MindBell

I like this app, it does what it says on the tin. An improvement I'd like to see: overlaying the bell sounds when it plays more than once. It's surprisingly distracting when the bell plays all the way through to silence, you think it's done, and then it plays again. It would feel more natural if the bell sounds overlapped. Also, the time controls are a bit complicated and unintuitive. Any chance of making them more user friendly? Otherwise great app.

I first used MindBell years ago, and it was a straightforward app to operate and worked as marketed, providing a great little bell sound randomly through the day. But when I decided to reinstall it recently, it now seems to have a technical glitch: I turn it on per instructions, but no bell sound. And when I open it, it turns itself off. Sorry to have to uninstall it - like I said, it was a great app the first time I used it.

This app is awesome, randomly chimes throughout the day at hours of your choice. The only thing that is actually very annoying is that it will chime and interrupt you when you are in the middle of writing a txt or email. The screen will change to the mindbell display and completely interrupt your messaging, this happens very often. Hope they will fix this. Otherwise, very good.

I LOVED this app for years, but I got a replacement phone (S8) and downloaded the app and now it isn't working. I read all the new directions on power saving/battery/notification blocks, etc and nothing has helped. Its disappointing because it could be such a simplistic easy to use app. I hope they come up with a new version to update the glitches everyone seems to be having with this app and their phone software. There's just nothing else like it for the intermittent reminders for mindfulness during the day.

All in all this is a perfect app for my needs. The bell sound is exactly what I was looking for. The ways you can program it to work for your needs is great. It's also as simple as possible to use. One minor issue is that notifications for reminders don't work unless you fiddle with your phone settings. Fortunately there's a great guide on the app's web site that helps.I wish there was also an option to start a session when the bell is tapped instead of just playing the sound as it is currently.

I have used this app for many years and still love the sound of the bell and I use it to meditate twice daily. Unfortunately, it can be quite inconsistent. Sometimes the bell just never rings at the end of meditation and sometimes it rings 3-5 minutes after the time it is supposed to. This isn't a huge deal but it can mean I end up being late for work or am concerned while meditating if I've gone past time or not - which doesn't create the most mindful state. Still - a great sounding bell!

All I wanted was a timer, with a bell sound, that rings only once, then stops until I restart it. Also, I wanted it to ignore the phone's mute mode and volume control. This app is so configurable, I set it up to do EXACTLY that. The other many features may be used over time, but this will do for now

Have used for years, meets my needs for regular reminders and especially for specific bell timings for an meditative exercise routine. The app is very flexible. With my new Android phone, the app was not working properly...found the fix on the website list here, battery optimization function. Thanks! I'm very happy to be able to keep using the app as before!

Worked well for a few days and then kept turning itself off, sometimes several times each day. Great when it worked but now uninstalled. Update, re-installed, same issues except the last time I tried to turn app back on the bell sounded and just looped so all I had was the bell. I had to turn my phone off to stop it and to enable me uninstall the app. I also note the developer hasn't responded to any feedback here so I assume they're not interested. Downgraded my score to one star.

This app is exactly what I need. However, lately it does not permit me to deactivate it when I don't want it to ring periodically. When I turn it off, it always activates immediately on its own. UPDATE: It keeps deactivated now. Probably there was a conflict with some setting I had changed. Very nice app! Thank you!

Really liked this app, in particular, I found the periodical reminder bell very useful - a great way to remind yourself to take a mindful breathing space throughout the day to help sustain your mindfulness practice. However, 1 day after starting to use the app, there was an update in which this feature is no longer available - really disappointed. Will this feature return to future updates?

Love this app so much for my daily affirmations! I have an android and was so dismayed that it stopped working a few months ago. Somehow, it just started magically working again when I was trying to fix it and look at the directions in review replies, making the bell go off every minute to see if it would work. Success! Thank you for making this app. For me, it's an effective tool for my spiritual growth and I recommend it to everyone. Please make a version for iPhones. 💕

The app is good during meditation time set. But I don't get the reminders dhring the rest day. I want to use it as a mindfulness bell the whole day. However, this feature is not working despite trying all settings! The developer should look into ths issue. For general meditations there are many timer apps and videos, podcasts which are available. I specifically wanted to use this as a mindfulness reminder the whole day!Overall a nice app!

There is a bug in the app version 3.1.4. I have the bell ring everyt15min 10am to 6pm. When the device goes in sleep mode it wouldn't ring,that I can understand but when I bring the device to active state (unlock) the bell rings multiple times. It looks it accumulates the number of times it should have rung and when device become active it ring that many of times. I am on Google Nexus 9 Android 7.

App works precisely as intended. It is surprisingly customizable, yet its interface and options are simple and self-explanatory. Additionally, the default "bell" notification sound is soothing, unintrusive, and quickly creates an unconscious association between its chime and the desire to breathe deeply and peacefully, engendering a moment of effortless mindfulness, regardless of surroundings, that invites one's awareness to return home to the body and the present moment. Lovely, powerful app.

Not working on your galaxy S9? Make sure you disable the app under power optimisation settings. I have used this app for at least 3 years now, but possibly much longer, I can't remember exactly. It recently stopped working for me due to reason listed above but I corrected it through the helpful FAQ documention. The developer of this has been updating this app as (from what I can tell) a gesture of selfless service since the dawn of the app. Countless improvements. Many thanks, friend.

I cannot express how excited I am that this app was updated! I'd given up checking for an update, but could not bare deleting the app from my phone in hope of the day the bugs were fixed on the battery saver priority issues. Not only is this app the best of it's kind, it seems to be the ONLY one of it's kind with these specific abilities! For about a year, this app was quite literally teaching me how to breathe again. Thank you, thank you, thank you--for taking the time to fix things!!!

I wanted this app as a timer in meditation. Unfortunately, my phone's screen switches off after a few minutes. At that point the bell on this app stops working. I haven't found a way around this other than to keep the screen switched on, which eats the battery.

Thank you so much for your time and effort in developing this app. I installed on my new Motorola OneAction and also had a problem of it not ringing as expected. I found that I had the setting "Mute Rules>Don't remind if ringtone is muted" checked. I always keep my ringtone on vibrate. So I unchecked this and now all works well. Once again, I am serene! :)

At first, my galaxy note 9 didn't remind me periodically. And I also found that the bell sound was quite not loud. I solved the problem by using 2 options in the Problem solving menu of this app. There are Battery settings and Extra silence before bell. I love the bell sound and the way it reminds.

Updated review - back to 5 stars! The developer sent instructions for fixing the problem, and now it is working again! Also, the instructions within the app for fixing this have been updated so that they are easy to follow, even giving little prompts as you go through the steps. Love it. I am so happy. Thank you!!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I loved this app so much, but it just stopped working. I am trying to find a good replacement app, but I haven't had much luck. Would love to hear other's recommendations.

Great concept that mostly works... It used to support alternate notification sounds, but now only gives an error saying it doesn't have permission. (it does) This has been broken for several years across 3 different model phones, but I still use it.

I finally got this app to work again having transferred it from Moto G to Pixel 3a. I had to uninstall CleanMaster and disable app from battery optimization. For others experiencing difficulties, suggest that do everything to disable apps that stop other apps from running in the background, including lasted versions of Android. It is worth persevering. Great app.

So relieved. I was looking for a reminder app that allowed me to customize the ringer- moreover, it was for tea meditation, so this app is actually very useful in a lot of ways. This works!!! Thank you so much for keeping this up and keeping this updated!!! I passed over this app a few times until I was forced too by lack of other options, due to the aesthetics. But I am so glad I tried it!!

Nice app. Good quality samples on my phone. Never thought of using a reminder throughout the day, but will try it now. My only wish is a 30 second interval during meditation mode. Dknapps, can you use the stick bell during meditation? I can only get single bell. Tried with reminder on and off. Thx!

Love this app. Helps keep me from overdoing TV, breaking down tasks to enable chunks to prevent being OVERWHELMED. App also can be set to stop at appointed time. You can also turn it off if you want when talking to folks on the phone. Or maybe not :)