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Waking Up pricing (2026)
Waking Up's paid plans start at $10.83/mo (Annual) as checked on 2026-09-26, read from Waking Up's own pricing page; 3 plans. Best for Philosophy- and science-minded users seeking secular, intellectually rigorous content. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $10.83/mo (Annual)
- Free tier: No · 7-day trial
- Compliance: HIPAA — · SOC 2 — · GDPR —
- Best for: Philosophy- and science-minded users seeking secular, intellectually rigorous content; Users who want theory and context alongside meditation practice; Practitioners exploring Stoicism, neuroscience, and interdisciplinary traditions; Users who value a money-back guarantee and scholarship access
As of · every figure below links to its source
Waking Up plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $19.99 | −46% | Flat monthly | Pay-as-you-go monthly plan. Full access to guided meditations, courses, theory content, and conversations. 7-day free trial. Risk-free money-back guarantee. | wakingup.com |
| Annual | $10.83 | — | Flat monthly | Billed as $129.99/year (~$10.83/month) via web-direct (wakingup.com). Apple App Store price is higher at $149.99/year due to platform fee. Month-to-month rate is $19.99. Web-direct discount approximately 46% vs monthly. Risk-free money-back guarantee. | wakingup.com |
| Scholarship (Free) | $0 | — | Flat monthly | Full access granted at no cost to anyone who cannot afford the subscription. No questions asked — users self-certify financial need. Not a commercial tier; listed for completeness. | wakingup.com |
Last verified 2026-09-26. Official subscription page (wakingup.com/subscribe, accessed 2026-06-14) confirmed web-direct pricing: $19.99/month and $129.99/year. Apple App Store US listing (apps.apple.com/us/app/waking-up-guided-meditation/id1307736395, accessed 2026-06-14) shows $149.99/year — higher than web-direct due to Apple's platform fee; web-direct price is canonical. Scholarship program confirmed via wakingup.com homepage. Cross-checked against apps.apple.com. This note predates a correction to the plans above, from 2026-09-11; the table holds the corrected figures.See the corrections.
Price changes
Price on record
$10.83/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 Waking Up, 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 Waking Up. Every correction on the site is in the corrections log.
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Annual. Correction 2026-09-11: The annual discount of 46% moved off "Annual" onto "Monthly". "Annual" records $10.83/mo, which is its own note's $129.99 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 $5.85/mo, a rate the vendor does not publish. The note names $19.99/mo month-to-month and "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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Source replaced, price unchanged. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/waking-up-guided-meditation/id1307736395 answers 301 and lands on https://apps.apple.com/us/app/waking-up-meditation-wisdom/id1307736395 — the same page at the address the site now uses. The figure is unchanged and still stands on the day it was read; only the link the reader follows is corrected, so it no longer bounces through a redirect. Same host, same scheme, and the destination keeps every distinguishing word of the page's own name.
Capabilities
Key features: 600+ hours of audio content: guided meditations, theory lessons, and conversations; 30-day introductory course created by Sam Harris (neuroscientist); 100+ interdisciplinary teachers spanning Vipassana, Zen, Stoicism, modern neuroscience; Curated playlists by topic, theme, and teacher; Private member-only forum with 50,000+ users across 26 countries; Secular approach — no religious commitments required; Scholarship program: full access free for those who cannot afford subscription; Risk-free money-back guarantee on all plans; Daily mindfulness reminder audio messages.
Plan limits: No free tier — trial only (7 days) or scholarship for those who cannot afford it; No catalog size officially disclosed; 600+ hours of audio confirmed; Private member forum limited to 50,000+ subscribers.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Waking Up cost?
Waking Up's paid plans start at $10.83/mo (Annual), and it lists a $0 plan (Scholarship (Free)); it has 3 published plans. Verified 2026-09-26.
Is Waking Up cheaper billed annually?
Yes. Waking Up publishes a 46% discount for paying annually (on the Monthly plan). Verified 2026-09-26.
What are cheaper alternatives to Waking Up?
Cheaper meditation apps than Waking Up (entry $10.83/mo) include Insight Timer at $5/mo, Aura Health at $5/mo, Calm at $5.83/mo. Verified 2026-09-26.
Does Waking Up support HIPAA?
Waking Up's public pages do not say whether it supports HIPAA.
Does Waking Up have a free plan?
No — Waking Up publishes no free tier; it offers a 7-day free trial.
Waking Up vs alternatives
Cheaper meditation apps alternatives
- Happier (formerly Ten Percent Happier) from $8.33/mo
- Calm from $5.83/mo
- Headspace from $5.83/mo
- Balance from $5.83/mo
- Insight Timer from $5/mo
- Aura Health from $5/mo
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