# Mindful USC — user reviews > 24 indexed App Store user reviews of Mindful USC by Allen Weiss, rated 4.80/5 from 324 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mindful-usc/id1291768924/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mindful-usc/id1291768924.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 279 · 4★ 28 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 3 ## Newest reviews (7 of 24) ### 5/5 — Meditation with Delight *2019-12-13, version 1.8.0* Meditation that is clear and thoughtful. Created and delivered with warmth and kindness for the beginner and the experienced. ### 5/5 — For Anyone who just wants to take a moment and breathe *2019-10-20, version 1.8.0* I love this app. Anytime I need to wind down or just take a moment and disconnect from the demands of life-school-work. etc I can access this at anytime and it brings me back to being centered and at peace. ### 5/5 — Love it *2018-10-22, version 1.6.0* Great tool for the usc community and beyond! ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2018-10-01, version 1.6.0* This is such a well done app! I love that it has emotion/wellness check ins with suggested meditations, values, community, and tracking features! Best of all, it’s FREE! Seems to be well maintained and user interface is clean and intuitive. Great job! Fight on! ### 5/5 — Awesome! *2018-10-01, version 1.6.0* This app is a daily touch stone. It is a companion helping me feel gratitude and calm. ### 5/5 — Excellent app *2018-09-25, version 1.6.0* This app integrates emotions, values and mindfulness practices altogether in one place in a way that isn’t cumbersome. I’m a follower of Allen’s and am glad to hear him lead many of the exercises here. Fight on! ### 5/5 — Best meditation app *2018-08-28, version 1.6.0* Love this app! I was disappointed to find so many other meditation apps have a monthly fee. I’d be happy to pay something, but that pay model keeps access to a much needed resource (for the average person in this country) at an inconvenient distance. Thank you so much for making this! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Timer turns off *2023-10-24, version 2.0.0* Can you please fix the timer turning off? There is some combination between opening bells and listening sound. That will keep the timer on but if I change it, it stops working and I can’t get it to go back. ### 2/5 — Love the app, but issues with sound *2019-05-14, version 1.7.0* I really love this app, but recently when an automatic update is installed I cannot get any audio to play. Which stinks as when it is working, I really like the features and find it to be a great resource. I have an IPhone 7 Plus, is anyone else experiencing this? ### 3/5 — Great functionality good execution *2023-01-26, version 2.0.0* The app is laid out well really intuitive and love the check in feature. My only problem is many of the meditations are flawed technically volume issues and practically with no ending or wrap up and long pauses which lead to distraction. ### 3/5 — Unfortunately the timer doesn’t work *2020-04-22, version 2.0.0* It seems that on my phone, when I set a meditation timer for ten minutes, hear the bell, lay my phone down, and close my eyes, a whole bunch of time passes, and yet the timer is telling me only one minute has passed. My guess is that the timer stops counting once my phone’s screen automatically shuts off after a minute. This is unfortunate as I’d rather use this timer and all its nice bell sounds than the default alarm clock buzzer noises of my phone’s built in timer app ### 4/5 — Audio output? *2026-01-13, version 2.0.0* Amazing app and meditations! Could the app be modified so that it will use airplay speakers from the phone? Even if I set AirPlay speakers as output, the bells and speech only come from the phone speakers. ### 4/5 — Great tool with a minor issue. *2021-09-29, version 2.0.0* I really like this app, especially it being free. I’m a little confused as to why the meditations stop 5 seconds before the timer goes off when the phone goes into screen lock mode. It throws me off and I would think that this could be easily fixed. ### 4/5 — Love the app; just wish the meditations were available offline *2018-12-04, version 1.6.0* Thank you for this wonderful app, especially for Allen Weiss’ calming, wonderful, low pitched guidances. Please, would it be possible to have the meditations available offline? There are so many occasions when I’ve tried to access the meditations, only to find I’m in an area without reception (metro trains, airplanes) so cannot use it. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Great app *2024-03-21, version 2.0.0* I learned about this app when I was a USC student. Now even several years after graduating I find myself coming back every now and then. It’s really helped me understand how to mediate and practice calm. ### 5/5 — Wonderful *2022-07-10, version 2.0.0* I am new to meditation. This app has helped reinforce what I learned in my class. It’s very rare that an app improves someone’s quality of life, but this one certainly does. ### 5/5 — Dr. Penelope Duke *2022-03-26, version 2.0.0* Started Mindful USC over a year ago to help with insomnia. Thankful for the significant improvement in both falling & staying asleep. My medication for hypertension is reduced by half (a welcome side effect of daily meditation)! An excellent resource for meditation and wellness! Thank you for sharing this with the USC community & beyond. Fight On! ## Most praised reviews (7 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Happy about this app *2022-01-24, version 2.0.0* Everything is free, the information is very helpful, useful, and I’m glad that this app is available to all. Thank you for spreading peace love joy and gratitude ### 5/5 — Anxiety reduction *2021-07-25, version 2.0.0* I’ve never much difficulty with depression but struggled with sub-clinical anxiety, especially about sleeping, my adult life. This app is very helpful for Meditations for Dealing with Anxiety. The others seem very good also. Thank you🤗 ### 5/5 — Excellent *2021-01-07, version 2.0.0* This app is wonderful to use, it does so much to help one overcome life challenges and it’s free! ### 5/5 — Wonderful app *2020-12-11, version 2.0.0* I’ve used this app since it was a chart of tables on a USC project online. Now they’ve add so many new things to help manage daily life and mindfulness. ### 5/5 — Terrific resource *2020-07-24, version 2.0.0* I find these meditations so helpful and soothing. A real contribution to a better, kinder, and more loving world. I am a more gentle, less stressed person after working with this material. Thank you! ### 5/5 — pleasantly surprised *2020-06-19, version 2.0.0* I’m new to mindfulness and meditation. With the COVID-19 pandemic turning my life upside down, I needed help. I am enrolled in the 5-week class and use this app to guide my meditations. It’s amazing that 5 minute meditation is more relaxing than a 2 hour nap. Grateful to all at USC for developing this program and making it free for all. ### 5/5 — Very useful for beginners! *2020-04-16, version 2.0.0* I’m so grateful to this app for helping me get into a healthier routine. Thank you! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-11.*