# Elephant Journal

> It's about the mindful life.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1475514543](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1475514543)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1475514543`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Elephant Journal
- **Category:** Lifestyle
- **Rating:** 4.90 / 5 (14,210 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.28
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-10
- **First published:** 2019-10-21
- **Size:** 7.42 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/elephant-journal/id1475514543)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.elephantjournal.com/privacy/](https://www.elephantjournal.com/privacy/)

## Description

Elephant Journal’s Chrome extension brings the magazine’s mindful living content to your browser. Browse articles, videos, and podcasts on meditation, yoga, relationships, green living, travel, and recipes with humor and journalistic integrity, cutting through fads. It adds Front Page picks, topic filters, notifications, and search to help you stay inspired throughout your day.

Interact by reading, hearting, commenting, and sharing to boost article scores and support authors. Enjoy two free articles per day, or subscribe for unlimited access with fewer ads at $3/month (billed annually at $36). Features include front-page editor picks, category browsing, alerts for replies and follows, and account controls for privacy and settings.

## Rankings

- #14,022 — Overall

## Review summary

Elephant Journal is praised for its uplifting, diverse, and grounding content from many authors, offering helpful, thought-provoking material that readers say calms and inspires. Yet the recurring negatives center on a punitive paywall: limited free access, expensive subscriptions, and opaque pricing. Some users also dislike ads presented as articles and report billing/refund frustrations. Overall, readers value the quality and variety but feel the business model hinders broad, ongoing access.

### Pros

- Inspiring, grounding, and healing content that readers find uplifting and soul-nourishing.
- Diverse authors and real-life perspectives across a wide range of topics.
- Calming, uplifting reading experience—refreshing alternative to social media.
- Free version available, providing some access without a subscription.
- Timely, creative, and thought-provoking articles readers value.

### Cons

- Paywalls and reading limits require a subscription for continued access, which many readers find expensive and frustrating.
- Shift from a free blog to a paid model, with dissatisfaction about value and changes in business model.
- Ads or product promos appearing as articles, confusing or disappointing readers.
- Billing issues and refunds; some users report difficulty with cancellation/refunds and hidden costs.
- Pricing and limits are opaque and limit long-term access.

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