Headspace Moved Everything Behind a Paywall

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.34.1) — App made to reduce stress but the cost stresses me”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.34.0) — cant do nun without a subscription dont even bother”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.34.0) — I can’t do anything without paying. I thought you reduced stress but this made me stress. I can’t pay. At least leave 4 ones you don’t have to pay for.😡😡😡”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.33.0) — I used to be able to have a shortcut trigger the “today’s meditation” but you removed that functionality for some reason…then you removed the today’s meditation from the landing page and I have to click through multiple subsections to get to it everyday. Making the user experience continually more frustrating is certainly ironic for an app that’s supposed to be stress reducing.”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.31.1) — You can’t watch ONE video or listen to a single podcast thing or any of their tools for sleep, stress, meditation, any of it, without their subscription. You basically download a “free” app that you needs to pay for to use. Might as well get rid of the subscription and make it an app you need to pay for, though they wouldn’t get as much money.”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.30.1) — 2019 it was free loved it only used sleep cast though. Now you have to pay for every single thing. If I could pay for what I use or maybe had tiers I’d come back but it’s not worth it to me especially if I only use 1 section of the whole app…”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.29.1) — $70 to use a meditation app that should be free. Not worth it”

“[Headspace] ★★★ 3/5 (v8.29.0) — I want to use this app at work or where my stress is highest. This app is unusable for me off WiFi. It’s way over designed with cutesy Corporate Memphis graphics and HD videos of their coaches saying things like “You know, that is a great question” for minutes before giving 20 seconds of tips, that could have been done just as well with a much lighter audio file. On 5G it takes me forever to load content and then errors out anyway. It’s sad because the concept is”

[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.28.0) — This app used to be free not anymore

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.27.1) — I used this app a little bit 5 years ago and back then, the only thing you had to pay for was if you wanted therapy (which makes sense). Last week, I tried to use this app again because I’ve been stressed and depressed and the only thing I could do is take an anxiety and stress quiz. It irritates me that they can make this app more accessible to more people, but choose to force people into this subscription model when anyone can google ‘good meditation YouTube chann”

“[Headspace] ★★ 2/5 (v8.27.1) — i used to love this app and just recently wanted to try it out again. everything is locked unless you pay. very very disappointing and upsetting”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.27.0) — The app is so unbearably slow and buggy that i use this less and i would like to. I paid for an annual subscription and I’m going to try to cancel or at the very least not renew. My main issue is with downloaded meditations. They just don’t work consistently. The app sometimes opens offline and sometimes is doesn’t. The downloaded files open sometimes and then they stop working. Navigating the app is brutal it takes forever. If i can’t use the product I paid for”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.26.2) — I was an OG adopter of Headspace (8+ years ago). I held a year+ meditation streak and loved the app. However, I changed practices and distanced myself from the app more recently. All that to say, I had auto-renew turned on. I never got a reminder email and was charged for an annual subscription. After talking with support, they refused to refund me the balance. I find that Headspace has changed and they don’t uphold their original values. I wouldn’t recommend the”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.26.2) — I literally had access to practically nothing unless I paid for subscription. This is ridiculous.”

“[Headspace] ★★ 2/5 (v8.25.1) — I wanted to like this but it’s just an app designed to add frustration to your life. it advertises meditation training but it just gives you very some light guided meditation. I tried to take a CBT (another topic, I couldn’t find one on meditation) but it prevented me from taking multiple sessions the same day. I mean, why bother learning it while I’m interested in it? Instead, make me watch an intro, give me a task like, “think about your feelings“ then tell me t”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.24.2) — Please stop making it worse with every new version, no need to keep developers busy. Just leave it, or better revert 3-5 years back. It was and should be a simple app following the idea itself. As others said, it’s getting harder and harder to find something, except AI that not everyone needs. I’m continue doing “Take a breath & rest”, “Lift your mood”, and then “Try today’s meditation”, in this original and very logical (for me) order. Think about it. But at least”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.24.2) — Has a person who can’t struggles to sleep I’ve taken sleep gummy’s vitamins everything and it’s so I actually thought I found something perfect but it was not $69 a year or a month is honestly way too expensive in this economy and also by the fact that self-care therapy healthcare health, everything for you because some people actually do have medical conditions that are very important. This is actually very expensive it’s self-care. You can’t even use it if you don”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.23.0) — Literally have to pay just to do anything. Why am I gonna pay if I don't even know if it's good yet? No thanks. Greedy people get on my nerves. 🙄”

“[Headspace] ★★ 2/5 (v8.23.0) — I’ve meditated for more than 10,000 minutes on this app, but it feels like there is no new meditation content and the daily meditations are just repeating now. It needs a content refresh. The meditations should help me become more mindful, but when they are constantly repeating over and over again, it gives mindlessness. The benefit is no longer the same”

“[Headspace] ★★ 2/5 (v8.23.0) — The meditation content is genuinely excellent. The sessions are well-produced, calming, and effective, which is why I’m giving more than one star. Unfortunately, my experience with the subscription completely overshadowed that. I signed up expecting a free trial, but was charged for a full year instead. Whether this was due to confusing wording or how the trial was presented, it felt misleading and underhanded. If you’re considering this app, pay extremely close”

“[Headspace] ★★ 2/5 (v8.23.0) — Headspace used to be an amazing app, I used to use it all the time back in the day. I downloaded it in hopes to get back into meditation, just to find out it’s a “free” app but almost nothing in the app is free! At this point just make the app not free so people aren’t confined to about 3 courses! 🤦‍♀️”

“[Headspace] ★★★ 3/5 (v8.21.2) — How am I supposed to relax when it’s 70$????im going to freak out instead”

“[Calm] ★ 1/5 (v6.99) — I would like to be able to access some kind of meditation without having to pay for it or at least not in the realm that I can justify. I like the app, but I need what money I have and I like to meditate!”

“[Calm] ★★ 2/5 (v6.99) — Years ago when calm first started they actually had inspirational quotes after you finished a meditation. But now that version costs money lol. I get app developers need to make money, but the concept of charging to stay “calm” is just lame to me. Barely anything is free on this app.”

“[Calm] ★ 1/5 (v6.98.1) — I cant access only 2/3 meditations. All i see is more adds and locked screens”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.18.0) — Back in my day there was tons of free stuff. Then only one lesson per section. I checked back today and there’s nothing. Tragic.”

“[Headspace] ★★★ 3/5 (v8.17.2) — This app was basically the same as other meditation app where there was a constant paywall over mindful-exercises etc. But what was a bit helpful was headspace uploading some exercise in youtube. Something it offer that was not under a paywall was guided meditation and sleep sounds. I found this app to be similar to many other meditation apps.”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.17.0) — This is probably the most worst app I’ve ever came across of it makes you pay $65 per day for absolutely nothing just to meditate and take deep breaths. This is by far the worst app I’ve ever came across of because it makes you pay for every single thing. Can’t even do anything on this app.”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.16.0) — Crazy to think you guys are helping the world when you put up a pay wall to get help.”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.16.0) — This is horrible like you have to pay $69 a month almost 70 and I can’t even find anything on there. Just honestly just made me more stressed out.”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.16.0) — can’t even open the app without an ad popping up to spend more money”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.15.0) — I used to use Headspace when I was younger back when it was free. I have been experiencing a lot of anxiety recently and was hoping to get back into meditation. However, there is now not a single session that you can access without paying for an account. It is crazy that this company is trying to profit off of people’s mental illnesses. I’m really disappointed.”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.15.0) — Literally nothing is free. To use anything they make you do a trial of their paid service. I can get all of this on YoutTube, why would I pay for it? Greedy greedy greedy.”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.15.0) — New update broke the app. Now you’re stuck going from the update screen to the iOS store and back again.. guess I’ll just stare at the ceiling for $10 a month. Now that it’s been fixed, I’m struggling to get to where I was previously - new AI voices are not calming, or relatable. I’m struggling with the new product.. a lot. If anyone who works here sees this, don’t kill the goose that laid the golden egg”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.14.2) — Okay. I was having anxiety, so i downloaded this app so I could get help and tips for regulating it. It was free to download, but then you discover that you have to subscribe to acsess anything. If it’s free to download, the stuff inside it should he free too. Everybody who downlods this app probably needs help with anxiety or stress. You shouldn’t charge people for the help if it;s a free download. I would give this app 0 stars if I could.”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.14.2) — You have to pay lots of money JUST TO STOP YOUR STRESS. Very annoying .”

“[Headspace] ★ 1/5 (v8.13.0) — I updated the app and go into the app and it keeps telling me to upgrade the app to use it.”

“[Headspace] ★★ 2/5 (v8.13.0) — I have used headspace for many years with a yearly subscription. It is only recently that this application has been changed to an unusable mess. Every single time I open the application, I am prompted through multiple questions about how I want to use Headspace. This would make sense for a first time user, but I already have courses in progress and again, am a yearly subscriber. This is an embarrassing oversight by the developers and an annoyance to me. Might b”