Best Meditation Apps · head-to-head
Calm vs Aura Health
A sourced, side-by-side comparison for meditation apps. Aura Health has the lower entry price. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Aura Health has the lower entry price — Calm starts at $5.83/mo, Aura Health at $0/mo. Free tier: Calm No, Aura Health Yes. HIPAA: Calm —, Aura Health —.
As of 2026-09-02 · figures link to their source below
Side by side
Calm
$5.83/mo entryAura Health
$0/mo entrySources — Calm: apps.apple.com (verified 2026-09-02) · Aura Health: aurahealth.io (verified 2026-09-02)
Key features
Calm: 300+ Sleep Stories narrated by celebrities (Matthew McConaughey, Harry Styles, etc.); 50,000+ minutes of science-backed content; Daily Calm guided meditation updated each day; Mindful movement and stretching video lessons; Breathwork and body-scan sessions; Calm Kids content included in Teams licenses; 180M+ downloads; Apple App of the Year 2017; Teams analytics dashboard (unlocked at 10+ activated employees)
Aura Health: 10,000+ content pieces: meditations, soundscapes, sleep stories, life coaching, therapy foundations, prayer, ASMR, breathwork, music; 100+ new tracks added weekly by coaches, therapists, and storytellers; AI-driven personalization that adapts recommendations based on questionnaires and behavioral data; Licensed clinician-led CBT-based therapy sessions; Life coaching and health coaching modules; Live sessions with coaches and community access; Spirituality and prayer content alongside secular mindfulness; Sleep hypnosis and specialized sleep tracks