Library and organization · 5-app comparison
Whether the app lets you create and manage playlists.
Balance 
Headspace 
Meditopia 
Smiling Mind 
Waking Up Compare custom self-hypnosis creation and editing controls; existing recordings and clinical hypnotherapy are different offerings. Choosing a self-hypnosis app
Compare guided reflection, journaling and personalization tools for exploring how you see yourself. Self-concept journal prompts
Compare creating affirmation audio, cloning your voice, recording narration and replay controls. Own-voice app guide
Compare creating and revising original guided meditations, including scripts, voices, pauses and generation allowances. Create a custom meditation
Compare creating and editing personal tapping audio, rather than access to a library of recorded sessions. Choosing an EFT tapping app
Compare creating guided rehearsal audio around your goals, context and preferred pacing. What is mental rehearsal?
Compare custom yoga guidance, practice preferences and playback. See the guide for instructor-led class libraries. Choosing a yoga app
| Features1 selected | Balance Balance Premium | Headspace Headspace individual | Meditopia Meditopia Premium | Smiling Mind Free | Waking Up Waking Up membership |
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| 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.
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No listed support
Headspace: The individual app combines an expert-recorded practice library with Ebb's reflective conversation and content recommendations. Separate clinical care subscriptions are excluded. 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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No listed support
Meditopia: Consumer features include a narrated library, personal programs and SOUL conversation; recommendations do not establish new audio production. The assessment concerns this specific control, rather than general access to wellness content. Our review found no listed support for this criterion; this is a published-feature assessment, not an explicit vendor denial.
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Scheduled Routine
A Routine combines and schedules selected sessions. It is not documented as a continuous-play playlist queue.
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Yes
Create playlists and add bookmarked catalogue sessions to one or more lists.
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Sources for 1 features across Balance, Headspace, Meditopia, 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: 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.
Headspace: The individual app combines an expert-recorded practice library with Ebb's reflective conversation and content recommendations. Separate clinical care subscriptions are excluded. 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.
Meditopia: Consumer features include a narrated library, personal programs and SOUL conversation; recommendations do not establish new audio production. The assessment concerns this specific control, rather than general access to wellness content. Our review found no listed support for this criterion; this is a published-feature assessment, not an explicit vendor denial.
A Routine combines and schedules selected sessions. It is not documented as a continuous-play playlist queue.
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