# Unwinding by Sharecare

> Unwind your stress and worry

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.sharecare.Unwinding](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.sharecare.Unwinding)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.sharecare.Unwinding`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Sharecare
- **Category:** HEALTH\_AND\_FITNESS
- **Downloads:** 25,315
- **Rating:** 4.10 / 5 (74 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.2.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-04-14
- **First published:** 2021-06-14
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 26 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sharecare.Unwinding)
- **Website:** [https://www.unwindingbysharecare.com](https://www.unwindingbysharecare.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.unwindingbysharecare.com/terms/](https://www.unwindingbysharecare.com/terms/)

## Description

**Unwinding by Sharecare** is a free Chrome extension designed to help users manage everyday stress and build healthier mental habits through evidence-based mini courses and practical tools. Created by Sharecare's Behavioral Health team in collaboration with Dr. Jud Brewer, this digital therapeutic guides you in understanding how your brain works, retraining negative habits such as anxiety, procrastination, burnout, and overeating.

The extension offers easy, quick-start practices that foster calmness, mindfulness, and focus, empowering you to cope with life's unpredictability. Special courses cater to clinicians addressing burnout and empathy fatigue, delivering tailored support. By tapping into expert techniques, Unwinding helps users reduce stress, enhance mental resilience, and regain control of their wellbeing anytime, anywhere.

## Rankings

- #395,759 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE`
- `com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE`
- `com.sharecare.Unwinding.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users appreciate the app's comforting lessons and easy-to-follow self-care courses that fit into daily life with adjustable notifications. However, multiple users report technical issues such as the app locking up or not working properly after updates and problems with login codes. Some users find the basic options limited and suggest seeking alternatives for better guided meditation and self-care content.

### Pros

- Provides comforting and wonderful lessons and tools
- Easy to understand and implement self-care courses
- Allows adjustable notifications to fit into users' lives
- Short daily sessions that make a significant difference

### Cons

- App stops working or locks up after updates
- Login code issues preventing access for some users
- Basic options are limited and may not meet expectations

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.sharecare.Unwinding)