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Glimt vs Breathe Dot

Breathe Dot waits for you. Glimt reminds you.

Breathe Dot is a charming, minimal Mac app: a dot in your menu bar pulses with your breath, and one click starts a one-minute session. Glimt does more of the remembering for you. It brings a guided session to your screen on a schedule, and holds off during calls.

One-time purchase — no subscription

On demand vs. on schedule

Both are small, private, one-time-purchase menu bar apps with a breathing guide. The difference is who starts the session.

Breathe Dot

Always there when you look

A small dot in the menu bar pulses at your chosen rhythm, a quiet ambient cue. Click it for a one-minute guided session using 4-4-4, 4-7-8 or 5-5. It's simple, light and lovely.

Glimt

Shows up when you forget

Glimt brings a breathing orb onto your screen at the intervals you set, within your active hours. Choose Box, 4-7-8 or your own pattern, run several rounds or a playlist, and track your streaks.

Feature by feature

Glimt
Breathe Dot
Animated breathing guide
4-7-8 breathing
Box breathing & custom patternsBreathe Dot: 4-4-4, 4-7-8 and 5-5
Ambient pulse in the menu bar
Reminders at intervals you setNot listed for Breathe Dot; sessions start when you click
Holds reminders while your mic or camera is in use
Longer sessions (rounds, playlists)Breathe Dot: one-minute sessions
Statistics, streaks & a daily goalNot listed for Breathe Dot
No account, no data collected
One-time purchase
Windows

Which one is right for you?

Breathe Dot is a small indie app that does a small job well. Here's how to choose.

Choose Breathe Dot if…

  • You'll remember to click, and want a gentle pulse in the menu bar as a cue.
  • You want the lightest, simplest option.
  • You only need one-minute sessions.
  • You'd like to spend a couple of dollars rather than more.

Choose Glimt if…

  • You tend to forget, and want the session to come to you.
  • You want reminders that wait until your call is over.
  • You want Box breathing, your own timings, or longer sessions.
  • You use Windows, or want to track streaks and a daily goal.

Both one-time. Very different prices.

Breathe Dot costs a fraction of Glimt and does a smaller job well. Glimt costs more because it handles the reminding, the scheduling and the call-awareness.

GlimtGlimt
$39one time
  • Scheduled, guided breathing
  • Pay once, keep it
  • Mac & Windows
Breathe Dot
$2.99one time

On the Mac App Store; requires macOS 13 or later.

  • Menu bar pulse & one-minute sessions
  • Three breathing patterns
  • No account, no subscription

Competitor prices and features checked against their official sites and App Store listings in October 2026. They may have changed since. If something here is out of date, let us know and we'll fix it.

Glimt

Let the breath find you.

$39, once. No subscription. No account. Guided breathing that shows up during your workday, so you don't have to remember.

One-time purchase — no subscription — mac & windows

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