Meditation Apps · pricing · Updated September 2026
Calm pricing (2026)
Calm starts at $5.83/mo (Premium Annual) as checked on 2026-09-02, read from apps.apple.com — the public source it was captured from, not a Calm page; 6 plans. Best for Sleep improvement via celebrity Sleep Stories. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $5.83/mo (Premium Annual)
- Free tier: No · 7-day trial
- Compliance: HIPAA — · SOC 2 — · GDPR —
- Best for: Sleep improvement via celebrity Sleep Stories; Employer wellness benefit programs (5–300 seats); Users wanting a polished, mainstream meditation entry point; Families sharing one subscription (up to 6 accounts)
As of · every figure below links to its source STALE · 2026-09-02
Calm plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premium Monthly STALE · 2026-09-02 | $14.99 | −61% | Flat monthly | Month-to-month recurring billing. Includes full access to Calm's meditation, sleep stories, and music library. 7-day free trial for new subscribers. | apps.apple.com |
| Premium Annual STALE · 2026-09-02 | $5.83 | — | Flat monthly | Billed as $69.99/year (~$5.83/month). Month-to-month rate is $14.99. Annual discount approximately 61% vs monthly. 7-day free trial for new subscribers. | apps.apple.com |
| Family Annual STALE · 2026-09-02 | $8.33 | — | Flat monthly | Billed as $99.99/year (~$8.33/month) for up to 6 accounts. Per-person cost is ~$1.39/month at full 6-person household. | medicalnewstoday.com |
| Lifetime STALE · 2026-09-02 | not priced monthly | — | Flat monthly | One-time purchase of $499.99 for permanent access to the Calm library (raised from $399.99; multiple 2026 sources confirm $499.99). No recurring subscription. No monthly price is recorded, because this is a one-time payment — price recorded here only. | apps.apple.com |
| Teams (per seat, annual) STALE · 2026-09-02 | $5.83 | — | Per user / seat | Self-serve for 5–300 seats. Billed as $70.00/seat/year (~$5.83/seat/month), paid upfront annually. Bulk discounts apply for larger seat counts. Includes up to 5 family members per license. Organizations >300 seats require a demo/custom quote. | health.calm.com |
| Health (Enterprise) STALE · 2026-09-02 | quote-only | — | Custom / quote | Calm Health for health systems and large employers. Quote-only — no self-serve pricing published. Contact via demo request at health.calm.com. | health.calm.com |
Last verified 2026-09-02. STALE marks a plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. Every plan above is marked — we flag rather than silently retain. Apple App Store US listing (apps.apple.com/us/app/calm/id571800810, accessed 2026-06-14) returned confirmed USD prices for individual monthly, annual, and lifetime tiers. Family plan price corroborated by medicalnewstoday.com editorial review. Calm's own pricing page (calm.com/pricing) returned HTTP 403. Calm for Teams pricing from health.calm.com/teams (accessed 2026-06-14). The page this record cites as its source (https://health.calm.com/teams) is gone: on 2026-09-11 it answered 200 and redirected to https://health.calm.com/calm-for-organizations/, both from a residential connection and from a datacenter on another continent — so the page is gone rather than withheld from one asker. Its second recorded capture of the same figures — medicalnewstoday.com — still answers, and the figure stands as last read. Cross-checked against medicalnewstoday.com.
Price changes
Price on record
$5.83/moFirst on record 2026-06-27
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Corrections to this record
Changes we made to our own record of Calm, newest first: a figure read again on the vendor's page, a plan it no longer lists, a note. None of them is a price change by Calm. Every correction on the site is in the corrections log.
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Premium Annual. Correction 2026-09-11: The annual discount of 61% moved off "Premium Annual" onto "Premium Monthly". "Premium Annual" records $5.83/mo, which is its own note's $69.99 yearly total over 12 months — the annual price, with the saving already in it. The page prints the percentage as a discount off the figure in the same row, so the pair offered a reader $2.27/mo, a rate the vendor does not publish. The note names $14.99/mo month-to-month and "Premium Monthly" records exactly that, so the saving is true of that row and now sits there. No price moved on either row.
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Dead citation disclosed, price unchanged. https://health.calm.com/teams was read twice on 2026-09-11: it answered 200 and redirected to https://health.calm.com/calm-for-organizations/ from a residential connection and answered 200 and redirected to https://health.calm.com/calm-for-organizations/ from a datacenter on another continent. One reading is not evidence — 27 pages this sweep called gone answered the second machine perfectly well — so only the ones both vantages agree on are written down. The record now says the link is a dead end. No figure changed: a price read on a day was read on that day, and the page going away later does not unread it.
Capabilities
Key features: 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).
Plan limits: No free tier — trial only (7 days); Teams self-serve capped at 300 seats; above requires custom quote; Lifetime plan library access subject to continued Calm service availability.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Calm cost?
Calm starts at $5.83/mo (Premium Annual); it has 6 published plans. Verified 2026-09-02.
Is Calm cheaper billed annually?
Yes. Calm publishes a 61% discount for paying annually (on the Premium Monthly plan). Verified 2026-09-02.
What are cheaper alternatives to Calm?
Cheaper meditation apps than Calm (entry $5.83/mo) include Insight Timer at $5/mo, Aura Health at $5/mo. Verified 2026-09-02.
Does Calm support HIPAA?
Calm's public pages do not say whether it supports HIPAA.
Does Calm have a free plan?
No — Calm publishes no free tier; it offers a 7-day free trial.
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