Meditation apps

The best apps for meditation

Feeling anxious or stressed while self-isolating, working from home or juggling home schooling and your regular routine? Now more than ever, we all need to take a deep breath. Focus on you by unwinding for a minute (or 30).

Headspace for Everyday mindfulness

One of the most well-known meditation apps out there, Headspace offers hundreds of guided meditations, sleep sounds, meditations for kids and animations to help you better understand the process.

Stop, Breathe & Think for Finding calm

With different programs for kids, teenagers and young adults, and over 100 mindfulness activities (such as breathing, yoga and acupressure), this is one for stressed out families.

Calm cost Better sleep

Providing guided sessions – and covering topics from gratitude to mindfulness at work – as well as sleep sounds and breathing exercises, Calm is great for those struggling with anxiety.

Aura for Stress relief

Offering life coaching, nature sounds, stories, music and daily meditations – all personalised based on the mood you select when you open the app – Aura is an easy addition to your daily routine.

Insight Timer for Top teachers

With more than 30,000 guided sessions, as well as relaxing music tracks, a section for kids and pep talks from the likes of Indian yogi Sadhguru and best-selling artist Moby, this app is hard to beat.

Smiling Mind for Kids and teens

Mindfulness is the goal with this all-ages app, which features a variety of programs developed by psychologists and educators for families, with a strong focus on teens and children.