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Create and manage playlists: Balance vs Calm vs Smiling Mind vs Waking Up

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    Create and manage playlists: details

    Balance

    No listed support

    Balance: Personalized Plans assemble prerecorded audio in response to goals, experience and obstacles; Singles, sleep audio and interactive breathing are also available. No matching personal-library organization control was listed in the reviewed account and playback documentation. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

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    Calm

    Yes

    Create and manage named playlists of meditations, stories and music. Timers, breathing exercises and movement content are excluded.

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    Smiling Mind

    Scheduled Routine

    A Routine combines and schedules selected sessions. It is not documented as a continuous-play playlist queue.

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    Sources and plan details

    Sources for 1 features across Balance, Calm, Smiling Mind, Waking Up. Annual prices show the full yearly charge in USD. “Limited” includes conditions. “No listed support” means the feature was not found in the reviewed official documentation.

    Balance 1 researched
    Create and manage playlists: No listed support

    Balance: Personalized Plans assemble prerecorded audio in response to goals, experience and obstacles; Singles, sleep audio and interactive breathing are also available. No matching personal-library organization control was listed in the reviewed account and playback documentation. This is an assessment of the reviewed published feature scope, not an explicit vendor denial.

    Checked . Sources: [1], [2], [3]

    Balance sources

    1. Balance personalization and product scope · Checked 2026-10-09
    2. Using Balance and session history · Checked 2026-10-09
    3. Balance US App Store description and billing · Checked 2026-10-09
    Calm 1 researched
    Create and manage playlists: Yes

    Create and manage named playlists of meditations, stories and music. Timers, breathing exercises and movement content are excluded.

    Checked . Sources: [1]

    Calm sources

    1. Calm custom playlists · Checked 2026-10-09
    Smiling Mind 1 researched
    Create and manage playlists: Scheduled Routine

    A Routine combines and schedules selected sessions. It is not documented as a continuous-play playlist queue.

    Checked . Sources: [1]

    Smiling Mind sources

    1. Smiling Mind app and Routine guide · Checked 2026-10-09
    Waking Up 1 researched
    Create and manage playlists: Yes

    Create playlists and add bookmarked catalogue sessions to one or more lists.

    Checked . Sources: [1], [2]

    Waking Up sources

    1. Waking Up app organization · Checked 2026-10-09
    2. Waking Up playlist bookmarks · Checked 2026-10-09