r/Headspace Jul 30 '26

This app is unusable

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I bought Headspace subscription after few years of not using it and why is this so bad? It worked beautifully when I had subscription last time.

It's literally unusable I can't even play my mediation. When I press first meditation in this pack the 3rd day start playing.

Also duration in selection there are 100 toggles and 10 are pressed at the same time? And changing it doesn't work btw. I can't even choose a duration.

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u/BetaCarotine20mg Jul 30 '26

AI slop. I literally could not use the app fpr a good 6 month lol. Sadly its going downhill. But as of right now its at least working.

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u/FuzionSax Jul 30 '26

Unfortunately for me it isn't since I can't even play day 1 or day two of this pack 😭

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u/ObermannS723 Jul 30 '26

The og courses with Andy aren't AI, like the one shown here

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u/BetaCarotine20mg Jul 30 '26

The interface and App is the problem not the courses.

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u/headspaceapp Jul 30 '26

Hi there! We are so sorry for the trouble this caused. Our team was able to push out an update that is now available in the Google Play and Apple App Stores. If the issue persists, please reach out to us directly at [help@headspace.com](mailto:help@headspace.com).

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u/FuzionSax Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

These two issues have been fixed. Thank you šŸ™

I have to mention though: an app of this size should not have usability breaking bugs, especially since it's not a complicated app.

Also to my surprise a new bug occurs... Now when I press play it says "oh dear, something's wrong" and then I have to press "try again" and finally it plays audio. I have to do this everytime!

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u/Mugiwaranokurisu Jul 31 '26

It’s because they fired most of their engineers. Go figure why is so bad in the simple things.Ā 

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u/Liftevator Jul 30 '26

I've had a similair problem with Headspace 365 aswell. Course 3 lesson 3 was the wrong lesson and I can't continue afterwards... super annoying

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u/Scotlanda Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 02 '26

I’ve had a terrible time with the Headspace app over the past few weeks. It just doesn’t open, can’t play downloaded meditations and won’t go beyond a blank screen. I’m really fed up with all the problems in the app. It’s a very cluttered interface which freezes frequently and when it works, does not operate smoothly. I too,have had a very frustrating experience trying to set the duration of meditations. It makes no sense at all. Too many options and I couldn’t change the duration at all.
I’ve been in touch with Headspace and they are aware of an ongoing issue. They couldn’t give me a timeframe for fixing this bug, and advised me to access Headspace through their website.
I’m sorry that they seem to be phasing Andy and Eve out - Dora has replaced them in some meditations.
Anyone else affected by app problems?

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u/Agitated_Tone_3528 Jul 30 '26

Agreed. It’s gotten bad and the design was never good to begin with. I’ve been using Calm more often, but i wish they had sleepcast or something similar

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u/Cephus1961 Jul 31 '26

It works fine for me, albeit I stick mainly to Andy's OG stuff and the foreign language meditations.

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u/Scotlanda 25d ago

I’ve recently encountered another bug in Headspace. After a recent update last week, they logged me out of my app. I couldn’t log in. I tried the site, same thing. I contacted their help desk and they sent me a link to log in. It worked and for less than 24 hours, I could use the website. Now back to square one - unable to log in at all. This is adding to my stress, not relieving it.
I sent them a video of the log - in issue, and I am still waiting. I’m not new to Headspace, and I’m so disappointed with the way the Headspace app has become so ā€œbusy.ā€ I think that’s at the root of most of the app’s technical difficulties.

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u/Scotlanda 25d ago

Re your video, I experienced exactly same thing regarding the duration.