever!
New version is great, just a few requests
This has been my favorite breathing app for quite a while. Overall I really like the new version, and it’s obvious that a lot of thought and work went into it. But I do have a few suggestions and requests:
1. Please add an option to not show the pop-ups before and after the breathing exercise. I prefer to use a separate journal, and having to dismiss them every time is a bit tedious. There could either be an option to turn this off in the settings or the pop-ups could replaced by a button on the edge of the interface that could be tapped if someone wants to use the feature and ignored otherwise.
2. Vibration doesn’t seem to work on my iPhone, but in addition to fixing this, I’d love to have a quick toggle or button that isn’t buried in the settings so I could switch between vibration only and sound only. (Vibration with no sound would be helpful when I’m around others who I don’t want to disturb, and sound with no vibration improves battery life.)
3. This is a little thing, but I miss the way the bell sounded in the previous version. Could you bring it back as an additional option?
App Privacy
The developer, Michael Holl, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Usage Data
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Michael Holl
- Size
- 50.8 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 12.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 12.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, German
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2017-2024 Breath Ball
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Happy with Breath Ball. $9.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Some in‑app purchases, including subscriptions, may be shareable with your family group when Family Sharing is enabled.