Top 10 Meditation apps

Its myriad benefits for physical and emotional health have made meditation come with great force to the world of mobile applications.

Reduce stress, connect with our inner “I”, improve attention span, boost the immune system, work memory, run away from negative thoughts, improve sleep health, help relax mind, reduce pressure blood ...

Meditation has innumerable benefits for our physical and psychological health that have been scientifically endorsed. But meditating correctly requires good guidance, a lot of practice and above all knowledge of the technique.

• We recommend you read: "The 7 benefits of meditation backed by science"

Therefore, it is very difficult to meditate (at least correctly) without a guide. In this context, apps are surely our best ally, because just one click away we have access to all kinds of guided meditation sessions. Meditating using a mobile is the future of this discipline.

Therefore, there are many mobile applications that have been launched in this market. And with so much competition, you have to know how to differentiate which are the best. And this is what we will do in today's article.

What are the best apps for meditation?

Here we bring a selection of what we consider the 10 best meditation apps, a selection that we have prepared following different criteria of quality, usefulness, ease of use, lack of errors and quantity of content.

Any of the applications that we will see below are fantastic choices both for those who are just starting out in the world of meditation and for those who are already familiar with it.

1. Me I

Meyo is an app that includes many meditation sessions. As a meditation app it would already work on its own, but the key point and the reason why we presented it in the first place is that meditation is just one of its myriad benefits.

Very attentive to its launch (free) the week of March 16, 2020, because Meyo arrives stomping. With the scientific support of world-class physicians and psychologists, this app encourages unprecedented health promotion. He is a 360 ° health assistant, which means that, defending that being healthy is not only not being sick, but making the most of ourselves, being happy with what surrounds us and, in short, enjoying each day as if it were the last, gives us all the tools to take care of and enhance our physical health and emotional.

And, of course, in an app where you want to promote health at all levels, meditation cannot be absent. For this reason, with the indications of psychologists and professionals in the world of meditation, the app includes all kinds of meditation sessions that are available to it. They offer the user, both beginners and experts, depending on the objective of meditation: sleep better, reduce stress, connect with the inner "I", relax…

No matter what your need is, Meyo will have many guided meditation sessions to offer. But, as we have said, it does not end here. Because to complement it and really bear fruit, meditation must go hand in hand with promoting health in all aspects of life.

Healthy diets, exercise routines at home or in the gym, cycling and running activities, yoga sessions, tips for better sleep, exercises to enhance the capacities of our mind, tips to reduce stress, ways to perform better at work, tips to express ourselves best, guidelines for learning to save…

Meyo can help you in anything by posing daily challenges for you to become the best version of yourself, giving you coins every time you complete an activity (including meditation) and that allow you to see your progress in all that is a healthy life, in a very gratifying.

Meyo is an app for everything and for everyone. His catalog of meditations is excellent and, in addition, it also includes guidance in all the others aspects of life to achieve a promotion of physical and emotional health that until recently seemed unthinkable.

• You can download it for Android and to iOs.

2. Gurumind

Gurumind is a very interesting option since it offers meditations based on the user's needs. In addition to including guidelines and lessons for learning to meditate, it contains meditations and resources to perform relaxation exercises adapted to problems such as insomnia, anxiety, fear, low mood, etc.

In addition, this app can be used for free, and its interface is so easy to use that it is possible to be meditating in a couple of clicks; it is perfect to use in the moment.

• To see more information about Gurumind, go to this page.

3. Insight Timer

Insight Timer is one of the quintessential meditation apps. It is designed to function as a social network focused on meditation since it allows you to participate in discussion groups with other users and share experiences and advice. The app includes more than 100 meditation sessions in its free version that become more than 5,000 when obtaining the premium version, thus having one of the best catalogs in terms of quality and amount.

Originally in English, the app has already been translated into more than 20 languages, including Spanish.

4. Headspace

Created by Andy Puddicombe, an English Buddhist monk, Headspace is one of the best meditation apps we can find for both Android and iOS. This app offers hundreds of 10-minute meditations of excellent quality. There is no free version and it is currently still only in English, although they have announced that they are working on the translation into several languages. Anyway, it is still one of the best apps for meditation.

5. Calm

As its name indicates, Calm is an app that offers meditations that, in this case, aim to relax the mind and get the user to disconnect from all the outside "noise". Reduce stress, disconnect the mind, sleep better, increase psychological well-being, prevent anxiety... These are the main benefits that It offers this application that is available in Spanish and that, although it has a free version of one week, then it works by subscription monthly.

6. Deep meditate

Deep Meditate is an app that defends that the balance between mind and body it can only be achieved by meditating and sleeping well. Therefore, the application offers a large catalog of meditations that pursue this goal: muscle relaxation, disconnect the mind, better breathing, sounds and relaxing music... All this helps reduce stress and improve our quality of sleep. Without a doubt, an excellent meditation app for both beginners and people already introduced to this world.

7. Intimind

Made in Spain, Intimind is an app created by a team of psychologists that offers meditations to meet different objectives: reduce stress, perform more at work, enhance personal relationships and achieve emotional balance. Depending on what the user wants, they will carry out some sessions or others, which last between 10 and 20 minutes and which, obviously, are available in Spanish.

8. Feel

Created by the Facilísimo foundation, this app is a fantastic tool for meditation and that, in addition, by using it we are contributing to a good cause, since what is collected with subscriptions is used to finance projects by of this foundation, which encourages scientific dissemination, research and technological development to achieve a healthier, more ecological and inclusive society.

The app first performs a wellness test to find out the user's needs and, once they have answered it, they are offered personalized meditation sessions. It is prepared in Spain by the Complutense University of Madrid, so it is obviously available in Spanish.

9. Stop, Breathe & Think

The importance of breathing in meditation sessions is enormous. Aware of this, the creators of this app have developed meditation sessions in which the entire process of breathing is controlled more than in any other application.

As its name suggests, the app says that the true benefits of meditation are achieved if we take three steps: "stop" it. we are doing completely and focus on meditation, "breathing" to control our thoughts and feelings and, by Finally, "think" about how this is helping us to relax our mind and become aware that we are entering an absolute state of mental control. Sessions last about 10 minutes.

10. Zenfie

One of Zenfie's main claims is that, unlike the others, offers meditation sessions designed especially for children, so that they too enter this world and can benefit from the effects of meditation.

Available in Spanish, Zenfie is an app with a free 10-day version that includes many different meditations, which are selected based on what the user wishes to: relax the mind, sleep better, activate the body, connect with the inner "me", overcome stress and even solve specific episodes of anxiety.