Calm

The Daily Calm gives you a fresh guided session each morning, which many users find keeps the habit from going stale over time. Sleep Stories are one of the app’s most distinctive features: long-form audio narrated in a slow, even voice with the explicit goal of putting you to sleep before the content finishes. They’re popular even with people who don’t think of themselves as meditators.

Calm is a meditation and relaxation app, not a therapy service, and it doesn’t replicate the kind of work you’d do with a licensed clinician. What it does reliably is lower the threshold for sitting down and doing something useful for your nervous system, which is a meaningful advantage for building a consistent daily habit.