u/jungledub

Hey r/IMadeThis, I’m Harun.

My co-founder Mavis and I built SelfMeditate, a meditation app with no guided meditations.

The idea is simple: many meditation apps feel like audio libraries. We wanted to make something quieter, more like a bell, a timer and a notebook.

It is built for self-guided practice. You sit, use the timer, add optional gongs or ambient sounds, then reflect afterwards with a presence rating or journal entry.

It includes a silent timer, interval gongs, ambient sounds, journaling with text, voice notes, drawings, images and files, practice insights, widgets, Live Activities, local-first storage, no account and no ads.

iOS only for now:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/selfmeditate-meditation-timer/id6757534578

Would love to hear what you think.

Thanks.

Hey r/appledevelopers, I’m Harun.

My co-founder Mavis and I recently launched our first iOS app, SelfMeditate.

It is a meditation app, but it has no guided meditations.

That is the whole point.

I felt that many meditation apps had become audio libraries. You open the app, choose a voice, follow the instructions, finish the session, and then come back tomorrow to be guided again. I do think guided meditation can help, especially at the beginning.

But meditation, by its nature, asks you to sit with your own experience directly. You notice the breath, the body, the thoughts, the resistance, the boredom, the calm, whatever is there.

The app should hold the space for the practice, not fill it.

So we built SelfMeditate more like a bell, a timer and a notebook. It gives users enough structure to sit, track, reflect and return, without putting another voice in the middle of the practice.

Features include:

silent timer
optional interval gongs
optional ambient sounds
presence rating after each session
private journal with text, voice notes, drawings, images and files
practice insights based on sessions
local-first storage
iOS widgets, Live Activities and Dynamic Island support

Since this is our first iOS app, I’d really appreciate feedback from other developers.

iOS only for now:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/selfmeditate-meditation-timer/id6757534578

Thanks.