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Vela

A native Android guided-breathing app

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Ngā hopukatiScreenshots

  • A breathing app showing "HOLD" centred in dark purple text on a pale violet shape that fills the screen, with a settings gear at top left and a moon icon at top right.
  • The same breathing app in a teal palette, "OUT" centred on a pale blue shape against a dark slate background, with settings and moon icons in the top corners.
  • The same breathing app in an amber palette, "OUT" centred on a warm orange shape against a dark brown background, with settings and moon icons in the top corners.
  • The breathing app with a settings panel slid up from the bottom. A "PATTERN" section lists Box (4·4·4·4, selected), Triangle (4·4·4), Relaxing (4·7·8), and Energising (2·1), with a "VISUAL" section beginning below showing "Living". The faded purple breathing screen sits behind.

Vela is a guided breathing app. A single circle swells and settles to pace your breath; choose a pattern, and breathe.

It is a native app, not a web page in a wrapper. The circle is drawn by a real-time shader with a soft, living edge; the breath cues are designed haptics and synthesised tones; and the colour comes from your device's Material You theme.

Patterns:

  • Box (4·4·4·4)
  • Triangle (4·4·4)
  • Relaxing (4·7·8)
  • Energising (2·1)

Shape it to suit you:

  • Visual — how lively or still the circle's edge is.
  • Sound — a soft tone on each breath, at a volume you set (synthesised, no audio files).
  • Haptics — a tap at each phase, or a buzz that follows the breath, at a strength you set.
  • Colour — follow your wallpaper, or pick a tone from your Material You palette.

Eyes-closed sessions keep the breath going with the screen off, guided by sound and haptics alone, with a lock-screen Live Update to pause or end. Vela is built to be reachable: it works with a screen reader, and it honours your "remove animations" and battery-saver settings.

Vela is offline. There is no network, no accounts, no analytics, and no advertising. Nothing leaves your device. It is free software under the GPL, version 3 or later, and part of the ursa.nz family.

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