Meditation Assistant
Free App
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About Meditation Assistant
Meditation Assistant is the best meditation timer for Android. Its features (e.g., automatically setting your device to vibrate/silent while you meditate) and customization (e.g., choosing any file on your device as the start/finish/interval sound for your session) make it the ideal assistant to your meditation practice.
This application will help your practice by giving you an easy to read overview of your progress (see screenshots), as well as display your meditation streak. Your streak is calculated based on the number of consecutive days you have recorded at least one session. As your streak grows, "not breaking the chain" becomes quite important. Soon you will be meditating once a day, even if it's five or ten minutes out of your schedule.
A major feature in this application is the ability to share your sessions online. Though entirely optional, sharing your progress online adds another dimension to your accountability. Now that you've gone public, as your streak increases more users will see it as a goal of their own. One user has posted over ONE YEAR! of consecutive days of meditation. Could you achieve the same?
Going online is not necessary to gain incredible benefits from Meditation Assistant. Save your sessions locally to your device, and you will not be penalized or harassed in any way. The online community is there if and when you choose to use it.
If you're still wondering whether this is the right application for you, read over the reviews. It was designed with two concepts in mind, simplicity and functionality. Once you've recorded your first session, you will understand why users stay with Meditation Assistant.
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Feedback is welcome. Several features now implemented were originally ideas posed by users. Email the developer: tslocum@gmail.com
Translate Meditation Assistant into your language. Visit http://www.getlocalization.com/meditationassistant/
Key features:
- Automatically put your device into priority only, alarms only, vibrate or silent mode while meditating
- Choose from several included meditation sounds, or use a sound file of your own
- Play an interval sound at a duration of your choice
- Pause your session and come back to it when you're ready
- Post meditation sessions online to MediNET, and visit the MediNET meditation forum
- Choose any Holo theme for the application: light, light with dark action bar, or dark
- Many more features are included, and new features are added with each version
This application will help your practice by giving you an easy to read overview of your progress (see screenshots), as well as display your meditation streak. Your streak is calculated based on the number of consecutive days you have recorded at least one session. As your streak grows, "not breaking the chain" becomes quite important. Soon you will be meditating once a day, even if it's five or ten minutes out of your schedule.
A major feature in this application is the ability to share your sessions online. Though entirely optional, sharing your progress online adds another dimension to your accountability. Now that you've gone public, as your streak increases more users will see it as a goal of their own. One user has posted over ONE YEAR! of consecutive days of meditation. Could you achieve the same?
Going online is not necessary to gain incredible benefits from Meditation Assistant. Save your sessions locally to your device, and you will not be penalized or harassed in any way. The online community is there if and when you choose to use it.
If you're still wondering whether this is the right application for you, read over the reviews. It was designed with two concepts in mind, simplicity and functionality. Once you've recorded your first session, you will understand why users stay with Meditation Assistant.
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Feedback is welcome. Several features now implemented were originally ideas posed by users. Email the developer: tslocum@gmail.com
Translate Meditation Assistant into your language. Visit http://www.getlocalization.com/meditationassistant/
Key features:
- Automatically put your device into priority only, alarms only, vibrate or silent mode while meditating
- Choose from several included meditation sounds, or use a sound file of your own
- Play an interval sound at a duration of your choice
- Pause your session and come back to it when you're ready
- Post meditation sessions online to MediNET, and visit the MediNET meditation forum
- Choose any Holo theme for the application: light, light with dark action bar, or dark
- Many more features are included, and new features are added with each version
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
1.4.3:
- Potentially resolve a bug affecting some users where their browser is opened to sign in each time the app is opened
1.4.2:
- Updated notification icon to match app icon
- Fixed data/battery drain introduced in 1.4.1 for some users
1.4.1:
- Updated app icon (thanks Symbolisch)
- Changed MediNET Oauth method from Play Services to open-source library AppAuth
- Fix set to vibrate/silent feature on pre-Android 6.0 devices
- App now requires Android 4.1+ (was 4.0+)
1.4.3:
- Potentially resolve a bug affecting some users where their browser is opened to sign in each time the app is opened
1.4.2:
- Updated notification icon to match app icon
- Fixed data/battery drain introduced in 1.4.1 for some users
1.4.1:
- Updated app icon (thanks Symbolisch)
- Changed MediNET Oauth method from Play Services to open-source library AppAuth
- Fix set to vibrate/silent feature on pre-Android 6.0 devices
- App now requires Android 4.1+ (was 4.0+)
Version update Meditation Assistant was updated to version 1.4.3
Name changed Name changed! Meditation Timer Assistant now is known as Meditation Assistant.
Name changed Name changed! Meditation Assistant Free now is known as Meditation Timer Assistant.
What are users saying about Meditation Assistant
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Crashes when I try to log in.
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straightforward to use but cannot apply custom sounds
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Bugs in new versions
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Useful app. Interface not intuitive and rather complex. Figuring out how to use of the many (but non intuitive) features is time consuming in the absence of a handy guide. However, the effort is a five star one. A lot of thought has been out into the multiple features offered. If similar thought is put into intuitive design, this app will be a sure winner. Thank you to the developer/s.
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Good app and nice that it's open source, but I've had problems recently. Developer does not respond to emails. Looks like it hasn't been updated for a while.
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I seem tot be unable tot connect to medinet and sync my sessions. Otherwise fine app.
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It was very good. But on my new phone it just stops when screen locks
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I use this every day to practise the metta bhavana (loving-kindness) meditation. It's quite flexible with the timing settings.
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Nice reminder but if pausing session it never lets me resume, end up cancelling.
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I love the features but I could not update my sessions more than 35 in community and neither in progress sessions.
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Very useful little app for meditation sessions of any length. Helped me turning it into a daily habit.
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Can't log into account more often than not
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Love that is let's me see how much I have been meditating
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Wish the gong was a bit louder but otherwise really like this app.
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Doesn't allow to login
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Exactly what I need for my meditation practice!
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Great to keep track of meditations
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No more no less than you need
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A good help. May all beings be happy!
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nice app, terrible interface but good cover of features. just missing the ability to set up and save multiple sessions with different settings for different types of meditation or other needs (longer, shorter, with or without interval bells etc.) Addition: after communication with the developer realised that the missing function exists in the app. just because of the not very intuitive interface not so easy to find but it is there... apologise...
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It's a gong sound and timer you set. It tracks how many days in a row you sit for.
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What more can you ask for? No fancy bells and whistles. Tracks your progress, has a big timer, and a nice comfortable gong sound to signal the beginning and end of each session.
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The app has all you want to have for a meditation. is not overloaded with functions, does not tell you what to do. Just helps to meditate))
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I have tried guided meditation apps. I have tried timer apps with music. I find this app, without any sound beyond the interval gongs helps me stay more focused on my breathing and my repetition of the OM.
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I use it every day. Very simple and easy to use..
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No more no less than you need
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Great app. Thoroughly recommended.
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Some how it doesn't have a reliable time keeper. I set it for 10 minutes and sometimes it will only ring once you have clicked the unlock for the screen, often after realising that much more time than 10 minutes has passed. The interval chimes also only ring on the first minute and then none for the following minute intervals.
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Can't get the volume right, it takes AGES and a s****load of Zen to accomplish, on Marshmallow. And the custom sound selection is a joke. You can add just 1, and there's no 'preview' so memorize all your ringtone names and prepare for the epic journey through your internal storage each time you want to change it. And U still won't know how loud it will be. And the bell sounds are so inconspicuous, and totes not startling, when you inevitably fail 2 set the right volume.
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I use it almost daily for my practice
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A good help. May all beings be happy!
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Very comprehensive. Love it!
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Easy and useful
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I really love this ap and use the interval chimes as I change hand positions every 30 seconds. But, I need the session to end at 6 min. I've tried setting the end chime, but it doesn't happen. Any advice? Otherwise, this is wonderful! Update - I figured it out. This ap is extremely versatile. Would give it more stars if I could!
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Helps keep track of your time and saves your session for you. The bells are a great add. Very helpful.
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A wonderful way to keep track of meditation practices, as well as make having a bell to signal start and end time. Easy to use when meditating in non traditional places like a car, or an available room at school, or the office on a break or lunch.
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Been using this for a while and it's been great. Stopped working with the latest update. I have a 5x with marshmallow
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I really love this ap and use the interval chimes as I change hand positions every 30 seconds. But, I need the session to end at 6 min. I've tried setting the end chime, but it doesn't happen. Any advice? Otherwise, this is wonderful!
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Some sessions appear in the list but but in the calendar. The total number stopped counting properly (it says my number of days is the same as yesterday).
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At the end of a session it gives the option to pause or end but there doesn't seem to be a way to really end it. Hitting that button twice starts it again and it never resets.