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Headspace

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Pros & Cons

Content tailored for both beginners and long time users

Seems to work well for anxiety and chronic pain

Less content is paywalled than with other apps

Some feel the meditations are repetitive

Content

Guided meditations, sleepcasts and music, workout routines, music for focusing, and wake-up music

Pricing

$48.99 a year

Platforms

iOS, Android, web app

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Calm

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Pros & Cons

Most popular meditation and sleep app on the market

Wide range of content for almost any situation

Offers classes from life coaches to improve mindfulness

Most content is locked behind a paywall

Even the paid content can get repetitive

Content

Guided meditations, sleep aids, calming music, life coach classes, workout routines, and naturescapes

Pricing

$69.99 a year

Platforms

iOS, Android, web app

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Meditopia

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Pros & Cons

Offers 7-day long programs designed to help manage stress and anxiety

Guided programs for self-improvement, designed to boost compassion and gratitude

Less of a selection than more popular apps

Unclear how music's supposed to make you more compassionate

Content

Guided meditations, sleep aids, music for focusing, naturescapes

Pricing

$59.99 a month

Platforms

iOS, Android, web app

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Aura

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Pros & Cons

Creates personalized meditations based on a questionnaire

Claim they have the largest meditation media library out of any app

Offers a very wide range of guided therapy

App UI isn't the best

Some of the content is repetitive

Content

Guided meditations, sleep aids, life coaching, naturescapes, and guided therapy sessions music for focusing,

Pricing

$59.99 a year

Platforms

iOS, Android, web app

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Ten Percent Happier

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Pros & Cons

Designed to promote happiness and positive thinking

Guided meditations for beginners that teach how to meditate

New content added every week

Less kinds of content than other apps

More expensive than other apps

Content

Guided meditations, sleep aids, life coaching

Pricing

$99 a year

Platforms

iOS, Android

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