HeadRest: Meditation & Stories
Aaditya Menon Health & Fitness iPhoneiPadiPod touch
HeadRest: Meditation & Stories is a free Health & Fitness app for iPhone and iPad by Aaditya Menon. Rated 5.0/5 from 6 ratings. Requires iOS 15.0.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 6 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 80 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Oct 9
- 2026 · v1.0.9
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About HeadRest: Meditation & Stories
Tell HeadRest what is on your mind. It creates a meditation just for you, drawn from Buddhist, Zen, Sufi, and Stoic wisdom traditions, narrated with calm ambient soundscapes. Every session is unique. Share what you are going through - burnout, grief, a fight with your partner, self doubt - and HeadRest finds a story from humanity's wisdom traditions that speaks to your moment. WHAT MAKES HEADREST DIFFERENT: - Every meditation is built around your words and your moment - Stories from 2500 plus years of wisdom traditions, not generic scripts - Expert curated library for lifes toughest moments - Calming narration with ambient soundscapes - No ads - just presence WISDOM TRADITIONS INCLUDE: Buddhist parables, Zen koans, Sufi teaching stories, Stoic reflections, Hindu mythology, Taoist tales, and more. CREATED FOR REAL LIFE: Burnout at work. A relationship falling apart. Grief you cannot name. The 3am spiral. HeadRest does not give you a generic breathing exercise. It finds a story that has helped humans through moments like this for thousands of years, and tells it to you in a way that fits your life right now. HeadRest Plus is an optional auto-renewable subscription that unlocks the full Wisdom library and monthly personalized meditation sessions. Download HeadRest. Tell it what is on your mind. Listen. Terms of Use EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ HeadRest Terms: https://tryheadrest.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://tryheadrest.com/privacy
Ratings & reviews
5.0
6 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.0.9 · Updated October 9, 2026
Fixes an issue that could cause HeadRest to close immediately when opened on iOS 27.
App privacy
The developer, Aaditya Menon, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Identifiers: Device ID, User ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Location: Coarse Location
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- User Content: Audio Data
Used for: Third-Party Advertising, Developer’s Advertising or Marketing, Analytics, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- User Content: Other User Content
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
Used for: App Functionality
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