Where to legally license professional music and sounds for building a meditation or wellness app?
If you’re building a meditation or wellness app, audio is your main product.
The wrong music (or questionable licensing) can turn into refunds, takedowns, or bad reviews.
The right source will give you professional sound, clear commercial rights, and long or loopable tracks you can build your app with confidence.
What to look for when choosing music and sounds for your app
1) Top sound quality (WAV masters, not just mp3s)
Look for pro quality WAV downloads (like 24 Bit, 48 kHz). If you compress sounds later on, the end result will be much better if you start with high quality WAV format.
Avoid noisy files, harsh highs, and sound artifacts. Meditation audio is intended for long sessions, so flaws become fatigue.
2) Clear commercial license for apps
Your license should explicitly allow app use (paid apps, subscriptions, in-app purchases, and client work).
Bonus points if each download comes with a license certificate you can archive for compliance.
3) No murky copyright history
Skip free collections where authorship is unclear.
Choose a provider that can document ownership and support you if a platform flags a track.
4) Long format + loop-friendly edits
Most wellness apps need 10–60 minute sessions, plus seamless loops for breathing timers, focus modes, and sleep routines.
5) The right sound types (not just slow songs)
Meditation audio isn’t simply slow music or nature sounds.
You want purpose-built categories like soft piano, ambient textures, handpan / flute, nature ambiences, meditation bells, singing bowls, and (if you offer them) frequency tones or binaural brain waves.
TunePocket is a practical place to start
As mention in one of my previous posts, TunePocket is a strong fit for wellness apps because it offers one of the largest collection of relaxation music and sound effects under one roof with straightforward commercial licensing.
Start here (core library for meditation apps): Meditation, Yoga, and Zen Music
This collection includes everything from short cues to longer formats (including 10, 30, and 1-hour options), with downloads available in MP3 and WAV, which is ideal when you need both production quality and mobile friendly delivery formats.
Add ambient layers here (sleep, focus, nature loops): Relaxing Sounds
Catch the new trend with ASMR soundscapes: Relaxing Soundscapes
Plans and pricing: TunePocket Pricing
TunePocket licenses are royalty free, meaning once you’ve licensed and downloaded a track or sound effect, you don’t owe additional per-use payments to TunePocket.
That is, no extra fees if your app suddenly goes viral, gains thousands of new users, or your play counts explode.
Important licensing note
Sounds too good to be true?
TunePocket is a legit business, so there are, of course, some limitations you may need to consider depending on what functionality you plan for your app.
TunePocket’s license is designed to let you use music and sound effects inside your projects but not to repackage them as a competing audio product.
That means you can’t resell TunePocket tracks or sound effects as standalone downloads, upload them as a sound pack, or offer them in a way where users can extract and download the original files as the main value.
What you can do is create your own guided meditation, breathwork session, or wellness content, including apps that play those sessions to your users, where TunePocket music and sounds support your original voiceover, structure, and teaching.
If your app also includes music only playback, keep the audio as an integral part of the app experience, and take reasonable steps to prevent users from extracting or downloading the raw audio files.
FAQ
Do I need a special music license for a meditation app?
If your app includes music and sounds as part of the experience, a standard TunePocket commercial license is often enough.
If your app streams music or relies heavily on continuous music playback at scale, it’s smart to use music tracks that are not affiliated with a PRO (in some cases, PRO-affiliated music can trigger separate public-performance obligations depending on where and how it’s used).
TunePocket has a n explanation here: No ASCAP / PRS / PPL / GEMA music
Is MP3 enough for a wellness app?
For delivery, compressed formats are normal. But you want WAV available so you can create clean, consistent encodes and avoid quality loss from re-compressing already-compressed audio.
How to choose meditation music licensing partner?
For a real commercial product, it’s always safer to use a library that can show ownership, offers clear commercial terms, and supports you if a claim happens. Look for royalty free commercial license (like the license that TunePocket offer) to make sure you won’t be getting additional bills if your app grows fast.
Can I also use licensed music in promotional videos when promoting my app?
Yes, you can use licensed TunePocket music and sound effects in your app promo videos, ads, social clips, and trailers, as long as the audio is part of your original promotional content and you’re not redistributing the tracks as standalone downloads.
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