![]() Ombu, Zhada, and Shürong are larger, deeper singing bowls.Sakya is a small singing bowl, but not quite as high pitch as Basu.Kangsê and Dêngzê are medium sized singing bowls.Wood Block is a short but pleasant sound of wood knocking together.Basu is nice little high pitched singing bowl, which feels perfect for ending a meditation.You can set the bell to strike 1, 2, or 3 times for each start, end, or interval bell. You can set any of the 10 bell types as starting bell, ending bell, or interval bells. The timer has plenty of options (perhaps a little too many).įirstly, there’s a good choice of bells, all of which have good quality audio. Insight Timer’s Meditation Timer The Timer screen is highly configurable but sometimes feels more complex than it needs to be But first, let’s look at the timer feature, because it is actually pretty good. So it is as a social meditation platform that I will judge Insight Timer in this review. If you’re looking for just a simple timer, look elsewhere (I can recommend MindBell on Android, and I’ll be reviewing some iOS meditation timers in future). Rather, it’s a social meditation platform that includes a timer and a whole lot more. Insight Timer is not really a meditation timer app, despite the name. Judged purely as a no-nonsense meditation timer, I’d have to give Insight Timer a poor review.īut as I started playing with Insight Timer in preparation for this review, I realised that perhaps I was being unfair. After registering, my frustration continued because it seemed commercial, and cluttered with social features that don’t help me meditate. What was all this about? I just wanted a simple timer. Firstly, because I had to register before I could even use the timer. Insight Timer is the most popular meditation timer in the App Store, and I had heard of friends using it. In other words, I wanted bells, not beeping. I was looking for a timer designed for meditation, rather than the in-built timer in Apple’s Clock app. I first tried Insight Timer because I wanted a simple meditation timer on iPad. I felt this kind of humor is at the core of Zen as I understand it.Mobile App Review Icon App Name Insight Timer - Meditation App Developer Insight Network, Inc. It was intentional that the start and end states are dark grey - I didn't want to use all white at those times since meditation environments are often dimly lit, and a bright white light would be offensive.Ī feature I'd like to add is a little button that lets you track progress, but when you tap it, it just scolds you for thinking that meditation is a way to make progress (as if there is somewhere else to go but here). The screen then goes from "full" to "empty" over the course of your meditation, finally arriving at full emptiness (!) and revealing a quote so that you get a little surprise when you open your eyes. You open the app and tap "Start" to start the meditation. I felt most of the meditation timers in the app store were either too full-featured or poorly designed, so I designed my own. Zen Timer is a meditation timer I designed as I was getting into Zen philosophy and meditation. "Emptiness is not really empty Emptiness is full of everything.
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