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Calm - Meditate, Sleep, Relax
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Join the millions discovering the life-changing benefits of meditation with Calm
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Calm is a leading app for meditation and sleep. Join the millions experiencing lower stress, less anxiety, and more restful sleep with our guided meditations, Sleep Stories, breathing programs, masterclasses, and relaxing music. Recommended by top psychologists, therapists, and mental health experts.
Calm is the perfect mindfulness app for beginners, but also includes hundreds of programs for intermediate and advanced users.
Guided meditation sessions are available in lengths of 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 minutes so you can choose the perfect length to fit with your schedule. Topics include:
* Calming Anxiety
* Managing Stress
* Deep Sleep
* Focus and Concentration
* Relationships
* Breaking Habits
* Happiness
* Gratitude
* Self-Esteem
* Body Scan
* Loving-Kindness
* Forgiveness
* Non-judgement
* Commuting to work or school
* Mindfulness at College
* Mindfulness at Work
* Walking meditation
* Calm Kids
* And so much more...
Also featuring:
* An original Daily Calm every day: a new 10-minute program added daily to help ease you into the day or unwind with before bed
* 100+ Sleep Stories: adult bedtime stories guaranteed to lull you to sleep
* 7 and 21 day programs for both beginner and advanced users
* Life-changing Calm Masterclasses taught by world-renowned experts
* Breathing exercises to help you relax
* Exclusive music engineered to help you focus, relax or sleep
* Unguided timed meditation
* Open-ended meditation
* 30+ soothing nature sounds and scenes to use during meditation, yoga or to help you sleep
Track your progress with:
* Daily streaks
* Time spent meditating
Calm is loved by the press:
* “I’m generally wary of meditation apps because they sometimes weave in too much mystic talk for my taste. But Calm instead contains guidance like ‘Concentrate on your body’” - New York Times
* “In the frenetic, crazy, digital world we live in, sometimes it's necessary to take a step back and smell the roses” - Mashable
* “Eliminating distraction...ended up helping me relax and realize that all the stuff I was stressing about wasn't that big a deal” - Tech Republic
* “Found myself similarly refreshed afterwards” - TechCrunch
Calm is free to download and use, and there are no ads. A subset of the programs and features are free forever.
Some content is only available through an optional paid subscription. If you choose to subscribe, payment will be charged to your Google Account at confirmation of purchase.
Calm is the perfect mindfulness app for beginners, but also includes hundreds of programs for intermediate and advanced users.
Guided meditation sessions are available in lengths of 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 minutes so you can choose the perfect length to fit with your schedule. Topics include:
* Calming Anxiety
* Managing Stress
* Deep Sleep
* Focus and Concentration
* Relationships
* Breaking Habits
* Happiness
* Gratitude
* Self-Esteem
* Body Scan
* Loving-Kindness
* Forgiveness
* Non-judgement
* Commuting to work or school
* Mindfulness at College
* Mindfulness at Work
* Walking meditation
* Calm Kids
* And so much more...
Also featuring:
* An original Daily Calm every day: a new 10-minute program added daily to help ease you into the day or unwind with before bed
* 100+ Sleep Stories: adult bedtime stories guaranteed to lull you to sleep
* 7 and 21 day programs for both beginner and advanced users
* Life-changing Calm Masterclasses taught by world-renowned experts
* Breathing exercises to help you relax
* Exclusive music engineered to help you focus, relax or sleep
* Unguided timed meditation
* Open-ended meditation
* 30+ soothing nature sounds and scenes to use during meditation, yoga or to help you sleep
Track your progress with:
* Daily streaks
* Time spent meditating
Calm is loved by the press:
* “I’m generally wary of meditation apps because they sometimes weave in too much mystic talk for my taste. But Calm instead contains guidance like ‘Concentrate on your body’” - New York Times
* “In the frenetic, crazy, digital world we live in, sometimes it's necessary to take a step back and smell the roses” - Mashable
* “Eliminating distraction...ended up helping me relax and realize that all the stuff I was stressing about wasn't that big a deal” - Tech Republic
* “Found myself similarly refreshed afterwards” - TechCrunch
Calm is free to download and use, and there are no ads. A subset of the programs and features are free forever.
Some content is only available through an optional paid subscription. If you choose to subscribe, payment will be charged to your Google Account at confirmation of purchase.
App Store
** Best of 2018 Award Winner ** — Apple
** 2017 App of the Year ** — Apple
** Happiest App in the World ** — Center for Humane Technology
Calm is the #1 app for Sleep, Meditation and Relaxation. Join the millions experiencing better sleep, lower stress, and less anxiety with our guided meditations, Sleep Stories, breathing programs, stretching exercises, and relaxing music. Calm is recommended by top psychologists, therapists, and mental health experts.
Calm is the perfect mindfulness app for beginners, but also includes hundreds of programs for intermediate and advanced users. Guided meditation sessions are available in lengths of 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 minutes so you can choose the perfect length to fit with your schedule.
Sleep Stories are bedtime stories that are guaranteed to lull you into a deep and restful slumber. Calm has 100+ exclusive Sleep Stories for adults and children alike, featuring well-known talent such as Stephen Fry, Matthew McConaughey, Leona Lewis, and Jerome Flynn. Drift off to dreamland and wake up refreshed.
Sleep Stories include:
* Wonder - Join Matthew McConaughey on a dreamy story about the mysteries of the universe.
* Blue Gold - Let master storyteller Stephen Fry take you on a calming journey through the lavender fields and sleepy village of Provence
* The Nordland Night Train - Travel up the scenic coast of Norway aboard one of Europe's most breathtaking and remote railways.
* Happy Little Zzzs with Bob Ross - Drift off to the soothing brush strokes of beloved painter and TV host Bob Ross.
* And many more...
Mindfulness Topics include:
* Deep Sleep
* Calming Anxiety
* Managing Stress
* Focus and Concentration
* Relationships
* Breaking Habits
* Happiness
* Gratitude
* Self-Esteem
* Body Scan
* Loving-Kindness
* Forgiveness
* Non-judgement
* Mindfulness at Work
* Mindful Walking
* Calm Kids
* And so much more...
Also Featuring:
* An original Daily Calm every day: a 10-minute program added daily to help ease you into the day or unwind with before bed
* 7 and 21 day mindfulness programs for both beginner and advanced users
* Calm Masterclass: Life changing audio classes featuring world-renowned experts
* Calm Body: Mindful stretching and movement to relax your body during the day
* Music: Exclusive music engineered to help you focus, relax or sleep
* Soundscapes: Ocean waves, Heavy Rain, Camp Fire, Babbling Brook, and other sounds to help you sleep
* Breathing exercises to help you relax
* Unguided timed meditation
* 30+ soothing nature sounds and scenes to use during meditation, yoga or to help you sleep
Track your progress with:
* Daily Streaks
* Mindful Minutes
Calm saves your meditation and sleep sessions to your Apple Health app.
Subscription pricing and terms:
Calm offers an auto-renewing monthly subscription at $14.99/month and an auto-renewing yearly subscription at $69.99/year to provide you with unlimited access to the Calm Collection while you maintain an active subscription. Calm also offers a Lifetime subscription for $399.99 which is paid for by a one-off upfront payment with unlimited access to the Calm Collection forever.
Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes Account when you confirm 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, and the cost of the renewal will be identified. You may manage your subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable.
Read more about our terms and conditions here:
Terms of service: https://www.calm.com/terms
Privacy policy: https://www.calm.com/privacy
** 2017 App of the Year ** — Apple
** Happiest App in the World ** — Center for Humane Technology
Calm is the #1 app for Sleep, Meditation and Relaxation. Join the millions experiencing better sleep, lower stress, and less anxiety with our guided meditations, Sleep Stories, breathing programs, stretching exercises, and relaxing music. Calm is recommended by top psychologists, therapists, and mental health experts.
Calm is the perfect mindfulness app for beginners, but also includes hundreds of programs for intermediate and advanced users. Guided meditation sessions are available in lengths of 3, 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 minutes so you can choose the perfect length to fit with your schedule.
Sleep Stories are bedtime stories that are guaranteed to lull you into a deep and restful slumber. Calm has 100+ exclusive Sleep Stories for adults and children alike, featuring well-known talent such as Stephen Fry, Matthew McConaughey, Leona Lewis, and Jerome Flynn. Drift off to dreamland and wake up refreshed.
Sleep Stories include:
* Wonder - Join Matthew McConaughey on a dreamy story about the mysteries of the universe.
* Blue Gold - Let master storyteller Stephen Fry take you on a calming journey through the lavender fields and sleepy village of Provence
* The Nordland Night Train - Travel up the scenic coast of Norway aboard one of Europe's most breathtaking and remote railways.
* Happy Little Zzzs with Bob Ross - Drift off to the soothing brush strokes of beloved painter and TV host Bob Ross.
* And many more...
Mindfulness Topics include:
* Deep Sleep
* Calming Anxiety
* Managing Stress
* Focus and Concentration
* Relationships
* Breaking Habits
* Happiness
* Gratitude
* Self-Esteem
* Body Scan
* Loving-Kindness
* Forgiveness
* Non-judgement
* Mindfulness at Work
* Mindful Walking
* Calm Kids
* And so much more...
Also Featuring:
* An original Daily Calm every day: a 10-minute program added daily to help ease you into the day or unwind with before bed
* 7 and 21 day mindfulness programs for both beginner and advanced users
* Calm Masterclass: Life changing audio classes featuring world-renowned experts
* Calm Body: Mindful stretching and movement to relax your body during the day
* Music: Exclusive music engineered to help you focus, relax or sleep
* Soundscapes: Ocean waves, Heavy Rain, Camp Fire, Babbling Brook, and other sounds to help you sleep
* Breathing exercises to help you relax
* Unguided timed meditation
* 30+ soothing nature sounds and scenes to use during meditation, yoga or to help you sleep
Track your progress with:
* Daily Streaks
* Mindful Minutes
Calm saves your meditation and sleep sessions to your Apple Health app.
Subscription pricing and terms:
Calm offers an auto-renewing monthly subscription at $14.99/month and an auto-renewing yearly subscription at $69.99/year to provide you with unlimited access to the Calm Collection while you maintain an active subscription. Calm also offers a Lifetime subscription for $399.99 which is paid for by a one-off upfront payment with unlimited access to the Calm Collection forever.
Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes Account when you confirm 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, and the cost of the renewal will be identified. You may manage your subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable.
Read more about our terms and conditions here:
Terms of service: https://www.calm.com/terms
Privacy policy: https://www.calm.com/privacy
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Calm Turned My World Upside Down
Sep 9, 2020 This app absolutely changed my life. So much so, this is my first and probably only review on the app-store that I will ever write. I wanted to review Calm just in the hopes that someone from the team will see because I wanted to thank the Calm creators for saving my life. This has been the hardest year every and I was in a very dark place and hit my rock bottom. I didn’t want to be on this earth anymore, so I thought, why not try meditation? I have nothing to lose. I downloaded Calm, stuck with the 30 day intro program and I am hooked. I’ve had it for a few months now and I can’t say enough good things. I love the layout, the speakers, the variety, the scenes, everything. Meditation has taught me how to slow my mind and think about things from a different perspective. I have become self-aware and I am so grateful that I am learning these things now because I have already seen such a large improvement in my mental health and happiness. Thank you Calm creators, and thank you to whoever is apart of your marketing team because you saved my life! My only suggestion for an update to the app is a queue so you can set up multiple meditations to listen to in a row, for those of us who like to binge meditate :) If you are unhappy with your life, please just give this app a chance. It could be the answer you’re looking for. It could be your light in the darkness.more -
So relaxing and amazing
Apr 11, 2020 I absolutely love love love this app!!!!♥️ once I could not go to sleep so I turned on some of the calm music and I fell asleep 10 minutes later. I was amazed. I have been getting better sleep since than. Also whenever I am feeling stressed or anxious about someone or something, I listen to one of the daily calms or the next day on the meditation trial. Right away it’s as if you were brought into some beautiful relaxing world where there are these voices saying “It will be ok no matter what. This will pass.” And it does its amazing how calming and peaceful this app is. Next, mood check in. The mood check in helps me express and release good and bad feelings and thoughts. Enjoy the good ones and let go of the bad ones. It even gives you a chance to write a little about them. It’s like your own personal diary, but way better. Last but definitely not least, I Believe this app can make you a better person. To be happier, to live life longer. It can be a real life changer. And just know that it’s never to late to start fresh again. It’s never to late to change yourself. But most of all, it’s never to late lo be the big change in the world, that you have wished for. And calm can help with all of that. This is a total recommendation for anyone.more -
Calm Review
Sep 21, 2020 I really don’t like how you have to pay to get good stuff. That makes me stressed which takes away the purpose of the app Calm. Now, I understand that, with all of the items this app has, it has to cost money, but maybe, you could make more stuff free, like maybe a seven day program or something. Maybe that would hook more users and convince them to pay for the rest. Just a thought. Without paying, the only things you really can do are the daily check ins, the little reflection thing, and a timed meditation. Once someone gets bored of that, they’ll probably delete the app. You need a better way to get their attention. For example, I got the Sleep Cycle app, and I am very happy about it. It does have things that cost money, but not nearly as much money, or as many things that need money as Calm does. Most of the things in Calm cost a lot of money, and the things that are free are the things that aren’t the most helpful. Maybe this is an advertisement tactic? I’m not sure. However, in the Sleep Cycle app, the only thing that costs money is the Statistics which, honestly, I probably wouldn’t use that much. Also, it’s a lot cheaper. The things you can do without money are really cool; download the app to check it out! Over all, I have to give Calm three stars because of this, and it’s not just because it costs money, but also because of the amount of things that cost money and how much it costs. Sincerely, your local Calm usermore -
Sleep, anxiety, & life saver all in one app
May 24, 2020 Honestly, I had come to a point in my life where I insomnia and anxiety were at an all time high , I was on anxiety meds, sleep meds, anything they could do to try & get my anxiety and insomnia under control & even when the pills weren’t really helping, I decided to try this app out because even doctors had recommend it, while yes- price tag can seem like a lot, BUT I used this one night while my anxiety was setting in and I was asleep half way through the sleep story and when I woke in the morning I was in disbelief. Nothing, I mean nothing had helped me until I found this app. The meditation & sleep stories are amazing. I am so grateful for this app. Now, the only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars would be due to a recommend I have for the creators, they should create a watch or something that can track your sleep & in the morning provide meditations, music, sleep stories that reflected how you slept the night before. For example, if someone woke up a lot, or of people were waking up frequently and having a hard time going back to sleep & maybe making suggestions for a meditation they could choose that one as more personal, or for anxiety with sleep or sleeplessness, things like that. I don’t know that would be my only recommendation, but overall and amazing app that’s worth the price.more -
Worth so much more than I ever imagined
May 26, 2019 This app has had an incredible impact on my mental health and overall quality of life. It has changed my perspectives and state-of-mind in ways that have been beneficial to every aspect of my everyday life and well-being, in a countless number of ways. By committing to the habit and genuine effort to a mere 10 minutes of meditation a day, I have observed a significant change to the way my brain works and handles day-to-day tasks and situations. I have gained peace-of-mind, appreciation, more quality and meaningful time spent with my family, the ability to approach things in ways that are more practical and productive and less stressful.... And this is just to name a few ways meditation has been useful and life-changing. My 10yo son insists on using it before bed every night in order to help him unwind and get a better night’s sleep. I use it for tension relief and to soothe migraines, or to calm myself down when I’m angry or upset. The mind is so powerful and can truly enhance one’s quality of life and well-being in ways you could never imagine possible. By obtaining a better mindset and maintaining the ways in which your brain works and thinks, you can come to realize what sort of impact it can make on your overall health, happiness and life.more
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Sep 28, 2020 Right away as a free user, there are little to none useful features, as for most of it is locked behind a pay wall. I'm a high school student that has focusing, sleep, and stress issues. But I don't own a credit card or have a job currently, so this app does little to nothing for me without the premium. Sorry, but I feel like this app causes more stress to just look for stuff not locked away rather then trying to falling asleep. I don't personally recommend this at all.more -
Sep 25, 2020 I honestly really enjoy this app. The problem is the primary narrator. There is something about her voice or the way she speaks that honestly comes off as condescending, forced, disquieting and honestly fake. I know you can't help your voice, but maybe her sessions could all be recorded by an alternate narrator, so at least people have the option. I know this has been done on some series, please make it all, Tamara Levitt will be the reason I won't renew. That's a pretty easy problem to fix.more -
Sep 27, 2020 Lots of potentially useful meditations, but little that you couldn't get from other places for free. Also, every time you do a meditation, the app nags you to share a meme about your meditation on your social media. It also constantly tries to get you to set reminders. If you say no, the app shouldn't keep asking you again until you say yes. I won't renew my subscription if I am expected to further advertise the app through my social media.more -
Sep 24, 2020 For an app that I'm paying $70 a year for I would expect it to work better than free apps that I use. However this app is full of so many bugs such as: 1. Everytime I start the daily calm and click on the settings to change the scene volume, the app crashes. 2. The scene volume adjusts itself randomly to either very high or very low, and restarting the app doesn't fix it. 3. The app closes by itself during the night while I'm using the sleep sounds. 4. Some nights the sleep sounds are sped up.more -
Sep 24, 2020 Downloaded the app and started the free premium version trial. After trial I would be charged around 59$ per month if I did not cancel. Opened the app to get to know the content and everything was locked. Nothing could play until I had the premium version. I clicked again on "start the free trial" thinking it hadn't worked the first time. Nope, I was charged $69.99. Funny thing is in my account details it still says I am in the free trial stage. Good luck getting ahold of customer service!more
- Customize your experience! An enormous variety of relaxing sessions ranging from 3 min exercises or unguided timed meditations
- Daily Calm provides you with a soothing 10-minute exercise to prepare your mind & body for the day ahead
- Get the most out of sleeping! Sleep Stories for adults help you fall asleep in the most relaxing way possible
Reviewed by Antonio Rozich on March 2, 2018
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Calm Turned My World Upside Down
Sep 9, 2020 This app absolutely changed my life. So much so, this is my first and probably only review on the app-store that I will ever write. I wanted to review Calm just in the hopes that someone from the team will see because I wanted to thank the Calm creators for saving my life. This has been the hardest year every and I was in a very dark place and hit my rock bottom. I didn’t want to be on this earth anymore, so I thought, why not try meditation? I have nothing to lose. I downloaded Calm, stuck with the 30 day intro program and I am hooked. I’ve had it for a few months now and I can’t say enough good things. I love the layout, the speakers, the variety, the scenes, everything. Meditation has taught me how to slow my mind and think about things from a different perspective. I have become self-aware and I am so grateful that I am learning these things now because I have already seen such a large improvement in my mental health and happiness. Thank you Calm creators, and thank you to whoever is apart of your marketing team because you saved my life! My only suggestion for an update to the app is a queue so you can set up multiple meditations to listen to in a row, for those of us who like to binge meditate :) If you are unhappy with your life, please just give this app a chance. It could be the answer you’re looking for. It could be your light in the darkness.more -
So relaxing and amazing
Apr 11, 2020 I absolutely love love love this app!!!!♥️ once I could not go to sleep so I turned on some of the calm music and I fell asleep 10 minutes later. I was amazed. I have been getting better sleep since than. Also whenever I am feeling stressed or anxious about someone or something, I listen to one of the daily calms or the next day on the meditation trial. Right away it’s as if you were brought into some beautiful relaxing world where there are these voices saying “It will be ok no matter what. This will pass.” And it does its amazing how calming and peaceful this app is. Next, mood check in. The mood check in helps me express and release good and bad feelings and thoughts. Enjoy the good ones and let go of the bad ones. It even gives you a chance to write a little about them. It’s like your own personal diary, but way better. Last but definitely not least, I Believe this app can make you a better person. To be happier, to live life longer. It can be a real life changer. And just know that it’s never to late to start fresh again. It’s never to late to change yourself. But most of all, it’s never to late lo be the big change in the world, that you have wished for. And calm can help with all of that. This is a total recommendation for anyone.more -
Worth so much more than I ever imagined
May 26, 2019 This app has had an incredible impact on my mental health and overall quality of life. It has changed my perspectives and state-of-mind in ways that have been beneficial to every aspect of my everyday life and well-being, in a countless number of ways. By committing to the habit and genuine effort to a mere 10 minutes of meditation a day, I have observed a significant change to the way my brain works and handles day-to-day tasks and situations. I have gained peace-of-mind, appreciation, more quality and meaningful time spent with my family, the ability to approach things in ways that are more practical and productive and less stressful.... And this is just to name a few ways meditation has been useful and life-changing. My 10yo son insists on using it before bed every night in order to help him unwind and get a better night’s sleep. I use it for tension relief and to soothe migraines, or to calm myself down when I’m angry or upset. The mind is so powerful and can truly enhance one’s quality of life and well-being in ways you could never imagine possible. By obtaining a better mindset and maintaining the ways in which your brain works and thinks, you can come to realize what sort of impact it can make on your overall health, happiness and life.more -
Helping High School Students Stay CALM
Jan 27, 2020 I am a high school teacher at a high preforming high school in my area. My students are often so stressed out and sleep deprived I feel so helpless to help them. This year I decided to dedicate one day a week to meditating before we started class. We do this every Thursday for the first 10-15 minutes of class. The response has been so positive from my students I am thinking of doing it two days a week next year. The students LOVE Thursday!! They have told me it’s the favorite part for their week. Some students have even gotten the app for themselves. I have heard so many times this year, “I needed that!” or “I needed to hear that today.” After on session one of my boys said, “Man I was so upset about losing those 5 points on my English test and now I have let it go. This really works. What did you all think about?” You know you are doing something right when teenagers open up and start talking. Thank you for this product and allowing me the opportunity to give my students at least 15 minutes a week to destress, calm down, learn to love themselves and just breath! Can’t wait to see what the future has in store for me and my students as we take this CALM journey.more -
Meditation app w/ you in mind
Jan 31, 2020 I recommend this app to anyone looking for a meditation app. I have even given gift subscriptions to friends looking to mediate because they are so in tune with their clients needs. They are always looking at feedback, offering content to meet needs and finding things to offer I didn’t even know I wanted. The narrators are wonderful & plentiful so if one doesn’t cut it for you, you can change. There is also calming sounds, perfect sleep stories and A daily check in to see how you feel and offer suggestions on what might help. Their Master classes are great for learning things like mindful eating, better sleep, how to relax, and even improving your performance in life. All star narrators like Lebron James, Matthew McConaughey, Lucy Liu, Bindi Irwin, Bob Ross, Jerome Flynn, Leona Lewis, Jason Kidd & more read sleep stories & give advice on how to improve aspects of your life. Sabrina Carpenter & Sam Smith give music mixes to help you sleep or relax. They even have a calm body to help you wake up, warm up/cool down from your workout, reset for the afternoon and wind down for the evening. This app is for your whole body not just your mind. Keep up the amazing work Calm. This app is worth every penny.more
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Sleep, anxiety, & life saver all in one app
May 24, 2020 Honestly, I had come to a point in my life where I insomnia and anxiety were at an all time high , I was on anxiety meds, sleep meds, anything they could do to try & get my anxiety and insomnia under control & even when the pills weren’t really helping, I decided to try this app out because even doctors had recommend it, while yes- price tag can seem like a lot, BUT I used this one night while my anxiety was setting in and I was asleep half way through the sleep story and when I woke in the morning I was in disbelief. Nothing, I mean nothing had helped me until I found this app. The meditation & sleep stories are amazing. I am so grateful for this app. Now, the only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars would be due to a recommend I have for the creators, they should create a watch or something that can track your sleep & in the morning provide meditations, music, sleep stories that reflected how you slept the night before. For example, if someone woke up a lot, or of people were waking up frequently and having a hard time going back to sleep & maybe making suggestions for a meditation they could choose that one as more personal, or for anxiety with sleep or sleeplessness, things like that. I don’t know that would be my only recommendation, but overall and amazing app that’s worth the price.more -
Sep 22, 2020 I love this app! It does exactly what it says, "calm." However, a new update took off a number of soundscapes that were formerly available either completely or locked where they weren't locked before. The sounds and stories and meditations were already limited enough, now they're more limited. Secondly, while $60 per year for an app isn't necessarily unreasonable, I do think that there should be an option for that to be split into monthly payments rather than just outright.more -
Sep 22, 2020 Okay, listen to me guys... This is great, they lock a lot of content unless you buy premium, but, you can play ALL KINDS of music, and speeches and books etc, and choose how long you want them to play for and a lot more. I haven't decided on if I'm going to get premium yet, but as a free user I can say.. I greatly appreciate an app that's made to focus on the positive in life. So, 4 stars.more -
Sleep Stories are AMAZING!
Nov 20, 2019 This App is my absolutely favorite to use when I’m going to sleep. I got it solely for the sleep stories and I’m absolutely obsessed. It’s like being a kid again and getting a beautiful story read to you by a soothing voice. While I use the app mainly for sleep stories I’ve used the meditation, background music, and breathing exercise options on the app as well. I used to use Headspace for a lot of my meditation sessions but with Calm having so many additional features I switched over fairly quickly. The only problem I have with this app is that I can’t set up a playlist/cue of the stories I want to fall asleep to. Sometimes I can’t fall asleep right away so I have to go through the process of unlocking my phone, setting up another story, and trying to settle down once again just to set up another story to be read. It quickly becomes irritating, especially on nights when I can’t fall asleep easily and have to go through the process of setting up an additional three stories and eventually giving up in the end. So if that can somehow be added then it’ll get my full 5 stars. But having nights where I’m on and off my phone throughout the night definitely makes me feel frustrated enough to keep it at 4 stars.more -
helps u sleep, app needs options for personalization
Oct 22, 2019 I have had this app for more than a year and have very much enjoyed listening to many stories, perfect for lulling you off to sleep. I enjoy/prefer non-fiction stories and have heard all offerings multiple times. I find the whispered stories super creepy… But maybe thats just me. I haven’t listened to any music selections. For the high subscription price though, the app should be nearly perfect, when in fact there are features missing. First, I wish that they would allow you to remove the stories that you don’t care for from the “playlist” so you wouldn’t have to sift through them each time you look for something you want to listen to. Additionally they are EXTRAORDINARILY SLOW to add new stories so consequently I have listened to the same “favorite” stories many many many times. I wish also that there were an option to list stories by “newest” so if they do add a new one it will readily be evident. The “nap” stories should not be listed with the “sleep” stories, since those have a “wake up” feature at the end. With a few minor tweaks to allow a user personalize their preferences and more frequent content updates, this app could be exceptional.more
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Calm Review
Sep 21, 2020 I really don’t like how you have to pay to get good stuff. That makes me stressed which takes away the purpose of the app Calm. Now, I understand that, with all of the items this app has, it has to cost money, but maybe, you could make more stuff free, like maybe a seven day program or something. Maybe that would hook more users and convince them to pay for the rest. Just a thought. Without paying, the only things you really can do are the daily check ins, the little reflection thing, and a timed meditation. Once someone gets bored of that, they’ll probably delete the app. You need a better way to get their attention. For example, I got the Sleep Cycle app, and I am very happy about it. It does have things that cost money, but not nearly as much money, or as many things that need money as Calm does. Most of the things in Calm cost a lot of money, and the things that are free are the things that aren’t the most helpful. Maybe this is an advertisement tactic? I’m not sure. However, in the Sleep Cycle app, the only thing that costs money is the Statistics which, honestly, I probably wouldn’t use that much. Also, it’s a lot cheaper. The things you can do without money are really cool; download the app to check it out! Over all, I have to give Calm three stars because of this, and it’s not just because it costs money, but also because of the amount of things that cost money and how much it costs. Sincerely, your local Calm usermore -
Pls read
Jun 24, 2020 Dear calm, I have had your app since my middle school years. I’ve got to say, your app was AMAZING with 15 sleep stories and 2 and 1/2 meditations, this wasn’t a problem for me because I also use headspace. Yes, they're your competition but I wasn't choosing sides. Anyways, over time you guys added feature that you really focused on for 2 weeks at a time and just gave up on it. Next, you decreased the amount of sleep stories which was ha a huge problem for me because I was NOT getting enough sleep to keep my grades up. It got so bad that I stole my mother's phone just to sleep (she Had the Premium subscription). So I was like, ”ok, I'll just use headspace ONLY for sleep and calm for meditation. Then, you took away the 7 days of calm AKA: YOUR MAIN TRIAL AND ONLY TRIAL MEDITATION LEFT after you premiumfied the 7 days of something (forgot). I mean like BRU, I have other options. I started using headspace which is a great alternative if you don't have much money. I recommend bringing back some stuff from premium and reduce the price. To counteract this, put one 15 second ad at the beginning. Of every session of meditation for people without premium. Therefore, there is more than one reason to get it and it's CHEAPER. That's a win-win situation. I hope you come to the right decision. Whatever it is, I probably wouldn't stop using the app. Thank you for your time.more -
Free features aren’t bad, but a few issues.
Jan 31, 2019 I recently re-downloaded this app and like the free features (when I downloaded it years ago one of my favorite features was “Scenes,” so as long as I have access to those for free, this app will stay on my phone). However, it’s a bit annoying that I now have a “Daily Calm Perception” notification on my screen that is locked and that I can’t remove. I don’t purchase app subscriptions, though I would be more than willing to support this app by individually buying content I was interested in as one-time purchases). If you don’t plan on allowing users to buy content separately, can you please at least give us the option to only view non-subscription content if we wish (with no content we can’t access clogging up the screen)? I read another review stating that some of the music was available to non-subscribers. It all appears locked for me. Can you clarify please? Also, are all 7 days for any of the meditations unlocked for free users? I just listened to the first day of “7 Days of Calming Anxiety” but I don’t think I can listen to the second one (or even repeat day one w/o subscribing, which is a bit ridiculous IMO). Please consider alternative payment models in the future. I’d love to support the app, just not with a subscription.more -
Sep 22, 2020 I love this app, except when it continues after the selected meditation/story/song when I'm using it to fall asleep. Being jarred awake by a sound that's completely different from what you fell asleep listening to wakes me up sometimes to the point of not being able to fall asleep again. During the day, I love this app, but I paid for it to help me sleep.more -
Sep 21, 2020 Support was pretty unhelpful. They're running a free year of service for people who have Amex, even if you currently have a subscription with them. My subscription is set to expire only a few days AFTER this offer expires and asked them for help after I followed the instructions and still tells me I'm not able. They told me exactly what I was caught on and closed the ticket. Thanks at least for making sure I don't subscribe again?? My therapist has been urging me to switch to Breethe anyway.more
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Sep 25, 2020 I honestly really enjoy this app. The problem is the primary narrator. There is something about her voice or the way she speaks that honestly comes off as condescending, forced, disquieting and honestly fake. I know you can't help your voice, but maybe her sessions could all be recorded by an alternate narrator, so at least people have the option. I know this has been done on some series, please make it all, Tamara Levitt will be the reason I won't renew. That's a pretty easy problem to fix.more -
Sep 24, 2020 Downloaded the app and started the free premium version trial. After trial I would be charged around 59$ per month if I did not cancel. Opened the app to get to know the content and everything was locked. Nothing could play until I had the premium version. I clicked again on "start the free trial" thinking it hadn't worked the first time. Nope, I was charged $69.99. Funny thing is in my account details it still says I am in the free trial stage. Good luck getting ahold of customer service!more -
Sep 25, 2020 I would love to explore my growth into this app if it wasn't a $70 lump sum investment. One weeks free trail is not enough time to judge the value this app will have in my life. I'd like to see monthly or even quarterly payment options. I'd happily pay for 3 months at a time. As a free user, I can't speak to its content. However, the sound scapes are great. Exactly similar to what you could get on any music streaming platform tho.more -
Sep 21, 2020 I love this app and use it every night, but it has so many bugs. The app won't stop playing the background music even if you completely close the app on your phone. I've never seen another app behave like this. I have to go into the settings every morning and manually stop the background sounds, and then manually turn them back on again every night. Also the app is terribly slow and can take a very long time to respond. For an app I paid premium for, I'd expect it to work much better than this.more -
Most meditations guided by the same person
Aug 6, 2020 After having calm for several months now, I’ve enjoyed exploring to the variety of content from masterclasses to music to meditation. I also like the approach calm takes in encouraging you to develop your own daily practice of mindfulness. However, the main reason why I purchased calm was for the large library of meditations. However the bulk of new meditations come from the daily meditation which is always guided by the same person, Tamara Levitt. She also guides many of the meditation series they have available. Unfortunately I don’t enjoy how Tamara does her meditations and I find them more distracting than helpful. Because of this I find myself avoiding her meditations and whenever there is a choice for another voice I’ll pick it, but there are only so many of these. And, if you’re not doing the daily meditations, it doesn’t take too long before you feel like you’re running out of content. Calm is great if you enjoy Tamara’s meditations, but your kind of out of a deal if you don’t. I just think its unfortunate that there isn’t more variety in the voices available and authors coming out with new content. My wish would be for calm to at least have a second choice for the voice of the daily calm.more
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Sep 28, 2020 Right away as a free user, there are little to none useful features, as for most of it is locked behind a pay wall. I'm a high school student that has focusing, sleep, and stress issues. But I don't own a credit card or have a job currently, so this app does little to nothing for me without the premium. Sorry, but I feel like this app causes more stress to just look for stuff not locked away rather then trying to falling asleep. I don't personally recommend this at all.more -
Sep 27, 2020 Lots of potentially useful meditations, but little that you couldn't get from other places for free. Also, every time you do a meditation, the app nags you to share a meme about your meditation on your social media. It also constantly tries to get you to set reminders. If you say no, the app shouldn't keep asking you again until you say yes. I won't renew my subscription if I am expected to further advertise the app through my social media.more -
Sep 24, 2020 For an app that I'm paying $70 a year for I would expect it to work better than free apps that I use. However this app is full of so many bugs such as: 1. Everytime I start the daily calm and click on the settings to change the scene volume, the app crashes. 2. The scene volume adjusts itself randomly to either very high or very low, and restarting the app doesn't fix it. 3. The app closes by itself during the night while I'm using the sleep sounds. 4. Some nights the sleep sounds are sped up.more -
Letdown
Aug 3, 2020 I have insomnia, and a friend suggested I try Calm. I figured no harm no foul, worst case scenario it doesn’t help at all. So I’m all excited to maybe get more than the usual hour or two of sleep, I download the app. And boom, I’m supposed to pay $70 for a subscription just to sleep better. As someone who struggles with a sleep disorder, this just seems like being taken advantage of so someone can sit back and make their money. Also, with COVID-19 going on and so many people such as myself out of work, the least you could do is offer a promo, or something more enticing than 7 free days. A week is literally nothing when you have to pay a YEARLY, not monthly, subscription, especially for the price. I just don’t understand how someone’s well-being and mental health can have a price tag, much less how anyone could exploit that for their own gain. Extremely disappointed, but also not trying to change anyone’s mind. Try it for yourself, and if you have the money to spend, it appears that the app works judging off of other comments I’ve read. I just think the app could be even more accessible with either a lower subscription price, or the ability to listen to some of the stories without having to buy premium.more -
Price!!!
Jun 4, 2019 Why do you have to charge $70? I loved it two years ago when it was cheaper. I got sick and had to let it lapse and now I go back to get back to the app to find it’s now so expensive. You won’t even look at my comment because you’ll see all the other comments and skip mine because it’s solely about money in an already greedy world. You don’t even offer a monthly plan. Otherwise, I would have given a five star!!! But the cost turns my stomach on principle! There are many people with high anxiety and insomnia that this app might reach and help, and you’d be doing such a great thing for those people if this wasn’t so expensive all upfront! I thought that was what Calm was all about....helping! I’ll look for another 5 star app! I will be deleting this app. You even took away the content I downloaded from when I had paid!!! I know you have to make money, but $70 and no way to do a monthly plan means you’re going to loose people. But with all the 4’s and 5’s, you won’t care about and comments that have to do with pricing as I’ve seen your stock answer to the other complaints about the same issue!! So people who can’t afford don’t count to you! Until they do, you’ve lost my business!!more
What’s Groovy
This app could be great, but the main narrator has the most irritating voice I've ever heard. If Fran Drescher and Gilbert Gottfried had a baby, she would sound like this woman. Some of the meditations have the option to switch to a male narrator, but most of them are just her. I tried and tried, but I just can't stand her. If all of the meditations had the option to switch narrators, I would pay for premium, but I can't justify the cost when I won't be able to enjoy most of the content.
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What’s Subpar
Very bad, I downloaded the app and had no notification that I would pay a year subscription automatically after a free trial, otherwise I would never have downloaded calm in the first play, if there is a possibility, I would appreciate as a gesture of honesty to get a refund, as I didn't even have time to use the free trial. I am really unhappy and there is no way I can recommend this app, escpecially considering the annoying and repetitive ads on youtube. This service is also overpriced.
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Calm Turned My World Upside Down
This app absolutely changed my life. So much so, this is my first and probably only review on the app-store that I will ever write. I wanted to review Calm just in the hopes that someone from the team will see because I wanted to thank the Calm creators for saving my life. This has been the hardest year every and I was in a very dark place and hit my rock bottom. I didn’t want to be on this earth anymore, so I thought, why not try meditation? I have nothing to lose. I downloaded Calm, stuck with the 30 day intro program and I am hooked. I’ve had it for a few months now and I can’t say enough good things. I love the layout, the speakers, the variety, the scenes, everything. Meditation has taught me how to slow my mind and think about things from a different perspective. I have become self-aware and I am so grateful that I am learning these things now because I have already seen such a large improvement in my mental health and happiness. Thank you Calm creators, and thank you to whoever is apart of your marketing team because you saved my life! My only suggestion for an update to the app is a queue so you can set up multiple meditations to listen to in a row, for those of us who like to binge meditate :) If you are unhappy with your life, please just give this app a chance. It could be the answer you’re looking for. It could be your light in the darkness. -
So relaxing and amazing
I absolutely love love love this app!!!!♥️ once I could not go to sleep so I turned on some of the calm music and I fell asleep 10 minutes later. I was amazed. I have been getting better sleep since than. Also whenever I am feeling stressed or anxious about someone or something, I listen to one of the daily calms or the next day on the meditation trial. Right away it’s as if you were brought into some beautiful relaxing world where there are these voices saying “It will be ok no matter what. This will pass.” And it does its amazing how calming and peaceful this app is. Next, mood check in. The mood check in helps me express and release good and bad feelings and thoughts. Enjoy the good ones and let go of the bad ones. It even gives you a chance to write a little about them. It’s like your own personal diary, but way better. Last but definitely not least, I Believe this app can make you a better person. To be happier, to live life longer. It can be a real life changer. And just know that it’s never to late to start fresh again. It’s never to late to change yourself. But most of all, it’s never to late lo be the big change in the world, that you have wished for. And calm can help with all of that. This is a total recommendation for anyone. -
Calm Review
I really don’t like how you have to pay to get good stuff. That makes me stressed which takes away the purpose of the app Calm. Now, I understand that, with all of the items this app has, it has to cost money, but maybe, you could make more stuff free, like maybe a seven day program or something. Maybe that would hook more users and convince them to pay for the rest. Just a thought. Without paying, the only things you really can do are the daily check ins, the little reflection thing, and a timed meditation. Once someone gets bored of that, they’ll probably delete the app. You need a better way to get their attention. For example, I got the Sleep Cycle app, and I am very happy about it. It does have things that cost money, but not nearly as much money, or as many things that need money as Calm does. Most of the things in Calm cost a lot of money, and the things that are free are the things that aren’t the most helpful. Maybe this is an advertisement tactic? I’m not sure. However, in the Sleep Cycle app, the only thing that costs money is the Statistics which, honestly, I probably wouldn’t use that much. Also, it’s a lot cheaper. The things you can do without money are really cool; download the app to check it out! Over all, I have to give Calm three stars because of this, and it’s not just because it costs money, but also because of the amount of things that cost money and how much it costs. Sincerely, your local Calm user -
Sleep, anxiety, & life saver all in one app
Honestly, I had come to a point in my life where I insomnia and anxiety were at an all time high , I was on anxiety meds, sleep meds, anything they could do to try & get my anxiety and insomnia under control & even when the pills weren’t really helping, I decided to try this app out because even doctors had recommend it, while yes- price tag can seem like a lot, BUT I used this one night while my anxiety was setting in and I was asleep half way through the sleep story and when I woke in the morning I was in disbelief. Nothing, I mean nothing had helped me until I found this app. The meditation & sleep stories are amazing. I am so grateful for this app. Now, the only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars would be due to a recommend I have for the creators, they should create a watch or something that can track your sleep & in the morning provide meditations, music, sleep stories that reflected how you slept the night before. For example, if someone woke up a lot, or of people were waking up frequently and having a hard time going back to sleep & maybe making suggestions for a meditation they could choose that one as more personal, or for anxiety with sleep or sleeplessness, things like that. I don’t know that would be my only recommendation, but overall and amazing app that’s worth the price. -
Worth so much more than I ever imagined
This app has had an incredible impact on my mental health and overall quality of life. It has changed my perspectives and state-of-mind in ways that have been beneficial to every aspect of my everyday life and well-being, in a countless number of ways. By committing to the habit and genuine effort to a mere 10 minutes of meditation a day, I have observed a significant change to the way my brain works and handles day-to-day tasks and situations. I have gained peace-of-mind, appreciation, more quality and meaningful time spent with my family, the ability to approach things in ways that are more practical and productive and less stressful.... And this is just to name a few ways meditation has been useful and life-changing. My 10yo son insists on using it before bed every night in order to help him unwind and get a better night’s sleep. I use it for tension relief and to soothe migraines, or to calm myself down when I’m angry or upset. The mind is so powerful and can truly enhance one’s quality of life and well-being in ways you could never imagine possible. By obtaining a better mindset and maintaining the ways in which your brain works and thinks, you can come to realize what sort of impact it can make on your overall health, happiness and life. -
I love this app! It does exactly what it says, "calm." However, a new update took off a number of soundscapes that were formerly available either completely or locked where they weren't locked before. The sounds and stories and meditations were already limited enough, now they're more limited. Secondly, while $60 per year for an app isn't necessarily unreasonable, I do think that there should be an option for that to be split into monthly payments rather than just outright.
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Helping High School Students Stay CALM
I am a high school teacher at a high preforming high school in my area. My students are often so stressed out and sleep deprived I feel so helpless to help them. This year I decided to dedicate one day a week to meditating before we started class. We do this every Thursday for the first 10-15 minutes of class. The response has been so positive from my students I am thinking of doing it two days a week next year. The students LOVE Thursday!! They have told me it’s the favorite part for their week. Some students have even gotten the app for themselves. I have heard so many times this year, “I needed that!” or “I needed to hear that today.” After on session one of my boys said, “Man I was so upset about losing those 5 points on my English test and now I have let it go. This really works. What did you all think about?” You know you are doing something right when teenagers open up and start talking. Thank you for this product and allowing me the opportunity to give my students at least 15 minutes a week to destress, calm down, learn to love themselves and just breath! Can’t wait to see what the future has in store for me and my students as we take this CALM journey. -
Okay, listen to me guys... This is great, they lock a lot of content unless you buy premium, but, you can play ALL KINDS of music, and speeches and books etc, and choose how long you want them to play for and a lot more. I haven't decided on if I'm going to get premium yet, but as a free user I can say.. I greatly appreciate an app that's made to focus on the positive in life. So, 4 stars.
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Pls read
Dear calm, I have had your app since my middle school years. I’ve got to say, your app was AMAZING with 15 sleep stories and 2 and 1/2 meditations, this wasn’t a problem for me because I also use headspace. Yes, they're your competition but I wasn't choosing sides. Anyways, over time you guys added feature that you really focused on for 2 weeks at a time and just gave up on it. Next, you decreased the amount of sleep stories which was ha a huge problem for me because I was NOT getting enough sleep to keep my grades up. It got so bad that I stole my mother's phone just to sleep (she Had the Premium subscription). So I was like, ”ok, I'll just use headspace ONLY for sleep and calm for meditation. Then, you took away the 7 days of calm AKA: YOUR MAIN TRIAL AND ONLY TRIAL MEDITATION LEFT after you premiumfied the 7 days of something (forgot). I mean like BRU, I have other options. I started using headspace which is a great alternative if you don't have much money. I recommend bringing back some stuff from premium and reduce the price. To counteract this, put one 15 second ad at the beginning. Of every session of meditation for people without premium. Therefore, there is more than one reason to get it and it's CHEAPER. That's a win-win situation. I hope you come to the right decision. Whatever it is, I probably wouldn't stop using the app. Thank you for your time. -
Meditation app w/ you in mind
I recommend this app to anyone looking for a meditation app. I have even given gift subscriptions to friends looking to mediate because they are so in tune with their clients needs. They are always looking at feedback, offering content to meet needs and finding things to offer I didn’t even know I wanted. The narrators are wonderful & plentiful so if one doesn’t cut it for you, you can change. There is also calming sounds, perfect sleep stories and A daily check in to see how you feel and offer suggestions on what might help. Their Master classes are great for learning things like mindful eating, better sleep, how to relax, and even improving your performance in life. All star narrators like Lebron James, Matthew McConaughey, Lucy Liu, Bindi Irwin, Bob Ross, Jerome Flynn, Leona Lewis, Jason Kidd & more read sleep stories & give advice on how to improve aspects of your life. Sabrina Carpenter & Sam Smith give music mixes to help you sleep or relax. They even have a calm body to help you wake up, warm up/cool down from your workout, reset for the afternoon and wind down for the evening. This app is for your whole body not just your mind. Keep up the amazing work Calm. This app is worth every penny.
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still can't sleep good stories and sounds though ,good for free till not sure id pay for it when trial up
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Great way to fall asleep every night. However please implement Chromecast functionality within the app to cast to home devices for all of Calm's content.
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soothing sounds helps you get some rest
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I have a lot of issues slowing down and this causes a lot of anxieties. Calm stops me from any distractions and assists me to stop for 10mins. often if I dont slow I will feel angry for no reason. Calm keeps that anger at bay for now anyways.
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***This app is truly a God send**** I just got it and the therapy I'm getting is delivered thru other motivated mfuggaz just like #djbubBLm #motivation #selfcare #castboxlivecast #mrbubBLM! #mrbubbapprovedappfrfr **Thisshitevengotmotivationalshitw/Lbron! And other top performers (like me o:-)) #levelupfr #BLACKLIVESMATTERnp-mi.
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good but need premium for most features
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Great app
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Such a helpful app
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I like it alot, it has helped me learn how to meditate and guides me in practice of mindfulness , very calming I strongly recommend this app.
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Love what you'll have done. Sleeping like a baby now a days. Thank you all for the serene work ❤️
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Calm Turned My World Upside Down
This app absolutely changed my life. So much so, this is my first and probably only review on the app-store that I will ever write. I wanted to review Calm just in the hopes that someone from the team will see because I wanted to thank the Calm creators for saving my life. This has been the hardest year every and I was in a very dark place and hit my rock bottom. I didn’t want to be on this earth anymore, so I thought, why not try meditation? I have nothing to lose. I downloaded Calm, stuck with the 30 day intro program and I am hooked. I’ve had it for a few months now and I can’t say enough good things. I love the layout, the speakers, the variety, the scenes, everything. Meditation has taught me how to slow my mind and think about things from a different perspective. I have become self-aware and I am so grateful that I am learning these things now because I have already seen such a large improvement in my mental health and happiness. Thank you Calm creators, and thank you to whoever is apart of your marketing team because you saved my life! My only suggestion for an update to the app is a queue so you can set up multiple meditations to listen to in a row, for those of us who like to binge meditate :) If you are unhappy with your life, please just give this app a chance. It could be the answer you’re looking for. It could be your light in the darkness. -
So relaxing and amazing
I absolutely love love love this app!!!!♥️ once I could not go to sleep so I turned on some of the calm music and I fell asleep 10 minutes later. I was amazed. I have been getting better sleep since than. Also whenever I am feeling stressed or anxious about someone or something, I listen to one of the daily calms or the next day on the meditation trial. Right away it’s as if you were brought into some beautiful relaxing world where there are these voices saying “It will be ok no matter what. This will pass.” And it does its amazing how calming and peaceful this app is. Next, mood check in. The mood check in helps me express and release good and bad feelings and thoughts. Enjoy the good ones and let go of the bad ones. It even gives you a chance to write a little about them. It’s like your own personal diary, but way better. Last but definitely not least, I Believe this app can make you a better person. To be happier, to live life longer. It can be a real life changer. And just know that it’s never to late to start fresh again. It’s never to late to change yourself. But most of all, it’s never to late lo be the big change in the world, that you have wished for. And calm can help with all of that. This is a total recommendation for anyone. -
Worth so much more than I ever imagined
This app has had an incredible impact on my mental health and overall quality of life. It has changed my perspectives and state-of-mind in ways that have been beneficial to every aspect of my everyday life and well-being, in a countless number of ways. By committing to the habit and genuine effort to a mere 10 minutes of meditation a day, I have observed a significant change to the way my brain works and handles day-to-day tasks and situations. I have gained peace-of-mind, appreciation, more quality and meaningful time spent with my family, the ability to approach things in ways that are more practical and productive and less stressful.... And this is just to name a few ways meditation has been useful and life-changing. My 10yo son insists on using it before bed every night in order to help him unwind and get a better night’s sleep. I use it for tension relief and to soothe migraines, or to calm myself down when I’m angry or upset. The mind is so powerful and can truly enhance one’s quality of life and well-being in ways you could never imagine possible. By obtaining a better mindset and maintaining the ways in which your brain works and thinks, you can come to realize what sort of impact it can make on your overall health, happiness and life. -
Helping High School Students Stay CALM
I am a high school teacher at a high preforming high school in my area. My students are often so stressed out and sleep deprived I feel so helpless to help them. This year I decided to dedicate one day a week to meditating before we started class. We do this every Thursday for the first 10-15 minutes of class. The response has been so positive from my students I am thinking of doing it two days a week next year. The students LOVE Thursday!! They have told me it’s the favorite part for their week. Some students have even gotten the app for themselves. I have heard so many times this year, “I needed that!” or “I needed to hear that today.” After on session one of my boys said, “Man I was so upset about losing those 5 points on my English test and now I have let it go. This really works. What did you all think about?” You know you are doing something right when teenagers open up and start talking. Thank you for this product and allowing me the opportunity to give my students at least 15 minutes a week to destress, calm down, learn to love themselves and just breath! Can’t wait to see what the future has in store for me and my students as we take this CALM journey. -
Meditation app w/ you in mind
I recommend this app to anyone looking for a meditation app. I have even given gift subscriptions to friends looking to mediate because they are so in tune with their clients needs. They are always looking at feedback, offering content to meet needs and finding things to offer I didn’t even know I wanted. The narrators are wonderful & plentiful so if one doesn’t cut it for you, you can change. There is also calming sounds, perfect sleep stories and A daily check in to see how you feel and offer suggestions on what might help. Their Master classes are great for learning things like mindful eating, better sleep, how to relax, and even improving your performance in life. All star narrators like Lebron James, Matthew McConaughey, Lucy Liu, Bindi Irwin, Bob Ross, Jerome Flynn, Leona Lewis, Jason Kidd & more read sleep stories & give advice on how to improve aspects of your life. Sabrina Carpenter & Sam Smith give music mixes to help you sleep or relax. They even have a calm body to help you wake up, warm up/cool down from your workout, reset for the afternoon and wind down for the evening. This app is for your whole body not just your mind. Keep up the amazing work Calm. This app is worth every penny. -
I love this app. First started meditating on and off 3 years ago, but quite irregularly. 12 months ago I developed CFS/ME and so decided to try meditating twice a day, so I downloaded Calm. I've previously used Headspace, but prefer Calm as it seems to have more 'content'. I love Tamara Levvit's voice, very nice to listen to. I think I would prefer some variety in the Daily Calm narrator's though, because with the same tone of voice each time my brain has started filtering out her voice a bit.
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Love This App!
I am a lifelong insomniac. I spend most nights staring at the ceiling for an hour or more before I fall asleep if I do at all. This app has helped so much in getting myself into "sleep mode" and calming down & stopping my brain from rewinding the day or cycling through the next day's schedule. I occasionally listen to music but I mostly stick to the readings. My only request is to get Matthew McConaughey to do more readings! I have tried listening to others and they just don't work. I'd say my biggest complaint is they are all reading as though they are reading to an audience that's awake and aware. They are either too loud (even on the lowest setting) or reading with too much inflection which excites one rather than lulling one to sleep. MM knew his audience and his reading is in a very soft tone, his voice is calming and relaxing and he also seems to lower his voice as the story goes on, barely above a whisper by the end. All in all his is the perfect presentation and the only one I can fall asleep to! So please keep this story in rotation and if you can convince him to do more, please do! Otherwise I am content listening to the same story night after night. -
Hooked on Day 2...
This morning I woke at 4am in an unfamiliar state of presence and ‘calm’. I drank water, started reading The Power Of Now (Eckhart Tolle), and after the introduction simply knew in that presence that I wanted to say hello to me, to consciousness, to the now. I put down the book and played Day 2 - How to Meditate on this app I had just downloaded yesterday. I am now finding my Homebase, through the calming inspiration narrated by Jeff Warren, and when I opened my eyes I was filled with such peace in this moment (now 5am) that tears welled up. I embraced this expression of my self and felt pure joy. This moment demanded a review of this app that I am grateful to invest in after my 7 day trial. Everything else I enjoy about the logistics, user-friendly UI, and clean beauty of the app itself are all cherries on top of what I gained internally after only two days of meditating...breathing...feeling. Thank you, developers. I am humbly grateful for your inspirations. On that note, my one request would be to incorporate the ability to Bluetooth or google cast the sessions and what not. I’d love to play it through my tv when resting in bed or Bluetooth speaker when sitting by the pool! 🥰 -
Life changing
I found this app because someone I know recommend I try it for the sleep stories. I’m a very busy person and my mind tends to race and sometimes I just can’t turn it off when I’m trying to sleep or relax. I tried one of the free sleep stories and I sacked out pretty quickly. I also tried the free background soundtracks and music when I was trying to concentrate. All worth the price of free admission. But then I tried the mediation. I’d always thought of meditation as new age mumbo jumbo. But many of the smartest people I know all have stories about when they started doing it and how it changed their life. So on a uncharacteristically unbusy Saturday I decided to try the meditation course. And now I realize how simple and profound it all is. It’s essentially just having then skill to not let your thoughts control how you feel. Not letting your emotions get the best of you. Once you can control your impulses, you are a different person. It’s really life changing. This course starts slow and you can see real benefits after a week or so. I know have my own story about when I started meditation and when my life changed for the better. -
Grateful for this app
Over the last 5 months, I’ve been on a journey of personal growth. There was a lot that I was complacent about in life and I was tired of it. At the beginning, I had heard from my brother about meditation and all the benefits of it. I was half-invested, not sure if I believed all the claims (I hadn’t read any studies). So, I tried it a couple of times, but hadn’t had that meditation where it clicked yet. After a couple months though, I did some more research and started to meditate more regularly. While I am finally feeling more comfortable meditating alone, Calm helped guide me the entire way. There have been so many days where the messages and techniques from Calm have been extremely impactful on my life. The creators of this app did an absolutely fantastic job. And that’s not to say that the ultimate goal is to only meditate by myself. After a couple of days of mediating on my own, I love to come back to a guided session of the 21 days of calm and hear a message/lesson again. All in all, I highly recommend using Calm if you want to learn great techniques of meditation and also be inspired to improve and grow as a person.
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Sleep, anxiety, & life saver all in one app
Honestly, I had come to a point in my life where I insomnia and anxiety were at an all time high , I was on anxiety meds, sleep meds, anything they could do to try & get my anxiety and insomnia under control & even when the pills weren’t really helping, I decided to try this app out because even doctors had recommend it, while yes- price tag can seem like a lot, BUT I used this one night while my anxiety was setting in and I was asleep half way through the sleep story and when I woke in the morning I was in disbelief. Nothing, I mean nothing had helped me until I found this app. The meditation & sleep stories are amazing. I am so grateful for this app. Now, the only reason I didn’t give it 5 stars would be due to a recommend I have for the creators, they should create a watch or something that can track your sleep & in the morning provide meditations, music, sleep stories that reflected how you slept the night before. For example, if someone woke up a lot, or of people were waking up frequently and having a hard time going back to sleep & maybe making suggestions for a meditation they could choose that one as more personal, or for anxiety with sleep or sleeplessness, things like that. I don’t know that would be my only recommendation, but overall and amazing app that’s worth the price. -
I love this app! It does exactly what it says, "calm." However, a new update took off a number of soundscapes that were formerly available either completely or locked where they weren't locked before. The sounds and stories and meditations were already limited enough, now they're more limited. Secondly, while $60 per year for an app isn't necessarily unreasonable, I do think that there should be an option for that to be split into monthly payments rather than just outright.
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Okay, listen to me guys... This is great, they lock a lot of content unless you buy premium, but, you can play ALL KINDS of music, and speeches and books etc, and choose how long you want them to play for and a lot more. I haven't decided on if I'm going to get premium yet, but as a free user I can say.. I greatly appreciate an app that's made to focus on the positive in life. So, 4 stars.
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Sleep Stories are AMAZING!
This App is my absolutely favorite to use when I’m going to sleep. I got it solely for the sleep stories and I’m absolutely obsessed. It’s like being a kid again and getting a beautiful story read to you by a soothing voice. While I use the app mainly for sleep stories I’ve used the meditation, background music, and breathing exercise options on the app as well. I used to use Headspace for a lot of my meditation sessions but with Calm having so many additional features I switched over fairly quickly. The only problem I have with this app is that I can’t set up a playlist/cue of the stories I want to fall asleep to. Sometimes I can’t fall asleep right away so I have to go through the process of unlocking my phone, setting up another story, and trying to settle down once again just to set up another story to be read. It quickly becomes irritating, especially on nights when I can’t fall asleep easily and have to go through the process of setting up an additional three stories and eventually giving up in the end. So if that can somehow be added then it’ll get my full 5 stars. But having nights where I’m on and off my phone throughout the night definitely makes me feel frustrated enough to keep it at 4 stars. -
helps u sleep, app needs options for personalization
I have had this app for more than a year and have very much enjoyed listening to many stories, perfect for lulling you off to sleep. I enjoy/prefer non-fiction stories and have heard all offerings multiple times. I find the whispered stories super creepy… But maybe thats just me. I haven’t listened to any music selections. For the high subscription price though, the app should be nearly perfect, when in fact there are features missing. First, I wish that they would allow you to remove the stories that you don’t care for from the “playlist” so you wouldn’t have to sift through them each time you look for something you want to listen to. Additionally they are EXTRAORDINARILY SLOW to add new stories so consequently I have listened to the same “favorite” stories many many many times. I wish also that there were an option to list stories by “newest” so if they do add a new one it will readily be evident. The “nap” stories should not be listed with the “sleep” stories, since those have a “wake up” feature at the end. With a few minor tweaks to allow a user personalize their preferences and more frequent content updates, this app could be exceptional. -
Great app! I love the sleep stories and listen to them most nights. New stories are added regularly, but they are typically historical fiction and descriptions of landscapes. I would love to have more fairytales and mythological stories to choose from. A few of our dog eared favorites right now are Jupiter and His Might Co., the Snow Queen, and The White Slipper. Also, please update the by Narrator search tool. It's very helpful, but not always current. For ex. Snow Queen should be under Anna A.
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Great app. Cost is justified if you use it. Developers continue to get more sponsors and upload high quality content. Well thought out design. Please continue adding influential instructors and sponsors while growing the content library. Animations similar to headspace, with Calms own originality would be nice for visualization. Something similar to a twin hearts mediation with Master Co would be appreciated.
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Pretty cool app
This app was created to help people who are struggling with anxiety, daily stress, sleeping problems, or even depression. The app has many different resources and techniques given to help people. It has breathing exercises which can help people who are dealing with anxiety or stress. These breathing techniques are proven effective by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques. The app has calming music to listen to while doing work or to help fall asleep. For someone who is struggling with depression the app gives many tips with the focus on mental health. These tips are how to maintain a strong mental health. I downloaded this app since I saw a lot of advertising for it. My first impressions of the app were just okay. Once I figured out how to navigate around the app and use all of the features I began to enjoy it more and more. One of my favorite features about the app is the stories to help you fall asleep. One of the parts of the app that I did not like very much is that you have to pay to get a majority of the features. Although they do have a free 7 day subscription, I feel that you need to use it longer to get a good effect from the app. Overall I think that app is pretty cool and interesting. -
Should not claim to support Family Share
Like many expensive subscription apps Calm claims to support Apple Family share. However, In-app purchases and subscriptions cannot be shared, so no, your purchase of Calm cannot be shared. Only the free portion (accessible for 1 week) can be shared—which is of course unnecessary since family members don’t need family share for something that is already free. Family members would actually be better off downloading it directly because the free access only lasts one week so they’d at least get their own trial period instead of whatever remains of a family member’s. There is fine print in the App Store which says that Family Share does not support in-app purchases and subscriptions, but nothing in the app itself will tell you that your $70 one year subscription cannot be shared with a family member or significant other. It would be simpler and more honest if Calm would opt-out of Family Share so it would not display that capability on their App Store description as Family Share is only relevant and useful for one-time paid apps. You have a very nice app otherwise. -
Amazing but....
Okay, I will be honest this app is so relaxing. At first, I thought that it would be some kind of boring app that wouldn’t have any use— well I was wrong. This app is so good. There are different types of meditations that you can do for seven days, sleep stories that will make you fall asleep, classical music, relaxing backgrounds that you can change anytime, yoga lessons, and to just breath normally. I started about a week ago, and I have been so relaxed after that. I don’t get as mad when my lil sis hides in my room and steals things, I don’t get as frustrated when my parents ask me to do double chores with no extra allowance. But there is something that I will have to point out before you download this app— most of the things are NOT free! Most sleep stories are not free, most meditation thingies are not free (you can only have one sample then every other day is locked, ask of the relaxing music costs money, it is the same for the yoga. You need to buy a year’s worth of unlimited pro, month, or week. To me it is kind of unfair, but they still allow a few sleep stories and I can get relaxed even without the pro needed.
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Calm Review
I really don’t like how you have to pay to get good stuff. That makes me stressed which takes away the purpose of the app Calm. Now, I understand that, with all of the items this app has, it has to cost money, but maybe, you could make more stuff free, like maybe a seven day program or something. Maybe that would hook more users and convince them to pay for the rest. Just a thought. Without paying, the only things you really can do are the daily check ins, the little reflection thing, and a timed meditation. Once someone gets bored of that, they’ll probably delete the app. You need a better way to get their attention. For example, I got the Sleep Cycle app, and I am very happy about it. It does have things that cost money, but not nearly as much money, or as many things that need money as Calm does. Most of the things in Calm cost a lot of money, and the things that are free are the things that aren’t the most helpful. Maybe this is an advertisement tactic? I’m not sure. However, in the Sleep Cycle app, the only thing that costs money is the Statistics which, honestly, I probably wouldn’t use that much. Also, it’s a lot cheaper. The things you can do without money are really cool; download the app to check it out! Over all, I have to give Calm three stars because of this, and it’s not just because it costs money, but also because of the amount of things that cost money and how much it costs. Sincerely, your local Calm user -
Pls read
Dear calm, I have had your app since my middle school years. I’ve got to say, your app was AMAZING with 15 sleep stories and 2 and 1/2 meditations, this wasn’t a problem for me because I also use headspace. Yes, they're your competition but I wasn't choosing sides. Anyways, over time you guys added feature that you really focused on for 2 weeks at a time and just gave up on it. Next, you decreased the amount of sleep stories which was ha a huge problem for me because I was NOT getting enough sleep to keep my grades up. It got so bad that I stole my mother's phone just to sleep (she Had the Premium subscription). So I was like, ”ok, I'll just use headspace ONLY for sleep and calm for meditation. Then, you took away the 7 days of calm AKA: YOUR MAIN TRIAL AND ONLY TRIAL MEDITATION LEFT after you premiumfied the 7 days of something (forgot). I mean like BRU, I have other options. I started using headspace which is a great alternative if you don't have much money. I recommend bringing back some stuff from premium and reduce the price. To counteract this, put one 15 second ad at the beginning. Of every session of meditation for people without premium. Therefore, there is more than one reason to get it and it's CHEAPER. That's a win-win situation. I hope you come to the right decision. Whatever it is, I probably wouldn't stop using the app. Thank you for your time. -
Free features aren’t bad, but a few issues.
I recently re-downloaded this app and like the free features (when I downloaded it years ago one of my favorite features was “Scenes,” so as long as I have access to those for free, this app will stay on my phone). However, it’s a bit annoying that I now have a “Daily Calm Perception” notification on my screen that is locked and that I can’t remove. I don’t purchase app subscriptions, though I would be more than willing to support this app by individually buying content I was interested in as one-time purchases). If you don’t plan on allowing users to buy content separately, can you please at least give us the option to only view non-subscription content if we wish (with no content we can’t access clogging up the screen)? I read another review stating that some of the music was available to non-subscribers. It all appears locked for me. Can you clarify please? Also, are all 7 days for any of the meditations unlocked for free users? I just listened to the first day of “7 Days of Calming Anxiety” but I don’t think I can listen to the second one (or even repeat day one w/o subscribing, which is a bit ridiculous IMO). Please consider alternative payment models in the future. I’d love to support the app, just not with a subscription. -
I love this app, except when it continues after the selected meditation/story/song when I'm using it to fall asleep. Being jarred awake by a sound that's completely different from what you fell asleep listening to wakes me up sometimes to the point of not being able to fall asleep again. During the day, I love this app, but I paid for it to help me sleep.
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Support was pretty unhelpful. They're running a free year of service for people who have Amex, even if you currently have a subscription with them. My subscription is set to expire only a few days AFTER this offer expires and asked them for help after I followed the instructions and still tells me I'm not able. They told me exactly what I was caught on and closed the ticket. Thanks at least for making sure I don't subscribe again?? My therapist has been urging me to switch to Breethe anyway.
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Most parts of this app are great and work flawlessly. Unfortunately, the guided meditations seem to have some kind of a sound glitch, they become much louder for a few seconds and then go back to normal. This happens a few times in a session and it's very distracting and make it impossible to completely focus on what you're doing. I can see all the categories and parts of the app but there aren't any descriptions of what they are. I think that could be useful as well.
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Ok, guys, this is the second time I'm downgrading my rating because the same old bugs are still there. Playing and resuming songs when app is in the background is always tricky, pausing or skipping forward in meditations almost always messes things up. You have amazing material and are always adding new content, but maybe you should focus a bit on the structure, because the last thing you want when using a meditation app to relax is have bugs irritating you. Fix the issues and I'll give you 5*!
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Great, but limited content, needs more
This app has really changed how well I sleep. And for that I am truly grateful to the developers. They definitely deserve all the accolades the app has been receiving. I do have one major criticism thought that I wish I could get them to pay attention to at this time. They apps content is very limited in comparison to other similar apps. The major area of limitation is the sleep stories section. There are only a handful of sleep stories that can not even get you through a month of nights without having to listen to the same stories over and over again. Many users I know are focusing in on the sleep stories section because they work. However, all have the same complaint as I do; just not enough stories and having to listen to the same stories over and over again. Hey for little kids, this particular flaw is fine. Heck, I have read the Fantastic Mr. Fox to my youngest literally over a 100 times to get him to sleep. For us adults, the developers of calm need to realize we need more variety in our sleep stories. If this app only had more, I would be elated to change my rating to 5 out of 5 stars without a days hesitation. -
The app is wonderful, but lacks variety.
I got a year of premium on this app and absolutely adore it. The depth, care, and detail that went into making this app the best of its kind are not at all lost on me. It’s been very helpful to me with managing sleep and anxiety, really to life-changing levels. But I find my biggest complaint and the thing that makes me go through bouts in which I stop using it altogether is the lack of variety in narrators. Tamara Levitt is used to narrate a very large number of exercises and while her voice is positive and upbeat—she really is lovely, I’m sure!—it’s not AT ALL relaxing and totally grinds on my nerves. I literally cannot listen to any audio that she does in this app and as I said, there are many. It’s really disappointing. I’ve found the male narrators, specifically Elisha Goldstein, have a slower cadence and a much more relaxing tone that allows me to decompress and stop my anxiety attacks or drift off to sleep. But repetitive listening of certain audios can lead me to memorize it, which I find has me anticipating the words rather than absorbing them. I would really appreciate more frequent updates to the “cast” in these audios, especially ones for sleep and anxiety management. -
Meditation leader voice a problem
This is a good app if you don’t have misophonia. The main daily meditation leader, Tamara Levitt, accentuates the sibilant s sounds at the end of words. Either she has a dental problem, or she feels this is calming (I hope she does not have a dental problem.) She also puts excessive smile in her voice. I feel like both of these problems could be fixed if she didn’t try so hard to sound like she’s leading a meditation. I’m sure she has a great voice if she would just not try so hard to sound “calming.” The voice is excessively “sweet.” She actually sounds like an evil Disney character that’s pretending to be good. Other female readers and meditation leaders on the app do not have this problem. The voice irritates me so much that I can not listen to most of the meditations (and as you can tell, I need meditation) Anyway, there are some other meditation leaders but she is the main one. If you are ok with her voice, you’ll like the app. If you don’t you may still like some of the music, sleep stories, and other meditators. Just look for it on sale.
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Right away as a free user, there are little to none useful features, as for most of it is locked behind a pay wall. I'm a high school student that has focusing, sleep, and stress issues. But I don't own a credit card or have a job currently, so this app does little to nothing for me without the premium. Sorry, but I feel like this app causes more stress to just look for stuff not locked away rather then trying to falling asleep. I don't personally recommend this at all.
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I honestly really enjoy this app. The problem is the primary narrator. There is something about her voice or the way she speaks that honestly comes off as condescending, forced, disquieting and honestly fake. I know you can't help your voice, but maybe her sessions could all be recorded by an alternate narrator, so at least people have the option. I know this has been done on some series, please make it all, Tamara Levitt will be the reason I won't renew. That's a pretty easy problem to fix.
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Lots of potentially useful meditations, but little that you couldn't get from other places for free. Also, every time you do a meditation, the app nags you to share a meme about your meditation on your social media. It also constantly tries to get you to set reminders. If you say no, the app shouldn't keep asking you again until you say yes. I won't renew my subscription if I am expected to further advertise the app through my social media.
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For an app that I'm paying $70 a year for I would expect it to work better than free apps that I use. However this app is full of so many bugs such as: 1. Everytime I start the daily calm and click on the settings to change the scene volume, the app crashes. 2. The scene volume adjusts itself randomly to either very high or very low, and restarting the app doesn't fix it. 3. The app closes by itself during the night while I'm using the sleep sounds. 4. Some nights the sleep sounds are sped up.
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Downloaded the app and started the free premium version trial. After trial I would be charged around 59$ per month if I did not cancel. Opened the app to get to know the content and everything was locked. Nothing could play until I had the premium version. I clicked again on "start the free trial" thinking it hadn't worked the first time. Nope, I was charged $69.99. Funny thing is in my account details it still says I am in the free trial stage. Good luck getting ahold of customer service!
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I would love to explore my growth into this app if it wasn't a $70 lump sum investment. One weeks free trail is not enough time to judge the value this app will have in my life. I'd like to see monthly or even quarterly payment options. I'd happily pay for 3 months at a time. As a free user, I can't speak to its content. However, the sound scapes are great. Exactly similar to what you could get on any music streaming platform tho.
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I love this app and use it every night, but it has so many bugs. The app won't stop playing the background music even if you completely close the app on your phone. I've never seen another app behave like this. I have to go into the settings every morning and manually stop the background sounds, and then manually turn them back on again every night. Also the app is terribly slow and can take a very long time to respond. For an app I paid premium for, I'd expect it to work much better than this.
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Most meditations guided by the same person
After having calm for several months now, I’ve enjoyed exploring to the variety of content from masterclasses to music to meditation. I also like the approach calm takes in encouraging you to develop your own daily practice of mindfulness. However, the main reason why I purchased calm was for the large library of meditations. However the bulk of new meditations come from the daily meditation which is always guided by the same person, Tamara Levitt. She also guides many of the meditation series they have available. Unfortunately I don’t enjoy how Tamara does her meditations and I find them more distracting than helpful. Because of this I find myself avoiding her meditations and whenever there is a choice for another voice I’ll pick it, but there are only so many of these. And, if you’re not doing the daily meditations, it doesn’t take too long before you feel like you’re running out of content. Calm is great if you enjoy Tamara’s meditations, but your kind of out of a deal if you don’t. I just think its unfortunate that there isn’t more variety in the voices available and authors coming out with new content. My wish would be for calm to at least have a second choice for the voice of the daily calm. -
Great app but lots of $
I love the app! But that’s a lot of money. I think there should be an app that thinks about the people using it more, because some people can’t afford this including me. I’m trying to look for a app that helps with my anxiety and this app is great but I don’t have the money to get what I need on this app. This seems like a little much to charge $70. This helps people’s stress, anxiety, depression, and more. There are a ton of options you can use which is great if you have $70. You should have more free things and give more price options. Like you could have a certain amount of money for a week or a month or even even a few months, not just charge to only get it for a year. And you could lower the price for a year even if it’s just by a few $. This might attract more people to the app and you would make more money. You would probably get better ratings too. If you have the $ to spend on this app spend it! It’s not going to be a waste of your $. This has sleep stories for people of all ages including kids, it has all different kinds of sounds, it has meditation, and it has breathing exercises. GET THIS APP if you have the money to spend for it. It won’t let you down. -
Too many locked things
Today I found myself in a EXTREMELY stressful situation and I needed to be calmed down. I decided to download this app because I couldn’t take it anymore. I read the reviews and a lot of people were complaining about the locked features. I thought it couldn’t be that bad. I was wrong. Almost everything helpful is locked. I found myself not only stressing out about the situation I’m going through but this app. Now I know it’s not a lot of money but even if it’s like a couple cents a month, I stress about it. I’m not poor or anything it’s just that I have a lot of anxiety. I mean a lot. This isn’t a very helpful app if almost everything helpful is locked. All the music is locked which would help me the most. Very disappointing but I gave it an extra star because if we had some helpful things, it would be an amazing app. I saw a response to a review like mine saying that they make it so expensive so they can keep building the app. Omg these people who made this aren’t very smart. Have you seen all the 5 stars? If you make it cheaper, there will be more people buying the app and then the reviews won’t be as bad and you’ll have even more money. $70 is just outrageous.
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Buy Buy buy... if I Put in free app I want f****** free apps!
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Not free app
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great app
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50e a year..
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Awful Customer Service! I can't believe that I can't get a refund for a year subscription when I show you the bank statement with the charge on it. You verified I DON'T have the subscription with my email yet you can't refund the money because I can't find this in Google Play? Seriously bad business. So I paid for a year subscription of Calm that I cannot use.....
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Unistalling because of privacy policy.
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Not for free users
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Uninstalled. I bought a year's subscription but will not renew. The breath concentration for everything just doesn't work for me. Annoying app that does not keep your place when you return to it. Not very effective for teaching meditation. No effect. Good or bad. Bit of a waste of time. Lots of, pointless add ons like the sleep stories.
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What a rip-off
Imagine charging people to listen to nature sounds, what a joke.. Congratulations though on figuring out how to get rich from scamming people into buying this garbage. I’ll be damned if I ever pay to listen to a sound that’s free in real life, you can take your ‘subscription fee’ and shove it. There’s countless free apps and YouTube videos that do what this “calm” app charges people for. Instant uninstall and one star review. Trash developers, you should be ashamed. -
Money
Okay so for one, I downloaded this app because I saw an ad for it on a game, and I liked the French asmr Atlantis dude, and I downloaded the app. ITS SO EXPENSIVE AND YOU LITERALLY CANT DO ANYTHING WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT. I’m very disappointed, and will be deleting this app
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I honestly really enjoy this app. The problem is the primary narrator. There is something about her voice or the way she speaks that honestly comes off as condescending, forced, disquieting and honestly fake. I know you can't help your voice, but maybe her sessions could all be recorded by an alternate narrator, so at least people have the option. I know this has been done on some series, please make it all, Tamara Levitt will be the reason I won't renew. That's a pretty easy problem to fix.
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Downloaded the app and started the free premium version trial. After trial I would be charged around 59$ per month if I did not cancel. Opened the app to get to know the content and everything was locked. Nothing could play until I had the premium version. I clicked again on "start the free trial" thinking it hadn't worked the first time. Nope, I was charged $69.99. Funny thing is in my account details it still says I am in the free trial stage. Good luck getting ahold of customer service!
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I would love to explore my growth into this app if it wasn't a $70 lump sum investment. One weeks free trail is not enough time to judge the value this app will have in my life. I'd like to see monthly or even quarterly payment options. I'd happily pay for 3 months at a time. As a free user, I can't speak to its content. However, the sound scapes are great. Exactly similar to what you could get on any music streaming platform tho.
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I love this app and use it every night, but it has so many bugs. The app won't stop playing the background music even if you completely close the app on your phone. I've never seen another app behave like this. I have to go into the settings every morning and manually stop the background sounds, and then manually turn them back on again every night. Also the app is terribly slow and can take a very long time to respond. For an app I paid premium for, I'd expect it to work much better than this.
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Most meditations guided by the same person
After having calm for several months now, I’ve enjoyed exploring to the variety of content from masterclasses to music to meditation. I also like the approach calm takes in encouraging you to develop your own daily practice of mindfulness. However, the main reason why I purchased calm was for the large library of meditations. However the bulk of new meditations come from the daily meditation which is always guided by the same person, Tamara Levitt. She also guides many of the meditation series they have available. Unfortunately I don’t enjoy how Tamara does her meditations and I find them more distracting than helpful. Because of this I find myself avoiding her meditations and whenever there is a choice for another voice I’ll pick it, but there are only so many of these. And, if you’re not doing the daily meditations, it doesn’t take too long before you feel like you’re running out of content. Calm is great if you enjoy Tamara’s meditations, but your kind of out of a deal if you don’t. I just think its unfortunate that there isn’t more variety in the voices available and authors coming out with new content. My wish would be for calm to at least have a second choice for the voice of the daily calm. -
Great app but lots of $
I love the app! But that’s a lot of money. I think there should be an app that thinks about the people using it more, because some people can’t afford this including me. I’m trying to look for a app that helps with my anxiety and this app is great but I don’t have the money to get what I need on this app. This seems like a little much to charge $70. This helps people’s stress, anxiety, depression, and more. There are a ton of options you can use which is great if you have $70. You should have more free things and give more price options. Like you could have a certain amount of money for a week or a month or even even a few months, not just charge to only get it for a year. And you could lower the price for a year even if it’s just by a few $. This might attract more people to the app and you would make more money. You would probably get better ratings too. If you have the $ to spend on this app spend it! It’s not going to be a waste of your $. This has sleep stories for people of all ages including kids, it has all different kinds of sounds, it has meditation, and it has breathing exercises. GET THIS APP if you have the money to spend for it. It won’t let you down. -
Too many locked things
Today I found myself in a EXTREMELY stressful situation and I needed to be calmed down. I decided to download this app because I couldn’t take it anymore. I read the reviews and a lot of people were complaining about the locked features. I thought it couldn’t be that bad. I was wrong. Almost everything helpful is locked. I found myself not only stressing out about the situation I’m going through but this app. Now I know it’s not a lot of money but even if it’s like a couple cents a month, I stress about it. I’m not poor or anything it’s just that I have a lot of anxiety. I mean a lot. This isn’t a very helpful app if almost everything helpful is locked. All the music is locked which would help me the most. Very disappointing but I gave it an extra star because if we had some helpful things, it would be an amazing app. I saw a response to a review like mine saying that they make it so expensive so they can keep building the app. Omg these people who made this aren’t very smart. Have you seen all the 5 stars? If you make it cheaper, there will be more people buying the app and then the reviews won’t be as bad and you’ll have even more money. $70 is just outrageous. -
More free options
I love the idea of the app but I can’t afford it. I have trouble falling asleep when my boyfriend is out of town so I was looking into the app and the sleep stories and calming noises sounded awesome but I personally can’t afford a yearly subscription for unlimited access. If there were even 5-10 options for every single thing, the app would probably have more downloads. Or, a monthly $2-$5 subscription rather than it’s all coming out at once. It would save $10 a year minimum. And up to almost $50 a year. The app might even make more money and be able to reach poor teens who can’t afford stuff like myself. I have one subscription (that isn’t a bill). I can afford 2 $75+ subscriptions a year. I just wish is was more available to a majority of teens and young people or even busy parents who can’t afford stuff for themselves. A cheaper option might be great. Or do a 30second add before each story to make money and the upgrade includes no ads. Just some ideas from a poor teen that can barely pay bills and eat spaghettios twice a week... -
Bloated, not the Calm I loved years ago
Several years ago a therapist recommended Calm to me, as a person living with anxiety and mood disorders. I was skeptical but it changed my life, and helped me through a period of intense trauma. However, the app has gotten bloated with content and absolutely unusable. It would be so simple to let users re-order meditations so their favorites are shown first, or select what is shown on the home screen and bottom buttons (for example, I never use music, but I loved the breathe bubble, which I have no choice but to keep hidden in the settings menu). Without the option for customization, the app is counterproductive. I chose Calm over competitiors because of its soothing simplicity. Now it feels like I’m being controlled, and being sold someone else’s idea of “mindfulness.” If your goal is to make mental health the new physical health or whatever your slogan is, try to remember the most important principle of mental health professionals everywhere: I, not you, am the expert on me. Your job is to work with me, not tell me what you think I need.
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Right away as a free user, there are little to none useful features, as for most of it is locked behind a pay wall. I'm a high school student that has focusing, sleep, and stress issues. But I don't own a credit card or have a job currently, so this app does little to nothing for me without the premium. Sorry, but I feel like this app causes more stress to just look for stuff not locked away rather then trying to falling asleep. I don't personally recommend this at all.
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Lots of potentially useful meditations, but little that you couldn't get from other places for free. Also, every time you do a meditation, the app nags you to share a meme about your meditation on your social media. It also constantly tries to get you to set reminders. If you say no, the app shouldn't keep asking you again until you say yes. I won't renew my subscription if I am expected to further advertise the app through my social media.
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For an app that I'm paying $70 a year for I would expect it to work better than free apps that I use. However this app is full of so many bugs such as: 1. Everytime I start the daily calm and click on the settings to change the scene volume, the app crashes. 2. The scene volume adjusts itself randomly to either very high or very low, and restarting the app doesn't fix it. 3. The app closes by itself during the night while I'm using the sleep sounds. 4. Some nights the sleep sounds are sped up.
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Letdown
I have insomnia, and a friend suggested I try Calm. I figured no harm no foul, worst case scenario it doesn’t help at all. So I’m all excited to maybe get more than the usual hour or two of sleep, I download the app. And boom, I’m supposed to pay $70 for a subscription just to sleep better. As someone who struggles with a sleep disorder, this just seems like being taken advantage of so someone can sit back and make their money. Also, with COVID-19 going on and so many people such as myself out of work, the least you could do is offer a promo, or something more enticing than 7 free days. A week is literally nothing when you have to pay a YEARLY, not monthly, subscription, especially for the price. I just don’t understand how someone’s well-being and mental health can have a price tag, much less how anyone could exploit that for their own gain. Extremely disappointed, but also not trying to change anyone’s mind. Try it for yourself, and if you have the money to spend, it appears that the app works judging off of other comments I’ve read. I just think the app could be even more accessible with either a lower subscription price, or the ability to listen to some of the stories without having to buy premium. -
Price!!!
Why do you have to charge $70? I loved it two years ago when it was cheaper. I got sick and had to let it lapse and now I go back to get back to the app to find it’s now so expensive. You won’t even look at my comment because you’ll see all the other comments and skip mine because it’s solely about money in an already greedy world. You don’t even offer a monthly plan. Otherwise, I would have given a five star!!! But the cost turns my stomach on principle! There are many people with high anxiety and insomnia that this app might reach and help, and you’d be doing such a great thing for those people if this wasn’t so expensive all upfront! I thought that was what Calm was all about....helping! I’ll look for another 5 star app! I will be deleting this app. You even took away the content I downloaded from when I had paid!!! I know you have to make money, but $70 and no way to do a monthly plan means you’re going to loose people. But with all the 4’s and 5’s, you won’t care about and comments that have to do with pricing as I’ve seen your stock answer to the other complaints about the same issue!! So people who can’t afford don’t count to you! Until they do, you’ve lost my business!! -
Very poor performance
I’ve had this app for about 2 months and absolutely loved it until recently. When I purchased it something happened and they charged me twice for the app. There wasn’t a way to contact them so I asked my credit card company to reverse the charges and they did. Coincidentally at almost the exact time that the charge was reversed my app started performing horribly - it started killing my battery, literally to zero, after only playing 1 story. For example, reviewing the battery usage indicator on my iPhone 10 says I’ve used the app for 1 hour and used over 80% of my battery. I have restarted my phone numerous times, loaded all the Calm updates, and have reported the issue to them via their help center. I don’t believe in coincidences - I haven’t seen any reviews here that indicate this is an issue with anyone else. This app developer must be a rouge programmer in his/her garage - scary stuff. I’m going to get another refund if this performance problem doesn’t magically disappear. And then I’m going to develop an app just like this to sell for a much cheaper price and compete with this product. Shame on the price they charge for this app - that I have read in the reviews. -
Disappointed
This is probably a wonderful app if you have the money for it. But I haven’t been able to figure out whether it would be worth the money, and now that they have pulled a sneaky trick I probably won’t. I had been trying it out while deciding whether to buy in and pay for “Premium.” I have liked the limited parts of the app I have been able to access, but was hesitating because the app is kind of expensive for me. Unfortunately, when the app was updated they locked some of the aspects that were previously open. This doesn’t seem to be in the spirit of the intention of the app. If it’s purpose is to bring more “calm” to the world, why would they do something so frustrating? There are other meditation apps out there, so I guess I’ll keep looking. PS - After going back and looking at the reviews, I can see that this one review probably isn’t going to be noticed by anyone. There are only a few negative reviews, and like mine, they are mostly complaining about the high cost and the general ethos behind offering such an app at such a cost. Apparently this is a great app if you have the money for it, and there are a whole lot five-star reviewers who can afford it. -
This app locked me out after paying!
After trying this app for a few days, I was in a moment of stress and signed up for the 7-day free trial early this morning. After I agreed to have $60 charged in the App Store after the free trial, the Calm app did not unlock its content for me. I quit the app and tried again. No success. I went to manage by subscription and hit “restore” within the app, but it said “no account found.” I then logged out and tried to long in again— but the app wouldn’t let me log in, saying “bad gateway”. I then tried to change my password, but I got an error message saying “there is a problem resetting your password.” I deleted the app and reinstalled it from App Store. Again no luck logging in— even though the App Store says I have a free trial and I’ll be charged $60 after 7 days. Great. I can’t even access the app to cancel this recurring subscription. Their website doesn’t work and I can’t contact them. I will have to take this up with my credit card company. The Calm developers are CROOKS and SCAMMED me out of money. I wanted to use it to get back to sleep, but it’s made me anything but calm! STAY AWAY and choose a different app!!!! -
Mostly everything is locked. So disappointed
One night, I was having a bad anxiety attack and I thought about downloading this app so I did and of course, i wasn’t thinking anything would be locked. As soon as I had got into my account, 90% of the stories were LOCKED. I was so mad because this is unfair to me. Basically everything is locked so this app is not for me and I’m very disappointed. If this app is for helping people, why should mostly everything be locked?! And I have to pay 70 dollars for premium? That’s ridiculous!! I don’t have much self-esteem and the self esteem stories were all locked, so I am pretty mad about that. I wanted to try a song. EVERY STORY IS LOCKED. I wanted to try a meditate story. EVERY STORY IS LOCKED. I wanted to try a sleeping story. ONLY 4 STORIES UNLOCKED. Do you not think that this is fair? I’ve listen to all the stories that are unlocked without premium and I have to re-listen to them because everything is basically locked. This app is great and all, but basically everything is locked. The stories are good, but I have to listen to the same ones. Please unlock more. That’s why I’m giving it a 1 star and a negative review. -
Scam
The system for managing subscriptions and payments through Apple unnecessarily complicates the process to unsubscribe for users. To unsubscribe, we must navigate through the app to find a single link that then directs us to the store that directs us to another page where we can then finally unsubscribe from a single link buried between a list of probably 30 different options. This is poor business ethic that deliberately obscures the process in hopes that users will simply give up and allow payment to be processed. I went through the process once upon the end of my trial subscription and must have hit the wrong button because I was charged $70 the next day. My request for refund from Apple was run through an algorithm that quickly informed me that my purchase does not meet the requirement for a refund. Listen. I tried this app ONCE and did not enjoy it. I never used it again. And now I’m stuck with it? Bad business. Shame on Apple. As for Calm, this is about as calm as it gets when your customers take the time to write an actual critical and constructive review. Y’all should really think about fixing this.
- Customize your experience! An enormous variety of relaxing sessions ranging from 3 min exercises or unguided timed meditations
- Daily Calm provides you with a soothing 10-minute exercise to prepare your mind & body for the day ahead
- Get the most out of sleeping! Sleep Stories for adults help you fall asleep in the most relaxing way possible
Reviewed by Antonio Rozich on March 2, 2018
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