5 meditation apps to relax, reset & revitalize

Whether you’re looking for more focus, less stress, or pure relaxation, a little meditation can go a long way. These powerful apps can help you start or maintain a meditation practice and live more mindfully each day.

Headspace's charming, cartoon-like interface offers a welcoming space to start your meditation journey. Whether you want to move more, recharge, or improve focus, you’ll find meditations, mindful activities, and more to guide you. All content beyond an introductory pack is subscription-only, so you’ll need to sign up for a trial to explore.

Sanvello takes a clinical approach to meditation and mindfulness, working alongside medical professionals to help ease the symptoms of anxiety, stress, and depression. After taking a quiz, you'll get a plan of meditation and other relaxation techniques tailored to your profile. Enthusiasts can upgrade for access to all meditations, personal coaching, and more.

Whatever you’re dealing with – from a tough commute to a breakup – chances are Simple Habit has meditation to guide you through it. Browse sessions by instructor or topic, including resilience, career, intimacy, and anxiety relief. Squeeze meditation into your busy schedule with daily reminders and on-the-go meditations as short as five minutes.

There’s something for everyone with Insight Timer’s expansive, no-cost meditation library and community. Explore different teachers and styles, including a range of secular, spiritual, and religious practices. Prefer to get centered on your own? Use the customizable meditation timer to practice unguided.

Calm is your all-day meditation companion. Gain wisdom with meditations on topics like self-esteem or managing stress. Bring mindful movement into your day with short video lessons. And unwind to music, nature sounds, and sleep stories – narrated by the likes of Matthew McConaughey and Kate Winslet.

Find deep rest with guided meditations, visualizations, sleep hypnosis, and bedtime stories. Enjoy calming, beautifully scored wind-down sessions from 10 minutes to an hour long, or mix-and-match nature sounds, isochronic tones, ASMR, and more for your own personal sleep score.