Insight Timer Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience70.0% of reviews
Neutral7.0% of reviews
Negative experience23.0% of reviews

~ Based on 2,911 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Insight Timer

Is Insight Timer Safe?

Insight Timer: Meditate, Sleep appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Insight Timer is 98/100.

This assessment is based on 447,855 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.9/5.

Safety Analysis

98.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.0% of ratings suggest some concerns
0.8% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 447,855 App Store ratings for Insight Timer.

Is Insight Timer Legit?

Insight Timer: Meditate, Sleep appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Insight Timer is 93/100.

Based on 93 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Fully meditated

This app helps me to sleep deeply. I love all the different styles of meditation. There is something for everyone

Too gamified for me

I have a few meditation apps and this one is by far the most gamified, mainstream, over produced one. I dont care about streaks, i just want the ability to open an app, pick a session, and listen to it. Its also very controlling. You can’t rewind in a session unless youre a paid subscriber. I suppose it could be a good gateway app but if youre serious about mindfulness you will likely move on (and be happy about it) when you get sick of this one’s annoying features. Its a meditation app for pop culture.
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Longtime user

Been using this app to set different meditation times. Great functionality.

Stop with the pop ups

The consistent pop up windows that can’t be turned off are infuriating.

Used to Be Better

The app was so good before it became over-gamified.

Perfect medicine for the soul

Insight has helped and supported me so mtuch with me taking the lead. A few years ago I wanted to really look after myself be kind to myself , I listened to many meditations which are free and helped me change my way of thinking aswell as emotionally and spiritually I cannot be without insight it is my rock . I can take or leave certain meditations I can listen to meditations to suit me. I hope insight understands how much it helps the human race to be in a better place ❤️‍🩹❤️❤️‍🩹
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Thank you!

I am so grateful to have found this app. I had never really been one for meditation before as I thought it was hard how wrong I was! I listen to the guided meditations and wow there are so many to chose from that sometimes I end up listening to 3 or 4. There are really short ones starting around 2 mins, ones that are between 12 / 20 mjns or much longer ones so if you don’t have much time you can always find the right one. I’ve now listened consistently for 426 days and it’s changed my life. I’m so much more grateful and positive.
Thank you, thank you, thank you ❤️
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Thank you Insight Timer

I was sitting in my regular meditation feeling like I needed more.
I opened up my heart, mind, soul, and spirit. Walla! I found Insight Timer and fell in love.
I found like-minded people who are looking to heal their mind-body, spirit, and soul.
So many choices at my fingertips.
I'm so grateful to be a part of a community that cares about each other.
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Recommend

I wonderful resource with meditations, yoga and courses across multiple traditions. I've had many such apps over the years but this is by far my favorite.

Love love love

I recommend this app to everyone. Lots of fantastic content, much of it free.

Exceptional

I can’t recommend this enough. An occupational therapist suggested that I look at this. I wasn’t too hopeful of its effectiveness, but I can safely say that it has helped me cope with a chronic condition. Especially my sincere thanks to Davidj. Kindest Wishes to him from the North of England.

Rewinding is a paid feature now??? Adios Insight Timer

Tl;dr: This app has become unusable at the free tier. And I refuse to use/support this app as long as this is the pay-to-play business model being implemented.

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I’ve always enjoyed this app. And I saw value in the premium features. But it used to still be of value to the free users.
Making it a thing that Rewind and Time Scrub/Timestamp Selection are a pay to play thing takes a LOT away from free users.
After meditations, I would often go back to certain spots and listen to key words/moments so I could remember important stuff I wanted/needed to journal about.
With my brain traumas, this had become an integral part of any guided meditations.

I haven’t used apps for meditation for a while, and am looking to get an app again for it.

This app ain’t it.
Y’all are taking stuff away from people who need it and may not have the means to pay for premium. So even when I have the means to go premium, I won’t. Because I refuse to support this business model.
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Incredibly grateful

Thank you so much for building this! The features, content and UI are all on point and give me a frictionless way for managing and improving my mindfulness. My sleep and daily energy are so much better since I jumped on Insight Timer!

Honestly life changing

Having this app, and all the great content within, ( most of it free) has genuinely helped me get mindfulness into what seems like a chaotic life. The benefit to my sleep habits have really changed my daily life for the better.

Life Changing

This app is mainly free and I have been using this for a couple of months and I am already starting to see tons of progress. I like it!

5 stars

I use this app daily for my silent meditation and I love the multiple timer feature so I can do pranayama first and then sit. The guided practices are amazing too. Highly recommend 💕

Grateful

Just so so many amazing resources for free. I love the support of these guided meditations. Thank you ♥️

10/10

I’m on a budget and this app offers INCREDIBLE guided meditations that are incredibly healing all for free! I def will be getting the premium someday soon!

Insight into Gamification

I used this app for many years when it was just a simple timer. I was very happy with its clean interface, sounds and ease of use. Then, it went all infantile and gamified: stats, check-ins, streaks, etc. Even in a practice like meditation, you can't be distracted from distraction by the distraction these app developers insist upon. Very depressing.
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Exactly the right app for each new day

Insight Timer is a treasure trove of excellent support for mindful practice, chilling out with music, deep meditation and help with sleeping. The range of experts who have shared their special talents provide varied audio and video support to help the world learn and grow as thinking, feeling, breathing, loving, reflective beings. I truly love the broad selection - suitable for those aged 1-100+, with something to suit individual experiences and needs. I recommend this app to my friends and family and use it daily.
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