Glimt vs Breathwrk: The breathing app that works
even when you forget

Breathwrk is great — if you remember to open it. Glimt interrupts you. It lives in your menu bar, detects when you're on a call, and floats a guided breath over your screen before you've even thought about it.

The short answer: Choose Breathwrk if you mostly practise on your phone and want guided classes in a set-aside routine. Choose Glimt if you work at a Mac, Windows or Linux computer and want breathing sessions that come to you during the day, for a one-time price instead of a subscription.

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Two completely different models

This isn't just a feature difference. It's a fundamentally different approach to the same problem.

Breathwrk

You go to it

Open the app, pick an exercise, do it. Great for intentional sessions — morning routines, pre-sleep wind-downs. But when you're deep in work and forgetting to breathe, Breathwrk doesn't know.

Glimt

It comes to you

Set an interval, forget about it. Glimt taps you on the shoulder during your workday, floats a breathing exercise over your screen, and disappears when you're done. You don't have to remember anything.

Feature by feature

Glimt vs Breathwrk feature comparison
	Glimt	Breathwrk
Works automatically during your workdayBreathwrk requires you to open it	Yes	No
Native macOS appBreathwrk on Mac runs as an iOS app	Yes	No
Lives in the menu bar	Yes	No
Active hours (quiet outside work)	Yes	No
Box Breathing & 4-7-8 patterns	Yes	Yes
Custom breathing pattern	Yes	Yes
Zero data collectionBreathwrk (Peloton) may access, collect and share health and GPS data under certain circumstances	Yes	No
Works fully offlineBreathwrk: downloaded exercises only; live classes require internet	Yes	Yes
macOS Shortcuts integrationTrigger any Shortcut when breathing starts or ends — pause music, flip a Focus mode, set Slack to Away	Yes	No

Which one is right for you?

Both teach good breathing. The difference is who starts the session.

Choose Breathwrk if…

You mostly practise on your phone.
You want guided classes, not only timed breathing patterns.
You like setting aside dedicated time, such as a morning routine or winding down before sleep.

Choose Glimt if…

You spend your day at a Mac, Windows or Linux computer and forget to breathe once you're focused.
You want the session to come to you, with nothing to open.
You want reminders that wait until your call is over.
You'd rather pay once than subscribe.

Own it, don't rent it

Breathwrk costs more every year you use it. Glimt costs $39 once.

Glimt

$39one time

Pay once, own forever
1 year of updates included
No renewal, no account, no card saved

Breathwrk

$9/ month

or $4.08/month billed annually (~$49/year)

$49–$108/year — every year, forever
After 3 years: $147–$324 and counting

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

Stop meaning to breathe. Just breathe.

$39, once. No subscription. No account. Works quietly in the background of your workday.