Zazen Suite - Meditation Timer & Mindfulness Bell Reviews

Mindful of what?

Athena Grey

I bought this app for the mindfulness bell and am sadly disappointed in the way it works. It is easy to set and sounds like a real bell, but why on earth the need to click OK for each time the bell has rung?? I set a mindfulness bell to pause and reflect upon the moment. I do not set a mindfulness bell to rush to the phone and click OK. Alas, this app misses the mark. Delete and move on.

Helps keep me on track

Woop683848374

Great when working on projects to keep track of time and how long working on what part.

Best sounding chime

Pueblo doc

I have several meditation timer apps but this is the one I ended up using every day. The reason is because it has the nicest chime. The others sound the chime and abruptly stop there chime recording after 5 sec or so. This one does a lovely job of letting the chf gently fade to silence just as a reflect chime does. It is really lovely and sl I enjoy using it everyday.

Avoid until fixed

wittsend bhairavi

Generally works on iPhone but does not work on iPad. There is no sound on the iPad - the bells do not work. There are other annoyances too... It doesn't work in landscape mode on iPad, and the timer says "label" before show the time (not a big deal but obviously lack of attention to detail). Until fixed, I'd recommed the free SotoTimer on iPhone which is simple, elegant and works great. I wrote to the developer but no response... I want Zazen Suite to work perfectly and not be a distraction, but not there yet.

A simple idea well executed

RipW

I'm guilty of practicing meditation sporadically. That is, when I remember to...if I feel like it. (Which I usually don't.) But I appreciate the benefit obtained from committed practice and I've often longed for something to frequently remind me to Be Here Now. The mindfulness chime in the Zen Suite does it for me. Set to chime randomly 4 times an hour, it provides welcome reminders to cease chattering. This suite and "The Now" ap are "must haves" for anyone practicing mindfulness.

Zen simplicity

zenpadawan

A very simple and easy to use app that I use for the random mindfulness bell feature. I still see a badge alert when running the app in the background, but that very minor annoyance is no reason to reduce my rating of five stars.

Great. Please add a simple beep

GaroldS

Just downloaded it -- looks and sounds great. When you add more bells please consider including a simple electronic BEEP that will let me to sometimes choose a mindfulness bell that unobtrusively sounds to those around me like just another a cell phone ringtone, so I don't keep getting asked, "What's that sound?" :-)

Timer

Puppy689

Boring! All it does is time you. Also, there's an annoying bell sound.

2 improvements I would love

fairlind

in this app are: 1) to be able to set the first interval chime and then to have the rest follow hourly from the set time (rather than from the time I set it) ; and 2) to be able to set a stop time for the interval chimes at the end of the day Then I'd hear your lovely chimes between clients, and not have to reset hourly or even daily. Otherwise it's a great mindfulness reminder with four lovely chimes.

Love it!

Middle Aged Music Listener

Exactly what I was looking for! A chime every hour to bring me back to Mindfulness. I'm new to Mindfulness meditation, and new to smart phones (iPhone 4). Using a high-tech tool to bring peace isn't easy. Thanks for a great app Nathan!

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