Healium Biofeedback Meditation User Reviews

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Excellent

I use this for neuro feedback in my neuropsych practice and at home as well. I use the MetaQuest VR goggles for an enhanced experience and use wearables to measure brain waves with it. It’s pricey, but worth every penny.

so cool!!

I tried Healium for a school project and wow this tech is so cool!! I’m pretty new to VR, but it was still very easy to use. The coolest part was called the aura, and it changed color as I went through the session to show me calming down in real time, which in turn I think helped me calm down even more. I did the “Into the Void” experience, and it was so neat and relaxing. Definitely try Healium if you have the chance
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Great app!

I got access to this program through a school program and I love it! The biometric feedback is incredible and the experiences are relaxing!

Definitely not for Vision Pro

This feels like an app developed in the 2000s. Definitely not for the Vision Pro era. Extremely low quality videos.

Ripped off

I purchased the $30/month membership and their system does not recognize it. I’ve logged out and logged back in. Reset my password, tried everything. I can’t access the content i paid for. The simplest thing, done a million times, doesn’t work. You pay somebody, they give you access. Simple concept. I’d like my money back. Was a promising app, but they really need to do better. Figure out the foundational things about building an app before publishing, much less charging for it. This is annoying and a waste of time.
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Response from developer

Very sorry about your subscription issue! If you email us at HELLO@TRYHEALIUM.COM, we can look up your account and see what the issue is. If you're logged into the mobile app and the Vision Pro app with your same Healium credentials, you should be able to access our full library with no problems. Let's get this fixed for you! Apologize for your experience but we do appreciate the feedback so we can do better.

Doesn’t work

Can’t upgrade from iPhone

Disappointed

So am I just supposed to just look at a video? I thought I was supposed to be immersed in an environment. This is really lame.

Beautiful, but low res

I’m on the latest version for the iPhone and Vision Pro and while the videos are beautiful and relaxing, they are not the highest quality. Low resolution and can’t match the displays of the latest iPhone and Vision Pro.

Another lazy effort

August 2024 update: sorry, how can you claim that you’ve raised the resolution? Do you guys even use an Apple Vision Pro? The visuals are still terrible, you need to start from scratch and stop porting over these low quality assets from Quest or whatever platform you ported them from. There’s no way to get around it, no amount of upscaling is going to solve the issues with this app. It’s like owning a 4K TV and then watching VHS tapes on them.

Another example of a developer who rushed to create an app which they either ported from previous low resolution apps on other platforms, or lazily used stock assets, without owning an Apple Vision Pro. I’m sure it looks good in their emulator but in the headset it’s low resolution. It’ll never compare to Apple’s immersive content but either developers should try, or not offer their apps at all. It’s too jarring to go from highly immersive, high fidelity of the experience of the headset into this app.
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Response from developer

Update: August 2024- Hi LAXNYC, Thank you for your feedback, even if it's not what we want to hear. At Healium, our primary focus is on mental wellness. We use real-time biofeedback from wearables, like your Apple Watch, combined with meditation to help you be the best version of yourself. It seems like you're a VR enthusiast who is excited, like us, for the beautiful experiences AVP has to offer. You'll be happy to know that our new experiences are being built for Apple Vision Pro. (For instance, we just released our new experience, Cherry Blossom, last week.) We've noticed that Healium serves a diverse range of needs. While some use it to relax or enhance their mental resilience, others, like veterans and frontline workers, rely on it to self-manage their stress and anxiety. In our ongoing commitment to support those in crisis, we've decided to include additional content from the vault. Our top priority will always be helping people destress quickly using a science-based approach. While we certainly enjoy the beauty that comes with AVP and love blending art with science, we did not want to limit our customers' choices by removing older experiences they love and know and instead have chosen to upgrade these as possible. Having said that, we are always adding new experiences, and you can be assured that these are designed with the beauty of AVP in mind. ___ Previous Response: We listened to your feedback. Thank you. Please update your Healium app. Since launch, we raised the resolution on all of the experiences to take full advantage of the Apple Vision Pro. We'd love to know what you think! Thanks for checking in with us and sharing your honest feedback. It was a hustle to get the app out in time for launch but thank you for being patient with us as we incorporated your feedback.

Brainlink pro

Not comparable with brainlink pro

Doesn’t do anything

Bad interface all around. Complicated to set up and connect with Apple Watch app. Once all that was done I tried one of the videos, which is just a computer animation that f some landscapes, and it did nothing in terms of biofeedback. It’s just a video. 99% of the content in the app is “Premium” so you have to pay to see if there’s anything worthwhile.
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Response from developer

I'm very sorry to hear you're having a poor experience with Healium. We would love to learn more about what specifically is bad about the interface so we can get it fixed! Please feel free to reach out at hello@tryhealium.com and we'd be happy to chat. Also, we do offer a free trial so you can try all the content before purchasing. Cancel any time before the 14 days is up, and you will not be charged. Please do reach out and we will help in any way we can! Thank you for the review and feedback.

Great customer support!

We have both the app and the VR version. I absolutely love the VR version- way better than Tripp and others that I have tried, and the customer support of fantastic. Their team will tackle any problem that you have, and stay in daily contact with you until the issue is resolved.
I use the brain link with it, and it really helps!
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Response from developer

We appreciate your feedback. Using wearables inside media is new so we appreciate you diving in with us!

GREEDY!!!

Up until today, this was one of my favorite apps to use with the Apple VisionPro. I went to relax with this app today to find out that most of my videos are behind a pay wall now and it will cost $29.99 per month to access the less than 40 videos on the app. UNACCEPTABLE!!!

They made everything premium.

The meditation apps aren’t good enough to pay for. Deleting app.

Great effort

Five stars for the great effort, even though we could be expecting a better high resolution. Anyway, I find this app, extremely relaxing, and offering a lot of different sceneries which are extraordinary to explore.

Response from developer

Thanks for the love! We listened to your feedback and we bumped up the resolution since launch So now it's at least 8K. If you update the app you'll see the experiences are in higher resolution now. Keep that feedback coming!

Poor resolution, unable to use Watch app

I’ve been trying to use the Vision Pro helium version. It says to open the Watch app for the Apple Watch but gives no instructions on how to find it. There is an app called helium smartwatch app but I open it and it says please add hot spot. the helium app on the Vision Pro or my iPhone never find the watch.

Images are very blurry on the Vision Pro.
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Response from developer

Sorry you're having trouble. Let's get that fixed for you. First off, let's make sure you're using the right app. :) Search HEALium not Helium in the app store. 2. Please update your Healium app to the latest version. You'll find the experience resolutions have been upgraded to take better advantage of Apple Vision Pro capabilities. 3. When you download the Healium app, the Apple Watch Healium app will automatically be downloaded to your Apple Watch app. If you don't find it on your Apple Watch, we're happy to help! Just email us at hello@tryhealium.com . We also have a searchable FAQ that lists some common fixes with Apple Watch settings. https://www.tryhealium.com/faq/ Thanks again for giving Healium a try!

I love this app, but we need 4K material

I love the idea is a great concept. Music is beautiful. Environments are gorgeous, but it’s missing the 4K element that the Vision Pro really can make these gorgeous. I hope they will be working to make this into a higher resolution in the future.

Response from developer

Yes we agree! We listened to your feedback and we bumped up the resolution to at least 8k. Anything else you want us to implement? Have you tried the app with your Apple Watch so you can see the Aura glow green or gold according to your heart rate on your Apple Watch? We're working on adding additional compatible wearables and also changing the feedback options and visual assets. We appreciate you checking in with us! :)

I like where they are going with this

The generated content is quite good. Will spend more time with this when able. Audio sound spaces are also well done.

Response from developer

That's good feedback for us, Mike. We have bumped up the resolution to take better advantage of what Apple Vision Pro has to offer and would love to know any other features you'd like to see. If you have an Apple Watch, connect it so you can see your feelings inside these environments. We appreciate the feedback. Keep it coming!

Low Rez

This is a straight up low resolution port from the Quest II. Aberrations and artifacts abound. They should have spent a little time upscaling the resolution. Heck, AI upscaling has been a thing for a few years, now. It’s not even a new technology at this point.

No HD and no Watch app

Surprisingly the immersive content is lacking high definition or better yet, 4k. Also the Watch app is non-existent