Headspace: Sleep & Meditation

4.9
iOSApp Store

What it actually doesWelcome to Headspace, your expert-led guide to mental health, mindfulness, and meditation.

55%Marketing ≈ reality45%Stability83%Live project

Actually does

  • Sleep tracking30% of reviews
  • Meditation85% of reviews
  • Управление стрессом и тревогой25% of reviews
  • Музыка для концентрации и продуктивности10% of reviews
  • Йога и mindful movement10% of reviews
  • Sync across devices(bonus)10% of reviews
  • Subscription60% of reviews
  • Free trial20% of reviews
  • Podcasts(bonus)5% of reviews

Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews

  • Progress Tracking
  • Reminders

Common complaints

  • Aggressive monetization — almost all content locked behind paywall45% of mentions

    «free content - zero, everything (absolutely everything!…) only with paid subscription»

  • Subscription issues: automatic billing, account access loss, complex management20% of mentions

    «they charged me for a whole year… without even warning me»

  • App unavailable in Russia without VPN, payment impossible20% of mentions

    «Used Headspace for so many years, but now it doesn't work without vpn. That's rough, access to mental health support is cut off»

  • Stability issues: white screens, content loading failures, sync errors15% of mentions

    «anything stopped working. If I try to load any meditation, any video - it's just blank white screen»

  • No Russian localization (English only)15% of mentions

    «The app doesn't have Russian language»

What people praise

  • High quality meditations and diverse content (duration, instructors)

    «I really enjoy the meditations and the way they are designed. I appreciate the variety of courses, durations, and narrators»

  • Real impact on well-being and stress management capability

    «helps calm the mind, look at things from a different perspective»

  • Sleep and relaxation support (nature sounds, sleep taps)

    «I really love it, I fall asleep every day to meditations and nature sounds :)»

  • Convenient synchronization across multiple devices (iPhone, iPad, MacBook)

    «I synced across different devices: doing yoga on iPad, meditation on my phone, focus music on MacBook during work»

  • Ecosystem integration (Netflix series, book, Apple Health)

    «Great app with a good ecosystem, there's a book, a Netflix series»

Where to install