# Beginning: Sleep & Meditation

> Sound Therapy & Binaural Beats

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1166940722](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1166940722)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1166940722`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Synctuition OÜ
- **Category:** Health & Fitness
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (18,203 ratings)
- **Version:** 4.9.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-11
- **First published:** 2016-12-14
- **Size:** 143 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/beginning-sleep-meditation/id1166940722)
- **Website:** [https://beginning.com/](https://beginning.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://beginning.com/privacy-policy](https://beginning.com/privacy-policy)

## Description

**Beginning** is a sleep and meditation app designed to help quiet racing thoughts without lessons, streaks, or complicated routines. Press play and experience immersive 3D sound journeys combining binaural beats, calming frequencies, ASMR, and nature recordings to support relaxation, stress relief, focus, and deeper sleep.

Explore 10 levels of 25-minute audio journeys, soothing sleep soundscapes, white noise, rain and ocean sounds, background music, and a Clarity Test to track how you feel over time. Beginning offers a 7-day free trial followed by an optional yearly subscription, with research-backed sound therapy developed for simple, accessible listening.

## Rankings

- #12,543 — Overall
- #11 — The Best Audio Focus Apps

## Review summary

User reviews consistently praise MindSpa's meditations and soothing sound journeys, with many calling it relaxing, calming, and impactful, and value the breadth of content, including binaural-beat sessions. However, recurring complaints focus on technical issues: frequent freezing and crashes, login disruptions, repeated subscription prompts and billing frustrations, and unreliable offline/download functionality. A few reviewers also note a lack of timely updates and feature changes like removed intros. Overall, positive core content is offset by persistent stability and UX problems.

### Pros

- Excellent meditations and binaural-beat sessions that many users find relaxing and life-changing.
- Soothing sound journeys with calming vocals and nature sounds, good for sleep and mindfulness.
- Extensive, growing library with new content and features; many users feel it’s worth the price.
- Strong overall value and dedication to the practice; lifetime option is highly valued by users.

### Cons

- Frequent freezing/crashing and overall unreliability; app often won’t load or play.
- Repeated login/sign-in friction and prompts; users are constantly logged out or forced to re-enter credentials.
- Excessive promotional pop-ups and subscription prompts; confusing billing paths and difficulties with cancellation/refunds.
- Offline/download functionality is unreliable or inconsistent; content may not download or play without reinstalling.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1166940722)