Built by a dutch non-profit, Medito is a meditation app that is completely free without ads, supported by donations from the community. The new update brought a completely new interface and new content.
The source code is on GitHub and the app is available for iOS and Android. Sadly the F-Droid version didn’t receive the update yet.
I’m not affiliated with Medito, just a meditator who has used Medito for 3 years now. It helped me a lot, and maybe it can help some of you too. Have a nice day.
Im getting some old and out of touch energy. But man a meditation app sounds contradictory
I can’t meditate without direction yet. I need the app ( I don’t use this one, but I will when my free year runs out ) to keep me focused while I learn how to meditate. It seemed contradictory to me at first ,too, until I tried it for myself.
Guided meditation is by far the best way to start and is always relevant. At some point an app might not cut it much more, and a meditation teacher will always beat an app, but an app beats nothing, at least for begginers.
Apps can do some things that recordings cannot do. For instance, Waking Up allows you to lengthen the daily meditation by lengthening the silences between instructions. This can be really helpful if you find the instructions come too quickly, or if you are trying to lengthen your ability to maintain focus. It’s the same recorded material, just with tailored silence duration.
Guided meditation is very effective, and doing so on a dedicated app rather than on something like youtube can help you avoid distraction.