Best Freediving Training Apps 2025

PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE

So, you’ve been training and improving your freediving skills, and now you keep hearing about training tables, freediving training apps, tracking progress, and other terms that might be confusing. Don’t worry—we’re here to help! In this guide, we’ll break things down and provide tips on choosing the right freediving training app for your dry static table practice.

Before we dive in, please note that these are our recommended exercises, compiled from various sources and personal experiences. This guide is not meant to replace formal training, and using freediving training apps alone cannot substitute for taking a certified course. Most importantly, never train alone—this is Freediving Rule #1.

This guide is for informational purposes only, and OceanSense Freediving, its instructors, and representatives are not responsible for any injuries resulting from practicing these techniques. If you’re looking for professional guidance, we run freediving courses along the Queensland coast almost every week. If you’re interested and want to know more about them, click here!

What are training tables?

When it comes to freediving training, using freediving training apps can significantly enhance your performance. Training tables consist of a sequence of breath-ups and breath-holds designed to improve your tolerance to high CO2 levels or low O2 levels. The most common and recommended are CO2 tables, which you typically learn to set up during an advanced freediver course. However, thanks to technology, we no longer need to calculate them manually. With freediving training apps, you simply input your performance data, and the app takes care of the calculations, countdowns, and timing—eliminating the need to constantly check a chronometer.

To help you get started, we’ve tested various freediving training apps throughout our experience in training, coaching, and competing. Based on our expertise, here are our top three must-have apps for your smartphone!

Freedive

Developed by Luca Naterop, this app with more than 100k downloads and more than 4 start rating in both google and apple platforms can be called the most user friendly app. Easy to use, simple to program, and got several way to modify the count down alerts.

In the Main Menu we find 4 tabs:

Tables to use the automatic CO2 or O2 tables programmed according your performance, or to program personalised tables in case you have specific coached program.
Hold A simple breath-hold timer to keep track of you max performances and with optional time notification in case you are aiming for specific goals and don’t want to keep looking at the screen.
Settings As the name of this tab suggest, here we will introduce our max breath-hold time (aka mx performance) so the app can set up both of your tables, for CO2 and O2.
About tab will tell you about the author and a quick explanation of how to use this app.

There is only one version, the free version, which also doesn’t have “annoying apps” and you can create and edit several amount of tables. As you see it is a very simple and yet complete app to start your breath-hold journey.

Download for Android HERE

Download for Apple iphone HERE

Freediving trainer

Developed by Maksim Pipkin, this app with more than 180k downloads and higher than 4 start rating in both google and apple platforms can be called the most complete freediving training app. Even though it is not as easy to use when first using it, it is still simple to program, and got a specific count down alerts system, the AIDA count down, which is really convenient if you are thinking of becoming an athlete.

Now, probably one of the reasons why this is app is very popular in the freediving world, is that during the breath-hold time you can press the “contraction” button, so then you can compare to your past self and see when you are getting contractions on every session.

Even better, to this we ad the the capability of connecting the app directly to a pulse oximeter vie bluetooth (check compatibility on the app before buying any) , which means that you can see live, or on a stats graphic later, you heart rate and Oxygen saturation at any point of your Breath hold or breathe up. Now they also connect to Garmin watches for heart rate info, how cool is that!

In the Main Menu we find a few tabs:

Home This will show the table you have chose to do next or the one you are currently runing.
Tables to use the CO2 or O2 tables already set up as default that you will need to program according your performance, or to your specific coaching program. On the free version you will limited to a max of 3 tables.
Best Time A simple breath-hold timer to keep track of you max performances and with optional time notification in case you are aiming for specific goals and don’t want to keep looking at the screen. Yes as expected you will be able to see live stream on your phone screen your HR and O2 saturation, and will be able to tap the contraction screen whenever you get one.
Square Breath a 4 times breathing exercise to practice
One Breath Mode An on going table that you go pressing on the screen as you go to see your progression.
History Keep track of all your breath-hold training, details of your tables with charts notes and biometrical data, even downloadable on an excel file.
Settings As the name of this tab suggest, here we will introduce our max breath-hold time (aka mx performance) so the app can set up both of your tables, for CO2 and O2.
Sensors To connect your app to your pulse oximeters, garmin watch, google fit and others.
Premium tap so you can register for the paid version with no ads and more table saving options.

As you see it is a very complete app, great for the ones looking to go beyond the recreational freediving.

Download for Android HERE

Download for Apple iphone HERE

Apnea Trainer

A versatile freediving training app that lets you customize every aspect of your workouts while also guiding you through exercises like apnea squats and apnea walks. This freediving training app will streamline your routine by telling you exactly when to start, stop, and prepare, making your training more efficient and structured.

In the Main Menu we find a few tabs:

Training Where you will find the training options.
History Where you can review your all the sessions that you have done.
Progress Here you will see just the records of your max attempts.
Options Where you can personalise your goals, training, etc.

Download for Android HERE

Download for Apple iphone HERE

Prana Breath

Compared to the previous freediving training apps, this is a very different one, developed by Oleksandr Albul this app with more than 5MM downloads sadly can only be downloaded for Android phones. Prana breath will guide you through different breathing exercises and meditation based on your areas that need improvement to increase your mindfulness and improve your freediving skills. It will also send you reminders so you won’t forget to practice.

In the Main Menu we find 5 tabs:

Training This will show seven different exercises based on your present needs, such as Relax, harmony, power, anti-stress, anti-appetite, even cigarette replace and more!
Control Basically breath-hold sequences also based on your present need, mostly calming.
Experience Basically your log and statistics so you can see your progress.
Reminders need no explanation.
Options Basically your settings and configuration.

As you see it is a very powerful app, powerful enough to make people that have switch to iphone to keep their old android so they could keep using the app.

Download for Android HERE