Headspace: Sleep & Meditation

Headspace Inc.

4.84star973,870 ratings

Health & FitnessMeditation apps shelf$12.99–$94.99 · 6 tiersUpdated Aug 17, 2026

Biggest complaint · UX

10.7%

40 of 373 negatives · store typical 2.9%

Recent reviews negative

73%

its 10 shelf rivals run 25% · 510 reviews held

Counted from real App Store reviews · 2026-08-24 · nothing estimated or modelled

Read those two together. Ratings are cumulative, reviews are recent — a 4.84star average beside 73% negative is the finding, not an error.

Ratings.

5.0out of 5

973,860 ratings · Apple’s own count, fetched daily

5870,123

475,172

315,891

24,069

18,605

5 decisions.

Investigate ux first

extreme · 10.7% of this app’s 373 negative reviews, against 2.9% typical store-wide.

How it compares

this app: 10.7%; 40 of 373
its shelf: 2.5%; rivals only
store-wide: 2.9%; typical

Watch billing

elevated · 40.2% of this app’s 373 negative reviews, against 32.1% typical store-wide.

How it compares

this app: 40.2%; 150 of 373
its shelf: 48.4%; rivals only
store-wide: 32.1%; typical

Watch support

elevated · 12.9% of this app’s 373 negative reviews, against 9.2% typical store-wide.

How it compares

this app: 12.9%; 48 of 373
its shelf: 15.1%; rivals only
store-wide: 9.2%; typical

Watch limits & caps

elevated · 3.5% of this app’s 373 negative reviews, against 2.8% typical store-wide.

How it compares

this app: 3.5%; 13 of 373
its shelf: 2.6%; rivals only
store-wide: 2.8%; typical

Watch performance

elevated · 20.1% of this app’s 373 negative reviews, against 16.9% typical store-wide.

How it compares

this app: 20.1%; 75 of 373
its shelf: 12.7%; rivals only
store-wide: 16.9%; typical

The shelf in numbers

All 11 panel members · 2026-08-24 snapshot.

App	Ratings	UX
Headspace: Sleep & Meditation	973,870	10.7%
Insight Timer: Meditate, Sleep	445,152	7.5%
Happier Meditation	143,078	3.9%
Medito: Mindfulness Meditation	4,162	3.3%
Breethe: Sleep & Meditation	72,005	1.9%
Aura: Meditation & Sleep, CBT	35,082	1.8%
Calm	1,975,591	1.5%
Unplug: Meditation	6,269	0%
Waking Up: Meditation & Wisdom	42,564	0%
Balance: Meditation & Sleep	120,258	0%
InnerNow: Meditation & Joy	39,673	0%

The whole shelf, counted

Every complaint across meditation apps, frequency-ranked from real App Store reviews — the gaps nobody on this shelf has fixed.

Read the meditation apps report

How this is counted

Every number is arithmetic over the reviews we hold, re-counted weekly — nothing modelled, nothing scored. Themes come from a frozen pattern classifier rather than a model reading reviews, so the same review always lands in the same bucket. Shares are of this app’s own recent negative reviews; the shelf figure is its rivals with this app excluded. The graded words have fixed cutoffs against the store’s typical rate: elevated from 1.15, high from 2, extreme from 3.5 times it. The page says what is broken and how it compares — never how to fix it, and never whether this app can win.