Meditation Helper Plus
Any feature in Meditation Helper Pro is now available for free in MH+. The only features I will charge for are those that don't already exist in Meditation Helper Pro.
Core Features (free to use)
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* Multiple sitting configurations
* Can have different sounds for different interval bells
* Configure actions to execute during the sitting, including:
* Ring a bell (3 bell sounds included)
* Play an MP3 track
* Additional actions are available for subscribers.
* Toggle to keep phone awake during sitting
* Toggle to keep phone silent during sitting
* Toggle to keep phone unlocked during sitting
* Toggle to vibrate phone instead of ringing bells
* Record a comment for a sitting in the sitting log
* Can have multiple widgets on the home screen, with each widget having a different associated reminder, start of day time etc
* Can configure the widget colour
* Add reminders without a widget.
Additional Feature for Subscribers
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* Execute Tasker task action (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.dinglisch.android.taskerm)
* Display a notification with configurable message and notification sound
* Display a random message from Nom (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.multiordinal.nom)
* Text to Speech action - have a custom phrase spoken to you during sitting (TTS also available with Nom action)
* Send broadcast when sitting starts/pauses/resumes/ends (for e.g. Automagic).
* Request prompt to rate your sitting when it ends.
Widget
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The widget is my implementation of Jerry Seinfeld's productivity secret (http://lifehacker.com/281626/jerry-seinfelds-productivity-secret):
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"He said the way to be a better comic was to create better jokes and the way to create better jokes was to write every day. But his advice was better than that. He had a gem of a leverage technique he used on himself and you can use it to motivate yourself—even when you don't feel like it.
He revealed a unique calendar system he uses to pressure himself to write. Here's how it works.
He told me to get a big wall calendar that has a whole year on one page and hang it on a prominent wall. The next step was to get a big red magic marker.
He said for each day that I do my task of writing, I get to put a big red X over that day. "After a few days you'll have a chain. Just keep at it and the chain will grow longer every day. You'll like seeing that chain, especially when you get a few weeks under your belt. Your only job next is to not break the chain."
"Don't break the chain," he said again for emphasis."
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The chain in this case is the number of consecutive days that you have hit your meditation target. The widget displays both the current chain, and the longest ever chain. Having this on my home screen motivates me to meditate every day. Your mileage may vary.
Category : Health & Fitness
Reviews (26)
The BEST EVER meditation timer. The screen is calm, clean, simple. No complicated extras, adverts, or add-ons. Took time to adjust to the upgrade, but worth it. It has a choice of 3 good bell sounds. I can still set up my own customised sessions for meditation, work or exercise. I can choose preparation times and intervals exactly how I want them, and select the bell sound I like for start, interval and finish. Brilliant, highly recommended, if overlooked. Thank you! Keep up the great work!
I had to drop this app after the interface changed. I gave it a chance for a few weeks after the new version came out, but I couldn't make the adjustment. I just stopped using it and started meditating less. I loved the original app for its clean and intuitive design, but the menus in the new one ruin it for me. I would pay double for it again if I could have it back the way it was. For now I've switched to Insight Timer.
I loved this on my old phone. The version on my new phone has a gray background rather than black. This sounds minor but I use it for a support group I'm in and now that we're on Zoom, it's hard to see the amount of time between the gray background and the glare. I've resorted to using my old phone. Everyone likes the bell selection on this version which isn't available on my old phone.
Excellent! I started off with Meditation Helper back in 2010, upgraded to Pro, and then switched to MH+ when an Android Pie update rendered Pro borderline useless. After a short adjustment period I'm right back where I wanted to be. I am very proud to say that, thanks to this app, tomorrow will be eight years of not missing a single day of meditation! Thanks Neill. I'll be subscribing soon even though I'm not interested in the upgraded features. Support your devs!
I like this app a lot. It allows me to configure my meditation sitting in multiple ways. I have used it for interval training too. There is only one issue with this app - there is no feature to backup and restore sessions and settings. This feature was there in the old version of the app. Would the developer consider adding this feature?
Great update! I've been using this app for years (haha along with all you other guys, apparently). I like the clone feature and the choice of bells. Interestingly, I don't use this for meditation; rather, I use it as a paceclock in time management. Keeps me from running in overdrive too often. So it gets the big FIVE.
used this for years but not for a year or so, came back to it to discover the interface is now totally different and very uncomfortable. shame. I think I'll use a normal timer now. would have benefited from Google fit integration more than redesigning the interface... uninstalled.
You took a great simple little app that I've been using for years and ruined it with updates. Even the interface is ugly now. The ending bells don't work now. Plesse fix so that I can give a higher rating.
One of the very few apps I've been using for years. I like that it's really simple. It just works, doesn't try to be anything it's not, and doesn't over complicate things. Edit: i can't get used to the new interface. One of the reasons it was great was the simplicity. Was 5 star, now 2
The original meditation helped was better , the bells are weird and confusing to program on this version and it takes away from the meditation. Can you make it simple again? Hahaha
Just like so many other application developers, they think it improves but instead it becomes over engineered. This is still good but has become worse. It's become harder to use since the first version.
Unfortunately when I installed the app my audio all together completely stopped videos on YouTube will play but with no sound YouTube music played but with no sound my downloaded MP3s in my music player would play but with no sound when I deleted the meditation helper all my sound came back so basically use this app unless you don't want to have any sound from your phone
Overall very good, but there are a few glitches and the developer is no longer responsive. Feels like an orphaned product, even for paid users.
I've used this app for many years, in many iterations. It has a helpful, friendly and responsive developer and it does what it does well. 5 stars.
It was my perfect meditation tool until it updated to the new interface. Gotten relatively unuser-friendly.
This truly is the best meditation app out there. I've used it for years and of the many other alternatives I've seen this has remained the best.
Love this app. Don't break the chain. App is great but the Seinfeld principle is a game changer. Would give it six stars just for that lesson.
Do not get. Poor design. Resets itself in your pocket or when I place the phone on the bed face down. This needs a way to confirm stop.
The new UI is not very user-friendly imho. Can you make the old UI available for use?
the other 1 was better then stop working off and on...this 1 is a pain ...been using the orignal for a few years ...now switching to a different one
I like it, the simplicity, but the bell (or any other sound) does not work, can you help me?
Best meditation app, simple, effective, been using this for years.
I was dissapointed with the iteration 6 months ago but now the new updates have put this app is back in top form
Not nearly as user friendly as the older version of this app was I'm disappointed
Simple, highly customizable timer!
I used to love the old version of this app and upgraded to pro. The new app is unnecessarily complicated and buggy. Bells don't go off when they're supposed to (they're delayed sometimes) and the widget doesn't load at start up. There is an open spot where the widget is supposed to appear on my homepage and I can't move anything there, as the phone registers that it's there, but it doesn't show. This is on Android 9.