tinybreath

Close your eyes. We'll keep count.

A soft tone to breathe in, a lower one to breathe out, a gentle tap at every turn. Five quiet minutes, nothing to look at.

Coming to the App StoreFree · No account · Works offline

Slow down to six breaths a minute.

Left alone, most adults take 12 to 20 breaths a minute without noticing. Coherent breathing slows that to 6 a minute: five seconds in, five out.

On its own16 /min
Shallow, quick, mostly unnoticed.
With Tinybreath6 /min
Long and even, paced by sound and touch.
How it works

Follow the breath with your eyes closed.

Hear the turn

A higher tone as you breathe in, a lower one as you breathe out, and quiet while you hold. No voice, no music.

Feel the turn

One heavy tap to breathe in, two to breathe out, a short crisp one when you hold. You can tell them apart with your eyes closed.

Or just watch

A shape swells as you breathe in and settles as you breathe out, in a different color for each phase. Turn the sound and taps off if you only want the shape. The screen stays awake.

Four breathing patterns. Or your own.

Pattern
Sessions are 1 or 5 minutes free. Plus adds your own counts and any length up to 60 minutes. Pick a pattern here and the shape at the top of the page breathes it.

Your breath stays yours.

No account
Never asks who you are
No data by default
Anonymous counts only if you say yes
Works offline
Airplane mode is fine

I built this for myself first

Everything got faster, and staying in the moment got harder. The breathing apps I tried all wanted something from me: an account, a subscription, a streak I would eventually break and feel bad about.

I wanted the opposite. Open it, close your eyes, breathe for five minutes, put it down. A soft tone and a gentle tap keep count so your mind does not have to.

It counts the days you breathe and shows them to you, and if you miss one it simply starts again. No red, no warning, nothing to defend. If it is useful to you too, good. It had to work for me first.

Christoph, who made it

Free to breathe. Plus if you want more.

Tinybreath
Free, forever
  • Calm, Box, 4-7-8 and Coherent breathing
  • 1 and 5 minute sessions
  • Sound, haptics or silence
  • A recap after every session
  • Works offline, no account
Tinybreath Plus
€9.99 one-time. No subscription.
  • Sessions up to 60 min
  • Ten more patterns
  • Custom patterns, unlimited
  • History & stats
  • Apple Health sync
  • Alternate palettes
  • Alternate sounds
  • Home Screen widgets

Everything on the left stays free whether you buy this or not.

Questions about paced breathing.

What is paced breathing?

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Inhaling, holding and exhaling for set counts: for example 4-2-6-3 seconds. Slowing to about six breaths per minute nudges the nervous system toward rest and helps you feel calmer within a minute or two.

Is Tinybreath free?

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Breathing is free, forever: the four presets and the 1 and 5 minute sessions. No subscription, no ads, no account. Tinybreath Plus is an optional one-time unlock that adds longer sessions, ten more patterns, history, Apple Health and widgets. It only ever adds.

Which breathing techniques are included?

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Calm (4-2-6-3), Box breathing (4-4-4-4), 4-7-8 breathing for sleep, and Coherent (5-5), which has no holds at all. With Tinybreath Plus you can also set your own inhale, hold and exhale counts.

How long should a session be?

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5 minutes is a whole session, and one minute is there for when that is all you have; both are free. Plus adds any length from 1 to 60 minutes, so you can settle into something longer when you have the time.

Does it work offline?

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Yes. Breathing needs no connection and no sign-up. It goes online to buy or restore Tinybreath Plus through Apple, and for anonymous usage counts only if you say yes the first time you open it (you can change that in Settings).

What does Tinybreath know about me?

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Very little. The app has no account and no ads, and your settings and history stay on your iPhone. The first time you open it, it asks whether it may send anonymous usage counts to our own analytics (which screens and features are used, and whether Plus was bought, tied only to a random id): Yes and No are equal choices, nothing is sent before Yes, and you can turn it off in Settings, which deletes the id. No third party is involved and nothing is used for ads. If you switch on Apple Health, the app writes your sessions there as mindful minutes and reads nothing back; that data stays with Apple and never reaches us. This website counts visits without cookies. The details are in the privacy policy.

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One tiny breath.
Then another.

Free, works offline, and never asks who you are.

Coming to the App Store
Coming to the App Store