Best Ucla Mindful Apps

4.5😊(176 ratings)

Free

Practice mindfulness meditation with guided sessions and educational content from UCLA Health. Learn to manage stress, reduce anxiety, and cultivate positive emotions through regular practice. Explore various meditation types, informative videos, and weekly recordings to enhance your well-being.

What We Love

🙏 Free and accessible resource
🧘‍♀️ High-quality guided meditations
🗣️ Calming and comforting narrator voices (Diana Winston)
👍 Simple, easy to use, and navigate
🌍 Multiple languages offered
💡 No unnecessary bells and whistles
💖 Helpful for anxiety and depression
📚 Useful for establishing a meditation routine

Room to Improve

🗣️ Presenter talks too much during meditations
🔌 Requires a good internet connection (streaming)
🔄 No offline access
📱 App doesn't rotate on iPad in landscape mode
🔊 Loud ding at the end of some tracks

Insight Timer: Meditate, Sleep by Insight Network Inc

Meditation & Anxiety Relief

Strong Contender

4.9😊(449K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

#16in Health & Fitness

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Access a vast library of guided meditations, breathwork, sleep stories, and yoga practices from world-renowned teachers. Build healthy routines, reduce stress, and improve sleep with daily new free content and a customizable meditation timer.

What We Love

💤 Great for sleep and relaxation
🌍 Diverse range of teachers and content
🕰️ Customizable timer with bells/chimes
🆓 Generous free content
🧠 Helps with anxiety, stress, and mental health
🤝 Sense of community and connection
📊 Useful progress tracking and statistics

Room to Improve

🤖 Overly commercialized with constant upselling
🔒 Privacy concerns with mandatory account creation
🔀 Confusing and cluttered user interface
🐛 Bugs, crashes, and technical issues
🔒 Paywall blocking access to core features

Calm by Calm.com

Sleep, Meditation, Relaxation

Worth Considering

Healthy Minds Program by Humin

4.8😊(2M ratings)

FreeAdsIn-App Purchases

#5in Health & Fitness

Discover sleep stories, guided meditations, and relaxation exercises to reduce anxiety and stress. Improve your sleep cycle and focus with a variety of mindfulness programs and soothing sounds. Recommended by mental health experts.

What We Love

💤 Helpful for sleep
🧘‍♀️ Effective for meditation and relaxation
🎨 Variety of content (sleep stories, meditations, music)
🙏 Positive impact on mental health
🤗 Soothing narrators
📚 Useful for both adults and children

Room to Improve

💰 Expensive subscription
🔒 Limited free content
🕰️ Difficulty finding specific content
🔁 Repetitive sleep stories
🙃 Accessibility issues for disabled users
🌃 Lack of features for night shift workers

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(4.3K)

free

Short meditations, big impact

2-minute guided meditationsWatch-and-listen experienceInteractive journey map

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