headspaceReviews of headspace.com

Great app, very pleasant to use. However content about medfitations is mainly the same throughout different courses they offer. Basically they offer around 5 technics under various “courses”. So after a few months the app stops bringing value as you don’t need it anymore. Which is nice, meditation is quite simple, However no need buying yearly or even lifetime subscription.

I’d give this headspace “zero” stars. I have been trying to get help for over TWO weeks. I’m fed up!

Would rather give it 2 1/2 stars. The simple 'basics' free meditations are the best to my mind. The visualisation and noting strategies that accompany the paid for packages quickly become repetitive. I'm also ill at ease with the hierarchical beginner - intermediate - advanced structuring of the meditations. The advanced one become quite tedious, and you are quickly instructed to move between meditation techniques which serves to engage the neo cortex and disrupt the more meditative parasympathetic mindset that is the aim. Meditation needn't be difficult, complicated or costly. Overall, I think the subscription is overpriced. The free, simple meditations (without subscription) are, however, fantastic and well explained.

Why do I rate Headspace one star: not for the product; I really enjoyed Headspace for almost 3 years, was meditating daily. But I do rate this app for its cunning and misleading team behind it. After all these years paying monthly €13, which is quite a lot, I finally wanted to change it to yearly subscription of €58/year. First of all, it's annoying and strange that you cannot manage your own account settings and change your subscription manually: you need to seek help through the helpdesk. Then I did that, I asked to change my account, and this has been 2 months ago, I have been emailing with 3 different employees. Everybody promised to change my account, to help me out, to even offer me a discount code - and nothing works. Everytime I tried to log in and change it with their instructions, I got an error on the website. They leave you to your own fate and won't help you. For me, this is absolutely passing the line of ethical behaviour. At first I thought it was just a mistake, but now I realize it's a pattern of not wanting to help you and just taking as much money from you as possible. Don't take Headspace. You're spilling your money. Get another (free) meditation app.

Great meditation app to assist you to really learn how to meditate. I used Calm for a year and found it so confusing and flufffy and over the top that I never used it!! If you want to just meditate (or learn how to better) get Headspace. In fact, I actually find myself looking forward to using it everyday. If you want lots of "fluffy extra type things" maybe check out Calm. I don't get the $ negative reviews on here? It cost quite a bit to make content and keep apps updated; it comes out to about .20 cents a day. You can sign up for monthly or yearly plan...pay attention to what you are downloading and committing to. I find it all pretty straight forward. Great app that works!

This app is fantastic, full of different meditation walk throughs, from waking to sleeping, work, sport, stress and anxiety. I continuously reccomend this app.

Do not subscribe. I thought I had cancelled a year ago and then tried again this week as it seemed not to have happened. I tried again and had an email back confirming my request had been received to stop automatic renewal. I assumed all done but just thought I would email to check.... and it hadn’t been stopped. The email is deliberately misleading and implies cleverly that it has stopped but they continue taking payment. Please tell your friends not to subscribe. What a complete and utter con.

The app was very limited in what it offered. The 7 day free trial was not actually 7 days. If you don't cancel on day 6 they take your money. Very stressful indeed getting it back - certainly wiped out any benefits the app may have had!!. Subsequently read an article on them, very interesting in the Independent on how stressful Headspace is. (Trust Pilot doesn't allow links but you can google it.