How Much Is Calm?
Calm subscription price, next to Stella
Updated
Calm's subscribe page lists $16.99 a month or $79.99 a year, as of October 2026. Stella is your emotional wellness AI: tell her what happened, by voice or text.
Stella is not therapy and is not a substitute for professional care.
At a glance
Stella
A conversation with an AI, by voice or text. No meditation library, no sleep audio.
$9.99 a month or $59.99 a year in the US
Calm
An app for sleep, meditation and relaxation, with sleep sounds, breathing exercises and mindfulness programs, per its App Store listing.
$16.99 a month or $79.99 a year on its subscribe page, as of October 2026
How much is a Calm subscription?
Calm's own subscribe page lists a monthly plan at $16.99 and a yearly plan at $79.99, in US dollars, as of October 2026. It also describes Calm's enhanced features as available by monthly, yearly or lifetime subscription.
Calm's US App Store listing shows ten in-app purchases from $14.99 to $79.99, nine named Calm Premium and one named Calm Subscription. Two of them, $16.99 and $79.99, match the subscribe page.
Calm's terms say a recurring Calm Premium subscription renews automatically until it is canceled.
What is Calm?
Calm is an app for sleep, meditation and relaxation, according to its US App Store listing. The listing describes:
- Sleep sounds, breathing exercises and mindfulness programs
- Sleep Stories, bedtime stories for adults narrated by Matthew McConaughey, Stephen Fry, P!nk, Bob Ross and others
Is Calm worth it?
It depends on what you want. Calm's listing describes sleep sounds, bedtime stories, breathing exercises and mindfulness programs, so it fits if you want those to play when you choose. If what you want is to talk something through, by voice or text, that is what Stella is for.
The key difference
Calm is content you play. Stella is a conversation.
With Stella, you do the talking, by voice or text, about what happened or what you keep putting off. She keeps what you've told her in mind, tells you straight but kindly, and helps you find the words or choose a small step when you're ready. She has no meditation library and no sleep audio.
Tell Stella what happened. Even the part you're still figuring out.
When to choose each
I want something to help me fall asleep or unwind
Calm (fits better)
Sleep sounds, Sleep Stories, breathing exercises and mindfulness programs, per its listing.
Stella
No sleep content or meditation sessions. She is a conversation.
I'm spiraling at 3am and can't stop my thoughts
Stella (fits better)
Say what's happening. She replies to tonight and keeps what you've told her in mind.
Calm
Sleep sounds, Sleep Stories and breathing exercises.
I just had a fight with my partner and need to process
Stella (fits better)
Tell her what happened. She helps you find the words for what you want to say, when you're ready.
Calm
Breathing exercises and mindfulness programs, if you want to settle first.
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Calm vs Stella, feature by feature
| Feature | Stella | Calm |
|---|---|---|
| In its own words | A friend to figure it out with. | An app for sleep, meditation and relaxation |
| What you do | Talk, by voice or text | Sleep sounds, stories and breathing exercises |
| Spiraling at 3am | Say what's happening and she replies (fits better) | Sleep sounds, Sleep Stories, breathing exercises |
| Sleep content | None. No stories or sounds. | Sleep Stories and sleep sounds (fits better) |
| Meditation and mindfulness | None. A conversation. | Mindfulness programs, breathing exercises (fits better) |
| Best for | Talking something through as it happens | Sleep and relaxation |
| Price | $9.99/month or $59.99/year (US) | $16.99/mo or $79.99/yr |
Apps like Calm
Five apps people weigh against Calm, each described the way its maker describes it. Prices are as of October 2026.
Compare: Headspace cost and Ebb AIHeadspace
An expert-led guide to mental health, mindfulness and meditation, with an AI companion, Ebb.
Compare: Wysa app cost and apps like WysaWysa
Calls itself "an emotionally intelligent chatbot that uses AI". In-app purchases run from $4.99 to $144.99.
Compare: Finch Plus cost and apps like FinchFinch
A self-care pet app. Finch Plus costs $9.99 a month or $69.99 a year, per Finch's Help Center.
How We Feel
Helps people find the right word for how they feel. It costs nothing to download and shows no in-app purchases.
The honest take
Calm suits you if you want sleep sounds, Sleep Stories, breathing exercises or mindfulness programs to play when you choose. Stella suits you if you want to talk something through, by voice or text.
Stella is for adults. She is not therapy and is not a substitute for professional care, and she is not for someone in crisis. You can use both. For breathing you can try on your own, see Breathing Exercises for Anxiety: Beyond 'Just Breathe'. Weighing Calm against Headspace? See Headspace vs Calm.
How we made this comparison
StellaLabs makes Stella. Every statement here about another app comes from that company's own App Store listing, website or help pages (or an archived copy), or a regulator's public release, or, where the page says so, Apple's search results or whether a site loads, as of . Prices change, so check the listing before you buy; we did not test the other apps.
Sources (8)
- Calm subscribe page, calm.com (opens in a new tab)
- Calm terms, calm.com (opens in a new tab)
- Calm on the US App Store (opens in a new tab)
- Headspace on the US App Store (opens in a new tab)
- Wysa on the US App Store (opens in a new tab)
- Finch on the US App Store (opens in a new tab)
- Finch Plus Pricing, Finch Help Center (opens in a new tab)
- How We Feel on the US App Store (opens in a new tab)
Questions about Calm and Stella
How much is a Calm subscription?
Calm's subscribe page lists a monthly plan at $16.99 and a yearly plan at $79.99, in US dollars, as of October 2026. Its US App Store listing shows ten in-app purchases, nine of them named Calm Premium, from $14.99 to $79.99.
What is Calm?
Calm is an app for sleep, meditation and relaxation, according to its US App Store listing, which describes sleep sounds, breathing exercises and mindfulness programs.
Does Calm Premium renew automatically?
Yes, a recurring Calm Premium subscription does, according to Calm's terms. It renews automatically for each subscription period you select, until you cancel it. Read the offer on the purchase screen before you subscribe.
Is Calm worth it?
It depends on what you want. Calm's US App Store listing describes sleep sounds, bedtime stories, breathing exercises and mindfulness programs, and its subscribe page lists $16.99 a month or $79.99 a year, as of October 2026. If you want those to play when you choose, Calm has them and Stella doesn't.
What are some apps like Calm?
Apps like Calm include Headspace, Wysa, Finch, How We Feel and Stella. Going by their App Store listings, Headspace is an expert-led guide to mental health, mindfulness and meditation, Wysa describes itself as an emotionally intelligent chatbot that uses AI, Finch is a self-care pet app, and How We Feel helps you find the right word for how you feel. Stella is an AI you talk to, by voice or text.
What is Stella?
Stella is your emotional wellness AI. Tell Stella what happened, or what you keep putting off, by voice or text. She keeps what you've told her in mind, tells you straight but kindly, and helps you find the words or choose a small step when you're ready. No streaks, nothing to log.
How much does Stella cost?
In the US, Stella is $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year. The App Store shows your local price and renewal terms before you buy.
Is Stella therapy?
No. Stella is not therapy and is not a substitute for professional care.
Tell Stella what happened.
Even the part you're still figuring out. Download the app or send her a text. The app is free to download; a subscription is required to keep using it.
Stella is not therapy and is not a substitute for professional care.
Keep comparing
Other tools people weigh against Stella when they are deciding the same thing.
- Headspace vs CalmHeadspace vs Calm from their own US pages: what each offers and costs as of Oct 2026, and when to talk it through with Stella instead.
- Headspace cost and Ebb AIHeadspace's AI, Ebb, launched in October 2024, per its press page. What Headspace costs, whether it fits, and apps like Headspace.
- Finch Plus cost and apps like FinchFinch Plus costs $9.99 a month or $69.99 a year per Finch's Help Center as of Oct 2026. What it adds and apps like Finch.
- What happened to the Sanvello appSanvello's old homepage said "Sanvello is now AbleTo." As of Oct 2026 the app is not on the US App Store. Where to go next.
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