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😱😱😱It is amazing!!
I got this app after looking at some other which looked amazing, but turned out you had to pay for any content. I saw this one and thought yeah, I’ll try it. And it was FANTASTIC. It’s completely free, and it’s clear these people only want to help others, not just steal your money like all of the other apps out there. It is for any ages, and I love it. I have only had it for a day but I can tell I’m going to be using it for a long long time. Thanks you so much 😊Show less🌈☔️❄️☀️
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Thank you so much for this fantastic review!!!Fantastic app but not therapy
I love, love, love this app. One thing though is that the music doesn’t shut off automatically after a meditation, which is a little annoying for the sleep ones. However, the programs are great, a wonderful mix of options, and the narrator is lovely and just the right amount of guidance for my and my kiddos (9 and 11). The only changes that’d be awesome are if it integrated with health, and the dashboard showed the actual length of each day.
All that being said, meditation and mindfulness aren’t panaceas. They’re great for you and they help a lot to reduce day-to-day anxiety and manage stress, but expecting a mediation app to stop panic attacks with no other interventions is kinda like expecting jogging to fix a broken wrist. It’s not that jogging isn’t good for you or that you’re doing something wrong when you keep jogging and your wrist keeps hurting. It’s that it’s probably not the intervention you need to fix your wrist. And if your wrist is broken, or you’re suffering from panic attacks and really debilitating anxiety, you deserve the care that can help those things truly heal. Check out DBT, CBT, or the Work of Byron Katie—all interventions that can help greatly with anxiety and racing minds and integrate really well with mediation.Show lessKaytearose
Developer Response
Thanks so much for this wonderful review! We are looking into the music tuning off after a meditation in a future update. We are glad to hear it your kids love it as well! You are absolutely right about mindfulness! We define mindfulness as paying attention to the present moment with openness, curiosity and without judgement. While we know there are many benefits psychological and physiological benefits (including reducing worries, anxiety and distress) we do not believe it to be fix all panacea. You can read here all about how we define mindfulness and it's benefits: https://www.smilingmind.com.au/mindfulness or visit this page to learn about all of the research we are doing into mindfulness and meditation practices https://www.smilingmind.com.au/research. Thanks again for your thoughtful review!Great alternative + new user friendly
So I started mediation after a little bit of brief interest and my first pick was Headspace bc it was the only one I knew of, but I didn’t like the paywall of it so I looked for alternatives, and found this.
100x better than Headspace first and foremost, very user friendly, and I love how it’s a nonprofit! I’m getting more comfortable with the program and I love how it’s set up.
I would give it five stars, but I was hoping for a dark mode, lol! I have eye strains and it helps a bit personally so if that was a potential feature to be added then great! Otherwise, amazing app! Nice job developers!Show lessGym Rita
Great meditation practices but ‘streak’ not working
I love this app so far - a really broad range of meditations all categorised by their purpose (aid sleep, manage stress, thrive etc). This makes it easy to use and select fresh practices but the meditation itself remains very true to the ethos - it’s all about bringing back awareness and calming an overthinking mind. BUT the streak function is not working for me: I’ve used the app 4 days in a row to meditate but my streak is showing as 0. This is just a little motivational tool and I’d really like it to work.Show lesswelshgems_uk
Developer Response
Thanks so much for sharing, please reach out to info@smilingmind.com.au and someone will help you out with any technical issues.Amazing!
I love love love smiling mind! I was first introduced to mindfulness when I downloaded the app Calm. I loved it and it was a great introduction, but you had to pay money for the full experience so I knew that I needed to look for something else. That’s when I found smiling mind. You don’t have to pay, and there are like hundreds of meditation sessions! It doesn’t even matter what age you are. There are sessions for kids, teens, adults, and everyone else. The voices in the sessions are soothing and engaging. I recommend smiling mind for everyone! It is an amazing app!!Show lessILoveCalmApp
truly amazing :)
Wow, first off - this app is 100% free! No “free trials” then having to pay a ridiculous amount of money or only being able to use some tracks. Secondly, since having traumatic brain injury, depression, and anxiety I have always heard people (medical professionals too) say “try meditation” and I just never was into it. It always bored me .. and I was a bit scared. But, with this app being absolutely no cost whatsoever, I finally get to practice and practice and go as slowly as I want and it has paid off! Even though I am new to this app, it has already done wonders for me! I have stopped taking melatonin at night to help me sleep because I always do a meditation from this app before I go to bed!
Wow, I really just cannot say enough about this app!Show lesssuzannahlea
Developer Response
Thank you so much for taking the time write this wonderful review!! :)Great App. Just one suggestion.
I have been using this app extensively and I really enjoy using it. However, I’d love for there to be an option that shows how many minutes a day you’re actually meditating for since the “meditation minutes” are just the total time used. I’d like to see an option that tells you the actually number of minutes done daily. Besides that, this app is amazing! Thank you!Show lessMindfulEd
It’s completely FREE
This app has changed me and I am so happy that I discovered it. I am 16 and I love the kids programs they let my imagination run wild. The teen and adult programs are also so amazing. It is completely free!! I was expecting costs but I got on the app signed up and no costs. Most of the other meditation apps cost money but this one doesn’t. The people talking seem like they are talking personally to you even though they are talking to millions of people. Their voice is so calming and I fall asleep in 5 minutes with an amazing sleep experience. I don’t know how they do it! I love love love this app!!Show lessPic colage nerd:/
THIS is it!!!
I never write reviews but this app is definitely worth the five star review. Every meditation app I have used always had in-app purchases for me to gain the full experience. This app is AMAZING!!! Don’t waste your time gaining the partial meditation experience or spending money on the full experience when this app gives you the full experience for FREE. It is so versatile I can’t can’t wait to finally be able to meditate on a daily basis.Show lesslillytunes7890
Great app!
This is a great option for both children and adults. This app provides a variety of meditation choices and is very user friendly. Setting up an account was easy and the graphics are visually pleasing. I enjoyed exploring this app for not only personal usage but will recommend this for my students and colleagues to use. This app includes relevant languages for different regions in Australia but would benefit from adding additional languages for other areas of the world.Show lessmayardiamond
