The best Android apps to take a breather and relax

Finding a minute to relax isn’t always easy with the frenetic pace of daily life. Not everyone has time to physically go to a yoga or meditation class – which is why Android is an ideal host for apps designed to help clear the chakras. With meditation and the search for inner peace in mind, we’ve put together this list of the best free relaxation apps you can find on Android.

Daily Yoga

Thanks to this app, you can regularly do yoga to put both your mind and your body into that state of wellbeing that we’re all after. One of its strong points is that the explanations for each exercise are highly illustrative, explaining at all times how to do the various poses. If you’re left wanting more, check out our list of yoga apps to find the one that suits you best. [Download]

Sleepo: Relaxing Sounds

Relaxing with sounds is simple as pie thanks to Sleepo. This app lets you create different sound combos to generate a composition that helps you meditate or sleep. Its stylized interface makes that task extremely simple and plus you can set how long you want the sounds to play with the built-in timer. [Download]

Colorfy

One of the latest trends in relaxation is based on coloring in images, which this app is terrific for thanks to its variety and ease of use. It’s got tons of illustrations to color in, with everything from mandalas to natural landscapes to proper works of art. Plus if you want you can share the final result with the always-active Colorfy community. If you don’t opt for this app, there are tons of other ones in our post on the best Android coloring apps for adults. [Download]

Fabulous

Although the point of this app isn’t to relax but rather create a routine of healthy habits, Fabulous includes features to help you steal that time to breathe that you need so badly. We’ve extolled this app’s virtues before, so all that’s left is to remember that it has various meditation and yoga activities to help you in your daily life. Plus it’s one of the best-designed apps to be found on Android, a bonus that – along with its wide-ranging possibilities – is sure to turn a lot of heads. [Download]

Conscious

The idea behind this app is to help you raise your consciousness of what’s around you based on daily challenges that assign you a small task. Each day a small message gives you an instruction to stop and think about the little things that we often ignore on this bullet train that is modern life. An interesting app that helps you improve your day-to-day living. [Download]

Calm

This app has different tools whose main aim is to help you relax. Its programs lead you through lessons on breathing, meditation, and healthy sleep. You have to go through several steps to complete each series of exercises, all liberally seasoned with videos explaining how to improve your inner wellbeing. Plus it’s got different wallpapers and sounds to help you live calmer and more relaxed. A terrific app for relaxation. [Download]

Relax Melodies: Sleep and Yoga

If you want to enter a state of relaxation using sounds, there’s nothing better than this app to do it. It lets you compose a sort of harmonic relaxation melody by picking a number of different sounds and combining them into the perfect ambient soundtrack. Plus it’s got meditation classes to help you along the way. A highly interesting app that not only helps your inner tranquility but also provides tools to be creative. [Download]