Leave a Review Meditation, Zazen, Yoga Timer
Upgrade was a downgrade
I paid for this app years ago and used to love it but the subscription version is a step back. It is also less aesthetically pleasing with garish colors and fonts. But so are most phone apps these days. I understand the dev needs money but I will probably just buy a physical meditation timer now. I do not care about most of the other features. The bells were nice. I usually do not leave negative reviews or any sort of reviews but another annoying new feature is the app nagging me to review it before every meditation session, the opposite of a calm experience. Good luck.Show lessPalafo
Samara app helps get me to the cushion
I’ve shared Samsara with friends and family. We share our graphs at the end of the month with each other. Feels like a little sangha and helps us support our sitting practices. I really like the flexibility of crafting different bell and chime combinations.ScottJT6
Developer Response
Thank you, ScottJT6. I appreciate your kind words.Great app for meditation
I use this app every day! It has a warmup period you can set and a closing period you can set, each each with its own unique time and chime. It allows you to easily adjust the time of your meditation too. It also allows you to set reminder intervals throughout the meditation to keep you on track when the mind starts to wander. For example, I'll do a 20 minute meditation with the reminder chime each two minutes. This is one way to follow the directives for short meditations that are focused, especially for us beginners. It also keeps track of the number of sessions you have completed without missing one, and keeps track of the most sessions you have ever done without missing one. It's a good help to keep you on track and challenge you to continue and be faithful to your meditation practice. Most of us are doing individual practice most of the time it seems so this is a good help and encouragement. The chimes are also a very good quality of sound. This is a great app at just about any price and what's more astounding is it's for free! Thanks for creating it! Should be a ton of good karma coming from this app for the creators of it!Show lessBob Lingvall
Makes sitting alone peaceful and easy
While the interface takes a little getting used to, the quality of the bell sounds and options for what you can see during your session are wonderfully subtle and helpful for meditation.Busy multitasker
The cleanest meditation app!
Everything you need, nothing you don’t. The last thing I wanted for a meditation app was sponsored ads popping up, or any type of on screen distractions. The UX/UI of this app stands above others to me and is well worth the price! Plus he deserves some credit for being the meditation app chose to use by “Bobby Axelrod” in Billions. If it’s good enough for Bobby, it’s going enough for me ;)Show lesssanctionone
I use this app every day
This is a great meditation app that I’ve used for several years on a daily basis. The ease of setting the timer & chimes makes meditation even more effective since there’s no stress over keeping track of time. The chimes are very soothing, too.stlcardsfan99
Paywalled, Ruined
Today I sat down to meditate and discovered that Samsara, an excellent meditation timer I have used for years has been replaced with an ugly paywall. All but one of my timing profiles have been "locked". The app has been deliberately broken unless I pay. I won't.
The sad thing is, I would have been happy to support maintenance of this app voluntarily. But the *vileness* of trying to slide a paywall between me and my daily spiritual practice -- it's an outrage. Uninstalled.Show lessbonkydog
Happy Customer for 8+ years
I’ve been a happy customer for over 8 hours. This is an incredibly well designed and thoughtful meditation app. Highly recommend.Tawheed Kader
Simple, Elegant, and Useful
I’ve been using some sorrow for several years for my daily meditation practice. I like it for simplicity of use and ease of making changes. The is very simple and elegant.
Thanks for a great product!JJL1013
Perfect meditation timer
You can set the complete duration of your meditation and set bells at intervals to let you know to change stages if you're doing a meditation with different stages, like a meta meditation. You have many different bell sounds and the ability to have the bell ring once or multiple times. These changes are very easy to make.A++ recommend highlyShow lessMissMockingbird
