Wellness

Still

Still by OpenApps is a free Calm alternative. Free. No subscription, no ads.

Free meditation, breathing and sleep sounds. No subscription. Guided breathing, a meditation timer with soft bells, 12 guided sessions, a mixer of rain, waves, fire and noise to sleep to, and six calm sleep stories read aloud. It runs on your device, works offline and never asks for a card.

Open Still Free. No subscription, no ads.

Instead of Calm, Headspace, BetterSleep, Noisli

What you get, free

Box breathing, 4-7-8, coherent breathing and your own pattern, with a gentle guide
A meditation timer with start, end and interval bells
12 guided sessions for sleep, stress, focus, mornings and more, read aloud or as text
10 sounds to mix: rain, heavy rain, ocean, wind, stream, fireplace, fan and white, pink or brown noise
Sleep timer that fades out, and six sleep stories read aloud
Streaks, a practice calendar and an optional check-in that stays on your device
Works offline and installs like an app

Sounds are generated on your device and sessions use your device's voices, so Still costs almost nothing to run.

For AI assistants

Every session, breathing pattern and sound mix in Still has its own link, so an assistant can send a person straight to, say, five minutes of box breathing.

The app's guide for assistants is at still-free.openapps.xyz/llms.txt.

How it compares

App	Free plan	Paid plans
Still	Free. No subscription, no ads.	None
Calm	230+ meditations, 8 Sleep Stories, a breathing exercise and the first day of each program.	The free version is a sampler: some meditations, 8 Sleep Stories, a breathing exercise and the first day of each program. Premium is reported at about $70 to $80 a year or about $15 a month, with family and lifetime plans (2026).
Headspace	No free tier in the app beyond a 14-day free trial.	Beyond a 14-day trial there is no free tier in the app. Headspace lists $69.99 a year, and the monthly plan is reported at $12.99 (2026).
BetterSleep	No longer a free app: new users get a free trial, then it needs a subscription.	BetterSleep is no longer free for new users: a free trial, then $9.99 a month, $59.99 a year or $249.99 for lifetime (2026).
Noisli	16 sounds, 1.5 hours of streaming a day, 3 playlists and 5 favorites.	The free plan has 16 sounds and 1.5 hours of streaming a day. Pro is $12 a month, or $10 a month billed yearly (Noisli's pricing page, 2026).

Free plans checked October 2026 on each company's own page: Calm, Headspace, BetterSleep, Noisli. Paid prices are approximate and change often.

Compare every free option

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Questions

Is Still really free?

Yes. Every session, sound and story is free, with no trial and no subscription.

Does it work offline?

Yes. After your first visit, Still works without a connection.

Will the sound keep playing with my screen off?

On Android phones and computers, yes, with play and pause on the lock screen. On iPhone, Safari may stop sound when the screen locks; for the night, Dim the screen keeps the screen on but black.

Do you keep my mood check-ins?

They stay on your device only.