Calm is an app that offers daily meditation and breathing techniques to help you be calm, relaxed and to drift off to sleep easily.
When you open Calm, you see a beautiful picture of mountains and a lake with rippling water. You also hear the sounds of waves lapping the shore and birds singing. You can change the picture and sounds to a variety of other soothing images and soundscapes including a crackling fire, a tropical beach, and Zen ocean.
App Features
Within the Calm app you are offered a choice of:
- Breathe
- Meditate or
- Sleep
There is also a Daily Calm for subscribers.
When you click on the breath icon there is a graphic that shows you went to breathe in, hold and then breathe out.
If you click on the sleep app, you are offered an explanation of a sleep story. In this section, a gentle voice asks you to imagine yourself by a fireside and explains how we need to transition from wakefulness to sleep. Sleep stories can help us to power-down and provide a soothing and natural way to drift off into a deep sleep. There follows three sample sleep stories for you to try which are a bit like an adult equivalent of a bedtime story. There are many further sleep stories for subscribers.
When you click on the meditate icon you are given the option of starting a trial which consists of 7 days of Calm. There is also an option to choose sample Daily Calm Sessions. If you are a subscriber you can choose from a variety of further options including managing stress, focus, sleep anxiety and happiness. There are also individual guided and unguided meditations.
On your profile page, the app keeps a record of your time meditating and your longest streak of meditating every day. There is also the opportunity to connect with others.
You can also set a reminder to help your stay on track with your meditation practice.
Pricing
Subscription’s costs £9.99 per month. If you buy a yearly subscription this cost works out at £3.74 per month. You can also choose Lifetime membership for £299.99
This is a wonderful app and I would recommend it to anyone who has trouble with anxiety or stress. The app is particularly useful for those who struggle to sleep at night as the sleep section offers wonderful stories to help you drift off.
App Rating
Features: 10/10
Ease of use: 10/10
Information 8/10
Value for money 10/10
Overall rating: 9.5/10
