Shift: Breathwork & Calm
A breathwork timer for iPhone and Apple Watch. Pick what you need help with, and Shift guides every breath so you never have to count.
Breathing for what you need right now
- Calm: slow breathing to settle down.
- Focus: steady breathing before work or a meeting.
- Sleep: long exhales to wind down before bed.
- Reset: a quick reset after a stressful moment.
- Custom: build your own pattern of inhale, hold and exhale.
Techniques include box breathing, 4-7-8 breathing, the physiological sigh, slow 4-6 breathing and resonance (coherent) breathing.
How it works
- A circle grows as you breathe in and shrinks as you breathe out.
- Haptic taps guide each breath, so you can close your eyes.
- The Apple Watch app taps your wrist for each breath.
- Session history and streaks, plus a breath-hold test.
- No account, no ads. Your data stays on your device.
Questions
- Does Shift need an account?
- No. There's no sign-up, and your history stays on your device.
- Does it work on Apple Watch?
- Yes. The Watch app guides each breath with wrist taps.
- Is Shift free?
- Yes. Shift Pro adds background sounds, voice or tone cues, a sleep timer, more patterns, longer sessions, reminders and Apple Health logging, as a subscription with a free trial or a one-time purchase.
Shift is for relaxation and general wellbeing. It is not a medical device.