Beginning: Sleep & Meditation
What is Beginning?
A sound-therapy app with guided audio journeys, sleep sounds, and relaxing background music.
Beginning offers 25-minute sound journeys that combine binaural beats, sound frequencies, and nature sounds. It also includes sleep soundscapes, background music, white noise, and a clarity test.
Pricing. Beginning is free to download, with in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Listening to a 25-minute sound journey before sleep
- Playing calming sounds while working or studying
- Checking a personal clarity score with the in-app test
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Why this app is in A tier
A tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Beginning scores 86 out of 100: rating 91, rating count 85, App Store search rank 70, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged and A tier follows from that score within this list.
Description
The sound-therapy app studied by university researchers - reset stress and sleep better in 25 minutes. Just press play.
Trusted by 10 million+ listeners, with 200,000+ five-star reviews.
Beginning is built for everyone who can't sit still long enough to meditate. No lessons, no streaks, no discipline required. Put on your headphones, close your eyes, and let immersive 3D sound do the work - deep sleep tonight, a fresh start tomorrow.
WHAT MAKES BEGINNING DIFFERENT
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Every audio journey blends binaural beats, calming sound frequencies, and nature sounds captured in real locations with three-dimensional recording technology. The result is sound so vivid and enveloping that racing thoughts quiet down on their own. If you can listen, you can do this.
3D SOUND JOURNEYS - NOW 10 LEVELS DEEP
Progress through ten levels of immersive 25-minute journeys, each one deeper and more personal than the last. NEW: Level 10 has arrived - six of our most advanced journeys yet, crafted for the deepest relaxation we've ever produced.
SLEEP SOUNDS & SOUND THERAPY
Drift off faster with soothing soundscapes made for deep sleep, stress relief, and anxious minds. Binaural beats, ASMR, gentle rain, ocean waves - your perfect night is in here.
BACKGROUND MUSIC
Set the ambience for any moment: focus while working or studying, unwind after a long day, or create a calm space at home with continuous relaxing music and white noise.
CLARITY TEST
How clear is your mind today? Answer a short series of questions and get your personal clarity score - then watch it climb as you listen.
BACKED BY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
Our sound technology was studied by researchers at Rutgers University School of Nursing, with results published in a peer-reviewed journal (The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 2023). In the study of 100 healthcare workers, perceived stress was reduced by 75% after 30 days of daily listening - a statistically significant drop from moderate to low stress. New independent sleep research is now underway.
WHAT LISTENERS SAY
"It's so much more than an app. It's a powerful and life-changing experience!"
"I was skeptical at first. But once I started listening, my thoughts stopped racing and the binaural music transported me to another world."
"I look forward to going to sleep every night - 25 minutes of pure bliss."
SUBSCRIPTION, PRICING & TERMS
Beginning is free to try with a 7-day trial, then available as a yearly subscription. After confirmation of purchase, payment is charged to your Apple ID account. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings.
Terms of use: https://beginning.com/terms-of-use Privacy policy: https://beginning.com/privacy-policy
Tonight, sleep. Tomorrow, begin.
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Questions about Beginning
How long are the sound journeys?
The listing describes 25-minute journeys across ten levels.
What kinds of audio does it include?
The listing mentions binaural beats, nature sounds, ASMR, rain, ocean waves, background music, and white noise.
Is Beginning free?
Beginning is free to download, with in-app purchases.
Is Beginning right for me?
Beginning is built for listening to a 25-minute sound journey before sleep, playing calming sounds while working or studying, checking a personal clarity score with the in-app test. It sits in the sound therapy list on AppTierList.
Is Beginning worth it?
Beginning is A tier, ranked #6 of 17 sound therapy apps with a score of 86 out of 100, from a 4.5 App Store rating across 28,355 ratings. It is in the list's top tiers; 5 apps rank above it.
How does Beginning compare to Anima?
Beginning is A tier at 86; Anima is A tier at 87. Anima ranks higher. Beginning is free to download, with in-app purchases, Anima is free to download, with in-app purchases.
How often is Beginning updated?
Beginning was updated 25 days ago, which counts in its favour.
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Ranking
- Lists
- Sound Therapy (A tier, #6) · Meditation Music (A tier, #4) · Binaural Beats (A tier, #10) · Sleep Sounds (A tier, #15) · Sleep Improvement (B tier, #32)
- Tier
- A (Excellent)
- Score
- 86 / 100
- Rank in list
- #6 of 17
- Ranking certainty
- settled
Ratings
- App Store rating
- 4.5 out of 5, every App Store country
- Ratings
- 28,355
App
- Price
- Free + IAP
- App Store category
- Health & Fitness
- Current version
- (25 days ago)
- Size
- 158 MB
- Requires
- iOS 15.6 or later
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 1
- Runs on
- iPhone, iPad
Links
- Developer pages
- Website · Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- not verified
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
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