European alternatives to Headspace

A meditation and mental-health app, now part of the merged Headspace Health. A venture-backed US company on AWS, holding sensitive health-related data outside GDPR.

Company information about Headspace
Company
Headspace Health
Headquarters
Santa Monica, United States
Founded
2010
Data jurisdiction
United States
Ownership
VC-backed
GDPR
No
Open source
No
Infrastructure
Amazon AWS

Why people switch away from Headspace

Subject to US CLOUD ActProprietary softwareRuns on Big Tech infrastructureNot covered by GDPR

European alternatives to Headspace

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France 78 · Strongly European

Europe's leading meditation app, with guided programmes in multiple languages. Independent and privately held – a European alternative to Calm and Headspace.

Freemium · from Free Free tier Bootstrapped Amazon AWS EU

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Why avoid United States-owned services?

CLOUD Act

Forces US companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world upon government request, including data on European servers.

FISA Section 702

Authorises mass surveillance of non-US persons using data held by US tech platforms, without a warrant or notification.

GDPR vs US law conflict

EU courts have repeatedly found that US surveillance law conflicts with European fundamental rights. Schrems I and II both invalidated EU-US data transfer agreements.

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