Comparison

Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation vs The Tapping Solution

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation

This app offers guided mindfulness and meditation sessions designed for busy lifestyles. It helps users reduce stress, improve sleep, and manage anxiety with short, expert-led content. Personalized sessions are available for various life situations, promoting overall wellness.

Highlights
  • Guided mindfulness and meditation
  • Sleep sessions
  • Stress and anxiety relief
  • Daily motivation
  • Expert-led content
  • On-the-Go feature for quick anxiety relief
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Simple Habit is the #1 app for your wellness & sleep recommended by top mental health experts. Try Simple Habit for free today and join over 5 million people on this life-changing journey. Sleep better and be happier in your life, marriage, parenthood, work, and health. Our wellness & sleep therapy sessions offer guided mindfulness & meditation, daily motivation, guided sleep sessions and coaching by world-renowned experts, personalized for the way you live your life. We’ll help you feel less stressed, get better sleep and be your best self whether you have 5 minutes in the morning, 20 minutes during your commute or need to fall asleep quickly. Start your Simple Habit today and live better every day. FEATURED ON * Shark Tank Season Premiere 2017 * #1 in Apple’s "New Apps We Love” 2016 * #1 in Apple's "Health & Fitness - Meditation & Mindfulness" 2016 WHY SIMPLE HABIT? MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION • Just 5-minutes of mindfulness and meditation per day can improve your life through stress relief and improved sleep • New meditation guided by the world’s best experts, from mindfulness experts at Google to former monks • Track your progress and stay motivated with Mindful Minutes • Access meditations offline with our Premium subscription so you can meditate at any time WELLNESS FOR YOUR BUSY LIFESTYLE • Perfect for busy lifestyles— listen when you wake up, drive, or go to sleep • Sessions designed for life’s daily problems • Use Simple Habit's On-the-Go feature to quickly calm your anxiety to achieve a sense of mindfulness HEALTH AND RELAXATION • Sleep better • Relieve stress • Manage anxiety and depression • And more FIND MOTIVATION • Coaching content • Motivational talks • Streak tracking and mindful minutes to track your progress BENEFITS OF USING SIMPLE HABIT • Build a meditation habit • Get a better night’s sleep • Motivation in your pocket • Improve focus • Reduce stress and anxiety • Stay calm and relaxed • Increased self-awareness • Be an effective leader • Breathe deeper and easier • Increased sense of perspective • Achieve mindfulness on the go • Calm down and relax at the end of a long day • Tackle different life challenges in a calm, focused manner • Improve relationships • Be happier, more relaxed, and calm APPLE HEALTH INTEGRATION • Optionally integrate your meditations with Apple Health by connecting your meditations with Mindful Minutes! • Accept the prompt to allow Simple Habit to record your mindful minutes in Apple Health, or manually turn it on in Settings. GET UNLIMITED ACCESS WITH PREMIUM Simple Habit offers two auto-renewing subscription options to help you achieve mindfulness and breathe easier. Your subscription will automatically renew at the end of each term and your credit card will be charged through your iTunes account. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings, but refunds will not be provided for any unused portion of the term. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when a subscription is purchased. These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. CONNECT WITH SIMPLE HABIT Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/simplehabitapp/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/simplehabitapp/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/simplehabitapp Have questions or feedback? Reach out to us at feedback@simplehabit.com. Thanks for using Simple Habit :) Privacy Policy - https://www.simplehabit.com/privacy Terms and Conditions - https://www.simplehabit.com/tos

About

The Tapping Solution

Learn Tapping (EFT) techniques to reduce stress, anxiety, and pain, and improve sleep. Access hundreds of guided meditations for lasting results in areas like emotional release, physical discomfort, and women's health.

Highlights
  • Stress and anxiety reduction
  • Pain relief meditations
  • Sleep improvement techniques
  • Emotional release exercises
  • Support for specific health concerns
  • Meditations for various life stages and professions
Features
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Lower your stress levels, reduce anxiety, overcome fears, relieve pain, get better sleep, and so much more. All made possible with access to hundreds of meditations in the Tapping Solution App. You'll learn how to use Tapping (also known as EFT, or Emotional Freedom Techniques), to lead a happier and healthier life. Over 15 million sessions completed so far, ranging in length from 2 minutes (a quick session) to 20 minutes (to guide your deeper work). "Like someone turned off the anxiety switch." - Debbie, App member "This is one of the most calming and tools in my mindfulness toolkit." -App member "I'm 46 and struggled with a racing mind at bedtime and anxiety my whole life. I'm shocked that as I do this before sleep, I feel like I got the deep, restorative sleep my body with fibromyalgia needs to heal." -Susie, App member Tapping has also been recommended by top doctors, therapists, psychologists, personal development experts, and mental health experts including Mark Hyman, M.D., Tony Robbins, Ruth Buczynski, Ph.D., Dawson Church, Ph.D., Brendon Burchard, Eric Leskowitz, M.D., and many others! Clinical Research About The App Published in A Top-Tier Journal: A recent study conducted on the Tapping Solution App's effectiveness of immediate reduction of psychological distress concluded that there was statistically significant reduction in the emotional intensity ratings between the start and end of sessions for stress and anxiety sessions, thus offering preliminary evidence on the immediate effects of The Tapping Solution App in reducing psychological distress. Follow along effortlessly with Meditations designed for you to get lasting results. Topics include: * Lowering stress about: family, finances, health, work, the world & more * Sleep support for: insomnia, fall asleep faster, quiet your racing mind & more * Releasing emotions such as: anger, anxiety, fear, grief, guilt, sadness, self-doubt, shame & more * Relief from pain such as: arthritis, back pain, cancer pain, endometriosis, fibromyalgia, headaches, knee pain, neck pain, sciatic pain & more * Supporting your body in healing from: allergies, colds, high blood pressure, inflammation, indigestion, tinnitus, TMJ & more * Women's health support for: early motherhood, fertility, IVF, menopause, pregnancy & more * Weight loss & body confidence support for: critical self-talk, eliminating cravings, getting back on track & more * Support for children, military/veterans & teachers. Subscription Pricing and Terms: Auto-renewing monthly subscription & auto-renewing yearly subscriptions are offered, both of which allow full access to all content for as long as you maintain an active subscription. A lifetime subscription, which is a one-time-only payment, is also offered, giving unlimited access to all of the content inside the app forever. Prices are set in US dollars. Pricing in other countries may vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on your country. Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes account at the time of the initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period end date, and the cost of the renewal will be listed. You can manage your subscription and auto-renewal can be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. The information presented in this app, including introducing EFT Tapping is not intended to represent that Tapping is used to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease or psychological disorder. Tapping is not a substitute for medical or psychological treatment. We strongly advise that you seek professional advice as appropriate before making any health decision. Read more about the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy here: https://bit.ly/2UFLd02

Screenshots

Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation4 screens
The Tapping Solution4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation at freemium against The Tapping Solution's subscription. Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (78K vs 24K). The Tapping Solution's advantage is chart position (#134 vs unranked) and review sentiment (85% vs 74%). On price, rating, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and The Tapping Solution sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation against 4.8 for The Tapping Solution. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 78K and 24K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation's written reviews are positive against 85% of The Tapping Solution's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation ships an update every 5 weeks, The Tapping Solution every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation versus The Tapping Solution: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Habit Sleep, MeditationThe Tapping Solution
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (78K ratings)4.8 (24K ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.9% of reviews84.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings78K — better24K
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterSubscription
Best chart rank—#134 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size202 MB149 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperINGENIO, LLCThe Tapping Solution, LLC

Customer experience

Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation

All ratings78,025 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral2.1%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews475 reviews
Positive73.9%
Neutral5.1%
Negative21.1%

The Tapping Solution

All ratings23,838 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews712 reviews
Positive84.6%
Neutral2.7%
Negative12.8%

User reviews

Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation

From 78K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent meditation content
  • 👍 Variety of meditation topics and lengths
  • 💤 Helpful for sleep and relaxation
  • 🧘‍♀️ Improves mental health and wellbeing
  • 📚 Wide range of expert instructors

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive premium subscription
  • 🔐 Limited free content, most locked behind paywall
  • 🐛 Glitches, crashes, and syncing issues
  • 🤖 Robotic or unnatural-sounding voices
  • 🔊 Disruptive background sounds in meditations

The Tapping Solution

From 24K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Awesome App
  • 🚀 Regular use for more than two years!
  • 🚀 Outstanding
  • 🚀 Love this App
  • 🚀 Tapping brings me Peace

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Expensive!!!
  • 🐛 Not happy
  • 🐛 Dangerous negative messages
  • 🐛 Disappointing.
  • 🐛 Wish I could hear it better

Bugs and requests

Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App freezing or crashing during use
  • Subscription issues and unexpected charges
  • Syncing problems across devices
  • Meditation history and progress not tracking correctly

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to track meditations done outside the app
  • Option to turn off intro/outro music/sounds
  • More free content and meditation options
  • Improved user interface and navigation
  • Better customer support and responsiveness

The Tapping Solution

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • New update affects downloaded category
  • Immediate turn off win $100 flashes up in your face

Requested features

2 requests
  • Language
  • Wish I could hear it better

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation

Subscriptions10
  • Simple Habit Meditation Premium7 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Simple Habit Meditation Premium$9.991 Month
  • Simple Habit Meditation Premium7 Days trial$11.991 Month
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  • Simple Habit Meditation Premium$11.991 Month
  • Simple Habit Premium$11.991 Month
  • Simple Habit Meditation Premium$14.991 Month
  • Simple Habit Premium7 Days trial$89.991 Year
  • Simple Habit Meditation Premium$95.991 Year
  • Simple Habit Meditation Premium1 Month trial$95.991 Year
  • Simple Habit Premium7 Days trial$95.991 Year
8 purchases

The Tapping Solution

Subscriptions8
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$11.991 Month
Show 5 more
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$67.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription$94.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription14 Days trial3 variants$94.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription1 Month trial$94.991 Year

Questions

Is Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation free?
Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Tapping Solution free?
The Tapping Solution is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation or The Tapping Solution?
The Tapping Solution is rated higher. Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation averages 4.8 out of 5 from 78K ratings, while The Tapping Solution averages 4.8 from 24K ratings.
Do Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation or The Tapping Solution have ads?
The Tapping Solution shows ads; Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation does not.
Which is updated more often, Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation or The Tapping Solution?
Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation ships an update every 5 weeks, and The Tapping Solution every 3 weeks. Most recently, Simple Habit Sleep, Meditation was updated on November 7, 2026 and The Tapping Solution on November 8, 2026.

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