Headspace: Sleep & Meditation

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1. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   not worth it. I used this app for years. took a long break from it and redownloaded it recently only to find absolutely everything has ben blocked off with a subscription. the app is completely useless now. It was nice a great tool I used in my daily life for anxiety and insomnia. Now it’s become a subscription only app. extremely disappointing.

2. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Paywall. This app used to be great. I returned to it today after some time away only to find the entire app locked behind a pay wall. So much for easy stress relief!

3. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Can’t even log in. Tried direct SSO and two different platforms including Google and Facebook and keep getting a “failure to authenticate” error even after allowing me to reset my password. Tried both the application and website - both give the same errors. App making you more stressed is not helpful and no accessible link to go to contact or help signing in so here it is in a review - cannot even access content.

4. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   AI doesn’t belong in mental health care. Preface: Yes I understand that this app isn’t a substitute for medical care. AI therapy is incredibly harmful, it enables dangerous behaviors. Not only is it in the unavoidable ai therapy model in this app but it’s also rampant in the voices. Not all of them are human. The scripts are not all human. The titles, art, etc are so clearly AI. Robots should not be allowed to give human care. Only other humans understand what truly needs to be said. This app is AI slop. You’re better off doing classic meditation techniques.

5. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   This app has gone downhill. I initially used Headspace when I started meditating over a decade ago. I stopped for a few years because I couldn’t afford the increased pricing. I decided to download it again recently (Spring 2026) for another trial period and was so disappointed. Now the app is busy, not focused on the simplicity of mindfulness and meditation. The worst thing is that it now pushes its AI chatbot, “Ebb.” AI chatbots can be very harmful, and it is honestly upsetting to see a meditation app encourage people to share their thoughts with an AI. Two stars instead of one because it didn’t always suck.

6. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Disappointing. This used to be my favorite app. Now with the overwhelming amount of AI and absolutely ridiculous and annoying pop ups this app is getting deleted. Congrats instead of lowering my heart rate I have increased my rage. Why is it that I HAVE to chat with a coach every time I open the app? GOD FORBID A GIRL WANTS TO DO A BREATHING EXERCISE IN A MOMENT OF PANIC BUT NOOOOOOOOOO SHE HAS TO TAKE A QUIZ TO TALK TO A COACH SHE DOESNT EVEN WANT AND CANT DISABLE THIS FEATURE. Absolutely ANNOYING. Get it together. I am switching to the calm app.

7. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Inconvenient. Inconvenient to have to log into my account every single time I open the app and it won’t even let me autofill the email/password.

8. ★★★★★crashes, freezes and errors

   Crashed. The app is great bur with the update it’s not working at all anymore. It won’t even load.

9. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

   Data harvesting scam. Not able to delete my account without cancelling a subscription. My “free” subscription expires in 3 years. Response from support was, “sorry, but we’ll be happy to help you in 2029!” Do not sign up for this if you value your privacy.

10. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Quit messing with the Today format. I love the daily Headspace Today routine of 1 min breathing, the Wake Up, and mediation. It’s annoying to see the format placement of this changed, again, as it’s less obvious to select anything but the meditation. The format of easing into the Today meditation is what is missing. It makes the breathing and Wake Up sections as afterthoughts…disappointing.

11. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Using AI. Cancelled as soon as i saw the new AI feature. Very irresponsible given how we’ve seen AI act in these sensitive situations.

12. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Wtf. Why not just make the app cost money at this point…

13. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Paywall city. Back in my day there was tons of free stuff. Then only one lesson per section. I checked back today and there’s nothing. Tragic.

14. ★★★★★trial charges and refunds

    Cheaters - billing scam. Terrible billing experience. I canceled my Headspace subscription during the trial period, as allowed, and still got charged a few days later. That is unacceptable. A company promoting mental wellness should not create stress through questionable billing practices. Be careful before starting the trial and keep proof of cancellation.

15. ★★★★★trial charges and refunds

    Loss Quality After Free Trial. My app hasn’t worked the same after I started paying a subscription. I can’t listen to sleep casts, as the audio is bugged and the narrator is missing. Bluetooth speaker never coperates.

16. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Lousy customer service. I subscribed to Headspace in February. I had also subscribed about five years ago. In March, Headspace connected me to that old lapsed subscription. I couldn’t get in with my new password. To access Headspace I would need to buy a new subscription. I put in a ticket but this fell through the cracks, evidently. I would warn anyone whoever ever had a subscription that lapsed to choose another meditation app. This one might get you mixed up with your old subscription and you won’t be able to get any help. Actually, that’s true for any potential subscriber. You won’t get help. It’s also not calming English accents anymore. Used to be Andy, now a bunch of mostly Americans.

17. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Nothing usable without subscription. Garbage app

18. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Very bad. This is probably the most worst app I’ve ever came across of it makes you pay $65 per day for absolutely nothing just to meditate and take deep breaths. This is by far the worst app I’ve ever came across of because it makes you pay for every single thing. Can’t even do anything on this app.

19. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Meditation should be Free. Crazy to think you guys are helping the world when you put up a pay wall to get help.

20. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Auto downloads. Headspace is repeatedly downloading even after I delete?

21. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    I can’t find anything free. This is horrible like you have to pay $69 a month almost 70 and I can’t even find anything on there. Just honestly just made me more stressed out.

22. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    DO NOT GET. This game is horrible! Do not get! You have to pay for everything and there’s so many bugs! (Saying this as an 8yro

23. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Ai slop- no longer worth subscribing. This company used to support human health. Now they push Ai garbage. Do not subscribe.

24. ★★★★★an update broke a familiar workflow

    Used to love, UI ruined it. This app used to be my favorite. They changed the user interface and now it feel chaotic, hard to find and keep track of progress, too many new options. Just feels confusing and because of this I rarely use. Not sure why they haven’t changed it back seeing all the terrible reviews of the new updates. If it wasn’t broke, as they say. Super disappointed as there is so much good content here hidden behind the terrible user interface.

25. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    awful. can’t even open the app without an ad popping up to spend more money

26. ★★★★★login, signup and account access

    Can't even open it. Yet another stupid app that lets me create an account, then when I try to log in to THE ACCOUNT I JUST CREATED tells me that an account is already associated with my email address. I try resetting the password, it still will not let me log in. So dumb.

27. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Profit-driven😐. I used to use Headspace when I was younger back when it was free. I have been experiencing a lot of anxiety recently and was hoping to get back into meditation. However, there is now not a single session that you can access without paying for an account. It is crazy that this company is trying to profit off of people’s mental illnesses. I’m really disappointed.

28. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Calm is so much better.. Why would you not have a shut off feature after listening to a sleep story. Instead it just stays on and drains your battery. Their solution is just wake up and turn off the app. So now you are not sleeping. 🤦‍♀️. Horrible set up. Wish my work paid for a reasonable and considerate app.

29. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Greedy. Literally nothing is free. To use anything they make you do a trial of their paid service. I can get all of this on YoutTube, why would I pay for it? Greedy greedy greedy.

30. ★★★★★crashes, freezes and errors

    Broken. New update broke the app. Now you’re stuck going from the update screen to the iOS store and back again.. guess I’ll just stare at the ceiling for $10 a month. Now that it’s been fixed, I’m struggling to get to where I was previously - new AI voices are not calming, or relatable. I’m struggling with the new product.. a lot. If anyone who works here sees this, don’t kill the goose that laid the golden egg