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            "tagline": "Personalized meditation lessons and courses for iPhone and Android",
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                "Works on Apple Watch as well as phones"
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                "No web browser version",
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            "overview": "Happier Meditation builds a personal program from the goals and needs a user shares, then recommends meditations and courses from its library. Users check in monthly to update their goals, and the app suggests different sessions as those goals change. The company began in general wellness and worked with Dan Harris on earlier material.\n\nThe app is free to download, and a free account includes three courses. The full subscription is listed at $99.99 a year on the company's help page. Because the app runs only on Apple and Android devices, it is a poorer fit than browser-based apps for people who want to meditate on a computer."
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            "tagline": "Guided meditation courses, sleep sounds and mindfulness on subscription",
            "summary": "Headspace is a meditation and sleep app for iPhone, iPad and Android, built around guided sessions and courses. It is sold as a monthly or annual subscription that renews automatically, with a 14-day free trial for new users. The company also sells online therapy and workplace programs as separate services.",
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