I love the service, but the actual app is consistently between bad and useless. I often have to stop using it for days or even weeks because of crashing.
I have used and enjoyed this app for years with no problems but recently it has stopped working entirely. when I open the app I get an error message saying "take a deep breath and try again in a few moments". i have tried reinstalling but it didn't help.
Agree with recent negative reviews below - for an App requiring a paid subscription it peforms really badly. Very slow and buggy and most frustratingly after latest update offline downloads don’t work anymore on Android. I mainly use downloaded content to help me with sleep but now it won’t play without internet. Completely counter-productive! Tried all fixes — reinstall, cache clear, re-download — still broken. Not acceptable for a paid app, especially for sleep use.
I had been a longtime user of this app and absolutely loved it. I had also recommended it to plenty of people back then but have lately been discontent over the ui. It has way too much content and is super cluttered. For me, Headspace's most basic offerings were and are its most powerful ones. I loved the easy navigation, succinct courses and guidance. I would sincerely urge the developers to make a simpler ui. Most headspace users won't be swayed by new content added every month.
Good app, but please please make a setting to turn off the haptic feedback when I press on buttons. I really don't like the sensation when I'm trying to relax.
Having concluded email Headspace support this past week, it seems there's no way to see or opt out of a coach using an AI chatbot when replying to me as a Headspace Care member. So I believe I will have to not use this for more than its existing content library because - beyond what I said and got back in above threads - I would have to disclose more particulars about what my friend circles are like than we're comfortable possibly having sent to such AI tool companies I can't verify at all.
The app has lots and lots of technical problems
Not as useful as I thought... so far.
March 2026-app crashes constantly Many years ago I had a subscription to headspace and I found the app at that time really intuitive: easy to find courses and follow a pathway. Now, I feel like this app is packed with so much stuff (great!) but the stuff is everywhere, not organized in an intuitive way like before. I find it hard to find where I left off with a pathway, the app is always recommending content, but not where I left off with something. IMHO content=great. Interface=not great
love the features. hate that it constantly freezes and crashes
Auparavant super bonne expérience avec l'application mais depuis mon renouvellement l'application bug et est très lente sur mon appareil. Très frustrant surtout considérant le prix de mon abonnement. Samsung S25 Ultra
I used to love this so for the sleep casts. A repeat option or continuous option would be nice. However, since last the app functionality sucks. It either won't open at all or if it opens the features stop working.
I used to love this app. The meditations are great and really help me to get to sleep. I have been using this app for about 2 years with no issues until just before Christmas when it suddenly started switching off mid meditation. As soon as I unlock the app it starts playing again but this is not relaxing. Sometimes it stops playing during my sleep meditation and I cba to get up and put it back on, but then it turns back on randomly in the middle of the night and jumps me awake. Not a happy user
When it works it's fine. I'm having an issue woth the app where it shuts down anything I'm listening to due to a playback error. Everything is updated but it still stops playing. I'd rather get a refund of the membership than deal with this over and over again.
it crash all the time, not reliable
Am now uninstalling. Been a user of this app for years however the past 6-8 months the app has become very unstable stopping playing content, saying there's a problem, of just hanging. Had circumnavigated by using both the app and the Web site but now the Web site if pushing you to the app for new content. a real shame but if your wanting to look after your mental wellbeing the app is no longer the soothing place it was, but a deeply frustrating, troublesome and annoying place to seek calm.
I love headspace have had the subscription for years. now the app seems buggy I like the ai ebb feature but I feel I am spending more time getting the app tho work. same with sleep scapes they don't seem to make it through the night
I'm tired of how buggy the app is. I was so close to canceling before my annual renewal, but a long back and forth with help resolved issues. But now there are new bugs just a few weeks later. it makes anything longer than a few minutes unplayable. This is exhausting.
recently certain videos only not opening getting error and asked to click ok button
I've been using the app during lockdown in 2020-21 and it worked okay. However when I started to use it in 2025 I encountered a lot of problems that kills all effects of practice. The video player is awful - it doesn't rotate by itself and let the screen to go to sleep mode... so I have to track every 10 min to wake it up during my yoga practice. Music and meditation can randomly crash the app. In the course "Fear of the Future" lessons 8 and 9 are actually the lesson 4. I have Xiaomi 14t
Good content but the app tech let's you down. I love the sound scapes but all of them stop after about 15 minutes and show this error 'Oh dear, something's wrong'. I have been using the app occassionally for the past few months and I keep getting this error every single time.