Comparison

Headspace 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

Headspace

This app offers expert-led guidance for mental health, mindfulness, and meditation. It provides tools for stress, anxiety, and sleep improvement, along with access to therapists, coaches, and an AI companion. Build daily skills to care for your mind and improve overall well-being.

Highlights
  • Guided meditations
  • Sleep tools and sounds
  • Anxiety and stress relief exercises
  • Online therapy and coaching
  • AI mental health companion
  • Mindful movement
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Welcome to Headspace, your expert-led guide to mental health, mindfulness, and meditation. Whether you're navigating stress, anxiety, sleep trouble, or life’s ups and downs, Headspace is here to support you. Explore science-backed exercises, courses, and programs that help you build everyday skills to care for your mind. For more support, you have access to licensed therapists, mental health coaches or Ebb, your empathetic AI companion. Headspace is always here, so you can always put your mind first. DAILY MEDITATIONS Discover mental wellness and mindfulness with over 500+ guided meditations. From quick 3-minute mental resets to longer sessions, we'll help you make meditation a daily practice. Meditate, practice mindfulness and relax. Headspace is proven to increase happiness and reduce stress in just 10 days. BETTER SLEEP Headspace helps improve your sleep with expert-led sleep tools, guided sleep meditations, sleep sounds, sleepcasts, and more. Explore sleep music and meditation for sleeping to reduce stress and anxiety. ANXIETY & STRESS RELIEF Headspace is the mental health app here to help you manage your stress through personalized recommendations, guided meditations, and exercises. Learn calming breathwork and breathing techniques to help with panic attacks, anxiety relief and calm. Just 2 weeks of Headspace reduces anxiety. AFFORDABLE THERAPY From finding the right therapist to easy scheduling, Headspace therapy makes it easier to start feeling better. You’ll also get access to mindfulness tools and Ebb, your empathetic AI companion, for support anytime you need it. Plus, with partnerships with major insurance companies, your sessions could cost as little as $0. COACHING & MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT Get matched and text with your own mental health coach and schedule sessions at your convenience. Headspace mental health coaches are trained professionals that provide personalized care to help you set and reach goals, manage everyday anxiety and stress, navigate major life events, and more. WELLNESS & BALANCE Increase balance with guided meditation and focus music. Calm and relax with quick breathing exercises, improve focus with binaural beats and calm your mind with relaxing music for studying. MINDFUL MOVEMENT Relieve stress, release tension, and strengthen your mind-body connection with mindful movement. Practice CBT techniques and CBT therapy exercises to reduce stress and anxiety. PROGRESS TRACKING Self-care tracker to follow your mental health journey. Share insights with your mindfulness coach or therapist so they can keep you on track towards your goals. Headspace is the everyday mental health app that’s proven to help. Stress less, sleep better, and feel happier with do-anywhere exercises and personalized recommendations from Ebb, Headspace’s AI mental health companion. Access online therapy and psychiatry through your organization.* (Check coverage with your coach or benefits team.) Start your free trial and experience the benefits of meditation, mindfulness and expert mental health therapy & coaching. Subscription options: $12.99/month, $69.99/year. These prices are for United States, pricing in other countries may vary. Coaching and therapy pricing varies by subscription. The subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can go to your iTunes Account settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. If you subscribe before your free trial ends, the rest of your free trial period will be forfeited as soon as your purchase is confirmed. Headspace saves your meditation sessions to your Apple Health app. Read the terms and conditions here: http://www.headspace.com/terms-and-conditions Read the privacy policy here: https://www.headspace.com/privacy-policy

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

Headspace4 screens
The Tapping Solution4 screens

Verdict

The call

Headspace and The Tapping Solution both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 85% of The Tapping Solution's written reviews are positive against 37% of Headspace's. Headspace's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Headspace sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and The Tapping Solution sells 10 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 Headspace against 4.8 for The Tapping Solution. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Headspace has 974K ratings behind it against 24K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 37% of Headspace's written reviews are positive against 85% of The Tapping Solution's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Headspace ships an update every 4 days, The Tapping Solution every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Headspace versus The Tapping Solution: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeadspaceThe Tapping Solution
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (974K ratings)4.8 (24K ratings)
Positive reviews36.7% of reviews84.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings974K — better24K
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
Best chart rank#13 — better#96
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size401 MB161 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperHeadspace Inc.The Tapping Solution, LLC

Customer experience

Headspace

All ratings973,845 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.3%
Written reviews1,899 reviews
Positive36.7%
Neutral10.1%
Negative53.3%

The Tapping Solution

All ratings23,688 ratings
Positive96.5%
Neutral1.4%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews710 reviews
Positive84.5%
Neutral2.7%
Negative12.8%

User reviews

Headspace

From 974K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Helpful for managing stress and anxiety
  • 🌙 Effective for improving sleep quality
  • 👍 Calming and soothing voice guidance
  • 🧠 Beneficial for mental health and mindfulness
  • 🤸‍♀️ Useful for physical and emotional well-being

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive subscription model
  • 🔒 Limited free content, most features locked behind paywall
  • 🤯 Overwhelming number of options and courses
  • 🔍 Difficult to navigate and find desired content
  • 🕰️ Lack of flexibility with session lengths and playback controls

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

Headspace

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes and errors
  • Subscription issues and inability to cancel
  • Syncing problems across devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • More free meditation sessions and courses
  • Ability to customize session lengths and skip unnecessary parts
  • Improved search and organization of content
  • Offline mode for downloading meditations
  • Integration with other health/wellness apps

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

Headspace

Subscriptions10
  • Headspace$12.991 Month
  • Headspace1 Month trial$12.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial3 variants$12.991 Month
Show 7 more
  • Headspace Plus$12.991 Month
  • Headspace Plus$69.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription1 Year trial2 variants$69.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription14 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription1 Month trial$69.991 Year
  • Headspace Plus$94.991 Year
  • Headspace1 Month trial$94.991 Year
10 purchases

The Tapping Solution

Subscriptions9
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$11.991 Month
Show 6 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
  • Yearly Subscription7 Days trial$94.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Subscription$399.99

Questions

Is Headspace free?
Headspace 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, Headspace or The Tapping Solution?
Headspace and The Tapping Solution are both rated 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store, from 974K and 24K ratings respectively.
Do Headspace or The Tapping Solution have ads?
The Tapping Solution shows ads; Headspace does not.
Which is updated more often, Headspace or The Tapping Solution?
Headspace ships an update every 4 days, and The Tapping Solution every 3 weeks. Most recently, Headspace was updated on September 24, 2026 and The Tapping Solution on September 24, 2026.
Which is more popular, Headspace or The Tapping Solution?
Headspace currently peaks at #13 in the App Store charts, and The Tapping Solution at #96. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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