u/EducationFine6758

I am Chinese and used to live in a temple as a volunteer for several months. That experience benefits me a lot. Through the Zen practice, I can be in a calm state to face my daily life. The dogma of monastics is: less is more.

I realized most meditation apps are made by either Western developers or very Western-like: commercial, full of soundscape and streak.

The true Zen meditation is not something like that; it is a minimalistic lifestyle rather than a soundscape. Thus, I am trying to make such an app on my own. Very minimalistic, no overwhelming stuff, no expensive subscription.

It is available on Google Play now in a very early stage. You can find it by searching ZenWakeup. If you are interested in East Asian Zen culture, freely leave any idea you can think of. All of your suggestions would be valuable to this new app.I built an Asian aesthetic meditation app (ZenWakeup) on my own

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I've been practicing Zen Meditation for years. One thing it keeps teaching me: the most valuable things are usually the simplest. That's why I never connected with the big meditation apps. Guided soundscapes, streak counters, subscription tiers... it starts to feel like the opposite of what meditation is supposed to be. Calming down doesn't require a complicated product. It requires presence. So I did something small: I built a bare-bones app — just a morning session and an evening reflection. No soundscapes. No gamification. Just the practice.

It's on Google Play now, in a very early stage. I'm genuinely curious whether this resonates with anyone else, or if I'm just building something for myself. If anyone else wants to try my small experiment, I will put the link in the comments.

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I've been practicing Zen for years. One thing it keeps teaching me: the most valuable things are usually the simplest. That's why I never connected with the big meditation apps. Guided soundscapes, streak counters, subscription tiers... it starts to feel like the opposite of what meditation is supposed to be. Calming down doesn't require a product. It requires presence. So I did something small: I built a bare-bones app — just a morning session and an evening reflection. No soundscapes. No gamification. Just the practice. It's on Google Play now, in a very early stage. I'm genuinely curious whether this resonates with anyone else, or if I'm just building something for myself. If anyone else wants to try my small experiment, I've put the link in the comments.