Guided meditation apps have been gaining popularity as people discover the benefits of meditation. Meditation apps are a great place to learn about meditation, to experience various types of meditation and to help people stay on track with their meditation practice.
There are tons of guided meditation apps out there. Sometimes it is rather difficult to figure out which one is most suited to our needs. So I took it upon myself to ask over one hundred members of a specific wellness group who practice meditation on daily basis, what meditation apps they use and highly recommend to their family and friends. And here are the results:
13 Great Meditation Apps to Try Today
Abide
Abide is the #1 Christian meditation app to sleep better and stress less. Fall asleep to bedtime stories based in the Bible. Start your day with our daily meditations that will fuel your mind for the day ahead. Choose from our library of over 1500 Biblical meditations. Join the millions of people meditating with Abide, including Grammy award winning singers, church leaders, and Christian therapists.
Balance
Improve your stress, sleep, and more with the world’s first personalized meditation program.
Balance is your personal meditation coach. Each day, you’ll answer questions about your meditation experience, goals, and preferences. Using an audio library of thousands of files, Balance then assembles a daily meditation that’s perfect for you. The more you share over time, the more personalized and effective your meditations become.
Happy, Not Perfect
When our minds are clear and collected we feel better, sleep better and make better decisions. We’re here to give you all the tools to feel happier, and looking after your mind daily so you can feel your best, in only a few minutes!
It’s easy to get weighed down by life’s challenges and that’s why we teamed up with experts and scientists to come up with simple exercises to boost your mental well-being.
Feeling good is an inside job that requires practice. Jump into the Daily Happiness Workout, a quick 8-step routine to help you boost your feel-good hormones and relax your nervous system anywhere, at any time.
Let’s Meditate
Simple design. Easy to use.
A very straightforward approach to guided meditation; no clutter, no distraction. Just choose a track and hit play. It’s as simple as it can get.
Variety of content.
A curated list of guided meditation tracks catering to a wide variety of topics to suit your situation; including anxiety, body scan, healing, sleep and many more.
Short as well as long meditation tracks.
Take a quick break from your routine with meditation tracks as short as 5 minutes; or recharge yourself thoroughly with meditation tracks lasting over 40 minutes.
Meditation Moments
There are also long music tracks that can be used as background music for relaxation, meditation and yoga. A unique feature in this app is the section with Michaels visualizations.
Are you looking for peace of mind and moments to relax? Or you want to have more focus and energy? With the meditations and breathing exercises in this app you can achieve it all.
Meditation Oasis
The wonderful benefits of the popular Meditation Oasis are now available in this App, which also includes valuable bonus material. It provides easy access to over 30 powerful and relaxing guided meditations. Whether you are new to meditation or a seasoned practitioner, this App has meditations that will work for you.
Meditopia: Meditation Coach
With hundreds of meditation apps to pick from, what makes Meditopia so special? Well, unlike most of the other options, Meditopia offers more than just a short-term solution to falling asleep and de-stressing; we offer each member over 1000 deep-dive meditations that get right to the heart of what we as a people, regardless of age, background, or experience, are dealing with every day.
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The Mindfulness App
Start your journey to a more relaxed and healthier state of mind with The Mindfulness App. Whether you are just starting out or experienced in meditation, The Mindfulness App will help you to become more present in your daily life.
Oak
Oak helps you decompress by transforming your meditation practice from an experiment into a habit. We support you from your first session to your 500th, with mindful, loving-kindness, and sleep meditations as well as unguided sessions and breathing exercises. Individualize your meditations by duration, and customize with silence or calming background sounds. Oak tracks your progress and encourages you to continue building a healthy meditation practice.
1 Giant Mind
The 1 Giant Mind app is for anyone who wants to feel less stressed, more calm, present, and experience greater health and wellbeing. Our approach to meditation is easy and effortless. and no previous experience is required. Anyone can learn this technique in 12 short steps and begin to experience the benefits immediately.
Sattva Meditations and Mantras
Authentic, deeply profound and drawing from Vedic principles of meditation that millions of people have benefited from for thousands of years, the meditations, sacred sounds and music on Sattva are delivered by Sanskrit scholars who have mastered the subtle inner workings of the mind.
Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation
Try Simple Habit for free today and join over 5 million people on this life-changing journey. Sleep better and be happier in your life, marriage, parenthood, work, and health.
Our wellness & sleep therapy sessions offer guided mindfulness & meditation, daily motivation, guided sleep sessions and coaching by world-renowned experts, personalized for the way you live your life. We’ll help you feel less stressed, get better sleep and be your best self whether you have 5 minutes in the morning, 20 minutes during your commute or need to fall asleep quickly. Start your Simple Habit today and live better every day.
Smiling Mind
Smiling Mind is a FREE mindfulness meditation app developed by psychologists and educators to help bring balance to your life.
Just as we eat well and stay fit to keep our body healthy, mindfulness meditation is about mental health and looking after the mind.
Our programs are designed to assist people in dealing with the pressure, stress, and challenges of daily life.
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Top Three Recommended Meditation Apps
Calm
Calm is the #1 app for Sleep, Meditation and Relaxation. Join the millions experiencing better sleep, lower stress, and less anxiety with our guided meditations, Sleep Stories, breathing programs, stretching exercises, and relaxing music. Calm is recommended by top psychologists, therapists, and mental health experts.
Headspace: Meditation & Sleep
Get happy. Stress less. Sleep soundly. Headspace is your guide to everyday mindfulness in just a few minutes a day. Choose from hundreds of guided meditations on everything from managing stress and anxiety to sleep, productivity, exercise, and physical health — including short SOS meditations for when you’re on the go.
MindShift CBT: Anxiety Canada
Is anxiety getting in the way of your life? MindShift uses scientifically proven strategies based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) to help you learn to relax and be mindful, develop more effective ways of thinking, and use active steps to take charge of your anxiety.
The Most Loved and Recommended Meditation App
Insight Timer
The number 1 free meditation app. Guided meditations and talks led by the world’s top meditation and mindfulness experts, neuroscientists, psychologists and teachers from Stanford, Harvard, the University of Oxford and more. Music tracks from world-renowned artists. Join millions learning to meditate on Insight Timer to help calm the mind, reduce anxiety, manage stress, sleep deeply and improve happiness.
With 80+ new free guided meditations added daily, more meditation is practiced on Insight Timer than anywhere else. Great for both beginners and experienced practitioners.
Do you meditate?
If so… Have you used any of the apps mentioned above? Or perhaps there is an app that has not been mentioned but is worth checking out? I’d love to hear about your experience with meditation and your app suggestions.
OH, that’s what I’m doing wrong! I need this in my life (umm, yesterday!) I lose focus so easily, then become overwhelmed. I tried meditation years ago but being a child of the 60’s I had visions of chaching and ohhhhhmmmmmmm’s with incense choking me out while sipping the kool-aid. O.K. you get the picture, I wasn’t super open to the whole hippiedippe thing. I’m an educated woman now, well, so I tell myself. THIS is definitely what I need to try with an open mind.
After my recent hospitalizations, I started to meditate and it has helped me a ton with my anxiety. The smiling app sounds like one I would like, downloading it now. Thanks for the recommendations!
Recently, I’ve been reading a lot on meditation and I came across this from Netflix: Headspace Guide to Meditation. Saw 2 parts of it and found it extremely interesting. I also try to meditate along with it. Definitely going to see the rest of the series and learn more from it. I will also download this Headspace: Meditation & Sleep as well… Thx!
I like to wake up and start my morning with meditation as it helps me to be in the right mindset to tackle the day ahead. While I have tried a couple of the apps that you have included here, I haven’t even heard of most of them! Looks like I’m going to be doing some experimenting, trying out different apps over the coming days. I mean, you never know which app you love most until you give the others a try!
I meditate before bed most every night. I need the reset at the end of my long days. I haven’t used any of the apps mentioned though!
I love using guided meditations to help me fall asleep, especially when I’m restless. In the mornings, I too meditate just by tuning everything out and going inward 🙂