Free mindfulness, with room for the rest of life

A pause you can come back from with something clearer.

Take a few mindful breaths or choose a prepared guided meditation. You can stop there, or return to the note, question or direction you were considering.

Mindfulness stays free in Basics after the Core or Plus trial. It belongs beside your Notes, Focus and Wisdom, in the same app.

The exact boundary

Free usefulness and paid provider services are separated here so the page does not imply that AI, voice, or advanced synthesis has no cost.

Included in Basics at $0

  • Prepared guided meditations and mindful breathing
  • Unlimited written Notes and Journal entries
  • One Focus aim, up to three goals, three active and six parked steps per goal
  • Full Wisdom library; keep up to 100 selections
  • Locally scored Big Five questionnaire

Not included at $0

  • AI-assisted reflection and Patterns
  • Voice input and generated narration
  • Calm or Headspace's proprietary content libraries

What Core and Plus add

  • Requested AI assistance and Patterns
  • Core: two active Focus aims and included voice capacity
  • Plus: four active aims and four times Core's included voice capacity

Meditate, then continue in your own words

Use a prepared meditation or mindful breathing session. You choose the practice and start it yourself. When it finishes, return to your own words or the next step you chose; there is no requirement to turn the pause into a task.

A focused alternative to Calm or Headspace

Choose Macro Focus if you want mindfulness connected to your Notes, a direction you care about and a source-backed Wisdom library. Choose a dedicated meditation app if its specialist content catalogue is what matters most to you.

Calm and Headspace also publish free previews or selected free content. Macro Focus does not promise to reproduce their libraries or clinical programmes.

Free after the trial, with no lost notes

Every new account begins with a card-backed Core or Plus trial. The current launch offer gives eligible new accounts three months free; otherwise the standard trial is 14 days. The selected paid plan renews unless cancelled in Settings.

If you cancel, keep trial or paid access until its end. Then Basics remains free, including prepared mindfulness sessions, your written Notes and Journal, manual Focus, Big Five scores and up to 100 kept Wisdom selections.

Independent of Calm and Headspace. See their own descriptions of free content: Calm and Headspace.

Free tools, inside the complete Macro Focus app

Keep Basics free when paid access ends: unlimited written Notes and Journal entries, one active Focus aim, the full Wisdom library with up to 100 kept selections, mindfulness and locally scored Big Five results. Your own writing stays yours. AI and voice input are paid features.

What the card-backed trial actually does

Nothing is charged today. The selected Core or Plus plan begins automatically after 93 days unless you cancel in Settings. The launch offer ends December 31. Cancel during the trial and complete access continues through its end; the account then moves to Basics with no scheduled expiry or recurring charge while the account and service remain available.

Questions worth answering plainly

Limits and exclusions are part of the product choice, not fine print after it.

Is meditation free after I cancel?

Yes. Prepared guided meditation and mindful breathing remain in Basics. AI, voice input and newly generated narration are paid features.

Do I need a card?

Yes. Registration starts a card-backed Core or Plus trial. Cancel in Settings before the free period ends to avoid renewal; Basics stays free afterward.

Do I lose my notes when the trial ends?

No. Your written Notes and Journal remain readable, editable and exportable in Basics, with no subscription count limit.