Headspace / Calm

The four alternatives to Headspace and Calm are not all meditation apps, so decide what you want to practise. Medito Foundation makes free meditation and mindfulness tools. It describes itself as a registered non-profit that makes meditation and mindfulness tools free for everyone, with open source code, published finances and no premium tier. It says its app has been used by over 4.1 million people in more than 190 countries since 2020.

Freeletics is a fitness app that offers HIIT, calisthenics, gym, running and other workouts tailored to your goals, and says it is trusted by 60 million users. Urban Sports Club offers one membership for over 50 sports and wellness activities, indoors, outdoors and online, at more than 10,000 partners. Yazio is a nutrition app for tracking food and fasting. It says it has millions of users in more than 150 countries, works as a remote-first company, and has a free version and a Pro version.

Before you choose, check what is free and what needs a subscription, and read the privacy policy to see what data the app collects.