10 Best Meditation Apps in India 2021(Headspace Inc., Calm.com, Inc. and More)

One of the top-rated and among the most popular meditation apps in India, Headspace focuses on increasing mindfulness. The app will guide you through your meditation journey through guided meditations suited for beginners using a 10 days’ programme. It offers a variety of guided meditations on different subjects like focus, exercise, and sleep.

As you advance in your journey, the app will equip you with techniques that will help you ‘checking-in’ with yourself during any time of the day, that is, it will make you self-sufficient in its practices. The app allows you to customise the length of sessions. It sends notification reminders that can help you in developing a habit of being mindful.

The user interface of the app is interactive and the animation used in explainer videos is engaging and loved by most users. Andy Puddicombe noted for his experience in this field and also the co-founder of the app has recorded the sessions and the users praise his conversational style and find his soothing voice.

This app focuses on the nature of consciousness. While other apps focus on helping you deal with real-life problems, Sam Harris goes a step ahead and dives into the consciousness of a person to make them understand how the mind works. The introductory programme involves some 10-minute-long sessions. The app also has longer sessions for intermediate meditators.

You can set reminders and check the number of people meditating side by side, which will motivate you to create a habit. The user interface is easy to understand, and the colour scheme is soothing. The app guides you through your journey, making it easier for a beginner to navigate. Users note life-changing learnings and impact after using the app.

Reviewers praise how the app stands out by going farther than the usual. The app questions the ‘sense of self’ and explains it as the reason for all suffering. By hitting the root cause of the problem, Harris has pioneered a vision that'll outlive its counterparts. The paid version can be made available for free for those who can’t afford it via email- that’s how strong his vision is. 

One of the most popular mindfulness and relaxation apps available, Calm has been recognised on numerous platforms and loved by most meditators. The app specialises in sleep stories and a variety of meditation techniques organised by themes. The user interface of the app is easy to navigate. The app also offers custom meditation sessions for user convenience.

There are guided sessions available for beginners and programmes for intermediate and advance level meditators. The app also offers 7- and 21-days’ mindfulness programmes for all levels which have been appreciated by users. It contains an assortment of nature sounds and exclusive music that is engineered to enhance relaxation, focus and sleep.

With a wide variety of sleep stories and sessions, the app brings you a diverse set of soothing voices. Some notable ones include- Stephen Fry, Matthew McConaughey, and many more. Users have noted a positive change using a variety of techniques and improved sleep and sleeping patterns after using this app.

Aura is another immensely popular app personalised using AI. The app is designed to learn your mood patterns, giving you the best possible mindfulness experience. It offers 3-minute meditations to relieve stress and anxiety and claims on providing many short and scientific exercises throughout the day to keep you happier.

The users of the app note their satisfaction- how the app has helped them from the beginner level through short sessions to advanced levels with lengthier sessions which can be as long as an hour. The user interface of the app is easy to use, and the colours used are calming. 

It asks a couple of questions when you download the app to understand your mood and then customize sessions accordingly. If you are troubled with insomnia- this app is what you need. It comes with sessions, which can make you fall asleep in 3 minutes. With a range of serene sounds and music, the app is sure to calm your aura. 

As the name indicates, the app Insight Timer has a sophisticated timer that opens multiple avenues for you. The app’s timer can be customised from as short as 1 minute to as long as 24 hours and even infinity. The timer comes with interval bells and ambient sound, both of which contain a range of options to choose from.

Further, you can create pre-set sessions that will be saved in the custom section, with all the settings intact, which means you can access them anytime. Another unique feature of the app is- it empowers anyone to upload meditation tracks. This means the range of techniques and methods offered is huge. The variety of experiences help in providing an enriching experience.

With teachers from around the world uploading tracks- the app offers a language filter which sorts sessions according to native languages. However, the app doesn’t give repeated pop-ups so you will have to inculcate the habit of meditating yourself. 

Named as an app for ‘fidgety skeptics’, the app was made by an ABC news anchor Dan Harris who suffered a panic attack on air and found his peace in meditation. The app preaches scientific and secular meditation.

A great feature of this app is that it provides an option of personal coaching. The user can simply connect to and talk to a coach on the app.  This ensures greater accountability and a more personalised experience.

The app is not very compartmentalised in terms of its content so that the user must take some time to obtain what they really want and track progress by themselves. This can be a time taking process, but you will be learning new things from different teachers in the process.

Famously known as Stop, Breathe and Think, this app enables you to ‘check-in’ at any time during the day. What this essentially means is that the app asks certain questions from you whenever you open it, to understand your mood. 

It will first ask you questions to track your mental and physical state and then ask you to select 5 emotions from over 114 sets of emotions. Although tailored according to an individual’s need, it provides little explanation of the basics for beginners. 

Further, the introductions are mostly text fed and could have been more engaging with the video medium. Other than this, this app has obtained only positive reviews and the users seem to be more than satisfied by its performance, how it helps them understand self better, and its impact.

An app that will appeal to the religious majority, it offers guidance for meditation as well as yoga. It is available in 8 native Indian languages- Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi, Telegu, Kannada, Gujarati, and even English.

It has special guided meditation courses designed by Sadhguru like- Isha Kriya and Chit Shakti meditation techniques. These courses focus on achieving inner peace, success, health, and love. In addition to this, it has videos, podcasts, and articles on a wide range of interesting topics by Sadhguru. Further, it also sends notifications in the form of a daily mystic quote that gives motivation.

However, some users note that the app tends to crash every now and then or takes a lot of time to load. Nonetheless, majority reviewers note a life-changing experience after using the app and find the guided meditation techniques extremely useful and enriching.

This app is for everyone as it adjusts according to the needs of the users by asking them a variety of questions. The user interface is easy, and the green background looks aesthetic to the eyes. It offers guided meditation and unguided too, making it compatible for all levels.

The app will also help you track your emotions through a series of questions, you can check your progress in the dashboard and even save your favourite sessions. The sessions can be as short as 5 minutes to longer sessions of 45 minutes. There are sessions tailored for kids and adults that help you to sleep. The downside is that the sound of the background music gets too loud at times. 

If you don’t want to practise meditation the conventional way but increase focus and remain calm, Tide is the app for you. With a wide variety of different types of sounds like rain, ocean, forest, fire-crackle, and many more— this app will enable you to feel calmer and distanced from the daily chaos. Reviewers note an increase in mindfulness, awareness, and improvement in sleeping habits.

The basic meditation technique is included, but it enables the users to meditate anytime, anywhere, by creating an immersive, meditative space. The app has an ‘immersive mode’ that keeps you away from distractions on your phone, thus, increasing focus.

The app also allows you to set a timer for yourself along with peaceful sounds at the same time. In case you don’t want to use the normal timer, you can use the more efficient Pomodoro timer that will alert you to work and take breaks too! Rich is daily inspiring quotes, it ensures that your mind doesn’t wander off easily and you remain focused for longer periods of time.