While apps like Calm and Headspace dominate the meditation and mindfulness space, there are other players with huge communities all their own worth considering. Insight Timer’s biggest draw is the sheer number of guided meditation exercises it offers (it’s in the thousands), with its developers boasting that the service features, “the largest library of free guided meditations on earth.”
You’ll find guided experiences as short as a minute, to some that last over an hour, all lead by experienced meditation and mindfulness practitioners, neuroscientists, psychologists and teachers from the likes of Stanford, Harvard and Oxford University. You can even follow teachers that you like so you can always stay abreast of new experience that they might offer.
The app also boasts a powerful search feature, letting you find sessions focussed around specific topics, like sleep, stress, anxiety, pain and love to name but a few. The app even supports sessions in a number of different languages.
As for the timer element itself, you simply set the length of the meditation period you want and then choose the interval and end bells that you want to sound, along with any ambient sounds of music you want playing in the background during your session. Alongside its library of meditations, Insight Timer actually features an impressive music selection to aid you as well.
Compared to the other major services out there, there’s a whole lot extra on offer as part of the free experience here; and if you still want more, the premium service can be had for $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year. Your money grants you extra features like night mode, access to more courses, daily curated meditation practices, offline playback, an improved playback experience and more.
Ages: 3 and up | Compatibility: Varies by device | In-app purchases: Yes
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