Independent · sourced · Updated June 2026
Best Meditation Apps (2026)
The cheapest meditation apps is Aura Health at $0/mo. 4 offer a free tier (Aura Health, Happier (formerly Ten Percent Happier), Insight Timer). This page compares 7 options on entry price, free tier, HIPAA/SOC 2 and best-for — every figure linked to its source, updated June 2026.
7 options compared on price, free tier, compliance and fit — ranked cheapest-first. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it; quote-only tiers show “—”, never a guess.
Key takeaways
- Cheapest: Aura Health at $0/mo (Free).
- Typical paid price: from $5/mo, median $5.83/mo, up to $10.83/mo — across 7 with published pricing.
- Free tier: Aura Health, Happier (formerly Ten Percent Happier), Insight Timer, Waking Up.
- Tracked: 7 vendors, data current through 2026-06-15.
Comparison
| # | Meditation App | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | SOC 2 | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aura Health | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | — | Users wanting the broadest content variety (meditation, therapy, coaching, prayer, ASMR) in one app | aurahealth.io |
| 2 | Happier (formerly Ten Percent Happier) | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | — | Skeptics and beginners — app and brand explicitly target 'the fidgety skeptic' | meditatehappier.com |
| 3 | Insight Timer | $0/mo Free | Yes | — | — | Cost-conscious users who want a large free library with no time limit | insighttimer.com |
| 4 | Waking Up | $0/mo Scholarship (Free) | No | — | — | Philosophy- and science-minded users seeking secular, intellectually rigorous content | wakingup.com |
| 5 | Balance | $5.83/mo Premium Annual | No | — | — | Users who want a highly personalized, adaptive meditation experience | apps.apple.com |
| 6 | Calm | $5.83/mo Premium Annual | No | — | — | Sleep improvement via celebrity Sleep Stories | apps.apple.com |
| 7 | Headspace | $5.83/mo Plus Annual | No | — | — | Beginners wanting structured guided courses | apps.apple.com |
Prices are the lowest published self-serve monthly rate as captured on the linked source. Annual-billing and usage details are on each vendor's record in our open dataset.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest meditation apps?
Aura Health has the lowest published entry price at $0/mo (Free), as of 2026-06-15.
How much does meditation apps cost per month?
Across the 7 meditation apps with published paid pricing, the median starting price is $5.83/mo, ranging from $5/mo to $10.83/mo, as of 2026-06-15. 4 also offer a free tier.
Which meditation apps have a free plan?
Aura Health, Happier (formerly Ten Percent Happier), Insight Timer, Waking Up offer a free tier.
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How we compiled this
Published self-serve USD pricing was collected primarily from each vendor's official pricing or subscription page and from Apple App Store US listings (apps.apple.com), which display consumer-facing prices in USD. Where an official web pricing page returned 4xx/403 or rendered JavaScript-only with no extractable prices, the Apple App Store listing for the US region was used as the primary source and is noted in provenance. A second independent source (review site, app-store listing, or third-party editorial) was used for corroboration wherever available. 'Calm for Teams' (5–300 seats) publishes self-serve per-seat pricing at health.calm.com; Calm Health (enterprise) and Headspace for Organizations (enterprise) are quote-only. Waking Up's official website (wakingup.com/subscribe) shows a web-direct annual price of $129.99, which is lower than the Apple App Store price ($149.99) due to Apple's platform fee; the web-direct price is recorded as the canonical self-serve price. Aura Health's official website (aurahealth.io) does not display pricing on publicly accessible pages; pricing is sourced from mindbodygreen.com editorial coverage (2023) and flagged accordingly — treat as approximate. All telephony fields (minutesIncluded, callsIncluded, overagePerMin, overagePerCall) are null for every plan because this is a non-telephony vertical. hipaa and baa are null unless explicitly stated by the vendor.
Last verified 2026-06-15. We re-check published prices and compliance on a recurring cadence and update this page when they change.
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