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One question
How do you feel right now? Five levels, from Overwhelmed to Okay. Tap one.
A breathing app for when it gets strong
softPause. One breath first.
Here is the breath softPause gives everyone, free, always: three sighs. In through your nose, a little more on top, then a long, slow breath out. About 30 seconds.
Whenever you’re ready.
3 breaths · 27 seconds
Your phone gives a soft pulse at each change, so you can close your eyes.
Example record
In the app, every pause starts and ends with the same one question: How do you feel right now?
Your two answers, on the same scale, are your before → after.
Free. No account. Works offline.
One question. Then the app decides.
Choosing a technique is the last thing you want to do while tense. So softPause asks one thing and takes it from there.
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The app picks the breath
A few sighs, cyclic sighing or slow breathing, and for how long. A glowing orb and soft haptics pace it, so you can follow with your eyes closed. Stop any time.
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Before → after
Afterwards, the same question on the same scale. Every pause gets an honest before → after.
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A record that never punishes
How many pauses so far, how many ended lower than they began. No days to keep up. Nothing on it can go down.
What’s free, what’s softPause+
Your first three pauses are full softPause+, and nothing is billed. After that, the part you need most stays free.
Free, always
- SOS: three sighs, from any level, as often as you need
- Not okay? Help numbers where you are, one tap away
- The before → after question, after every pause
- Your last three pauses
softPause+
- Your breath, matched each time to how strong it is, the time of day and what works for you
- Your full record, before and after
- Your pattern: what helps you most, and when
$29.99 a year, or $59.99 once.
US prices; the App Store shows the price where you are. Cancel a subscription any time in your App Store settings.
Yours, on this phone
No account. Nothing to sign up for. Everything you record stays on this phone, and a breath never waits on the network: softPause works offline.
Delete everything with one tap: Your data → Delete all data.
A breathing practice, not medical care.
If you have trouble breathing, chest pain or feel faint, get urgent help now. In the app, Not okay? is always on Home, one tap away, with the emergency number for your phone’s region.
Breathe first.
Free to download. No account. Works offline. In English, French and Arabic.