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* Apps of the Year Winner - TIME magazine and Womens Health *
* More time is spent meditating on Insight Timer than all other meditation apps *
* Happiest App in the World - Tristan Harris *
The number 1 free meditation app. Guided meditations and talks led by the world's top meditation and mindfulness experts, neuroscientists, psychologists and teachers from Stanford, Harvard, the University of Oxford and more. Music tracks from world-renowned artists. Join millions learning to meditate on Insight Timer to help calm the mind, reduce anxiety, manage stress, sleep deeply and improve happiness.
With 80+ new free guided meditations added daily, more meditation is practiced on Insight Timer than anywhere else. Great for both beginners and experienced practitioners.
FREE FEATURES:
* Thousands of guided meditations
* Select by time for short meditations when on the go, helping you to build a simple daily habit
* Thousands of music tracks and ambient sounds to calm the mind, focus, sleep better and relax
* The world's most popular meditation Timer
* Follow your favourite teachers
* Thousands of discussion groups and community features
* Stats and milestones for tracking your progress
* Integration with Apple Health Mindful Minutes
Browse popular topics including:
* Sleep deeply
* Dealing with Anxiety and Reducing Stress
* Getting through Recovery and Addictions
* Self-love and Compassion
* Focus and Concentration
* Leadership
* Better Relationships
* Loving-Kindness
* And much more..
Join leading meditation teachers and musicians including:
* Tara Brach, Ph.D, founder of Insight Meditation Community of Washington
* Mark Williams, Emeritus Professor at Oxford University
* Jack Kornfield, Dartmouth, co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society alongside fellow Insight Timer teachers Sharon Salzberg, and Joseph Goldstein of Columbia
* Gil Fronsdal, Ph.D. at Stanford University
* Ram Das aka Dr Richard Alpert, Doctorate at Stanford and Harvard University teacher
* Sadhguru, Indian yogi, founder of non-profit Isha Foundation
* Mooji, disciple of Papaji, and devotee of the master Ramana Maharshi
* Moby, international recording artist, DJ, record producer, singer, songwriter
* As well as Sarah Blondin, Mary Maddux, Ajahn Achalo, Melissa Ambrosini, Bodhipaksa, Jonathan Lehmann, Jennifer Piercy, Bethany Auriel-Hagan, Kate James and many more..
Practice the following meditation types:
* Secular Mindfulness
* Buddhist Mindfulness
* Zen
* Insight Meditation
* Vipassana
* MBSR
* Walking Meditation
* Breathing Meditation
* Kundalini Yoga
* Metta
* Advaita Vedanta
* And many more..
Join community groups for:
* Beginners
* Poetry
* Atheism
* Christianity
* Hinduism
* Transcendental Meditation
* And many more..
PAID FEATURE - INSIGHT PREMIUM MEDITATION
We have one optional in-app subscription.
* Insight Courses
* Listen offline (download guided meditations to your device)
* Advanced Player (Repeat mode, Fast forward and Rewind, Pick-up where you left off)
* High-Quality audio
The subscription is available annually for US$59.99/year, or monthly for US$9.99/month. Payment will be charged through your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase, and will automatically renew at the end of each term unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings, but refunds will not be provided for unused portions of the term. Prices and currency will vary by location. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription, where applicable. The subscription will renew at the same cost.
If you have any questions, please reach out to us over here: https://help.insighttimer.com
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Community Voice & Feedback
I guess they updated the app and I have lost all my saved meditations. It is hard for me to find ones I like and now I have lost them all. I use them to go to sleep and the last thing I want to do while trying to relax before bed is sort through them trying to find something. Super annoying
Been using this since it came out as a simple meditation timer.
It’s basically useless at this point for that purpose, takes like over a minute to click through all the ads and notification requests and whatnot every time I go to use it
Incredibly bad vibes for a “calming” app
It’s basically useless at this point for that purpose, takes like over a minute to click through all the ads and notification requests and whatnot every time I go to use it
Incredibly bad vibes for a “calming” app
The content is great but the app will nag you incessantly and there is no way to turn off the questions. I’m surprised the rating is so high
Hands down the best and most versatile meditation app. The only
Detractor is the gamified tracker and I actually got mad about losing a 95 day streak. It incentivizes lying to yourself about your daily track record.
That is the only flaw. This app changed meditation for me!
Detractor is the gamified tracker and I actually got mad about losing a 95 day streak. It incentivizes lying to yourself about your daily track record.
That is the only flaw. This app changed meditation for me!
Though there are still many free and useful resources on this app, I find a lot of things are hidden behind a paywall and the app has really tried to gamify meditation. They prompt you to share your stats and track all the time you meditate. Feels like a step away from the intention.
I JUST want to use the timer, not commit to a curated program or be trapped in a loop trying to trick me into a plus subscription when I reopen the app
NONE of the meditations are free! My saved meditations I’ve listened to before only allow for a short preview. There is not a filter for free meditations in the search menu. Very disappointed and not the app I remember
I absolutely love and recommend this app for anyone. The meditations, talks, and classes truly heal the soul. With so many teachers and teaching styles available there’s something here for everyone to heal their bodies, to calm their minds, and to relieve stress. It is well designed for you to find your tribe.
Generally, I love Insight Timer. The amount and quality of free meditation recordings are amazing, and there’s a ton of value available without having to subscribe to their Plus version.
However in their most recent update, they removed the ability to restart a meditation from the beginning without being a Plus member. Prior to this, only Plus members could fast forward or rewind meditations - fine, no problem. But I have a tendency to jump out of a meditation before it’s complete and then will return to it on another day to use it again, and historically had the option to play from where I left off or “restart”. The restart feature is suddenly gone, which means that most of the meditations I’ve loved and used before are now essentially useless to me unless I want to listen from 3/4 through - which I don’t.
So I’m likely leaving Insight Timer for YouTube where my favorite practitioners are also sharing free content. I’d much rather stay with IT though. Fingers crossed it wasn’t intentional as a means to drive more people to Plus (or in my case, away from the app altogether) and is a bug they’ll realize needs fixing.
However in their most recent update, they removed the ability to restart a meditation from the beginning without being a Plus member. Prior to this, only Plus members could fast forward or rewind meditations - fine, no problem. But I have a tendency to jump out of a meditation before it’s complete and then will return to it on another day to use it again, and historically had the option to play from where I left off or “restart”. The restart feature is suddenly gone, which means that most of the meditations I’ve loved and used before are now essentially useless to me unless I want to listen from 3/4 through - which I don’t.
So I’m likely leaving Insight Timer for YouTube where my favorite practitioners are also sharing free content. I’d much rather stay with IT though. Fingers crossed it wasn’t intentional as a means to drive more people to Plus (or in my case, away from the app altogether) and is a bug they’ll realize needs fixing.
Sometimes I simply need to set my calming, mindful, present, and relaxing intention for the day. Other times I need to listen to someone who can bring me back to a more peaceful state. Other times, I just want to sit in quiet surroundings and listen to my Insight timer to soothe my busy brain. Whatever I need for my day, Insight Timer has just what I need. Thank you to all who are involved in making each day better for me.
This app is amazing, and it has really helped my life in so many ways… breathing tracks for anxiety, yoga nidra for sleep, and daily meditation to get my day off to a good start! I recommend it for anyone who wants to take steps to improve their mental and emotional wellbeing!!
Helps me stay accountable with my daily meditation. Really like the design of the app! Even the free version is suitable for simple timer needs
I have really bad anxiety at times and this year it got very very bad especially earlier this year, even went a bit manic (which I will NOT get into, it’s personal, but I added it to give small detail), some of these teachers really helped me sleep when my anxiety was at an all high, close to throwing up because of it, my father is the one who got me into it, so i recommend it, too.
When my wife left me just over nine months ago, I felt that I completely lost my identity in life and my purpose for being here. Insight Timer app, and all the tools within that I have experienced so far have helped me tremendously to refine my identity and to regain my purpose through clarity and love and understanding.
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Shame on the developers for trying to great a subscription model for a MEDITATION. TIMER. IT'S A CHILL CLOCK, GANG. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO OURSELVES.