Grateful for this app
Over the last 5 months, I’ve been on a journey of personal growth. There was a lot that I was complacent about in life and I was tired of it. At the beginning, I had heard from my brother about meditation and all the benefits of it. I was half-invested, not sure if I believed all the claims (I hadn’t read any studies). So, I tried it a couple of times, but hadn’t had that meditation where it clicked yet. After a couple months though, I did some more research and started to meditate more regularly.
While I am finally feeling more comfortable meditating alone, Calm helped guide me the entire way. There have been so many days where the messages and techniques from Calm have been extremely impactful on my life. The creators of this app did an absolutely fantastic job. And that’s not to say that the ultimate goal is to only meditate by myself. After a couple of days of mediating on my own, I love to come back to a guided session of the 21 days of calm and hear a message/lesson again.
All in all, I highly recommend using Calm if you want to learn great techniques of meditation and also be inspired to improve and grow as a person.
While I am finally feeling more comfortable meditating alone, Calm helped guide me the entire way. There have been so many days where the messages and techniques from Calm have been extremely impactful on my life. The creators of this app did an absolutely fantastic job. And that’s not to say that the ultimate goal is to only meditate by myself. After a couple of days of mediating on my own, I love to come back to a guided session of the 21 days of calm and hear a message/lesson again.
All in all, I highly recommend using Calm if you want to learn great techniques of meditation and also be inspired to improve and grow as a person.
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Probably won’t renew
For the first month I loved this app. I paid for the premium subscription and started meditating to help me sleep. I meditate every night and have had it for around two months now and I have listened to all the sleeping meditations multiple times. There have been no new sleep meditations. There are lots of sleep stories but I bought this as a meditation app and I am disappointed at the lack of new meditation content. If more sleep meditations were added, especially those like Rhythm of the Train, I would be more inclined to renew but I am planning to explore other options.
Another feature I would like to see is being able to program what I will listen to on a night. For example, play this meditation then play this sleep story. I currently have to set this up after the meditation which sounds like a 1st world problem but I then have to look at my phone and this wakes me up and undoes a lot of the relaxation I’ve been doing.
It definitely works, if you just want sleep stories then this is great and new content is added all the time. If you want a meditation app you may run out of the content depending on your focus.
Another feature I would like to see is being able to program what I will listen to on a night. For example, play this meditation then play this sleep story. I currently have to set this up after the meditation which sounds like a 1st world problem but I then have to look at my phone and this wakes me up and undoes a lot of the relaxation I’ve been doing.
It definitely works, if you just want sleep stories then this is great and new content is added all the time. If you want a meditation app you may run out of the content depending on your focus.
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Calm great for Early Childhood settings
We use the Calm app each day as part of our Early Childhood setting. We have been listening to the audio stories at rest time for children aged 3 years up. We engage the children by asking them what story the would like to listen to. Over the next 4-6 weeks (4 year olds) we are listening to “The Big Bad Wolf Learns Anger Management”. We have been practising deep slow breathing before rest time each day. We follow up with group discussions on what steps to take when our bodies start to feel angry. I ask “how does it feel when you start to get angry? Each child role models how their body tenses in various areas. We talk about walking away and calming down by either drinking some water first then deep breathing or just deep breathing if able. We discuss the fact that people cannot talk or communicate when angry, only when calm. Calms Soundscape and other sleep music have been utilised for babies and toddlers sleep times. As an Educator I have used the masterclasses as professional development and my own self improvement and wellbeing. I highly recommend utilising the Calm app in every Early Childhood setting so as to assist with rest, relaxation and teaching emotional intelligence.
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Worth the money
I gave this app a try about 6 months ago when my work routine completely changed, and I needed to start work at 3am rather than 3pm. I was struggling with anxiety alot and this helped more than I could have imagined. It’s not just calming, if I use when i go to bed, theres only been two times I haven’t fallen asleep before the end of the Daily Calm. Tamara Levitts voice is so soothing and genuine, I really like the guided breathing, and sometimes I use the sleep stories too. Tbh there is alot more features to the app than I even use and its still worth it to me. Everyone who is crying about $80 for a whole year of using this app, must have never really felt true anxiety or chronic sleep difficulties... you would pay it for one night of peace sometimes. It only seems like alot of money when there’s so many free apps available, but you have to consider what you’re getting in return. It’s well worth it.
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One year, huge difference
I picked up Daily Calm after I realized my insurance had such a high mental health deductible that it would effectively never cover weekly therapy sessions. So I looked for other ways to get through a really stressful series of major life events including the death of a family member. I thought I’d try meditation. I’ve been using this app to guide short mediation sessions about an average of four times a week for over a year and it’s genuinely helped me. I can honestly say I’ve gained a life skill that I use every day even when the app is closed - closing my eyes and focusing on the breath for a few seconds even while I’m on the train or in a waiting room or about to go to an intense meeting at the office. This app isn’t the only way to gain that skill by any means, but it’s the one I picked up and it’s been pretty great. If you’re going through a hard time, the other things that have helped me the most with the depression and anxiety are gardening, hiking, in-person tabletop gaming, and cannabis microdosing. Crazy sounding combo, I realize, but I’m in *such* a better place than I was a year ago. Thanks for helping, Daily Calm.
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More stress than it’s worth
I was recommended this as a person with complex health issues and mobility problems Wheelchair dependent. Due to health deteriorating I had a breakdown unable to cope with yet another part of my body beginning to cause problems. I was told this was free and discovered it was not free so basically deleted it from my phone. Bearing in mind the whole of the summer my state of mental health was in crisis. I just coming out of crisis took on board advice and recommended FREE or as I said what I thought was free self help apps. On the morning a week after I received a bill for a years subscription which I duly cancelled and was told I could use the app until September 2020. So you cannot cancel at anytime certainly not get a refund as I never even used the app. Literally had a quick look and was unimpressed at what it offered for the money and deleted it from my phone. When billed I followed instructions to cancel (a flash message saying I had cancelled app but had use of it til next year was all I got ) . So no proof for PayPal to dispute my case. Well done for your blatant lack of compassion and taking advantage of people who actually may not have all their mental capacity at time of taking an app like this on. Would not recommend this and now I am out of pocket for nothing !!
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It’s ok but...
I downloaded this app because I have trouble sleeping (it takes a about a hour to get to sleep for me) I read the reviews and they all seemed positive when I opened up the app there were subscriptions and payment things so I just presses the cross and I scrolled down and found a book (the truth of tennis I think it was it was about tennis) and I did not think that was going to help me get to sleep so I scrolled down and saw beauty and the beast so I pressed and then came up a payment I pressed the cross yet again and I had started to notice all of the books had locks on them except 2 (the tennis one and) a kids book called shishi and the tree of slumbers (I like these kinds of books) I pressed it and listened to the first 2minutes it seemed like a cute story so I settled down in my bed and about 10 minutes after I was drifting away falling asleep but it had finished so I woke up I replayed it and could not fall asleep so I think that this app needs to have longer books and more free books I think the app is good but it’s good if you want to pay I have not payed so I’ll probably delete this app and get a difference app I’ll see if they update it and add new free books that’s all I have to say about the app
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Stupidity is a crime
I don't usually write a review, and this is not exactly a review about Calm (it's a fabulous app, by the way!) - I just wanted to address all these dumb people who gave Calm one star because the app charged them after the end of the free trial. Well HELLO, that's clearly stated on the app listing (see above - go on, scroll up) and also BEFORE you click on the 'Start free trial' button. You got charged for downloading the app? Oh come on, that's not true. It's free to download the app, but if you choose to do the free 7-day trial, it's clearly stated that you need to cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the trial period. You don't know how to cancel? That's your fault, not this app's. Here, let me help you: go to Settings > iTunes & App Store > click on your Apple ID at the top > View Apple ID > Log in > Subscription > Choose the app subscription you want to cancel > Cancel Subscription. You're welcome.
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Perfect for insomniacs
I love this app. It really helps me get to sleep, and that’s always been a problem for me, as I work nights and have always struggled to get to sleep anyway. Yes I did get frustrated with the free version, so I ended up subscribing, but possibly you could use this app for free and still get to sleep. I almost never get to hear the end of a sleep story. I took a star off because the lady Tamara who does the Daily Calm, and also reads many of the sleep stories does not have the soporific voice required for this app in my opinion. Nothing personal. Matthew McConaughey, Stephen Fry, Erik Braa and others though, wow they put me straight to sleep most nights. I just need Welsh and French accented readers now, unless I just listed them above, and my life will be complete.
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Potential
I like this app and it helps with my anxiety but sadly recently it fell into the hole that is auto replenish subscriptions. The app may be free but you can’t do shoit without the subscription(80$) and when you start the free week trial if you don’t cancel within 24 hours before it is complete it automatically makes you pay the 80$ which is a scam and I’m pretty sure that’s illegal(I might be wrong I’m not sure)the fact that you get about 5 meditations in total if you don’t pay is just rude and the subscription doesn’t go away if you delete the app. So staff at calm please make it free again. I do recommend getting this app if your willing to pay the 80$ annually but if you aren’t and are there for the free trial and delete the app 24 hours before your week expires otherwise you’ll be charged and you won’t get an email or anything it just takes money from your bank account. I for one am willing to pay that much to help with my anxiety. It is also helpful if you struggle getting to sleep.
Sorry this review was so long
Sincerely, mindless
Sorry this review was so long
Sincerely, mindless
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