Is Headspace: Sleep & Meditate Safe for Kids?
Age rating is set by Google Play, not by Unstar. This page explains it and adds what parents report in reviews. Not affiliated with Headspace for Meditation, Mindfulness and Sleep.
What Headspace: Sleep & Meditate's age rating means
Headspace: Sleep & Meditate holds a family-friendly Everyone rating on the Google Play. It is broadly appropriate, but a low age rating does not remove every risk: check whether it has chat, ads, or in-app purchases below.
Things for parents to check
- Headspace: Sleep & Meditate offers in-app purchases. Without a purchase password or spending limit, a child can run up charges. Set up Ask to Buy (iOS) or a Play purchase PIN (Android).
What parents and users report about Headspace: Sleep & Meditate
Users primarily complain about the app being entirely paid with no free access, misleading claims of a 7-day free trial that doesn't work, and technical issues like app crashes or login problems.
Summarized from 74 recent 1-3 star reviews. These are user reports, not verified claims.
How to keep your child safe with Headspace: Sleep & Meditate
Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions. Set an age limit for apps, require Ask to Buy for purchases, and restrict or remove Headspace: Sleep & Meditate if it is above your child's age.
Use Google Family Link to approve installs, set a Play Store content rating limit, require purchase approval, and block or uninstall Headspace: Sleep & Meditate on your child's device.
Headspace: Sleep & Meditate for kids: frequently asked questions
Is Headspace: Sleep & Meditate safe for kids?
Headspace: Sleep & Meditate carries a family-friendly official rating (Everyone) on the Google Play. That makes it broadly suitable, but even family-rated apps can include chat, ads, or in-app purchases, so check the factors below.
What age rating does Headspace: Sleep & Meditate have?
The Google Play rates Headspace: Sleep & Meditate as Everyone. This is the store's own content rating, set from the app's features and content, not our opinion. Use it as the starting point for whether it fits your child's age.
Can my child use Headspace: Sleep & Meditate safely?
If you decide to allow it, use device parental controls: Screen Time and Content & Privacy Restrictions on iPhone, or Family Link and Play Store parental controls on Android. Turn on purchase approval, set age-appropriate content limits, and keep the account under your family group so you can see activity.
How do I block or remove Headspace: Sleep & Meditate from my child's phone?
On iPhone, open Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions, then restrict or delete the app and block reinstalling it. On Android, open Family Link, select your child, find Headspace: Sleep & Meditate and block or uninstall it. You can also set a store age limit so apps above your child's age cannot be installed.