Zen Timer
Meditation timer for iOS and Android
Get Zen TimerWhat it is
Spin the logo to set your time, a singing bowl sound when your session starts and again when it ends.
Why I built it
I meditate daily and got tired of apps that keep adding things. I just wanted an app that follows traditional zen meditation with 3 gongs at the beginning and 1 gong at the end of the meditation, without any ads or extra features.
Features
Zen Timer Got a donation today! The note attached meant so much more than the money, this is validation to keep working on things I genuinely care about.
Zen Timer Zen timer is officially released on the play store!
Zen Timer Just finished a 14-day testing period with a service I bought on fiverr, I now have production access! I'm releasing it Mar 31.
Zen Timer I still really enjoy using this app, I just love how it just does the one thing it's supposed to do really well. Why not just push it on android store. The worst thing that can happen is that nobody cares.
Made a website for it:
Zen Timer I'm just going to buy 12 testers on Fiverr.
Zen Timer Just release it. Don’t worry about whether or not it’s impressive or if people will like it or even care. Just release it.
Zen Timer Tried promoting it on Reddit, got rejected from every subreddit I tried due to self-promotion. This is very discouraging.\n\n My main value for this app is that it is simple and minimalistic. All the other apps are so feature-bloated. I feel that since the app isn’t hard to make, it would be embarrassing to release it.
Zen Timer Apparently I need 12 beta testers to release it on Android. That sucks. I have been putting this off because of the beta testers thing for 2 weeks now. Also been very busy with Strimo. I made a Reddit account, and am gonna start posting on every relevant subreddit about the app and try to get beta testers.
Zen Timer Polished, built a very minimal app. Now I just need to release it on Android.
Zen Timer Rebuilt a full working version in Flutter. Now I just need to make Firebase security more strict, fix some UI bugs, create app showcase images in Figma and release it on the Play Store.
Zen Timer I have been using this prototype for 5 months and I still love using it. The singing bowl sound works very well as the start and end of my meditation session. I want to build this so it automatically tracks my meditation time. So the easiest thing to do would be to remake this in SvelteKit, so I can easily make the API and database. Then I just have to find out how to make this into a Capacitor app.
Zen Timer I’m kinda sick of all the shit meditation timers that are either completely feature-bloated or full of ads. I just want a simple timer that follows traditional Zen meditation style. I’m just gonna build a basic prototype and start using it myself.