airosphere, a minimalist breathing app for iPhone, is free on the App Store for a limited time. The tip site 流動日報 New Mobile Life lists its normal price as US $0.99, and the App Store page now shows it as free. Neither source gives an end date.
What the app does
According to the App Store listing, most breathing apps hand you a fixed rhythm, while airosphere lets you build your own. The listing and the tip article describe these features:
- Custom exercises: set inhale, hold and exhale times down to the millisecond to suit your own comfort.
- Preset patterns: Box Breathing, 4-7-8, Physiological Sigh and Coherent Breathing.
- Haptic guidance: gentle vibrations mark the beat, so you can practise with your eyes closed.
- 100 color combinations: choose from 10 curated colors for the top and the bottom of the gradient.
- Safety limits: built-in limits and guidance meant to help users avoid hyperventilation.
- Dark mode: the interface supports it natively.
The developer pitches it for stress, focus and calm. Those are the developer’s claims, and this article does not assess any health effect. If you have a breathing or heart condition, ask a health professional before trying unfamiliar breathing patterns.
Platforms, privacy and catches
The developer is Sven Rothsching. The listing says the app is for iPhone and needs iOS 17.0 or later. It also lists Mac (macOS 14.0 or later with an Apple M1 chip or later) and Apple Vision (visionOS 1.0 or later), but marks the app as designed for iPhone and not verified for macOS. The download is 672.8 KB, and the app is available in English, French, German, Greek, Italian and Spanish.
The developer says it collects no data from the app, and Apple notes that this label comes from the developer and has not been verified by Apple. The listing shows two versions so far, 1.0 and 1.0.1, and the app had not yet collected enough ratings to show a summary, so there is little public feedback to go on.
How to get it
- Open the App Store on an iPhone running iOS 17.0 or later.
- Search for airosphere: breathe your way, or use the link on the official listing.
- Confirm the button says Get rather than a price, then download.
Because no end date is given, the price could return to normal at any time.
What it means for readers in Canada and the US
The only price in the sources is the usual US $0.99. No Canadian dollar price was given, so check the listing in your own App Store region. If the button says Get, it is free there. For anyone curious about breathing exercises, a free app with no stated purchases is an easy thing to try, though similar apps exist, and the lack of ratings means you are among the first to judge it.
