Personalization and memory · 5-app comparison
Save a personal practice technique or recipe for future use.
Down Dog 
Insight Timer 
Smiling Mind 
The Tapping Solution 
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 | Down Dog Down Dog membership | Insight Timer MemberPlus | Smiling Mind Free | The Tapping Solution Premium | Waking Up Waking Up membership |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add your own practice technique |
No listed support
Down Dog's reviewed practice, progress, library and device documentation do not list this capability. This is our assessment of the reviewed documentation, not an explicit vendor denial.
Supporting sources:
Source checked . Availability can change.
Timer presets
Named timer presets can preserve a personally configured practice setup; they do not store a new narrated technique or script recipe.
Supporting sources:
Source checked . Availability can change.
No listed support
Smiling Mind: Its free consumer app offers publisher-made sessions, mental-fitness activities and configurable routines. Recommendations and listening history do not establish conversational memory or custom technique creation. Our review found no listed support for this criterion; this is a published-feature assessment, not an explicit vendor denial.
Supporting sources:
Source checked . Availability can change.
No listed support
The Tapping Solution's reviewed library, progress, playback and device documentation do not list this capability. This is our assessment of the reviewed documentation, not an explicit vendor denial.
Supporting sources:
Source checked . Availability can change.
No listed support
Waking Up: Its documented offering consists of recorded teaching, configurable listening, playlists, and a meditation timer. Recommendations and listening history do not establish conversational memory or custom technique creation. Our review found no listed support for this criterion; this is a published-feature assessment, not an explicit vendor denial.
Supporting sources:
Source checked . Availability can change.
Sources for 1 features across Down Dog, Insight Timer, Smiling Mind, The Tapping Solution, 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.
Named timer presets can preserve a personally configured practice setup; they do not store a new narrated technique or script recipe.
Checked . Sources: [1]
Smiling Mind: Its free consumer app offers publisher-made sessions, mental-fitness activities and configurable routines. Recommendations and listening history do not establish conversational memory or custom technique creation. Our review found no listed support for this criterion; this is a published-feature assessment, not an explicit vendor denial.
Waking Up: Its documented offering consists of recorded teaching, configurable listening, playlists, and a meditation timer. Recommendations and listening history do not establish conversational memory or custom technique creation. Our review found no listed support for this criterion; this is a published-feature assessment, not an explicit vendor denial.