Honesty
Every price shown upfront. We email you 7 days before any renewal. Cancel in one tap. No “free trial” that quietly becomes a $300 charge.
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Stillwell
Sleep & calm, with no strings attached.
Sleep stories, guided meditation, and soundscapes that actually help you rest — priced honestly, cancel anytime, no auto-renew traps, no guilt streaks.
Built first forSleepersMeditatorsHeadspace/Calm switchersFree tier available
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TONIGHTThe Forest CabinSleep story · 20 min
Forest Cabin · Library · Voyage
Box Breathing · Body Scan · Wind-Down
Brown · Pink · White noise · Rain
No dark patterns everCancel in one tap no mazeReal free tier not a 3-day trap
The problem
The most popular sleep apps have become the most hated.
Headspace sits at 1.5/5 on Trustpilot. Calm’s revenue fell 24% in a year. Users rage about surprise $300+ annual charges, impossible refunds, auto-renew traps and content that gets stale.
The market has proven demand — hundreds of millions of downloads. The business model, not the breathing, is broken. Stillwell fixes both.
We fix the business, not just the breathing.
Science, not pseudoscience
Real techniques: box breathing, 4-7-8, body scan. Clear “not a substitute for therapy” disclaimers. No scare-tactic anxiety quizzes, no fake “96.7% cure” stats.
No guilt
No streaks. No pressure. Open a story when you need it; skip a night with zero penalty. Rest should reduce anxiety, not add to it.
Generous
A real free tier from day one. Unlimited soundscapes, free stories and meditations. Not a locked door with a 3-day key.
Open
We publish our narrators, sources and licensing. CC0 / creator-sourced audio. No “mystery ancient secrets” markup.
Yours
PWA you can install. Downloads are real downloads. Your listening history stays yours — we never sell it.
Stillwell vs. the incumbents.
| Promise | Stillwell | Typical big app |
|---|---|---|
| Price shown before you pay | Yes | Often buried |
| Renewal reminder sent | Yes, 7 days before | Rarely |
| Cancel in one tap | Yes | Maze of steps |
| Refund if you forgot | Yes, fair policy | "Predatory" (user reviews) |
| Free content that isn't a trap | Yes | 3-day trial only |
| Medical / cure claims | None | Common |
| Narrator attribution and licensing | Published | Hidden |
Sleep stories, guided meditations, and soundscapes.
Three distinct audio formats, one honest app. We ship the content types users already pay for — without the trust-breaking business model.
Sleep Stories
Slow, cozy narratives that fade you out. Adjustable length (10 / 20 / 40 min) and a gentle ending that trails off instead of cutting abruptly.
- Forest Cabin, Midnight Library, Ocean Voyage
- Neutral, soothing narration
- No celebrity paywalls
- Library grows monthly
Guided Meditation
Short, science-backed sessions: box breathing, body scan, wind-down. 3 / 5 / 10 minutes. No mystical claims — just technique, clearly explained.
- Box Breathing (3 min)
- Body Scan (5 min)
- Wind-Down (10 min)
- Clear disclaimers: not therapy
Soundscapes
Live-generated white, pink and brown noise plus rain — infinite, mixable, with a sleep timer. No audio files to store; runs in real time via Web Audio.
- White / pink / brown noise
- Rain with adjustable density
- Sleep timer (5–60 min)
- Volume blending
Above demos are live in the working app. Soundscapes are generated in real time (Web Audio API). Sleep stories and meditations are narrated with natural AI voices (Edge TTS), pre-generated and streamed — swap in professionally recorded narrators anytime without changing the player.
Transparent. No traps. Cancel anytime.
No “free trial” that becomes a yearly contract. Pick a plan, change or cancel in one tap, and we’ll email you a week before renewal. If you forget, we refund it — no maze of steps.
Unlimited soundscapes
5 sleep stories / month
1 guided meditation track
Everything in Free
All sleep stories & meditations
Offline downloads
Cross-device sync
One-tap cancel
Everything in Calm
Annual re-confirmation required
No surprise auto-charge
Our cancellation promise: we email you 7 days before any renewal. Canceling stops the next renewal. Forget to cancel? Email us and we'll refund it. No maze of steps, no "predatory" policy — their words, not ours.
Stillwell questions, answered
What is Stillwell?
Stillwell is a sleep and calm web app built by Harpd. It combines sleep stories, guided meditation and live-generated soundscapes in one app — with honest pricing, no dark patterns and no guilt.
How is Stillwell different from Headspace or Calm?
Same job, opposite business model. We show every price upfront, remind you 7 days before renewal, let you cancel in one tap, and make no medical claims. Headspace sits at 1.5/5 on Trustpilot; Calm's revenue fell 24% in a year. Both are failing at the business, not the breathing.
How much does Stillwell cost?
Stillwell has a real free tier (unlimited soundscapes, 5 sleep stories/month, 1 guided meditation — no card required). Calm plan is $4.99/month and unlocks all content, offline downloads and cross-device sync. Yearly is $39/year (2 months free vs monthly) with annual re-confirmation.
Do I need to install an app from the store?
No. Stillwell is browser-first: open it in any browser, add to your home screen as a PWA for offline use, and skip the app-store download. Works on phone, tablet and desktop.
What about my listening data?
It stays on your device and your account. We do not sell or share listening history. Our data practices are published in plain language — no legalese tricks.
What if I forget to cancel?
We email you 7 days before any renewal. If you miss it and the charge goes through, email us and we'll refund it. No maze of steps, no "predatory" policy (their words, not ours).
Which market launches first?
Stillwell launches in English-speaking markets first (US, UK, Canada, Australia). A Chinese-language version follows fast, aimed at the gap left by apps with false-marketing refund anger.
Shape Stillwell
Tired of sleep-app subscriptions that feel like traps? Help us build the opposite.
Stillwell is in early access. Join the list to try the prototype, vote on content themes, and help us ship the first honest sleep app.
✓Try the working prototype now✓10-minute feedback call✓Shape what content ships first