# Yoga Nidra - Relaxation Lite — user reviews > 130 indexed App Store user reviews of Yoga Nidra by Elizabeth Papadakis, rated 4.80/5 from 1,189 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/yoga-nidra-relaxation-lite/id444707986/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/yoga-nidra-relaxation-lite/id444707986.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,025 · 4★ 106 · 3★ 28 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 17 ## What do users think of Yoga Nidra? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🧘‍♀️ Relaxing and calming experience - 🌙 Helps with sleep and insomnia - 🕰️ Convenient 10-minute sessions - 🎶 Soothing voice and music - 🧠 Improves focus and mindfulness **Cons** - ⏱️ Feels too rushed, could use more pauses - 🔊 Background music volume is too loud - 🐛 Occasional technical issues like freezing **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on some devices - Playback issues on certain phones **Most requested features** - Longer session options - More voice/music options - Ability to disable background music ## Newest reviews (15 of 130) ### 5/5 — Yoga Nidra *2021-07-28* I’ve been using this app for the past few years and love it, Short and simple practise thats brings a complete state of calm and relaxation and usually sends me into a deep slumber straight after. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Awesome *2021-07-20, version 1.7* This meditation really works ### 5/5 — Helps you to relax and fall a sleep *2021-04-23* Amazing tool, I use it to calm down and relax when travelling or for a quick nap during the day. ### 5/5 — Perfect *2021-03-29* I get super anxious about certain things and this helps my anxiety during the day or at night. ### 5/5 — Life saver! *2021-03-26* I was recommended this app by my osteopath. My mind is always very much on the go and this app helps calm that so I can focus more clearly and empty some of my head! I can’t sit still for long but this 10 minutes each day is so powerful! Give it a go! ### 5/5 — The excellent things that this can help with because this is an awesome app *2020-10-04* All the wonderful things that this can help with and I am so happy that this is coming it’s very relaxing so this can help you relax when you’re stressed it’s like a stress ball on the Internet and this is very nice whoever invented it it’s incredible tell your company whoever gets this that it is wonderful helps with wonderful that it does a wonderful things so all the things that it’s wonderful with is the Internet stressful calm in coming it’s relaxing so I am so happy and so is my family to tell you that this will always be a beautiful wonderful thing that could ever happen in life so thank you for what does company has provided on the Internet it is very nice very awesome so we hope you have a good day and keep up the good work ### 5/5 — Great Relaxation! *2020-09-22* I do love this app. Ten minutes -whenever I feel like it. Great Yoga Nidra! ### 5/5 — Magical yoga nidra *2020-06-17* Namaste would be nicer a female voice and for the time being during this crisis NO CHARGING FOR LISTENING A BETTER MEDITATION! ### 5/5 — best app *2020-05-30* been using this longer than any other app 10/10 ### 5/5 — Yoga Nidra *2020-04-19* Really enjoyed it, very relaxing. ### 5/5 — Love it *2020-04-08* This is such a great ,quick,relaxation , time to your self, get ready for bed . Love it ### 5/5 — So relaxing *2020-03-15, version 1.7* Loved the voice and direction and the singing at the end was so soulful. A wonderful experience !! 🙏🏼 ### 5/5 — I Never get tired of using this *2019-09-12* I have had this app for years and years and it has always garanteed me a deep relaxed state In 10 minutes. Its magic! Thank you. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2019-09-01, version 1.6* Great relaxation techniques. ### 5/5 — Very helpful app *2019-08-16, version 1.6* Great to use the 10 minute practice when you want to unwind or when there is something bothering you it can help to clear your mind before tackling the issue.it has helped me in many ways many times. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Disappointing *2023-05-24* I have just bought this app and it is exactly like the free version! Where is the 10,20 and full 30 minute sessions? **Developer response:** Hi there, just need to go into the settings and you’ll see the option for selecting the different lengths ### 1/5 — Too fast *2022-06-23* Moves through the body scan way too quickly making it difficult to slow down - I found myself holding my breath as I tried to keep up. If it was at half the speed it would likely be 5 stars from me. ### 1/5 — So many spelling and grammatical errors in the guide *2022-05-14* I wanted to love and trust this app. But, if you’re going to guide me into a profound state of meditation, you’re apps content should not be sloppily written, and riddle with errors. How do I know that your instructions on meditation are then not riddle with even more errors. App development means: test, test, test. This includes spell checking, and grammatical checks. SM yogi H. **Developer response:** *your ### 1/5 — Scam *2021-04-11, version 1.7* Just trying to lure you in to pay ### 1/5 — Very fast *2018-02-19* The instruction should be soft and slow in order to do it peacefully. The instructor is just running as if he is in a hurry to catch his flight. Also not giving any instructions to come back to normal state or for resolution. Complete waste! **Developer response:** Dear Piamani, Kindly note that the technique of yoga nidra as modernised by Swami Satyananda Saraswati is based on the tantric practice of Nyasa. It prescribes a swift rotation of awareness through specific parts of the body. Many of us have preconceived ideas that a relaxation practice should be spoken in a particular way, please try not to let this get in the way of the technique. It can be very effective. Hope this helps. :) ### 1/5 — Bad *2012-12-09, version 1.3* This is terrible. His voice and accent are so distracting. Very sharp and unsettling. I take a yoga nidra class weekly and am experienced in this. The guide should make you float away with serenity not agitate you. ### 1/5 — Yoga Nidra *2012-03-04, version 1.2* The words are effective, but the recording is amateurish to a distracting degree. One can hear the speaker's salivatory noises quite consistently and he sounds--sorry--quite like a slobbering dog. It is quite a buzz-kill. He is continually swallowing saliva and making gross noises. Another problem is the music that plays before and after cannot be disabled. It is too loud and it is not pleasant to have to reach for the phone to turn it off. Also, the vocal volume is too low. If the recording had done professionally done on a technical level and if the speaker was a better broadcaster, I think the app would be strong. The music problem would have to be remedied as well. ### 1/5 — App doesn't play/run *2011-07-22, version 1.1* Really don't know how good it is because it shuts down at the opening screen EVERY time. I have even re-installed four different times!!!! Still can't get it to work. ### 2/5 — Too fast *2021-12-05* The process was too fast to be relaxing. **Developer response:** Dear friend, Kindly note that the technique of yoga nidra as modernised by Swami Satyananda Saraswati is based on the tantric practice of Nyasa. It prescribes a swift rotation of awareness through specific parts of the body. Many of us have preconceived ideas that a relaxation practice should be spoken in a particular way, please try not to let this get in the way of the technique. It can be very effective. Hope this helps. :) ### 2/5 — Good For One Time *2016-08-24, version 1.6* It helps to calm you down but there is only one activity to do. If you want to do it every night this is not the app for you cause it only has one lesson! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Very relaxing *2025-11-09* I find this app very relaxing to use. It’s 10 minutes of Yoga Nidra and the voice is very pleasant to listen to. I have been using it for a couple of years and I can thoroughly recommend it particularly if you find regular meditation difficult. With the voice guiding you it’s easier to stay focused. ### 5/5 — Great stuff *2025-03-12* I love this app Took me a while not to nap through the session, our mans voice is very calming I purchased the level up, love your work tam ### 5/5 — Deep Gratitude *2025-01-21* Hari Om. It is such a delight to have this gorgeous Satyananda Yoga Nidra app. I have a predisposition for stress/tension and not sleeping well and I found this app many years ago, even when I realised you fixed the left armpit because it bothered me that it was skipped and I would fixate on it. Haha! It was the only thing that helped me sleep well, almost guaranteed. I have had this app for so long now, but last year I went to my local Ashram (as linked in the Ajapa Japa app) where they practice Satyananda Yoga. I didn’t realise it at the time, until I was in my first Yoga Nidra session at the Ashram, that I knew the Sanskrit terminology and the routine. I was blown away. I have since learned more about the benefits of Yoga Nidra and Satyananda Yoga and why it’s important to do it every day. It truly is a mind, body, and spiritual reset and in today’s world and city living, so incredibly important. My deepest gratitude to you, Madhav, for sharing your training and experience with this part of the Satyananda philosophy and practice so that all may benefit, for free! 🙏🏼🕉️ Also, love that you’re a fellow Australian. Your voice is very calming. Om 🕉️ ### 5/5 — Genius for day sleeping *2025-01-14* I only get up to something like the left knee before falling asleep to this sonorous voice. If you want to take up day napping this is a great off-label use for this app. ### 5/5 — Great app to practice Yoga Nidra *2024-10-10* Thanks for the meditation ### 5/5 — Yoda nidra *2024-06-16* I had never experienced this before. I finished my 10 minutes and feel a deep sense of relaxation that seems to be lasting. I can now see why it would be good to practice close to bed time. Very enjoyable. Thankyou. ### 5/5 — Relaxing from the start! *2024-03-01* Wow! I feel better! Just 10 minutes! This is great! ### 5/5 — Love it *2023-12-20* This is the best body scan and relaxation practice I have found. I love the voice. The combination of practices and the pace of the body scan keep my attention throughout the practice. ### 5/5 — Migraines *2022-05-14* This really helps me when I have migraines. It puts me to sleep and I wake up feeling so much better!! ### 5/5 — Yoga nidra *2022-03-28, version 1.7* Highly recommend this app for a deep sense of calm. --- *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 2026-09-02.*