Universal Breathing - Pranayama App Reviews

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Great app; minor upgrades needed. This app is great for teaching and guiding breathing for health. Pros: It has a ton of settings, so any level user can begin the app and work up to advanced breathing. There are 3 levels. Each level has 3 stages and each stage has 2 options for a total of 18 preset programs. Even better, these preset programs can be played for 5-60 minutes, your choice. You can also customize a program. The customization allows a lot of user control over the features: time, inhale length, exhale length, and hold lengths. It also allows you to set progressive increments of programs. I do this to build up to the advanced levels of breathing in a single session. There is also a lot of concise educational information right here in the app with links to more. Cons: I wish I could give it 4.75 stars because my con list is not worth a full star deduction. Here are the cons: 1. The app pauses if it is sent to the background. It needs to be able to run in the background. 2. It would be great if it could be programmed to open several times per day. 3. The tracking feature is off by one, so it tracks the wrong data. It also does not track 9 of the preset programs and it should. 4. There's no way to track customized sessions. This feature should be added, especially when the customized breathing programs follow the ratios from the standard preset programs. 5. There's no contact information in the help section.

Vibrate on silent needed. It would be great if the app can vibrate the phone after each inhale/hold/exhale (when in silent mode at work or wherever you don't need the sound)

Can’t close on iPhone X. I like the app but once it is open on my iPhone X it won’t close. A bit of bother. Fix it and it will rate 5 stars.

Great for what it is. I use this to help my spear fishing. So far so good. It’s a simple app that is relaxing and easy to use.

Not what I expected. Doesn't teach you anything. Just demonstrates 2 or 3 techniques and times it for you. That's it. Left me with more questions than answers. As a tutorial its useless. As a glorified stopwatch it's just ok. This app should be .99. It doesn't do anything to merit its price tag. I really regret wasting the money. Don't make the same mistake.

Good but not customizable enough. Relaxing and good for beginners. Unfortunately unable to create a cleansing breath between reps.

Great App!. Very helpful to relax, helps you overcome your insomnia and get to sleep

Great app with smooth sounds to guide your breathing. This is a great app! You can hear the soft sounds to guide your breath even with your eyes closed (for visual kriya pranayama for example) Just be sure your phone is not on vibrate mode.

Love it!!!. Great meditation app. I am new to meditation, so the different levels are very helpful. I especially like that I can create my own custom session. Helps me relax after a stressful work day. :)

Very helpful!. I have used this app once only, but I can already see I'm going to use it daily! It is great and the sound is soothing but powerful. I love this app!!!!

Same company offers better app. Very annoying to find out that this company offers a better version of the same app, under a different name, at a cheaper price.

Won’t keep playing when screen is asleep. Love this app, except...I wish it would continue to play when the screen is asleep. Your other app apparently has this feature, but I already bought this one. It would warrant 5 stars with this simple fix.

Work out the bugs and it's a 10!. The touch controls to stop or pause are not responsive about 80% of the time. The controls for background music do not work at all. The foreground sounds all sound the same with very slight variation. It also is not distinct enough at breaks to tell when to switch to exhale or inhale etc. This could be an outstanding app but it's got some huge issues!

The update anytime soon?. So I really like the idea here, but I personally bought this app, and first thing I see upon opening is a message saying that this app may not work with my iOS, idk what that's about. Pranayama is a great breathing exercise an all I want is a sure fire app that will be reliable. So how about that update?

Love it. Favorite app. Very useful for relaxation and at night to help with insomnia.

If sound won’t work. There is an easy answer on the developer website.

Doesn't run in the background.. Great features for breathing exercises. The animation of the man breathing might be nice, but is essentially useless. I really wish you could run the app in the background so I could do my breathing exercises while reading or meditating (with a locked screen), and just following the audio cues. That would be 5 stars.

Doesn't run in background.... I really wish it could run in the background. I would like to use this App in combination with my own music, or just to fall asleep to, but it doesn't run in the background.

Reduces stress. I've used this app for a year at night to help me sleep and reduce stress. I couldn't be happier. My 6 year old son was having issues sleeping and was getting into trouble at school. I've started doing five minute sessions at night with him and he is happier and in more control of himself at school.

Outdated?. I’ve use this app for years, and recommended it to many friends. However, when I bring it up now it freezes my phone. Still works, but I can’t get it off the screen without shutting down the phone. This is an XR with the latest iOS. Please fix!! The developer meanwhile has frozen his contact options, you cannot get to him to ask for help in any way as far as I can tail.

Moo-tastic!. This app cured what mooed me. The graphics are very sharp, but the sounds are really where the difference comes in. Sometimes I become too relaxed and fall asleep - any time of the day! Buckaroo.

Breathe Like a Freak. I have used much better breathing apps. This one has freaky graphics, weird invisibility option, bad music, and a little un-relaxing to me to have a stop breathing button.

Music. Bought app to practice breathing exercises. Was able to set up custom exercises. Not able to get music or sound to work.

App left for dead.. Zero support. Support links and web contact form on their site is closed. App hasn’t been updated in almost three years. I‘m presuming that the company bit the dust. I wished they had the decency to publicly announce it here.

Nice and useful idea and app, but. 1. Once you launch app, landing screen appears. Nice smooth resolution. But only for couple seconds. Than resolution drops and looks like whole screen gets some technical glitch. It kinda zooms in and drops the resolution. App starts and everything looks BAD. No smooth lines - squared lines everywhere. Need a fix. 2. Developer is too greedy or I don't understand something. Been with this app since the first one for iPhone. Loved it. Bought full version. Than new apps came in for iPad, HD version for iPad, than this one universal. Simple upgrades given to you as new paid app. C'mon, why do I have to pay again for what I already paid. Doesn't it make more sense to release an upgrade rather than a new app with Exactly same functionality under modified name and sell it again?

Game changer. I originally heard about this app from Commander Mark Devine and the box breathing he teaches. It works great. With the full version of this app you can adjust the settings and label custom exercises. I set it to inhale 6 seconds; sustain (hold) 6 seconds; exhale 6 seconds; sustain 6 seconds. I labeled it “box breathing” and set the timer for 20 minutes as Devine suggests 5-20 minutes a day. It has a different tone for each portion of the cycle. As you get used to the different tones you can close your eyes and still stay on track with the cycle. I like to do this exercises sitting in the dark with my eyes closed. By now I know what part of the cycle I’m on based on the tone that it makes. I like to flip my phone upside down as the screen is really bright. (I suppose that would be my only suggestion to the developers is that you could turn the screen off while using this app.) After the 20 min of box breathing I follow up with a 15 min gratitude meditation from a different app. It is a bit time consuming but well worth the effort. It is a game changer when facing the day with clarity. Because I’m in a calm present state, over time it has significantly reduced anxiety and helped me connect and communicate with others. After I enjoyed the app for a while I explored it deeper and read all the suggestions for better breathing techniques. I have integrated these techniques into the “box breathing” with even better results. Thank you for this app!

Used to be good. This app used to be great... I say used to be because now there is no sound what so ever. Highly disappointed

Doesn't run in background. This is a great app. I use it every day. As others have written, the biggest flaw in this app is that it will not continue to run if you lock your screen or open a different app.

Could Be Improved. I like this App a lot. It could be improved by: 1) turning off after the session is done. It stays on the screen and will completely drain the battery unless you remember to press the power switch. 2) running in the background, so I can hear the cues while I'm reading a news app or emailing...

Paid Version Has Ads?. I paid $7.99 for this app. The latest update has advertisements when it opens up. Why?

Avery. Really great breathing technique instruction

Incorrect ratios!!. This app is good if you down load the full version for making your own ratios. The issue with this app is that the ratios given in the free version and the full are incorrect. You would have to change the retention on the exhale to advanced and retention on the inhale to beginner. basically, inhale, retain then exhale, "beginner". Advanced would be, inhale, retain, exhale, retain. For the price you pay, you do not get guidance on Kapalbhati, Bhastrika, sheetali, seetkari and a basic ujjayi pranayama.

No sound. Would be glad if included sound cause I like it with eyes closed

Great app, but wish it would run in the background.. I really love using this app. I would give it five stars, but I wish that it would run in the background so I didn't have to leave the screen on and waste battery life. I only use the audio cues, so I have no need to look at the screen while it's running.

The Art of Breathing. It's not perfect, what in life is? Custom settings allow me to get the ratios dialed in just as I like. I enjoy the music, tones and animations. Thanks for making this, I'm sure minor tweaks and improvements are on the way :)

No Sound. Sound does not work.

Description is a bit disingenuous.... I enjoy the breathing exercises this app provides and get much benefit out of them but I also agree with one of the previous reviewers that the retention or sustained breaths should come after inhaling and before exhaling in beginner mode. The developers of this app make another app that is almost identical to this one for a dollar cheaper that has the retention flipped the correct way. It boggles my mind why they even have two apps so similar at different prices to begin with. Perhaps they should combine their efforts into one solid app. I bought this app over the other app (after trying the free versions of both) because it said it had support for the Retina display on the new iPad but it doesn't. I'd even go so far as to say that while neither of the two apps are truly taking advantage of the Retina display, the other app actually looks better on it while this is the one that claims to be updated to take advantage of it. That's the part I find most disingenuous. I want to love this app and give it five stars but the developers have me scratching my head and questioning their true motives by some of their choices and actions.

Sound no longer works. I used this app for quite a while and then put it aside. When I went to use it recently, the sound no longer works making it inefficient unless you stare at the screen. I used to really love it. Hopefully it will get fixed soon, but judging by other reviews, it doesn’t sound likely.

Perfect. Use it daily to meditate, best pranayama app. Perfect for yogis of all levels.

Very useful , But !!!!. This App is nice and very useful for people looking to improve their breathing and health in general. But to get better results you should do it more then once a day, the problem is with everything going on around us we don’t remember to do it, so can you please add the possibility of Notifications or Reminders, this way we can set how times per day we would like to practice and the App will remind us when time comes for practicing .

I love this app!. I use this every night before I go to sleep to wind down. I'd rate it 5 stars if it enabled multitasking so that it could run on the background :D

Love it. Great

Like it but. the sounds don't play when the app is in the background. I want to be able to hear it when I turn the screen off or am doing other things on my phone. I forgot about this in the trial version before paying the high price for the full version. If this feature is added I'd gladly give a 5 star rating.

Good idea Bad execution. Pranayama is a great tool for over all health. However this app’s user interface is not user friendly. It is not easy to customize the sessions. Also there is no option to contact customer support through the app.

Children's version?. Love this! It would be great if you had a version for young children. They are following along with me, but the breaths are a little too long for their smaller lungs.

Wonderful. I've struggled for years to develop the concentration necessary to meditate. This app has solved the problem. It has visual and audio cues to help you regulate your breathing, and can adjust it for several different breaths-per-minute rates, and of course for the desired session length. One thing I'd change: The graphic design/art/fonts are terrible. Pseudo-Buddhist/Asian exotica. Nothing about the meditation method is particularly Asian or Buddhist. So a cleaner, more neutral, more western look would be more appropriate and less distracting.

Apple Watch support. I love this app for training my breathing. Please develop the Apple Watch app that would compliment such a already wonderful app.

Apple Watch version please. Absolutely love the app. It would be fantastic to have the Apple Watch version

very soothing. everything about this app is well-designed. The colors, the music...it helps me relax and strengthen my diaphragm so I can run better. Great app to use in the morning before a workout!

64-bit update required. This app is good and I use it everyday. But this app may stop working very soon once there is a new iOS update release. Currently it is 32-bit and needs to be updates to 64-bit. Please update this app to 64-bit else it will stop working. I get a warning message every time I open this app. Please update this app.

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Excellent!!. I randomly found this app, and it's great. Doing the 5 min exercises a few times a day makes me happy.

No Sound!!!!!. Sorry but this is reasonably expensive app to purchase but there is NO SOUND!

Was great but needs update. First breathing ap I ever used . Used to use it to motivate my elderly mother to breathe with the amazing pictorial. Just rediscovered. Great diaphragmatic breathing explanation BUT needs update desperately. When I open it in my iPhone I can’t turn it off

Excellent. The app is not mathematically flawed at all. Sound works fine if you have your device set. I’ve been using this app for a couple of years and it’s an excellent breathing app. I do t think I paid for it when I acquired it. However I would value it as a AU$20.00 app

Rip off and mathematically flawed!. Fails to work out breaths per minute accurately even on pre set breathing cycles... can create own custom session with 6 variations but 5 don’t seem to change when you play them... disappointing and very overpriced!

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Customizable and unique !. The only feature missing is hearing the sound prompts from the lock screen or while multitasking

Very buggy. Leaving a comment on Apple blows but I did it for this app... Wanted box breathing but after building custom routine it doesn't save and won't run the time you set. Very annoying. Go with a different app imo.

Crap—I WANT MY MONEY BACK. I’m not new to this but you can’t hear the sounds. I’m not an idiot and have done everything they suggested if you don’t have sound, even before reading their tips. If you have to write a paragraph on how to get sound (but you still don’t get sound) and they’re getting so many emails, they close their way to contact them, the app should be 💯 free

A great mediation app. A terrific introduction to meditation. I am a teacher and I use it in my classroom to help the children focus and concentrate. It works wonders!

Horrible app!. I would like my money back. It's totally useless app.

Very good. Not the best looking app out there but a very good one nevertheless. Helped me changed my life around a few years ago. Like anything else meditation or pranayama related, however, you need to be regular with your practice. “you should meditate 20 min each day, unless you don’t have time, then you should do an hour.”

App outdated. I have had this app for a very long time now and it has not been updated in years. Please update as it is considered a security threat issue with such a long overdue update.

Calming- awesome app. This app is wonderfully put together. Very simple and intuitive interface. As somebody who battles anxiety, I can definitely feel the calming effect deep breathing has.

Application très utile pour la cohérence cardiaque. J'enseigne le yoga et la cohérence cardiaque et cette application m'est très utile. Mes élèves se la procure pour pratiquer la cohérence à domicile. Je la leur recommande chaudement.

If I could give this app seven stars I would. I cannot believe how this app has changed my life. You people whoever you are who made this app, thank you. From the bottom of my heart. You should give me a commission for how many people I get hooked on this app. I have dramatically transformed my life and helped many others do the same through the grace of this app’s ability to play sound overlapping my favourite mantras. An absolute blessing in the lives of so many. If you are a yogi who wants a perfect tool for Pranayam, this app is hands down the best thing that ever happened to me in 15 years of regular yoga practice. God bless you, Sat Nam

life changing app. well worth the $7. pranayama is priceless.

Great! Surprised there are no reviews yet!. Solid app, good call on making the full version free for a little while.

Amazing. This app is a fantastic relaxer. Very good for releasing stress and clearing your mind. Much like meditating.

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Me gustó mucho. Esta aplicación funciona perfectamente en mi iPad 3,

Good. Good

Update needed ASAP!. I just received a notification that as of 07/05/2017 the app needs to be updated to work with the new apple ios! Update this please!