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Meditation app · free for 30 days
A meditation app that meets you where you are, then lets you rest in stillness
Stressed, anxious, angry, tired or unable to sleep? Tap how you feel and a guided session begins that is made for this moment. Restful Awareness is a mindfulness app for iPhone and Android that does not ask you to concentrate harder. It shows you how to let go.
Every plan starts with a 30-day free trial. Cancel in the first 30 days and you pay nothing.
Start calming down in under a minute
- Download the app from the App Store or Google Play.
- Tap how you feel today. Stressed, anxious, angry, tired, can’t sleep, or just wanting to relax.
- Press play and follow a calm voice, with soft bells and quiet sounds in the background.
- Rest. Come back tomorrow and watch your streak and your minutes grow.
- Stressed
- Anxious
- Angry
- Tired
- Can’t sleep
- Relax
Benefits you can feel in daily life
Less stress
Short sessions for stress relief that soften the body and quiet the mind, from 3 to 20 minutes.
Better sleep
Sleep meditation and body relaxation to quiet the mind at night. Falling asleep during a session is the goal.
Calmer in anxiety and anger
A mood check-in that includes anger, and sessions for anxiety and calm and for emotional balance.
A clearer head
Sessions for focus and clarity, and for restless and busy minds, including ADHD minds, for racing thoughts and brain fog.
A calmer daily rhythm
Bell reminders that bring you gently back to calm during the day, at home, at work or on the move.
Inner peace that lasts
Not only a calm session, but a way home to the stillness that is already here.
Everything inside the app
Mood check-in
One tap, and a session is shaped for how you feel right now.
AI-guided meditation
Choose stress relief, better sleep, anxiety and calm, focus and clarity or emotional balance, or describe in your own words what you need. Pick 3 to 20 minutes.
Guided meditations
Four levels, from beginner to master, about 5 to 25 minutes each.
Breathing exercises
A calm animated guide for slow breathing and more.
Live mood chat
Talk or write with your inner companion, in voice or text, about how you feel.
Heart-quality series
Kindness, compassion, openness and gratitude as natural expressions of awareness.
Six languages
English, Danish, German, French, Spanish and Vietnamese.
Gift codes
Share the practice with family and friends.
The peace you were born with
A newborn baby is not anxious about money, deadlines or what other people think. The baby is awake, quiet and open. That quiet presence is your birthright. As life gets busy it gets covered, like dust on a mirror, but it never leaves you. You do not have to build calm from nothing. You only have to stop covering it. That is the idea behind this app.
From high stress down to calm
- Notice. Say quietly: “I am stressed.” Naming it already gives you a little space.
- Slow the out-breath. In for four, out for six, five times.
- Feel the body. Feet on the floor, shoulders down, jaw soft.
- Let thoughts pass. You do not have to stop them. Just do not follow them.
- Rest in awareness. Behind the noise there is something quiet that sees it all. Stay there for a minute.
What it can do for you, wherever you are
Stress does not ask what you do for a living. Here is how a few quiet minutes a day can help in different parts of life. Many people find these small pauses make a real difference. They support well-being and do not replace medical care.
In the office
Take a three-minute reset between meetings, use bell reminders through the day and end the workday with a short session so you do not carry it to bed.
Leaders and managers
A calm mind sees more of the situation, listens better and answers instead of reacting. Start the day with five quiet minutes before the first message.
Nurses, doctors and care workers
Take one minute between patients, use body relaxation after a hard shift and sleep sessions when the mind replays the day.
Teachers and kindergarten staff
Calm adults make calm children. Breathe out slowly before you enter the room, and share a one-minute quiet moment with the group.
Students before exams
When the mind is calmer it is easier to concentrate, think clearly and remember what you know. Rest between study blocks and use a focus session before you start.
Teenagers and young people
Exams, social media and big feelings come fast. The mood check-in includes anger, and learning early to let a feeling pass is a gift for life.
Mothers and fathers
Five quiet minutes when the children sleep can bring patience back. When you are about to shout, breathe out slowly and wait ten seconds.
Children, with an adult
Children learn calm from the adults around them. The app is a tool for the grown-up to use with children. It is not a children’s app. See the kindergarten ideas below.
Hands-on jobs and shift work
Two minutes at break to drop the shoulders and soften the jaw, and a body relaxation session before you sleep after a night shift.
Older people and nursing homes
Sessions can be as short as three minutes, with a calm voice and no rush. Carers and family can listen together.
When life is hard
Loss, illness or a lost job do not go away through meditation, but you may carry them with a little more calm and sleep a little better.
Everyone
No experience is needed and no belief is required. Tap how you feel and press play.
Ideas for kindergartens, families and care
These ideas come from a real kindergarten routine. The app is a tool, an inspiration for grown-ups to use with creativity. An adult always leads and stays with the children, and the volume stays low.
Nap time
After lunch the teacher opens the app, chooses meditation music and lets a child choose an ambient sound, such as rain, birds, the ocean or a fireplace. The children lie down, and the sounds help them settle and fall asleep.
Two helpers, one quiet moment
Two children are picked. One chooses the music, the other the ambient sound. Everyone lies down on the floor, listens and relaxes while the teacher guides how to relax.
Something to hold
Each child picks a toy or a stone and places it on the tummy or in the hand. The teacher starts the sound and music and guides the children to feel the object rise and fall with the breath.
Calming restless children
When a child is restless or overwhelmed, a parent or teacher can start one of the sessions made for busy minds (ADHD) and listen together until the child settles.
At home
Choose a sound together at bedtime, breathe out slowly together and let the sounds play softly.
In care and nursing homes
Carers can play music and nature sounds, sit with residents and share a few quiet minutes together.
What a calm mind can give you
A clearer head
With less noise in the mind it is easier to concentrate and to remember.
A better overview
When you are calm you see the whole day and choose what comes first.
Less worry and nervousness
Thoughts still come, but they hold less power.
Better sleep
A quiet mind falls asleep more easily.
More happiness
Calm makes room for quiet joy, kindness and gratitude.
Better relationships
We listen more and react less.
Stress that never gets a break wears on sleep, mood, energy and the body. Nobody can promise that meditation keeps you from becoming ill, and it does not replace a doctor. But daily rest is one of the kindest things you can do for yourself, and it costs only a few minutes.
What this app offers that is rarely found together
Rest in awareness, not concentration
You do not have to hold your attention on anything. There is nothing to get right.
A mood check-in with anger
One tap, and a session is shaped for this moment.
AI sessions made for you
Choose a theme or describe in your own words what you need, from 3 to 20 minutes.
Sessions for restless minds
Made with busy and ADHD minds in mind.
A live mood chat
Talk or write with your inner companion about how you feel.
Heart-quality series
Kindness, compassion, openness and gratitude.
Six languages
Including Danish and Vietnamese.
A long-time practitioner behind it
Made by a dharma practitioner with more than 30 years of practice.
Why it feels different from other mindfulness apps
Most meditation apps ask you to hold your attention on the breath or on a sound. That helps many people, and when the mind is loud it can feel like one more task you are failing at. Restful Awareness goes one step further, to the root of experience. You do not force the mind to be quiet. You let go and rest in the stillness and presence that is already here under the thinking. Disturbing thoughts and feelings come and go, and they do not stick to the one who rests. There is nothing to get right.
| Look for | In Restful Awareness |
|---|---|
| A voice and pace you find calming | Calm voice, soft bells, quiet sounds. Your own length, 3 to 20 minutes. |
| Help for your actual problem | Stress, anxiety, anger, sleep, focus, restless minds. Tap a mood or describe it. |
| Practice that fits real life | Short sessions, bell reminders, breathing exercises, a live mood chat. |
| A way beyond technique | Resting in awareness itself instead of concentrating on an object. |
| Your language | Six languages, including Danish and Vietnamese. |
Choose a plan
Monthly
Try it month to month.
- 30-day free trial
- Unlimited guided meditations
- AI personalised sessions
- Live mood chat
- Bell reminders
- All six languages
Yearly
Save 33% compared with monthly.
- 30-day free trial
- Everything in Monthly
- Priority access to new features
- Share with family (gift codes)
Lifetime
One payment. No renewals.
- Everything in Yearly
- All future updates and languages
- 30-day refund window
Prices are shown in your currency on the subscribe page and are charged in US dollars at checkout. Each new device gets a 30-day free trial. See plans and prices.
What people say
I tried the app and I went right into sleep before the app had finished guiding me. This app is warmly recommended by me!App Store review
The best meditation app I have ever used. Modern, intuitive design and, above all, incredible customization options that meet every user’s needs.App Store review
The app is new. Its first two App Store ratings are five stars (October 2026).
“The sunglasses were on your head all along.”Restful Awareness
Questions people ask
What is the best meditation app for stress and sleep?
The best one is the one you will open every day. Look for a calm voice, sessions that fit your day and help for your real problem. Restful Awareness offers all three, and you can try it free for 30 days.
Is Restful Awareness a guided meditation app?
Yes. It has AI-guided sessions of 3 to 20 minutes, guided meditations in four levels, sleep and body relaxation, breathing exercises and a live mood chat.
Can the app help with anxiety and anger?
Many people find that short guided sessions help them feel calmer. The mood check-in includes anxious and angry, and there are sessions for emotional balance. It supports well-being and does not replace professional care.
How much does it cost?
Every plan starts with a 30-day free trial. After that you choose monthly, yearly (saves 33%) or a one-time lifetime purchase. See the subscribe page for prices in your currency.
Do I need meditation experience?
No. Tap how you feel and press play. Beginners and long-time meditators both find sessions at their level.
Where can I read about the idea behind it?
Read what is mindfulness and your birthright. You can also go to the meditation app page or the calm down page.