How to Cancel Insight Timer Premium in 2026

Last updated: February 2026 • Difficulty: Easy • Cost: $9.99/mo or $59.99/yr

Quick answer: Most Insight Timer subscriptions are through Apple or Google. Cancel via iPhone Settings → Subscriptions → Insight Timer → Cancel, or Google Play → Subscriptions → Cancel. The free version keeps 200,000+ meditations — you lose almost nothing.

Why You Probably Don't Need Premium

Insight Timer has the most generous free tier of any meditation app. With 200,000+ free guided meditations, a customizable meditation timer, ambient sounds, and community features — all free — the Premium upgrade is genuinely unnecessary for most users. This isn't like Headspace or Calm where free gives you almost nothing.

Premium adds: offline downloads, advanced courses, sleep music playlists, and no ads. If you mainly meditate at home with Wi-Fi, offline downloads don't matter. And the "ads" in the free version are just occasional prompts to upgrade — not video ads.

Cancel via iPhone/iPad

Open Settings → tap your name at the top
Tap Subscriptions
Find Insight Timer
Tap Cancel Subscription

Cancel via Android

Open Google Play Store
Tap your profile → Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions
Find Insight Timer
Tap Cancel subscription

Cancel on the Website

If you subscribed directly through insighttimer.com:

Go to insighttimer.com and log in
Go to Account Settings
Click Manage Subscription
Click Cancel

What You Keep on the Free Plan

200,000+ guided meditations from 12,000+ teachers
Customizable meditation timer with interval bells
Ambient sounds (rain, nature, singing bowls)
Meditation statistics and streak tracking
Community groups and discussion forums
Live group meditations
Music tracks (with streaming, not offline)

What You Lose

Offline downloads for meditations and courses
Advanced structured courses
Sleep music playlists (curated collections)
Ad-free experience (upgrade prompts disappear)
Daily personalized recommendations

Insight Timer vs. Other Meditation Apps

If you're canceling Insight Timer Premium and considering switching:

Insight Timer Free — honestly, just use this. 200K meditations is more than anyone could finish in a lifetime
Headspace ($12.99/mo) — more polished UX, better for complete beginners, but free tier is terrible
Calm ($14.99/mo) — best sleep stories, but very expensive for what you get
Waking Up ($14.99/mo) — intellectual/philosophical approach, free scholarship available
Smiling Mind — completely free nonprofit, excellent quality

💡 Pro tip: Upload your bank statement to JustCancel to find all your meditation and wellness app subscriptions — many people pay for 2-3 without realizing it.