Headspace: Sleep & Meditation评价分析

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

Please enable a way to disable all notifications except meditation reminders. This is how I have the settings, but I get other notifications about health checks and other spam notifications I don’t want.

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

App has always not had great UI and recently it’s gotten so much worse. Requires you to answer question after question to just open up the app each time. It’s so infuriating.

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

I don’t know what this team is thinking, but they keep removing things that made this app great. The today section as many users have mentioned was really helpful for a little routine. They have removed the ability to add a widget to the Home Screen, why?! they have removed some of Andy’s classic sleep meditations. Made it harder to find courses. Please stop messing with it This app has so much potential. User of 6 years here.

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

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

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

i’ve had headspace for over a decade. for the first 3-4 years, I loved it. this app’s approach toward meditation and wellness has noticeably shifted since its inception though. When I started, it was Andy Puddicombe doing all of the meditations, translating what he learned as a monk into meditations everyday people could use and understand. he made those meditations accessible. I appreciated and learned from his approach towards meditation and life. eventually, Eve, Kessonga, and Dora joined, bringing a new lens that i really enjoyed too. they were different, but it still felt like their approach overlapped with andy’s, and I felt they complemented each other very well. these teachers taught me so much. andy left a few years ago. the app has shifted in the years since—and many may like the new version! I honestly don’t know. But a couple of the new meditation teachers (not all of the new ones) make meditations and wellness exercises that don’t feel like they are teaching me anything new. They often feel closer to generic wellness content from an instagram influencer than a guided meditation. Some of the lessons they teach directly conflict with the lessons of the earlier generation of teachers. I chose headspace originally to be taught a form of meditation environment I could only easily find here. I want new teachers to have spent years studying, practicing, and guiding clients through that form of meditation. I also want them to align with apps original approach. And I know this shouldn’t matter to me, but I find it grating that one of the new teachers uses their platform to sell supplements. Anyway, it makes me feel sad to see how the perspective of headspace has changed. it’s trying to be so much. why is it offering therapy now? and AI diary entries? i miss when it was simpler app with diverse perspective unified by a common approach. but I still use headspace, because all of the earlier content is still available, and I have more to learn from it. And so that is what keeps me coming back and paying. But only because I haven’t found a suitable alternative yet. And that’s disappointing because ideally, I’d like my subscription to include new content in the style of the original meditations. p.s. Also, the app suddenly doesn’t work with my VPN which is dumb. why does my meditation app need to know my ip address? please fix the vpn issue.

Better apps have got to exist, right?! Interface was not intuitive, and content was difficult to find again after listening to once (unless you “favorited” it). For the price, this is not the introduction to meditation that I’d hoped it was. There was some educational content that may make it redeeming, but…Spend your money elsewhere.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I receive access through Klarna, otherwise I would not use this app. There’s constant notifications and pop-ups to engage with their AI chat bot Ebb that you cannot turn off. And it is unclear if their mediation sessions use AI - some of their people certainly sound it. As someone who avoids AI as much as possible, it is a huge turn-off. Only two stars until they give users better ability to opt-out of AI.

This was the app that got me into meditation. The courses by Andy Puddicombe were so helpful in setting up a great foundation and guiding you along. Sadly it has lost its way over the years as they’ve tried to commercialize and become everything to everyone. I’ve ended up closing my account and deleting the app. I hope they find their focus, just like they preach.

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

Garbage app

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

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

Headspace is repeatedly downloading even after I delete?

Headspace was a great app when I 1st started using it several years ago. I wanted to understand and practice meditation, advanced through Andy’s helpful courses, and enjoyed new voices in Radio Headspace. The core team of 4-5 regular teachers was refreshing, each with their own approach. But the recent strong pivot to mental therapy, with AI or a paid therapist, is not why I subscribed. Now the app layout is less friendly - if you aren’t seeking therapy - so the route to once familiar resources and stimulating new thought directions is slow and opaque. I’ve switched to Insight Timer after six months comparing both apps. Don’t have time - or money - for both.

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

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

This company used to support human health. Now they push Ai garbage. Do not subscribe.

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

My company pays for this app, but I can’t even use it because the interface is utter nonsense. Everything looks like a tile, I have to scroll vertically AND horizontally, and there is no guided introduction - it’s clear they are pushing certain content. Why would anyone want to listen to some popular person when meditating? Not the app it was years ago when I tried it, now it’s clearly a marketing platform or something. Terrible waste, but probably makes the company money somehow.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The content is actually good with the guided meditations being very well made, but the technical aspect of the app really got worse over the years: slower app, problems syncing progress, and problems even loading the app. Honestly a disservice to the coaches who make this app.

Okay. I was having anxiety, so i downloaded this app so I could get help and tips for regulating it. It was free to download, but then you discover that you have to subscribe to acsess anything. If it’s free to download, the stuff inside it should he free too. Everybody who downlods this app probably needs help with anxiety or stress. You shouldn’t charge people for the help if it;s a free download. I would give this app 0 stars if I could.

I have been deleting this app and it gets auto downloaded which is serious security breach

This app was amazing but now it won’t even open. I’ve deleted it and redownloaded it several times and it still won’t open. Disappointing.

You have to pay lots of money JUST TO STOP YOUR STRESS. Very annoying .

I’m so tired of this every time I open the app, plus I ALREADY SUBSCRIBED FOR A YEAR!

It worked fine up until the last update. Now it initially acts like it’s going to open, but nothing happens. It behaves the same on all my 4 IOS devices. Of course when I contact the developer I’m told to take a number of corrective actions which I’ve done numerous times, to no avail. My health care provider gives me access to Headspace so it’s no great loss because they also give me access to another more well known mental wellness app that has NEVER crashed. I’ll be using that one from now on.

I used to love this app. I used it for over a decade and have recommended it to dozens of people. They came out with a mandatory check in a number of months ago and it’s terrible, I’d be fine with it if it were 2-3 questions, but it’s quite lengthy and required every time you log in and I just don’t have the time for it. I, like most people I think, have a hard enough time to squeeze meditation into a busy day, why complicate it?

I updated the app and go into the app and it keeps telling me to upgrade the app to use it.

The app seems great, but the first time I did a sleep meditation, I woke up in the middle of the night to the phone screen still on. I contacted the app developers and I was told that’s a feature not a bug and I needed to manually turn off my phone when the meditation was done. I like sleep meditations because they help me fall asleep—and I find it useless if I have to be awake to turn off my phone at the end. It’s a baffling design choice.

Using app fine for years. Upgraded and it won’t open. Annoying.

I went to open this paid app. It told me I must update and sent me to the App Store. The App Store updated the app and offered me the option to open the app. I click open. Headspace tells me I must update and sends me back to the App Store. The App Store only gives me the option to open the app. I try again. Headspace tells me I must update again. And so on. Unable to update because I’ve already updated and Headspace’s own app can’t recognize that 🤦🏻‍♀️

I signed up for the 7 day free trial today and was charged today for that free trial before the trial even began!

The app stopped working after the mandatory upgrade. Stuck on upgrade/ open cycle

4 years of using this app nearly every day. It’s good, but It makes my itch there are so many bugs in this app. And please just let me download the sleep casts so I can listen to them on the airplane or without WiFi at night. Please!

Since the most recent update I cannot get the app to load. It says “upgrade” which takes me to the App Store where there is no additional update, only an open button. Click the open button and it goes back to the screen that says upgrade. I’m paying for this app. It would be great if I could use it! Please fix this buggy “upgrade”!

I have used headspace for many years with a yearly subscription. It is only recently that this application has been changed to an unusable mess. Every single time I open the application, I am prompted through multiple questions about how I want to use Headspace. This would make sense for a first time user, but I already have courses in progress and again, am a yearly subscriber. This is an embarrassing oversight by the developers and an annoyance to me. Might be time for a new service, since Headspace is clearly trending downwards.

The new version of the app doesn’t work. It tells you to upgrade when you are already on the latest version. This used to be a 5 star app, but now it is a 0 star app because they shipped a broken update. DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY!

This is so stupid, I’ve already downloaded the updated version but the app doesn’t register it, it just keeps brining me back to the App Store and then back to the upgrade page in the app- you didn’t fix anything you broke it

App is stuck in an “update” cycle from HELL! Every time I launch it, it wants me to update it. I did! App store’s only option is “open” which only sends me back to the HELLISH “Shiny and new” latest version update screen. This is supposed to be a calming app, but it makes me INSANE! I’d throw my phone against the wall, but that wouldn’t just target this mess of an app!!

I used to love this app and use it daily. It was so simple. I get anxiety just trying to navigate it now. They’ve over complicated everything and shoved so much content it’s almost impossible to navigate and use in a straightforward easy manner.

Must do better job. Force an update and now the app won’t open. Do better

Supposedly had “free” access through Cigna — after wasting over an hour talking to AI “assistance” emails to gain access, I gave up. Maybe the app is great but I couldn’t get in and grew tired of being tortured with 10+ step setup process.

I have tried to delete this app from my phone several times and every time it reinstalls itself. Invasive species!

I cannot open the last version, it is telling me to update when it is already updated

Seriously, I just want this app off my phone. I, like countless others, have deleted this app repeatedly only to see it again a day later. Make it stop

Upgrades keep getting worse and worse

Can’t open the app with this new update. Please fix!!

8.13.0 Keeps asking for an update every time I launch. Previous version worked fine this morning for two sessions. I updated the app afterward, and now it’s in a loop prompting me for an update and takes me to the app store every time. Someone tested in PROD or didn’t do QC checkouts. Roll it back, please. I’m like access to my therapy app again.

The app is not letting me back in after I hit the blue “upgrade” button. I keep going in a loop

cant even use the app and i’m to broke to pay because son has leukemia and polio and is dying and i my water is shot off and i can’t buy the subscription

Just upgraded and I’m in a loop where it asks me to upgrade and doesn’t open again… fix please

I try to delete this app, but it keeps reinstalling on my phone without me prompting it

They are only exploiting the hurting financially. Difficult to work with. Cancel on you last minute.

If you delete it it just comes right back

I was a long time subscriber of this app. Then I was logged out and tried to read the privacy policy to login. I’m a lawyer and I can’t make sense of it. Zero credibility. No professional ethics. No privacy. This app PROMOTES anxiety and mental health disorders. You ARE THE PROBLEM. If you can’t explain in 30 seconds why I should trust you, you should not be in business. It’s that simple.

I’ve been having a lot of anxiety recently and felt a guided meditation might be helpful. I download the app and am poking around, oops that meditation is behind a paywall, oh that one is too, wait literally every single thing in the app requires a subscription. Like hello? Why make the app free to download if I can’t use literally a single thing on it without paying?

I do not want this app. It keeps downloading on its own.

This app keeps downloading itself to my phone without my permission. Very weird and annoying.

There is something going on with a lot of Apple device users lately where this app is auto installing onto our devices unprompted. Even after removing it from a backup, uninstalling it, or in my case, haven’t used this app in years, it will randomly appear back on my phone. PLEASE look into this with Apple, devs. This is ridiculous and a bad look for your app.

Every time I uninstall this, it reinstalls by the time I go on my phone again.

App keeps downloading everyday even after deleting it. Not sure if it’s an apple bug or something with this app. Please get it fixed. I feel violated!!!