Waking Up Reviews

I’ve been using this app for a bit, and I do really appreciate that the lessons are secular. That’s kind of what I was looking for. I guess my only hesitation is that some of the talks can feel a little long sometimes, but overall I’ve liked the experience.

I started using this maybe a few weeks ago, or sometime last month, and it’s been easy to follow so far. If you’re new to it, it feels like a good place to start without getting overwhelmed.

I’ve been using this when I’m getting ready for bed, and it does seem to help me feel a bit calmer. Nothing over the top, but it makes it easier to relax and settle in for the night.

I’ve found some of the courses to be really interesting, but the overall layout is a bit hit or miss. Sometimes the order feels random, and I’m left wondering what I’m supposed to do next. The content itself is good, I just wish the path through it was clearer...

I originally downloaded it for the meditation stuff, but the philosophy talks are the reason I keep coming back. The episodes about the self, free will, and consciousness are surprisingly easy to follow, even when they wander into strange territory.
Not every one is a favorite, and I’m guessing some of it probably lands differently depending on your mood, but I like having something that makes me think while I’m out walking or trying to wind down at night. It doesn’t feel as preachy as a lot of other apps, more like someone gently poking at better questions

I’ve had a good experience with Waking Up overall. Some of the lessons really got me thinking, and I do like that it mixes meditation with longer talks. That said, based on the parts I’ve used, it can sometimes feel a little too serious or drawn out for what I’m looking for. There are sections I really like, and others I end up skipping. It’s definitely not bad, just not something I find myself opening every day.

I tried wakingup.com because I was hoping it might help with my anxiety and just... my mental health in general. But it kind of had the opposite effect for me. The sessions felt a bit too serious and intense, and instead of calming down, I found myself overthinking even more. Maybe it’s great for other people, but for me, I didn’t really feel any real benefit.

I actually like the app a lot and it has some really nice features, but the monthly price feels way too high for what it is. It’s good, just not quite worth paying that much every month

I’ve been happy with how much there is to listen to. There are tons of talks, meditations, and lessons, so I don’t really find myself getting bored with it, at least not so far

This has a lot more depth than I thought it would. I usually get impatient if something takes too long to click, but there’s actually enough here to keep me poking around.

I’ve been using Waking Up mostly with headphones, and as someone who gets distracted really easily by bad audio, I’ve been impressed. The voices come through super clear, there’s no weird background noise, and I haven’t noticed any annoying volume jumps. Even the longer sessions feel smooth and easy to listen to. I didn’t think the sound quality would matter that much, but it really does make it easier for me to stick with it.

I signed up thinking it would be easy to cancel if I changed my mind, but it ended up being more annoying than I expected, haha. Even after I canceled, I still got charged and had to go back and forth to get it sorted out. The app itself might be fine, but the whole billing experience left a bad taste. I don’t really feel like using it again.

I’ve been using Waking Up pretty much every day for months, and it’s been solid. Sessions open quickly, downloads actually work, and it picks up right where I left off. Nothing flashy to complain about, it just does what it’s supposed to do, which I really appreciate.

I signed up thinking there was decent free option, but pretty much most of stuff I wanted to use was locked. The app kept nudging me toward paid access, which got annoying after while. Maybe it’s good if you pay, but free version felt way too limited and a bit misleading to me

I had an issue logging in and, yeah, I was a bit unsure at first because I didn’t hear back right away. Support did get back to me the next day though, and they fixed it without any trouble. Overall it was fine, I just kind of wish the first response had been a little quicker

I actually like the sessions themselves, but the progress tracking has been really frustrating. Some days just don’t show up, my streak randomly resets, and it doesn’t accurately show what I’ve completed. I tried reaching out for help, but it felt like I was just dealing with automated replies and never got to talk to an actual person. For an app that’s supposed to help with building habits, the tracking being this unreliable is disappointing.

The teachers seem good and know what they're doing... I just wish it wasn't so pricey.

I used Waking Up for a few months, mostly in the mornings, and I did notice it helped me slow down a little before the day got going. Some sessions had a nice calming effect, the kind where you realize afterward you were carrying more tension than you thought.
That said, it wasn’t always what I was looking for. A lot of the content leans thoughtful and lecture-like, and sometimes I just wanted someone to guide me through a simple meditation without getting too into the bigger ideas around awareness and all of that.
I wouldn’t say it’s a bad app at all, and I can see why people really connect with it. For me, though, it didn’t quite become something I felt pulled back to enough to justify keeping the subscription going.

I really like a lot of the sessions and have found them helpful, but the app itself can feel a little clunky sometimes. It usually takes me a few taps to get back to what I was listening to, and the layout isn’t always super clear. Playback works fine most of the time, but it has frozen on me once or twice. Overall, it’s not bad at all, I just wish it was a bit easier to use.