# Happy Not Perfect: Mind Gym — user reviews > 51 indexed App Store user reviews of Happy Not Perfect by World of Neopets Limited, rated 4.80/5 from 4,080 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/happy-not-perfect-mind-gym/id1254349656/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/happy-not-perfect-mind-gym/id1254349656.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,466 · 4★ 418 · 3★ 100 · 2★ 34 · 1★ 62 ## What do users think of Happy Not Perfect? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Helps with anxiety and depression - 👍 Effective breathing exercises and meditations - 💡 Unique and fun approach to mental health - 👍 Improves sleep and reduces overthinking - 👍 Gratitude and journaling features are helpful - 👍 Accessible for all ages - 👍 Soothing and calming content **Cons** - 🐛 App has been buggy and inaccessible for some users - 🔋 Can drain phone battery when left running - 💰 Paid subscription required to access full features - 🔒 Limited free content compared to paid version **Commonly reported bugs** - App getting stuck in offline mode - Crashes and freezes on certain devices - Accidental subscription purchases **Most requested features** - More diverse and updated content - Ability to save or revisit past journal entries - Customizable emotion/feeling options - Improved performance and load times - Ability to use all features without a paid subscription ## Newest reviews (13 of 51) ### 4/5 — Good app needs refresh *2021-06-08, version 2.8.1* This app is a great way for me to start my day. It allows me to check in with myself and set a good intention for the day. However, i’ve been doing it for a while, so it gets repetitive after a while. It needs updating with new quotes in the middle and new quotes at the end. Please refresh. ### 4/5 — Need more new content *2020-09-24, version 2.1.0* I love your application and I do meditation everyday. But I found out that your sessions and the daily dose are always the same. I hope you can improve this issue, doesn't make sense if I listen the same advise everyday, specially if you pay every month. Thank you. Namaste 🙏🏻 ### 4/5 — Love this *2020-06-28, version 1.29.0* I enjoy this app, the writing prompts everyday and acknowledging my emotions is such a good quick exercise. I do wish there were more positive words under the feelings list, seems that the negative feelings over power. Also I feel like what you get for paying the monthly fee vs what you get for free are about the same. ### 4/5 — Great app but less "free" than before *2020-05-08, version 1.29.0* I've had this app for a while now (years). It's a stellar app. The 'happiness workout' that used to just be a small reprieve in my hectic day costs money now. It used to be free. I only noticed it happened when covid happened so it seemed like a greedy move though it could be for any reason really. You still have access to most of the tools of the happiness workout for free but the meditations for this part of the app have been locked. They have other basic, free meditations you can use which are great still but the 'happiness workout' just set them apart from the rest of the apps. This change made me sad. I have used the app as a paid member and free member and didn't find I was using it enough to pay for it. If you can pay the 60 or so dollars a year for the app, and actually use it more than I was, then you're getting a very solid meditation app. ### 5/5 — Great app for mental hygiene *2019-11-03, version 1.24.2* I love the quickness of it. When I only have a minute at work, I can choose to deep breathe for 30 seconds while looking at a visual like a happy face ballon and hear beautiful relaxing music- or opt for a longer meditation. I like how I can pick a feeling, and then journal about it and do a gratitude list which helps especially if I’m struggling- daily doses are great and the whole app is user friendly and finally, I love the positive sayings that I can save to my photos and send to friends. Good job with this one!!! ### 5/5 — My favorite and I've used a lot of these kinds of apps *2019-08-21, version 1.22.0 (4)* I have a lot of things I'm dealing with and this is pretty much the only mediation I'm willing to go to on a bad day. I love the 'happiness workout' it somehow makes the whole thing of meditating everyday feel less a chore. And the large majority of meditations they offer just genuinely make me feel happier. As opposed to some other meditations on other apps that come across like lectures or religious dogma or insincere, any of which tend to annoy me, personally. Also this introduced me to 'tapping'! Which is super super helpful for me. ### 5/5 — Wonderful app! *2019-08-19, version 1.22.0 (4)* I have chronic ptsd and this app is really making a difference! I’m staying in a domestic violence shelter with my 3 year old son, I’m under constant threat of his father and grandma trying to take him from me & daily harassment, torture and emotional abuse. Even in this very difficult, vulnerable and scary place in my life, I can find a little refuge in HappyNotPerfect. ### 5/5 — Mental Release :) *2019-08-15, version 1.22.0 (4)* I’m a fan of any app that can improve mental clarity and reduce stress. Today, it’s so important that we focus more on our state of mind and turn down the noise a bit. This app is fun to use and offers a variety of ways to do just that. I’ve struggled with keeping a mediation routine, but this really helps to make it fun and relaxing! ### 5/5 — Favorite app! *2019-03-03, version 1.18.7* This is such an amazing app and it makes my mornings so much better:) I 100% recommend. I’m 15 and use this every day(usually before school)and it feels great to take a break during the day! I don’t pay for premium but it’s still my favorite meditation app on the market, even out of some that I have paid for! ### 5/5 — Happy not perfect *2019-03-01, version 1.18.7* Voices, timing, rewards, games, challenge are all very good. I love how a grateful journal is kept and can be referred to while the stress journal is virtually burned so can’t be seen again. I don’t like that in order to “send a good vibe” of positive mojo or great picture it sends the add for the app to the person. After learning this I never send the good vibe. This is very unfortunate as the people I would send to at ver receptive to this type of app. I may mention the app but you lose a a great deal of opportunity because I won’t tag advertising when I want to do something good for someone. ### 5/5 — Just what the doctor ordered *2019-01-16, version 1.16.7* Are usually don’t like paying for apps like this because in the past I’ve not used it consistently. But I look forward to the next day tapping on this for the daily refresh and all the little different things that it does like a daily challenge and reminding you to be grateful. Even a silly little drying that brings out the kidding you. In the chaotic busy world we live in today this app is great for reminding you to stop and smell the roses. ### 5/5 — One of the best *2019-01-09, version 1.16.7* This is one of the better mental health apps that I’ve tried using. I love that it takes just a few minutes, but is so focused on the bite-size activities that help improve your day. LOVE the visuals and imagery (except for the skinny breathing girl in the crop top). I’ve only been using it for a week but I’m getting to a point where I want to start my day with it. ### 5/5 — Wonderful for everyone :) *2019-01-01, version 1.16.7* Recently been struggling more so than usual with anxiety/depression - this is a great way to start my morning and definitely improves my mood. I think it’s a wonderful way to ground yourself to and work on choosing the good. I only have the free version, but the morning refresh is still fantastic. Usually I have to write something I’m grateful for, so some breathing, put kindness out into the world, and then a short meditation. There are other things included (like a calming maze) but those aren’t current every day. Even if you don’t struggle with mental health this is a great way to start doing more self care! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Pay or Delete *2019-06-08, version 1.19.8* I used this app before and they have updated to limit free features to 3 uses each. This was a very thoughtful app dedicated to bringing great features benefiting mental health to the masses via iPhone, but now it’s limited unless you pay. They aren’t asking a lot, and it’s reasonable for a business. It just feels a little cruel to build something so caring with such limits. IF I hadn’t used this app before I would’ve deleted it instantly bc I wouldn’t have been able to see enough to know the benefits of using this long term. Don’t waste your time if you aren’t willing to pay; instead breathe with app headspace, try the similar app #selfcare, use apps jour or gratitude...all these apps can do similar things, but don’t cut the features off after a short period of time. HappyNotPerfect has made a mistake to believe they are so unique that after three uses they can’t be replaced. ### 1/5 — Very unhappy *2018-12-21, version 1.16.7* I was in the App Store and looking through apps that I may use on a daily basis. I ended up looking at the Happy Not Perfect app and was clicking through to read and figure out if it was an app I wanted to use. Somehow I got on the subscription page and tried to go back. After it was done loading it landed on a 1 year subscription and my finger print popped up to purchase on my phone. My thumb was already on the thumb scan and accepted a 1 year subscription, something I had no intention of doing. I reached out to cancel because I did not want to purchase and after weeks of waiting I still have not heard back. I have not used the app so Because I did not want to be charged for the services. No one has gotten back to me and they still have charged me the $80. Unfortunately, this has been an Awful experience and I hope it does not happen to anyone else. **Developer response:** Hello, We apologize for any stress that this has caused you! Of course, we are here to help our users do what they need to support their happiness, even if that means parting ways. The steps to cancel a subscription follow below: So first up, launch the Settings app. Then tap iTunes & App Store. Tap on your Apple ID. Tap View Apple ID when the pop up window appears. Enter your Apple ID password or fingerprint ID when prompted! Tap Subscriptions. Tap the Subscription you want to cancel. Tap Cancel Subscription. Tap Confirm when prompted to confirm that you want to cancel your subscription. Hopefully, that will work for you - And any questions, you know where to find us so do ask us for anything! Refunds are handled through Apple - you can reach out to them here: https://reportaproblem.apple.com Remember, even without a subscription you can do the Happiness Workout every day, and listen to the daily dose! So if you can, try and keep that up as looking after your mind is super important. Thanks, Alexandra x Team HNP ### 2/5 — ☹️why $$ *2019-03-14, version 1.18.7* Great and everything i need. I love it so much! This app is perfect, cool, and brilliant. But i cant pay a subscription! I know you need money somehow, but this should all be offered for free.💰 Im sad because it is a wonderful app. If you don’t wanna spend money on this, it will still work. But most of the good features are locked 🔒 😞 Edit: i’m back, just want to say i hate this app. They ask for money and tease you with the great features but everything needs a subscription! Edit again: Thanks! It’s a great app that you guys have made but I do wish it was all free. Thank you for your time. ### 2/5 — Why so much $$? *2018-07-28, version 1.8.0 (2)* I liked the look, feel and idea of this app but when I began to explore to see what it was like I quickly realized that most features are locked and the app is not functional without a paid membership. I really couldn’t even tell what the app was like without continually getting pop up screens to pay. Surely there’s another way... you should be able to fully demonstrate what the app is like so people have an understanding of what they are getting. At one point I was asked to pay for a $60 membership and that gave me a great deal of anxiety; ) ### 3/5 — Kills phone battery *2021-12-29, version 2.10.2* I used this for a sleep meditation, so I fell asleep. The app seems great, but then you can’t keep listening to the meditation without you phone unlocked. Then if you fall asleep it also prevents the automatic phone lock from working. I woke up to my phone still lit up from 8 hours earlier and my battery almost depleted. Not really the ideal…. ### 3/5 — I loved it until *2020-10-02, version 2.1.0* I loved the app until they started charging you to use the basic features of the app. I honestly decided to delete it once I logged onto the app to try to do my Happiness Workout just to find that if I wanted to do that, I would now be charged monthly $10. As much as I do love the app and I believe that it helped, I’m not willing to pay $120/year for something that I only use when I’m having a particularly rough moment/time. If you’re willing to pay for it, do it, it’s a great app but there are other alternatives out there that you don’t have to pay for. **Developer response:** Hello, We're sorry about that! We have to charge to be able to pay our team and content creators as we continue to grow. But please check out our instagram for news on special promotions :) ### 3/5 — Loved it at first *2019-12-06, version 1.24.2* I loved this app when I first found it but it doesn’t have enough content. My goal is to use it several times a week and the content isn’t new or updated in the 9 months I’ve been using it. So each time I open or listen I hear the same. It would be fantastic if they had a year of u inquest content. If they had more it would be a five star app. ### 3/5 — So Torn... *2019-06-14, version 1.20.6* So torn on how to review this app. The app itself is inventive, quirky, useful, and always leaves me with a smile. It does make my day happier! The developers seem very reactive to user feedback, even if it’s not apparent in these reviews. Constant new content. But (oh, I hate this but), it’s really expensive relative to the quality. Like, it’s the same price as Calm, which regularly goes on further sale. This is a great app, but not Calm great. I get that the lovely and responsive developers and meditation leaders have to eat, but it’s going to be a big barrier for new (or less well off) users. Tl;dnr: honeys, if you got extra $$ laying around, it’s worth it. If you don’t, you’re in the same boat as me, we’ll sail on less happy and still not perfect ⛵️ **Developer response:** Hi!, Thank you so much for your message. We are so happy you've found so many positive qualities about the app :) By the way, we totally listened to you and now have a new (more affordable) monthly payment option on our newest update! Hope to see you on the app soon, Alexandra x HNP Support ### 3/5 — App stuck in “Offline Mode” on iPhone 8 Plus *2018-12-02, version 1.14.16* I’d love to give this app 5 stars because it really is terrific. It works fine on my iPad, but in my iPhone 8 Plus I repeatedly get this message: “Offline Mode: The app is now in offline mode. Some functionality may not be available.” I have deleted and re-downloaded the app at least 4 times. More frustratingly I’ve sent two tickets to the Happy Not Perfect support team, but no response. What gives, people?? ### 4/5 — Love the app, but needs some speed improvements *2021-08-27, version 2.9.1* This app is great, and so good for my mental health — I've recommended it to countless people. The one issue I’ve been having for months is that the app takes up to a minute to open. This is super irritating and frustrating especially when trying to access a tool that is supposed to help keep you calm! Is there any plan to fix this? I cancelled my paid membership because of it. **Developer response:** Hello, Thank you so much for pointing this out! We are still learning and growing, every bit of feedback helps. If you'd like to give us more detailed feedback please don't hesitate to reach out to hello@happynotperfect.com Thank you, Alexandra x HNP Support ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app until recently… *2023-12-14* This app had genuinely assisted in combating my anxiety and depression. The daily breathing exercises, meditations and journaling have been very helpful in helping me grow along my mental health journey. Normally I would rate an app like this 5/5…but over the past couple months I have not been able to access it due to a bug in the system :(. An update hasn’t been done in years and I’m really hoping the problem gets resolved soon! ### 5/5 — Um what?? *2022-11-30, version 2.10.2* Literally two days and I’ve noticed a difference. Even on the first day, I noticed one. I have really bad insomnia, but I slept completely last night, and probably will tonight too. My overthinking disappeared, and the sleep feature knocked me out. All of this, FOR FREE!! So much you can get without a membership on this app. Will be using this for the rest of my life. ✌️ ### 5/5 — Amazing must have app!! *2021-06-17, version 2.8.1* I have a arsenal of tools to piled up from going to psychiatrist and therapy for over 30 years. There will always be a time you hit a wall, sometimes it’s easy to climb over it and sometimes you get stuck and don’t know if you will be able to walk let alone climb your way out of bed. I used this app for 1 day and I’ve felt more weight lifted off of me,more happiness and gratitude and confidence than I have in over a year!! This app is a blessing for me,please keep up the good work and helping others!!! **Developer response:** We are so happy you're enjoying the app :) ### 5/5 — keeps me centered *2021-05-18, version 2.8.1* I’m really enjoying this app. I find that it helps me stay centered and The affirmations are very helpful-It’s helped me to realize that I do have power in my thought patterns. But if I can adjust my thought patterns and pay attention to my modes of thought , i may be able to better align with my goals-It’s been very helpful in my journey of self empowerment and development-i tend to be critical of myself and this is helping me with that. -Thank you so much for creating this app. Blessings ### 5/5 — Soothing new content. *2021-01-11, version 2.5* I’ve been relaxing through my stressed out workday by having some of these longer meditations on repeat in the background. Specifically the new beginner series has made learning to meditate very easy. Go check out the Frank Vogt series for beginners it’s great. And there’s some awesome stuff from dr sop about New Years resolutions and I feel better already. ### 5/5 — Gorgeous app for improving self-care *2020-12-17, version 2.4* This is the only app review I’ve ever written, but I was feeling compelled to express my love for this app. I discovered it about 1.5 years ago when I was in the throes of depression following a painful separation. My self-care was so inconsistent. The “daily happiness workouts” have been such a blessing for me in terms of introducing a truly wonderful, well-rounded habit. I love that if I commit 10min to doing this in the morning, the app will nudge me through all the techniques associated will living more joyfully: deep breathing, checking in with my emotions, journaling, gratitude, goal setting, etc. It’s all designed so elegantly and I can honestly say that I noticed a shift after doing this for several weeks; the gratitude practice alone was worth the time. I am also so impressed with the wonderful library of content and enjoy exploring - especially when I’m having an off day. Great job Happy Not Perfect team! **Developer response:** We are so happy you're enjoying Happy Not Perfect! Taking care of your mental health is so important, keep up the good work :) ### 5/5 — First meditation app that I use regularly *2020-06-10, version 1.29.0* I am generally anxious and terrible at meditating even though I know it’s good for me. This is the first app that I’ve stuck with in a routine and I’ve tried quite a few. I really do feel better for it. Highly recommended for reluctant meditators! ### 5/5 — Great practice for anyone *2020-04-10, version 1.27.0* Helpful breathing techniques, tips like alternative nostril👃👍🏼 help me to focus on the actions, let go of the thoughts that detour my focus. Good time to breathe, gratitude tracker, goalkeeper, lots of great engineering on this iPhone app📱help start or continue practice here. Enjoy the journey, take notes. ☮️💗a brighter future for team earth 🌎 Create, remember it well. ☮️🕊 life is made up of choices investments in our breath are great for better ideas 💡 experiences, partners, relationships, life awareness. ### 5/5 — What I needed❤️ *2020-01-19, version 1.25.1* Just got this yesterday after seeing an article in one of my fashion magazines about it. I have used it twice and it has already helped me a million times more than other apps I have spent money on. Sometimes I don't need to meditate; I need to express how Im feeling, burn bad thoughts and just get the junk out and this helps me do that. Seeing all the options reminds me that I'm human and not the only one having off days. I love it. ### 5/5 — LOVE IT. One request... *2019-11-11, version 1.24.2* Love this app. I met Poppy Jamie in person and her dedication to making this the perfect app for meditation was evident in every word she spoke about it. My only ask is that the first bit of the happiness workout have more positive emotions! I think a huge part of any healing/meditative process is recognizing and rewarding good feelings. Thanks for an amazing user experience! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*