Privacy Policy
Last updated September 27, 2026. Breathe for Five. is in development; we will update this policy before launch if anything below changes.
This policy explains how Breathe for Five. (the iPhone app and breatheforfive.com) handles information. The app is operated by Solstice Labs LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, 215 S Wadsworth Blvd Ste 400, Lakewood, CO 80226 ("we").
Summary
Sessions, saved patterns and practice history are stored on your iPhone and work without a connection.
Important information
Breathe for Five. offers short guided breathing sessions for relaxation and general wellbeing. It is not medical treatment and is not a substitute for care from a health professional. Breathe comfortably and never force or hold your breath beyond what feels easy. If you feel dizzy, light-headed, tingly, short of breath or uncomfortable, stop and return to normal breathing. Sit or lie somewhere safe, and never use the app while driving, operating machinery, swimming or in the bath. If you are pregnant, or have a heart, lung or blood-pressure condition, asthma, epilepsy, a history of fainting or panic attacks, check with your doctor before trying new breathing exercises. Any heart-rate or calm figures shown are general estimates.
Your sessions and history stay on your device (and your private iCloud if you turn on sync) and are never sold or used for advertising.
Apple Health access (for example, saving Mindful Minutes or reading heart rate) is optional and can be turned off at any time.
Information we collect
- If you purchase the optional supporter subscription: purchase and subscription status
- If you choose to create the optional account: your email or Sign in with Apple identifier, and the name Apple shares if you allow it
- If you turn on the optional backup: your session history, saved and custom patterns, favorites, reminders and app settings, so you can restore them on another iPhone
Information we do not collect
- Breathing or heart-rate measurements (the app does not measure them)
- Your session history or saved patterns, unless you choose the optional backup
- Apple Health data. If you allow it, the app saves your session time to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes on your iPhone; it reads nothing from Health and nothing from Health is sent to us
- Location, contacts or advertising identifiers
Health information
Breathe for Five. is a general breathing-practice timer, not a medical device or treatment. It does not measure your breathing and makes no claim about stress, sleep, HRV or any health outcome. Breathe at a pace that feels comfortable, and talk to a qualified health professional if you have health concerns.
Optional account
You can use every feature without an account. If you choose to sign up (with email or Sign in with Apple, 18 or older only), one account works in all of our apps. We store your email or Apple sign-in identifier, which of our apps you've signed in to, your marketing and beta choices in each app with the time you made them, and an optional backup of each app's settings and records. Apple Health data is never included. If you have an ad-free subscription, we also store its end date and Apple's transaction identifier (checked against Apple's signature) with your account. You can sign out, turn choices off, or delete your account any time from Profile; deleting it removes it and its backups in all of our apps. See our suite account page for what the shared account stores and how to delete it.
Our apps on your iPhone
To avoid promoting apps you already have, the app checks whether our other apps are installed on your iPhone. It can only check for our own apps, and the result stays on your device. If you buy an ad-free subscription, the app saves its end date in a place only our apps can read, so our other apps on the same iPhone can turn ads off too.
iOS permissions
- Notifications (optional) — For gentle reminders you choose. Declining notifications never blocks a session.
- Apple Health (optional) — Saves your session time as Mindful Minutes. The app reads nothing from Health.
Android permissions
- Notifications (optional): for gentle reminders you choose. Declining notifications never blocks a session.
- Health Connect (optional): saves your session time as mindfulness sessions. The app reads nothing from Health Connect, and the data stays on your phone.
Service providers
We use a small number of providers only to run the app. They may not use your information for their own purposes.
- RevenueCat — Processing the optional supporter subscription and restoring purchases. It does not receive your app content.
- Sentry — crash and performance diagnostics via Sentry; no account, email or content
Advertising
Any ads in our apps promote only our own apps. We do not sell personal information, do not share it for cross-app advertising, and do not use Apple's advertising identifier to track you.
Purchases
Optional supporter subscriptions are processed by Apple. We receive purchase status (for example, whether a subscription is active) but never your payment card details.
Children
The app is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information.
Your choices and rights
You can use the app without an account, turn off notifications and permissions in iPhone Settings, and delete local data by deleting the app. To access or delete information connected to you, email privacy@solsticesuiteapps.com. Depending on where you live (for example, the EU, UK or California), you may have additional rights, and we will honor them.
Retention and security
We keep information only as long as needed for the purposes above and protect it with reasonable safeguards.
Changes
We will post changes here and update the date above.