Breath Forge is free to download and use. Pro is an optional one-time purchase of $2.99 (Google Play shows the price for your country). Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription. Your own data is never held back, with or without Pro.
Free
- Paced breathing. A moving circle with Box, 4-7-8, Slow and Double inhale patterns, plus your own timing, with 1 to 20 minute sessions.
- Cues for eyes-closed use. A gentle buzz and soft tone at each change of breath, each of which you can switch off.
- Breath-hold timer. Time your holds in rounds, after a full or an empty breath, with a buzz and tone every 10 to 60 seconds.
- Progress line. See your worst, average and best hold as you hold, and where this hold sits among them.
- Hold progress chart. Every hold as a dot with a line for your best each day, over the last 30 or 90 days.
- History. Your sessions and holds, with totals, and the option to delete any of them.
- Guide. What each pattern is, how to do it, how long to try it and when people use it.
- Private. No account, no ads, no tracking. Everything stays on your phone.
Pro (one-time purchase)
- Long-range progress. The hold chart over a year or all time, and export your holds and sessions to a spreadsheet (CSV).
- More patterns and your own. Extra ready-made patterns, and save your own custom patterns with names so you can start them in one tap.
- Cue styles. Choose how the tones and buzzes sound and feel.
- Notes and mood. Add a note and a simple mood tag to any session or hold.
- Daily reminder. An optional reminder at the time you choose, set on your phone, not sent from a server.
- Guided programs. Structured hold programs with timed rests, such as CO2 and O2 tables, with their own safety notes.
- Backup and restore. Save a backup file of everything and restore it on a new phone.
- Home-screen shortcuts. Long-press the app icon to start a hold or your favorite pattern.
Buying and restoring Pro
Open the menu in the app and choose Go Pro. Purchases are handled by Google Play. To get Pro back on a new phone, sign in to Google Play with the same account and install Breath Forge. Pro switches on by itself when the app starts. If it does not, open the menu, choose Go Pro and tap Restore purchase.
