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Alternatives to Headspace
23 healthcare tools sit alongside Headspace in this directory. Below is what separates each from Headspace on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- 0
- Headspace starts at
- $12.99/month
Why people look past Headspace
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Headspace entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Headspace carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 7 of the 23 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Sleep, meditation and relaxation
- Can be used without paying; Headspace cannot.
- 4 tiers to Headspace's 3.
Online therapy and counseling services
- Starts $37.01 a week dearer, at $50/week.
- 1 tier to Headspace's 3.
Unlock human transformation
Priced and rated the same as Headspace on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Open source hospital information system and EMR for low-resource hospitals, built on OpenMRS
- Can be used without paying; Headspace cannot.
- 1 tier to Headspace's 3.
Period and cycle tracking app that settled with the US FTC in 2021 over sharing health data with third parties despite promising not to
- Can be used without paying; Headspace cannot.
- 1 tier to Headspace's 3.
Open source electronic medical record platform for low-resource settings, with no vendor and paid implementers instead
- Can be used without paying; Headspace cannot.
- 1 tier to Headspace's 3.
Every Headspace alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headspace (this page) | $12.99/month | - | 3 | |
| CalmMeditation and sleep app with extensive sleep stories and relaxing soundscapes, competing on content variety and user interface design. | Free, then $12.99/month | - | 4 | vs Headspace |
| BetterHelpOnline therapy platform offering counseling with licensed therapists, providing more clinical mental health support than Headspace. | $50/week | Subscription | 1 | vs Headspace |
| BetterUpCoaching platform combining AI with human coaches for mental health and professional development, competing on personalization. | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Headspace |
| Bahmni | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Headspace |
| Flo | Free | Free with a Premium subscription | 1 | vs Headspace |
| OpenMRS | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Headspace |
| Clue | Free | Free with a Plus subscription | 1 | vs Headspace |
| GNU Health | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Headspace |
| DHIS2 | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 3 | vs Headspace |
| Annalise.ai | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Headspace |
| Included Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Headspace |
| Ambra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Headspace |
| Lunit | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Headspace |
| Ibex Medical Analytics | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Headspace |
| Fujifilm Synapse | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Headspace |
| Gleamer | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Headspace |
| Aidoc | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Headspace |
| Lyra Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Headspace |
| Koa Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Headspace |
| Meru Health | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Headspace |
| PathAI | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Headspace |
| Paige | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Headspace |
| Beckman Coulter DxONE | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Headspace |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Headspace badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
What you would be giving up
Headspace is most often brought in for workout tracking, nutrition management, health monitoring, fitness coaching, wellness improvement. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Headspace is broadly right and the question is cost, the Headspace pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Healthcare category lists everything the directory holds, and best healthcare tools ranks them.
Headspace runs on ios, android, web, macos, apple watch, apple vision pro. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Headspace alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Headspace?
- 23 other healthcare tools are listed in this directory, led by Calm, BetterHelp, BetterUp, Bahmni. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Headspace?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Calm, Bahmni, Flo, OpenMRS, Clue.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Headspace?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Headspace?
- Headspace is most often brought in for workout tracking, nutrition management, health monitoring, fitness coaching, wellness improvement. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Headspace?
- None of the healthcare tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Headspace alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Healthcare, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Headspace against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Headspace covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every healthcare tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Healthcare category, 23 tools beside Headspace. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.