Carving out time for meditation can be a soothing experience with these apps.

Calm offers hundreds of meditations, and its Daily Calm series serves up a new 10-minute guided meditation every day to help you carve out a regular moment of mindfulness. This series tackles topics including releasing attachments, navigating grief and practising gratitude.

On Headspace’s Today tab, view meditations for starting your day, getting an afternoon lift and winding down at night. The Shine collection features meditations by teachers committed to supporting marginalised communities.

The generative music app Endel composes an endless soundscape in real time, tailored to where you are and your activity level. Head to the Scenarios section for soundscapes specifically designed for mindfulness.

Open is a design-forward mindfulness studio that taps into a range of modalities. The app surfaces a different meditation, breathwork exercise, movement or sound class each day. (One of our favourites, “Espresso Shot,” provides a quick boost.)

Evolve offers mental-health resources specific to the LGBTQ+ community – all created in collaboration with a global network of therapists. Try one of the app’s guided meditations, such as “Love yourself with pride,” designed to foster self-love.

Beautiful, glowing mandalas are at the heart of the Apple Design Award finalist Meditate. This simple meditation timer and tracker is surprisingly effective at inspiring a daily practice, thanks to the way its elegant designs grow a little every time you meet your meditation goals.

This encyclopedic meditation app has sessions geared to just about everything – stress reduction, relationship building, self-care and more. You can also join workshops and live events hosted by Insight Timer’s mindfulness experts.

If you’re looking to sleep better, manage anxiety or get help with difficult situations, turn to Breethe’s meditations, visualisations, hypnotherapy sessions and affirmations.

Sometimes a timer is all you need. Zenitizer’s easy-to-use design makes settling into your next meditation session a delight. Try adding lush sounds, such as nature or wind, to accompany your time – and save a session as a routine to revisit it again.