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DIALFORGE

Everyday health

Box Breathing

Guided breathing on your wrist: box breathing, 4-7-8, coherent breathing, or your own pattern.

Coming to Connect IQ Unlock €4.99

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Beta: free for 30 days

The app works fully and for free for the first 30 days after you first open it. After that you can buy a one-time unlock code below. No subscription.

An animated shape guides every breath, so you never have to watch the clock. A gentle vibration marks each phase change, no sound needed.

  • Box 4-4-4-4 (each side 3-8 s, your choice), 4-7-8, coherent breathing at 5.5 breaths/min, or a fully custom pattern
  • Session length 1-10 minutes
  • Animated square traced for box breathing, a growing and shrinking circle for the rest
  • Phase text in English or Polish: INHALE, HOLD, EXHALE
  • Heart rate captured at the start and the end, with a summary at the finish
  • Records as a session in Garmin Connect when your watch supports it

How to use it

Open Box Breathing from the watch's app menu.

Controls: BACK opens the menu (resume, finish now, discard), START or a tap pauses and resumes. Stop if you feel dizzy or lightheaded and breathe normally. Not a medical device.

Manual

Box Breathing: user manual

What it does

Box Breathing guides a breathing session with an animated shape and a short vibration at every change of phase. Pick box, 4-7-8, coherent or your own timings. It notes your heart rate at the start and end and can save the session to Garmin Connect.

Requirements and supported watches

Needs Connect IQ 3.3.0+ and the Connect IQ or Garmin Connect phone app. Supported watches:

  • Round AMOLED: epix 2 and epix Pro 2, fēnix 8, E, Forerunner 165, 265, 570, 965, 970, Instinct 3 AMOLED, Crossover AMOLED, Venu 2, 3, 4, vivoactive 5, 6.
  • Round MIP: enduro 3, fēnix 7 series, 8 Solar, Forerunner 55, 245, 255, vivoactive 4.
  • Square and rectangular AMOLED: Venu Sq 2, Venu X1.

Installation

In the Connect IQ app on your phone (or Garmin Connect, then the Connect IQ Store) find "Box Breathing" by Dialforge, tap Install and sync the watch. Open it from the apps list: press START on the watch face, then pick Box Breathing.

First launch

The start screen shows the app name, "Press START" (on touch watches "Tap to set up") and the beta days left. START or a tap opens the setup menu. The 30-day free beta starts the first time you open it.

Controls

Watches with buttons (START, UP, DOWN, BACK)

  • Setup: UP and DOWN scroll, START on a line changes its value one step and wraps around. Start session begins. BACK returns.
  • Session: START pauses and resumes. BACK or MENU (hold UP) opens Keep going, Finish now, Discard (Discard asks twice).
  • Summary: any button exits.

Touch watches (tap, hold, swipe)

  • Setup: tap a line to change it, tap Start session to begin.
  • Session: tap pauses and resumes. Swipes do nothing.
  • Summary: a tap exits.

Settings

Phone: Connect IQ app, Box Breathing, Settings (the unlock code fields are there too).

On the watch, inside the app:

  • Pattern: Box, 4-7-8, Coherent 5.5/min or Custom.
  • Box: four equal sides of 3 to 8 s, default 4.
  • 4-7-8: inhale 4 s, hold 7 s, exhale 8 s, fixed.
  • Coherent 5.5/min: inhale and exhale about 5.5 s each, no hold.
  • Custom: inhale, hold, exhale and hold 2, each 0 to 8 s. 0 skips that phase.
  • Session length: 1 to 10 min, default 5.

License

  • Free beta: 30 days from the first launch, everything works.
  • Price: 4.99 EUR once at dialforge.dev, no subscription. The 8-character code is tied to your watch's UID.
  • Where to enter it: phone, Connect IQ app, Box Breathing, Settings. Read the UID in "Watch UID (needed to buy a code)", buy the code, then type it into "Unlock code from dialforge.dev". The end-of-beta screen on the watch shows the UID too.
  • After the beta without a code: an end-of-beta screen with the UID replaces the app. Enter the code, then open it again. New watch? Write to us and the code moves for free.

Privacy and permissions

Permissions:

  • Sensors: reads heart rate at the start and end of the session.
  • Activity recording: saves the session to Garmin Connect.

No internet use. Data stays on the watch and in the activities you save.

Health note: not a medical device, no diagnosis or treatment, no substitute for a doctor. Medical decisions belong to your doctor or pharmacist.

Troubleshooting

The code does not work. Check that the UID you bought for matches "Watch UID (needed to buy a code)" and type all 8 characters (case is ignored, no 0, O, 1 or I). A code for another app does not fit. Sync, then reopen.

What does the shape do? In box, a dot travels around a square: up inhale, right hold, down exhale, left second hold. Otherwise a circle grows on the inhale, holds its size and shrinks on the exhale.

Where does the session go? When it ends or you choose Finish now, it is saved to Garmin Connect (sport Meditation, subtype Breathing if the watch supports it, else generic). Discard deletes it.

What is on the summary? Minutes, heart rate at the start and end, and the change. With no reading it shows "--".

Contact

kontakt@dialforge.dev or dialforge.dev. Please write before leaving a low rating.

Permissions and privacy

This product asks the watch for the permissions below. Connect IQ shows them when you install it.

  • Heart rate and sensors: Reads heart rate and other sensors of the watch while the app runs.
  • Activity recording: Saves your workout in Garmin Connect (the activity from this app). The data stays in your Garmin account.

This product does not use the internet and sends no data to our servers.

Compatible watches

51mm, D2 Air X15, D2 Mach 1 Pro, Enduro 2, Enduro 3, epix (Gen 2), epix Pro (Gen 2) 42mm, epix Pro (Gen 2) 47mm, epix Pro (Gen 2) 51mm, Forerunner 165, Forerunner 165 Music, Forerunner 245, Forerunner 245 Music, Forerunner 255, Forerunner 255 Music, Forerunner 255s, Forerunner 255s Music, Forerunner 265, Forerunner 265s, Forerunner 55, Forerunner 570 42mm, Forerunner 570 47mm, Forerunner 965, Forerunner 970, fēnix 7, fēnix 7 Pro, fēnix 7 Pro - Solar Edition (no Wi-Fi), fēnix 7S, fēnix 7S Pro, fēnix 7X, fēnix 7X Pro, fēnix 7X Pro - Solar Edition (no Wi-Fi), fēnix 8 43mm, fēnix 8 47mm, fēnix 8 Pro 47mm, fēnix 8 Solar 47mm, fēnix 8 Solar 51mm, fēnix E, Instinct 3 AMOLED 45mm, Instinct 3 AMOLED 50mm, Instinct Crossover AMOLED, MicroLED, quatix 7, quatix 7 Pro, quatix 7 Sapphire, quatix 7X Solar, quatix 8 47mm, quatix 8 Pro 47mm, tactix 7, tactix 7 – AMOLED Edition, tactix 8 47mm, tactix 8 Solar 51mm, Venu 2, Venu 2 Plus, Venu 2S, Venu 3, Venu 3S, Venu 4 41mm, Venu 4 45mm, Venu Sq 2, Venu Sq 2 Music, Venu X1, vívoactive 4, vívoactive 4S, vívoactive 5, vívoactive 6

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FAQ

What happens after the 30-day beta?

The app shows a screen asking for a one-time unlock code from dialforge.dev instead of opening normally. Buy the code once below, no subscription.

Does the app send my data to Dialforge?

No. The app works fully offline, and the unlock code is checked on the watch itself, without contacting any server.

The app does not work as described on my watch. Can I get a refund?

Yes. Write through the feedback form below, or to the e-mail in the footer. If we cannot fix it, we refund you, as described in the terms.

Changing your watch?

Write to me and I will move your code for free.

Changelog

Unlock

€4.99

One-time payment. No subscription. The code works on the watch whose UID you enter.

  1. Install the app from the Connect IQ store. It works fully and for free for the first 30 days.
  2. Find your 10-digit UID: Connect IQ app on the phone > My Device > Apps or Data Fields > this app > Settings > Watch UID.
  3. Enter UID and e-mail, pay with PayPal (cards work without a PayPal account). The code appears here at once.
  4. Type the code into the same settings page, field "Unlock code". The watch checks it offline.

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