Meditation for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch
Learn to sit. See what shifts.
A quiet way to learn meditation, with no voice in your ear. Read a short lesson, sit with a few gentle prompts and a soft chime, then see how your mood and your body changed. Each day, Today's sit puts together one sit from what works for you.
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Free to start · Pro with a 14-day free trial · no account, no ads
Today's sit
One sit a day, made for you
Check in, say how long you have, and Sitlight puts together one sit from how you arrive and what has worked for you before.
From how you arrive
One touch on the colour field, and five, ten, fifteen or twenty minutes.
From what has worked for you
Your mood before and after earlier sits, and how far your heart rate settled. The more you sit, the more it has to go on.
With one line saying why
Such as “You arrived tense. What has settled you most: body practices.” It picks the practice, the length and how many prompts from lessons and prompts a person has reviewed, and never writes new guidance.
Free once a week. Every day with Pro.
How a session works
Read. Sit. Notice.
Every guided session has the same calm shape, so once you sit down there's nothing to figure out.
Read a short lesson
A page or so on what to practise today, and why. You read it at your own pace, before the timer starts.
Sit with gentle prompts
Short lines appear on screen as you sit, each marked by a very soft chime, so your eyes can stay closed between them. Sleepy, restless or lost? Tap Nudge for a tip.
Notice what shifted
Check in before and after with one touch on a colour field. The Shift card shows how you moved, and with Apple Watch, how your heart rate settled.
Foundations, the three-minute Reset, the timer, check-ins and the Shift card are free, always.
Courses
From your first sit to sitting on your own
Foundations takes ten short days, from five prompted minutes to ten minutes on your own. Each day has fewer prompts and more silence, until you don't need them.
Foundations Free
Ten days for complete beginners: posture and the breath, the wandering mind, a body scan, sound, noting, and then sitting on your own.
First Steps and a three-minute Reset Free
Short lessons on how to sit, and a reset for busy moments.
Focus Pro
Rest attention in one place, notice sooner when it drifts, and stay with the breath for longer.
Body Pro
Grounding, a slower scan, walking, softening tension, and the feeling tone of sensations.
Heart Pro
Kindness for a friend and for yourself, compassion in hard moments, gratitude, and good wishes for everyone.
Clarity Pro
Noting, watching thoughts, noticing change, open awareness, and meeting difficult emotions with care.
Advanced Pro
Long, quiet sits for when you're ready: twenty or thirty minutes with very few prompts and plenty of room to practise on your own.
Insights
See what works for you
Every sit adds a little to the picture: which practices, times of day and lengths leave you more at ease.
Every sit, as an arrow
The Shift card shows how your mood moved, in plain words. Insights draws every sit from check-in to check-out, and says where you usually start and end up.
Your heart, sit by sit Pro
The curve of each sit, how quickly you settled, and trends over weeks. Free shows your heart rate at the start, the lowest point and the end.
How each meditation works for you Pro
For each practice and session, the average change in your mood and how far your heart rate settled. With Apple Watch, it shows any heart-rate variability (HRV) reading taken during or just after a sit beside your usual, and after evening sits, compares that night's sleep and HRV with nights without a sit.
Patterns and your whole history Pro
Which practices and times of day lift your mood most, every sit you've logged, and an export for your own spreadsheet.
A letter about your week Pro
A short, honest note on your week of practice, written on your device.
Apple Health
Your sits are saved as Mindful Minutes and your check-ins as State of Mind, alongside the rest of your health.
Apple Watch
A tap on the wrist for every prompt
Start a sit on your iPhone and Sitlight opens on your watch by itself. Keep your eyes closed: a light tap marks each prompt, a firmer one each bell, and a final tap the end.
- Your heart rate every few seconds, for the Shift card and your insights
- Nothing saved as a workout: the sit goes to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes
- Free for everyone; the heart-rate curve comes with Pro
- No watch? Everything else works the same on iPhone and iPad
Timer
A timer that stays out of the way
For the days you just want to sit. Set it once, save it as a preset, and start in one tap.
Any length, or open-ended
From 1 to 180 minutes, with a warm-up, interval bells, and opening and closing words on screen if you like.
Soft bells and soft sound
A singing bowl, a temple bell or a soft chime, over soft music, gentle rain or silence. Pro adds a wooden bell, Drift, ocean and brown noise.
Presets and reminders Pro
Three presets are free; Pro keeps as many as you like and adds gentle reminders that bring you back mid-sit.
Private by design
Your practice stays yours
Sitlight has no account and no server. What you record stays on your devices.
No account
Open the app and sit. There's nothing to sign up for.
No ads, no tracking
No analytics, no advertising and no third-party code watching what you do.
Stored on your device
Your sits, check-ins and notes live on your iPhone or iPad. We don't have a server to send them to.
Health stays in Health
Mindful Minutes, State of Mind, heart rate, HRV and sleep stay in Apple Health and on your device. Never used for advertising, never shared.
Worked out on your device
Today's sit and how each meditation works for you are worked out on your device. So is the weekly letter, written by Apple Intelligence where it's available, or from a template.
Yours to delete
Delete every sit from Settings at any time. Deleting the app removes everything it stored.
Read the full privacy policy.
Pricing
Free to start. Pro when you want more.
Everything you need to learn to meditate is free, for good. Pro adds the skill paths, Today's sit every day, how each meditation works for you, every sound, your whole history and the heart-rate curves.
Free
US$0forever, no ads
Always included
- Foundations: ten days for beginners
- First Steps, the three-minute Reset and every Nudge tip
- The first session of every skill path
- Today's sit, once a week
- The timer, with three bells, soft music, rain or silence, and three presets
- Check-ins and the Shift card after every sit
- Apple Health, and your heart rate at the start, low point and end
- Insights from your last 30 days
- The Apple Watch app
Sitlight Pro
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Annual Save 58%
14 days free, then about US$3.33 a month, billed yearly
US$39.99 / year
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Monthly
Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
US$7.99 / month
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Family
Pro for up to six people through Family Sharing. 14 days free.
US$59.99 / year
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Lifetime
Pay once and keep Pro. US$79.99 in the first two months after launch.
US$99.99 once
Everything in Pro
- Focus, Body, Heart and Clarity, and the long Advanced sits
- Today's sit, every day
- How each meditation works for you: mood and heart rate, and with Apple Watch, HRV and sleep
- Every bell and background, reminders in timed sits, unlimited presets
- Your whole history, patterns and a spreadsheet export
- A letter about your week, written on your device
- Heart-rate curves, settle times and trends
Prices in US dollars; the App Store shows your local price. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and you can manage them in your Apple Account settings. Free trials are for new subscribers, one per person.
FAQ
Questions, answered
What is Today's sit?
One sit a day, put together on your iPhone. You place how you feel on the colour field and say how long you have, and Sitlight picks a practice, a length and how many prompts from what has worked for you before: how your mood changed in earlier sits, and how far your heart rate settled. It says why in one plain line, uses only lessons and prompts a person has reviewed, and never writes new guidance. It's free once a week and every day with Pro.
Is Sitlight free?
Yes. Foundations, First Steps, the three-minute Reset, the timer, check-ins, the Shift card, Today's sit once a week, Apple Health and the Apple Watch app are free, with no time limit and no ads. Pro is optional.
What does Pro add?
The four skill paths (Focus, Body, Heart and Clarity) and the long Advanced sits; Today's sit every day; how each meditation works for you, in mood and heart rate, and with Apple Watch, HRV and sleep; every bell and background; reminders in timed sits and unlimited presets; your whole history with patterns and a spreadsheet export; a letter about your week; and heart-rate curves, settle times and trends.
How much is Pro?
US$7.99 a month, or US$39.99 a year with a 14-day free trial (about US$3.33 a month). The Family plan is US$59.99 a year for up to six people, also with 14 days free, and Lifetime is US$99.99 once (US$79.99 in the first two months after launch). The App Store shows the price in your local currency.
How does the free trial work?
The yearly and family plans start with 14 days free for new subscribers. If you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends, you won't be charged. Each person can have one free trial.
How do I cancel?
In Sitlight, open Settings and tap Manage Subscription, or open the Settings app on your iPhone, tap your name, then Subscriptions. You keep Pro until the end of the period you've paid for.
Why is there no voice?
So you can practise in quiet, at your own pace. Each session starts with a short lesson to read, and during the sit a few short lines appear on screen, each with a very soft chime. Early days keep your eyes softly open on the prompts; later days close them and rely on the chime, until you don't need prompts at all.
Is the content written by AI?
Every lesson, prompt, tip and reminder is drafted with AI, then read, edited and approved line by line by a person before it goes into the app. Today's sit only chooses from those reviewed lines; it never writes new guidance. The weekly letter in Pro is different: it's written on your device by Apple Intelligence, or from a template where that isn't available, and it's labelled in the app. See how Sitlight is made.
I've never meditated. Is it for me?
Yes. Foundations is written for complete beginners: ten short days, five minutes at first, each with a lesson that explains what to try and why.
Do I need an Apple Watch?
No. Everything works on iPhone and iPad. With an Apple Watch, Sitlight also reads your heart rate every few seconds during a sit and taps your wrist for each prompt and bell. Heart-rate readings from other devices in Apple Health are used too.
Which devices does it run on?
iPhone and iPad with iOS 26 or iPadOS 26 or later, and Apple Watch with watchOS 26 or later, paired with your iPhone.
Does Family Sharing work?
Yes, with the Family plan: up to six people in your Family Sharing group get Pro, each on their own devices with their own private history. The other plans are for one person.
Where is my data, and does it sync?
Your sits stay on the device where you recorded them. There's no account and no sync between devices. Anything saved to Apple Health appears in Health as usual. See the privacy policy.
Can I get a refund?
Apple handles payments, so refunds go through Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com. If something isn't working, write to support@sitlight.app and we'll help.
Is Sitlight a substitute for therapy?
No. Sitlight is for practice and reflection, not medical care. If you're struggling, please reach out to someone; findahelpline.com lists free, confidential helplines in many countries.
Which languages is Sitlight in?
English. German, French, Spanish and Japanese versions are being prepared: the app is translated, and each language arrives once a native speaker has reviewed every line.
When can I download it?
Sitlight is coming soon to the App Store. This page will link to it on the day it's out.
More help: Support · support@sitlight.app
Five quiet minutes. See what shifts.
Sitlight is coming soon for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.
Coming soon to theApp Store