Dharma Meditation Trainer

It is so simple to meditate but it can seem daunting. This app completely does away with anything unnecessary and allows you to focus on your one task: to meditate. The app itself is well made and lovely to navigate. I love the option for sounds throughout meditation or just at the end, or no sounds at all. And the home screen widget is great for getting little doses of wisdom throughout my day. Thank you for this app.

A free, gentle reminder to turn inward at least once a day. This has been an excellent way to restart my much longer meditation sessions after a hellish year when I let my practice lapse. A lovely intro for beginners, a good reminder for the more advanced. Thank you for creating this.

A nice app that reminds you to meditate, provides an image and a timer, timer increases with each level up to your desired meditation length, nifty tool. But it does not actually offer any help on meditation. Sound not working and ugly popups. Would benefit from a vibrating notice at end of time.

I find this app beneficial. The calls to charity are a reminder of our connectedness even if I rarely respond. Found more rewarding to use after experimenting on how to reactivate bell. Had to hold sound button down when in sound mode to make it work. Just toggling or cycling between modes did not work on LG G2.

It's good app, it follows the Keep It Simple rule. I like the reminders and the proggressive levels. But it would be great if the sound gets better, I can still hear the bottom noises, and the bells' sounds are half-cutted, let the bell ring to the end. (Sorry for my English)

It does what its supposed to do, except I do wish that it could be increased to longer increments. The real selling point is the notification to meditate, which makes you feel guilty for missing a day. Perfect for the person who needs a nice little pick me up in the middle of the day.

This app has truly been a life saver for me. I have been battling depression my entire life, but always found wisdom and peace in Buddhism. I found and tried this meditation app because I wanted to more fully experience Buddhism but there are no places near me to learn and practice meditation. This app with the Dhammapada has helped find so much truth and wisdom in my life, and it has only been a year since I began to truly call myself a Buddhist.

I enjoy meditating to the sound of the chime, however, I don't think of the wise sayings. I was taught to free the mind and strive to think of NOTHING, which is harder than it sounds. I only read the thought after. I like that the app has a reminder next to the battery icon at the top of the screen to remind me to meditate. Only problem is I have to try to turn it on multiple times before it works. It gives me a message that it has 'stopped" repeatedly.

I really like this app, but it seems to be too bare bones, like an opportunity was missed to give it some real depth. The sounds are great, but it would be nice hear them upon selection rather than having to enter a meditation session to hear your choice. If the sounds could be heard outside a session I would rate 4 stars.

I love that it reminds me randomly to meditate, and often it's at the time I most need to stop and center myself! The words of wisdim are great points to ponder when your mind wanders during the meditation moments too. A great addition to my growing practice of being more mindful and taking time out of doing to just be.

Being a mother to three small children can definitely stress one out. This app gives me the ability to meditate for short bursts of time whenever I need to. The meditation gong is also useful for my mind staying focused with the background noise and letting the house know Mommy is having her quiet moment and not to disturb.

Simple yet profound. This app serves it's purpose in aiding in meditation. When starting a meditation there is a focus phrase and peaceful image. You also have the option of sound (chime) recurring during meditation, only at the end or not at all. Over all I love this app as it reminds me to take a moment and focus inward. Happy Meditating! 😇

I love the concept. The notification is a great reminder. Gradually increasing time/levels helps me dig in gradually. I just wish the meditation sounds could be spaced out at 1 minute intervals. I don't want constant sound, just punctuation. But this has the sounds as all or nothing -- and what it has is a little bit grating. I'm still using it for now. Prefer the sounds and intervals of insight timer. But want to use the training aspects of this one.

Nice interface, no ads or push notifications , good setting options. Didn't get 5 stars because I'd like an added setting that would allow you to set your own program, for example start at 5min progressively adding 5min weekly for 6 weeks..

I believe that the app is beneficial yet refreshingly simple. The widget, however, can't show the full quote sometimes because it's too big for the widget box. There's no way to enlarge it and by tapping the box, the app leads me straight to the meditation program, not the quote. The settings are all for meditation; none for font size.

Audio for the bells is really poorly recorded....you can hear the static in the background. Also no option to simply open and close with bells. However, I do appreciate the slow leveling the app does. It's nice for easing me back into my practice.

Have had the app for a week, so I'm not too far into it yet. Works well from tech side. Like that it provides a prompt for you to meditate on. I can see the guided meditation going well with my more quiet sessions as well. Very pleased and interested in where this app will take me.

I am setting max meditation time,still it goes just 3 mins. If I use its 'flight mode' then the screen gets turned off after some time(as per phone settings) and ur app exits at that event. There is no user guide to understand the app behavior. Two Nice bell sounds. Good for little timepass, bt nt MEDITATION.

I dont like the fact that the words of wisdom are all used the negative adverbs. For example the say "happiness never decrease" ousted of "happiness increase". This small change of word could do so much in our subconscious mind.

If there was a reset button for the levels it would get 5 stars from me. I don't really use the words of wisdom, as I focus on my own, but it is nice to have them. What I would really like is a reset button for the levels because if I don't meditate for a month or so it would be nice to reset the leveling system.

These moments in the present are to be cherished. We should give consideration and compassion to all of our emotions whether they be pain, anger, or happiness and satisfaction. They are all essentially us and we should embrace them like we were embracing a small child who needed our warmth. We deserve our attention.

I've used this app four times now but I'm not entirely sold on it yet. I really like the concept of gradual building up to longer meditation and using quotes as something to focus on, but based on my first few uses, here are some recommendations: 1. Get rid of the donate popup at the end. It's obnoxious and jars me out of my happy state a bit. 2. In the settings, sound previews are needed. I don't understand why this app doesn't have that. 3. A nice feature to add: A chart or other tracker that shows history/progress (date, levels, time). Give the app a few tweaks based on user feedback, then I'll re-evaluate. In the meantime I'll look at a few more similar apps, play around and see if I want to stay with this one or choose another. Right now I really like the app in theory but I want to like it better in practice.

Begins with 3 minute meditation. bit of a shock at first as it starts countdown as soon as you hit the start button. could have done with 30sec prelim to get you settled. otherwise really good like the regular chimes to keep me focused. Was short, snappy and very manageable. thank u

Simple and effective app to assist you in developing a meditation practice. The reminder icon will keep reappearing in your alerts until you complete your practice. I like the meditation sounds but I wish I could control the frequency. The gong is nice but distracting because it plays too incessantly. I would like more time between repitions.

Does what it needs to do. Wish there were nature sounds to accompany the meditation. I sometimes can not find both time and a quiet place simultaneously. So having head phones and some good relaxing sounds to block out the noise would be great. I could purchase them separately and start my music player before starting the app, but I am simply making a suggestion that the app be all-inclusive of the tools necessary in any condition.

This app I would say is only for those who have meditated before as no instructions are given. It gives a thought to meditate on if you wish to use it. Gives a remainder which can be altered. Starts at 3 minutes and increases. You can set maximum duration.

One bug: It's been crashing when I press 'Meditate Now.' In general: It's really great at helping you work your way up gradually to longer times. I got a new phone, and unfortunately it reset me back to the first level when I transferred it over. But I'd been meditating so much that I was at peace with that. :-D

Starts off with a short 3 minute meditation its non invasive I don't wonder when the end is going to come, it lets me know so I don't have to keep peeking at the clock. I really like this meditation app. I am NOT good at sitting still, but this is helping me learn how.