1. Headspace
With 4.9-star ratings from over 654K users and ranked eighth as the most popular app in the Health & Fitness category, “Headspace” can be your perfect guide. It provides hundreds of sessions based on several things like sleep, focus, exercise, and more. It also offers daily meditations on a new topic to keep you refreshed. Find it a bit hard to get some time out of your extremely busy schedules? Don’t worry as the app also has some mini sessions to relax your mind. Moreover, Headspace has a special session called “SOS” to help you deal with panic in a better way. Price: Free/In-app purchase starts at $9.99Download
2. Calm
When it comes to the best one, Calm and Headspace compete for the neck to neck. With 4.8 stars out of more than 839K ratings, Calm is a popular meditation app for iPhone and iPad. It consists of several helpful breathing exercises and meditation sessions. There are also over 100 sleep stories to help you fall asleep with complete peace of mind. Calm offers meditation programs for not just beginners but also intermediate and advanced users. The app offers a new 10-minute program each day to soothe your mind and charge your energy. Personally, I’ve found its collection of relaxing music very appreciable. Times when you want to reduce stress, the expertly crafted music can work magic in cooling your mind. Price: Free/Subscription starts at $14.99Download
3. Insight Timer
I’ve been a big fan of “Insight Timer.” It’s the most complete meditation app and a must-have for the people who want to keep stress and anxiety at bay. The app has the largest collection of guided meditations. You can select them as per your time to fit into your short sessions. There are plenty of music tracks and ambient sounds to help you calm down, sleep better, or become more focused. Moreover, you can follow experts and also take part in the discussions to share your thoughts. Price: Free/In-app purchase starts at $1.99Download
4. Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation
What stands out in “Simple Habit” is the huge library of meditations–well over 1000. The app provides helpful guides from well-known teachers and experts. Another notable feature of this app is the guided session for specific symptoms such as sleep, stress, anxiety, depression, and more. So, if you ever find yourself a bit strained out, just spare five minutes to get the needed peace. Moreover, you will choose from several thoughtfully prepared guides for different life situations such as wake up, tough day at work, and more. The premium version of this app comes at $11.99/monthly and $95.99/yearly. Price: Free/In-app purchase starts at $2.99Download
5. Relax Meditation
“Relax Meditation” can be a boon for people who wish to have the best sleep and never want to be plagued by the bouts of tension. It provides a structured meditation program that covers several aspects of life such as success, relationships, self-esteem, creativity, and more. There is also SOS sessions to empower you to deal with tough situations in a better way. Relax Meditation offers over 50 sounds to let you create your own custom melody. Furthermore, you can also find and share adorable sound mixes with like-minded people. Price: Free/In-app purchase starts at $4.99Download
6. buddhify
Unable to spare time for relaxation? “buddhify” can be an ideal meditation app for your hectic life. The best thing about this app is that it provides programs that can fit into several parts of your day. For instance, you can get a suitable meditation session for the time when you are walking, traveling, or even using your iPhone. buddhify has a large collection of over 200 meditation programs. The length of the sessions ranges from 3-40 minutes. So, you can choose a suitable exercise as per your time. Better still, it also works seamlessly with Apple Watch to let you track your progress with ease. Price: $4.99Download
7. The Mindfulness App
“The Mindfulness App” is easily one of the top-notch meditation apps for iPhone. Starting off, it provides you a five day guided practice so that you can stay on course to achieve the desired peace. The app offers both guided and silent sessions ranging from 3 to 30 minutes. It has an ever-growing catalog of over 250 meditation courses. Depending on your goal, you can personalize your mindfulness with bells and guided introduction. To ensure you don’t forget anything, reminders keep you alerted about your task throughout. To unlock all the features, you have to upgrade to the monthly ($9.99) or the yearly subscription ($59.99) plan. Price: Free/Monthly subscription for $9.99Download
8. Mindbliss Meditation
Mindbliss Meditations is just the right guide you would want to discover not just better health but also more joy and love in your life. The app offers hundreds of meditations that have been thoughtfully designed by experts. There are also some curated tips to kill anxiety and help you enjoy better sleep. Based on your goal, you can choose your favorite meditation tools from seven categories. Keep a track of your progress and set a reminder so that you don’t forget to complete your task in time. What’s more, you can join the vast community and share thoughts with them. Do note that the free version of the app allows you to access only 15 sessions, 3 journeys, and daily meditation sessions. You will need to subscribe to the monthly ($11.99) or yearly ($89.99) plan to unlock all the features. Read the full review. Price: Free/In-app purchase starts at $11.99Download
9. Pocket Meditation Timer
Pocket Meditation Timer is one of the simplest but most powerful apps for meditation. If you’re not the “guided meditation” type and only want an app that helps you track and inform the time, this is it. The app comes with features like Prepare Time, Cool Downtime, Intervals, with customizable sounds for initiating, interval switching and ending your meditation sessions. You can several reminders to never miss any session. Plus, it also offers some beautiful background images for more personalization. Price: FreeDownload
10. Human Cosmos: Goals&Wellbeing
Here’s a meditation app that features an AI-powered virtual assistant known as the Cosmic Guide. It does an excellent job of creating personalized recommendations to increase your energy and vitality and maintain overall emotional and physical health. It will help you be mindful of your intentions and set and fulfill your unique goals and purposes. It’s helpful to achieve balance in all aspects of life. What’s especially remarkable is how it gives you scientifically proven diagnostics to find your initial code that characterizes your unique individual strengths and weaknesses. These are then used to provide recommendations of what you can do to be more mindful, have a calmer mind, and achieve your objectives. It will strengthen your nervous system, sharpen your mind, and promote overall healing in your life. Price: Free/$4.99 for Monthly subscriptionDownload That’s all there is to it! So, these are my best meditation iPhone and iPad apps. Which one has seemed to live up to your needs?
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It’s really hard to spare time in this fast-paced life. However, you should never take your health for granted. Your body and mind must be tuned in to stay refreshed. And the above apps can go a long way in helping you fight out stress and remain relaxed.
As we are talking health, I would suggest you take a peek at the below roundups as well:
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