Apple Health sync
Save completed sessions to Apple Health for a broader view of your routine.
iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Make bedtime and stressful moments simpler.
478 Reset is a focused 478 breathing app for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. It guides the familiar inhale, hold, exhale rhythm with clean visuals, optional voice prompts, and haptics you can follow with your eyes closed when you want more calm, a little less anxiety, or better focus.
- No adverts
- No recurring subscriptions
- Works offline
- Privacy first
- No tracking
- No AI gimmicks
Voice prompts
Optional spoken cues help you stay with the rhythm without watching a screen.
Haptics for eyes-closed use
Feel each phase transition so you can keep breathing with your eyes closed.
Customizable sessions
Adjust the breathing experience to fit your pace, preferences, and routine.
Apple Watch support
Run sessions from your wrist even when your phone stays put away.
History and progress
Review sessions over time and keep a simple record of your routine.
Why It Helps
Simple breathing cues can make a calming routine easier to repeat.
Slower breathing supports a calmer routine
Slow breathing is commonly used to support relaxation, bedtime routines, and quieter transitions at the end of the day, especially when anxiety starts making it harder to settle.
Longer exhales are often associated with downshifting
Extended exhale patterns are often used as a simple way to encourage a more settled pace, a calmer state, and a gentler shift out of stress.
Guided cues can help attention stay in one place
Following voice prompts, haptics, or a clear visual rhythm can feel easier than counting in your head when you are tired, tense, or trying to refocus.
Built around the 478 breathing technique, the app gives you a simple guided timer for sleep, stress, insomnia, calmer breathing, and quiet resets on iPhone and Apple Watch. Whether you use 478 breathing to fall asleep faster, settle anxiety, ease stress, or create a steadier bedtime routine, the goal is the same: make the technique easier to return to and easier to stick with.
Ready When You Need It
A clean breathing app for sleep, calm, focus, and quick resets.
Built for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, with offline use, privacy-first design, voice prompts, haptics, and no unnecessary noise when you want a little less anxiety and a clearer head.
From The Blog
Good starting points if you want the practical side too.
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A careful look at what slow-breathing research does and does not support.
Read articleFocus
478 Breathing App vs Counting in Your Head
Why guided cues can feel easier when you want less mental load and more focus.
Read articleOffline First
Why Offline Breathing Apps Matter at Night
Why low-friction, offline breathing feels better when you are winding down.
Read articleBedtime Routine
478 Breathing Before Bed: A 5-Minute Routine
A short, repeatable bedtime routine for people who want a simple nightly starting point.
Read articleApple Watch
Why 478 Breathing Works Well on Apple Watch
How wrist-based sessions reduce friction when you want calmer, eyes-closed breathing.
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