Waking Up: A Meditation Course
Waking Up LLC Health & Fitness In-app purchases
Learn to meditate and deepen your understanding of yourself and others.
- Rating
- 4.8
- 10.2K ratings
- Downloads
- 500K+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Jun 27
- 2020 · v1.5.71
Screenshots
About Waking Up: A Meditation Course
What makes Waking Up different?
Real Practice: Go beyond mere stress reduction to make profound discoveries inside the laboratory of your own mind.
Rational Theory: Ground your meditation experience in practical wisdom and a rational understanding of the world.
Fair Pricing: As with all of Sam Harris’s digital content, if you would like to use this app but truly cannot afford it, please email us at [email protected] so that we can give you a free account. While we operate a business, we believe that money should never be the reason why someone can’t gain access to Waking Up.
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
* Guided meditation: Practice sessions for morning, day, or evening meditation, suitable for beginners, intermediate and advanced meditators alike.
* Introductory Course: A progressive, 50-session course that will introduce you to the basic principles of mindfulness meditation, along with more advanced practices.
* Daily meditations: After completing the Introductory Course, you will continue your practice with our growing catalog of daily meditations.
* Lessons: Listen to short talks on science, philosophy, and the nature of mind.
* Conversations: Long-form conversations with a wide range of teachers and scholars.
* Meditation timer and tracking to monitor progress
* A guarantee of satisfaction. If you don’t find the app valuable, email us at [email protected] and we will give you a full refund.
Mindfulness topics Include:
* The logic of practice
* Mental training
* Gratitude
* The value of attention
* Free will
* The illusion of the self
* The power of concepts
* Consciousness
* And more
ABOUT SAM HARRIS
Sam Harris is the author of five New York Times best sellers, including Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion. His writing and public lectures cover a wide range of topics—neuroscience, meditation, moral philosophy, religion, rationality—but generally focus on how a growing understanding of ourselves and the world is changing our sense of how we should live. Sam has practiced meditation for over 30 years and has studied with many Tibetan, Indian, Burmese, and Western meditation teachers, both in the United States and abroad. He received a degree in philosophy from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from UCLA.
PRICING INFO
This pricing is for our customers in the United States. Pricing in other countries may vary. Your subscription to Waking Up will automatically renew, unless you disable auto-renew at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can turn off auto-renew or manage your subscription from your Google Play account settings. Payment will be charged to your Google Play account. You can read more about our terms of service here: https://wakingup.com/terms-of-service/ and our privacy policy here: https://wakingup.com/privacy-policy/.
What’s new
Version 1.5.71 · Updated June 27, 2020
Community: Added the number of people actively practicing (by day of the Introductory Course, as well as the Daily meditation). Sleep timer: Added “end of episode” as a choice so even if you have autoplay enabled, audio will end as requested. Further auto-play and numerous other small improvements. As always, Waking Up is risk-free. Please see our Fair Pricing guarantee in the App Description below.
User reviews
The concept and foundation for the app is great. When my friend who works with Art of Living said, "His stuff is good", I bought it, gambling on getting the much more user-friendly annual price. It is hard work, not a "feel good" app. The content is challenging in the best way. I would give it a "5" if the applicati...
First time I'm leaving a review, and it's only become how good this app is. It's amazing how well expended a 100 euros for a year of this content is.
Having a sceptical bent of mind, I'd probably never have come round to doing meditation practice but for this app by Sam Harris. It is not just another mindfulness app. The content in this app both in theory and practice sessions goes deeper and is more profound. Changes my life already in a positive way, making me ...
Changed my life. Thank you.
This is an incredible app. I've tried many different meditation apps but being a huge fan of Sam Harris, this has been the most successful one for me. In addition to the daily sessions, there are some very powerful lessons and conversations with other experts. I feel lucky to have found this. It is changing my life ...
Just amazing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Waking Up?
What sets Waking Up apart from other meditation apps?
What is included in the Waking Up app?
What mindfulness topics are covered in Waking Up?
Who is Sam Harris?
How can I access Waking Up if I can't afford it?
How does the pricing work for Waking Up?
Is there a refund policy for Waking Up?
Alternatives to Waking Up: A Meditation Course
Looking for apps like Waking Up: A Meditation Course? Here are 6 similar Android apps on Google Play. The highest rated is Let's Meditate: Meditate, Rela (4.8/5), and all 6 are free to download.
-
Let's Meditate: Meditate, Rela 4.8
-
Mindfulness.com Meditation App 4.6
-
Expand: Beyond Meditation 4.3
-
Chopra: Meditation & Wellbeing 3.5
-
Unwinding Anxiety® 4.6
-
Simple Habit: Meditation 4.6
| App | Rating | Price | Installs | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waking Up: A Meditation Course | 4.8 / 5 | Free | 500,000+ | Jun 27, 2020 |
| Let's Meditate: Meditate, Rela | 4.8 / 5 | Free | 1,000,000+ | Jun 17, 2026 |
| Mindfulness.com Meditation App | 4.6 / 5 | Free | 10,000+ | – |
| Expand: Beyond Meditation | 4.3 / 5 | Free | 100+ | – |
| Chopra: Meditation & Wellbeing | 3.5 / 5 | Free | 50+ | – |
| Unwinding Anxiety® | 4.6 / 5 | Free | 100,000+ | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Simple Habit: Meditation | 4.6 / 5 | Free | 1,000,000+ | Dec 2, 2024 |
Similar apps on Google Play
- Let's Meditate: Meditate, Rela
- Mindfulness.com Meditation App
- Expand: Beyond Meditation
- Chopra: Meditation & Wellbeing
- Unwinding Anxiety®
- Simple Habit: Meditation
- Ten Percent Happier - Meditati
- Serenity: Guided Meditation
- Meditation Moments
- The Mindfulness App
- Chakra Healing - Tibetan Bowls
- Medito: Meditation & Sleep
- Insight Timer - Meditation App
- Breethe - Meditation & Sleep
- 7Mind: Meditation reinvented
- Namatata - Calm Meditation, Re
- Headspace: Mindful Meditation
- Rhythmic Breathing. Meditation
- buddhify - mindfulness meditat
- Grace: Hypnosis & Meditation
- Smiling Mind
- Balance: Meditation & Sleep
- 29k: Mental Health & Wellbeing
- Wim Hof Method®
- Synctuition MindSpa Meditation
- FitMind: Mind Training
- Lumenate: Meditation & Sleep
- Breathe: relax & focus
- Brightmind Meditation
- Mindfulness Coach
- CBT Companion: Therapy app
- Healthy Minds Program
- Mind: Spirituality & Intuition
- Reveri: Self-Hypnosis
- Mindvalley: Self-Improvement
- MindShift CBT - Anxiety Relief
- Anxiety Relief Hypnosis - Stre
- Slowdive: Guided Meditation &
- WorldWithin Lucid Dreaming App
- Meditate & Sleep Hypnosis: MT
- Aura: Meditations, Sleep & Min
- Relax & Sleep Well Hypnosis
- MindBreath Breathing exercises
- Sensa
- Curable Pain Relief
- Deep Meditate: Relax & Sleep
- Happiz
- Flowdreaming for Manifesting a
- Calm - Sleep, Meditate, Relax
- Healing Frequencies 2022
- Plum Village: Zen Guided Medit
- Meditation | Down Dog
- The Tapping Solution
- Liferise: Sleep, Meditation, M
- Othership: Guided Breathwork
- Thinkladder - Self-awareness
- being: my mental health friend
- Selfpause: Daily Affirmations
- Justly: Systems, Habits, Goals
- Lumosity Mind - Meditation App
- Evolve: Self-Care & Meditation
- Epsy - for seizures & epilepsy
- One Deep Breath: Relax & Sleep
- Kundalini Lounge
- Headway: Fun & Easy Growth
- Meditation & Relaxation: Guide
- Bookey: Self Growth in 30 Min
- My Vision Board | Manifestie
- Meomind - Listen to therapy
- Reflect: Christian Mindfulness
- HypnoBox: Hypnosis & Sleep
- Breathwrk: Breathing Exercises
- Intellect: Create A Better You
- Sleep & Meditation : Wysa
- CalmRadio.com - Relaxing Music
- Meditation Studio
- Wizdom: Self Growth Challenge
- Unplug: Meditation
- IAmEars for Anxiety & Stress
- Binaural Beats Brain Waves
- Awakened Mind: Mindfulness app
- Anxiety Relief by RelaxifyApp
- Growth Mindset AI Coach Rocky
- Three Good Things
- Relaxation Music & Sounds
- Reverie: 30 day meditation Cha
- Prana Breath: Calm & Meditate
- Shift - Guided Personal Growth
- Mindfulness with Petit BamBou
- I can - Daily Affirmations
- Calm Sleep: Sleep & Meditation