# MindGarden: Mindful Meditation — user reviews > 91 indexed App Store user reviews of MindGarden by MWM, rated 4.78/5 from 838 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mindgarden-mindful-meditation/id1588582890/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mindgarden-mindful-meditation/id1588582890.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 731 · 4★ 66 · 3★ 17 · 2★ 10 · 1★ 14 ## What do users think of MindGarden? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 💎 Wonderful app - 🌱 Cute and calming visuals - 🧘‍♀️ Helpful for meditation and mindfulness - 🌳 Ability to plant real trees - 🎨 Gamified approach to meditation - 🗓️ Consistent daily practice - 🌺 Enjoyable and motivating - 🧠 Improved mental health and focus - 🤗 Supportive and responsive developers **Cons** - 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches - 🔍 Some features not working as expected - 🔒 Difficulty cancelling subscription - 🔊 Audio issues during meditations - 🌱 Inconsistent plant/flower visuals **Commonly reported bugs** - Inability to log in or access account - Meditation progress and data loss - Crashing or freezing issues - Purchasing and subscription problems **Most requested features** - More variety in meditation content - Improved customization options - Enhanced tracking and analytics - Expanded plant/garden selection ## Newest reviews (15 of 91) ### 5/5 — Amazing App! *2023-03-04, version 1.2.6* For awhile I was looking around for a meditation app to use but the other ones I’ve used never really stuck with me as well as this one has! I absolutely love this app and the guided meditations. They really help keep your focus on breathing. It used to be quite buggy but all of that has been addressed awhile back and don’t really have any complaints. It’s helped me dial in my mental health and the changes that come with a better mental state is great! ### 5/5 — Amazing for my anxiety *2023-03-03, version 1.2.6* I’ve tried many meditation apps in the last and none have stuck with me. This app is amazing! I love watching my garden grow and the guided meditations are great for beginners and I love feeling like i’m getting better everyday. There are so many options of different types of meditations and I can’t wait to try them all! I’d recommend this app to anyone trying to get into guided mediation and breathing! ### 5/5 — Incredible! *2023-02-28* This app has made a tremendous difference in my life. I’ve been struggling and this app has been here for me. It truly is a blessing. To the creators of this app, you have a heart of gold and I thank you for the difference you’ve made in my life and others. ### 5/5 — So far so good!! *2023-02-17, version 1.2.6* I’ve always wanted to meditate more and be more mindful, but I never found a helpful way to do it. This app has been so helpful in just the few days I’ve had it! I can’t wait to see how I feel after a whole month! ### 5/5 — Beautifully Done *2023-02-16, version 1.2.6* Whether you are brand new to meditation or have been practicing for years, MindGarden has something of value to offer. Between breathwork, meditations, journal prompts, mood check ins and the garden of plants to grow, there is something for everyone! Guided and unguided sessions along with the option from 30 seconds to 2 hours gives users the ability to add these practices into their day no matter their schedule. Thank you to the Mind Garden team for your hard work and dedication to creating a more mindful world! ### 5/5 — The only mindfulness app that works! *2023-02-16, version 1.2.6* Literally the best app ever! This app is the only one that has helped me and it feels more unique and less fabricated and technical. They garden concept is so cute and really is motivating as I just wanna keep growing my garden. ### 5/5 — Comfortable, cute, and awesome! *2023-02-15, version 1.2.6* This meditation app is my favorite. The content feels much more organic, less manufactured. That said, it helped me ease into meditation without feeling too awkward. I love that this habit helps me sleep well and build routine into my day, which helps tremendously with my mental health. ### 5/5 — Awesome meditation app!! *2023-02-14, version 1.2.6* Have been using this app through graduate school to manage and track moods, take breaks and re center and customize notifications to what I need. It’s been super helpful in managing everything and staying on track!! ### 5/5 — AMAZING meditation app *2023-02-14, version 1.2.6* I’ve been working on my personal growth and healing and I’ve used numerous apps like Calm, Headspace, etc., for meditative purposes and none of them are as exciting to use as this one. The app itself is very easy to navigate despite a few glitches here and there, but nothing that’s unable to be surpassed. I find the most exciting aspects on the home page where you can document your mood, journal, and do breath work or meditate. I have school and work most days and this app makes it time efficient and convenient to take small moments for to ground myself and find gratitude :) WOULD RECOMMEND! ### 5/5 — User friendly and great app for meditation beginners *2023-02-11* When I got this app the main appeal was its cute aesthetic, but once I started using it I realised how valuable it is to my everyday routine. I have become more mindful and calm through the use of its’ quick and rewarding 5-10 minute daily meditations and the incentives to grow your garden. The app is so easy to use and awesome for a beginner and has longer meditations for people who are more experienced as well. ### 5/5 — Great for improving mental health and decreasing stress! *2023-02-11, version 1.2.6* I love this app since i’ve always been on to stress over every little thing. With MindGarden, i’m reminded to slow down and take a break every once in a while so that I don’t get overwhelmed. I haven’t had any technical issues with the app. I also love the plant a tree feature sm!! ### 5/5 — Best App *2023-02-11, version 1.2.6* I've been using the Meditation app for about 3 days now and I'm absolutely loving it. The guided meditations are very calming and have really helped me clear my mind and focus on the present. This app intuitive and easy to use, making it great for beginners. I would definitely recommend thisMeditation app to anyone looking to get started with meditation! ### 5/5 — 5/5 *2023-01-31, version 1.2.6* This is the only app that has rly helped my mental health, i love that it has journaling prompts for every occasion and breath work to do after. I was recently hospitalized from my mental illness and the breath work and courses REALLY helped get me through it. ### 5/5 — Love this app *2022-12-28* I just love this app. It’s easy to use and comes with step by step instructions on where to start. I find this super helpful because there are some other apps out there that have an infinite amount of meditations but it can be overwhelming to know where to start. Love the journal feature- it makes all the difference, as it gets you to reflect on what you’re grateful for. Also- it’s animations are lovely. Highly recommend. ### 5/5 — I appreciate this app *2022-12-07, version 1.2.3* This app is one of the most wonderful apps I have ever came across to have free access to this is something I’m very grateful for I have been much more consistent in meditation because of this app and has helped improve stay consistent with writing and meditating I hope if you see this you know you should also get this app I wish you luck on your journey much love ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not happy *2022-12-13* Didn’t enjoy this app. Wouldn’t let me cancel free 7 day trial then took full payment without issuing a reminder. ### 1/5 — Please STOP, CANCEL, and END my membership. *2022-12-06, version 1.2.3* I signed up with this app very recently. Within one day I knew it was not for me. I contacted you, asking for you to CANCEL my membership, as your site had told me I could. So far, it is not cancelled. I do not want to pay a year’s membership for this app, which appears to be written for first-graders. Please CANCEL this immediately! You said I could cancel within 7 days, which I did. I want you to CANCEL this and STOP SENDING ME DAILY MESSAGES. J. Hargrove. ### 1/5 — Great intention poor follow thru *2022-09-23, version 1.2.2* Over about 5 months Like the idea, structure and layout, if it was not such a buggy, unreliable app I would rate it a 4-5. Initially happy and wanted to support. But I Wasn’t able to upgrade (paid money but account remained ftp), despite contacting developer repeatedly and receiving limited guidance ( though polite and did refund my money) constantly having. Ongoing and regular problems accessing lessons/ meditations previously accessed, the whole money and garden data tracking was completely unreliable, and today was logged out and unable to log back in with Apple ID and when able to access program, it was at some initial point, no reference to my login/account, and repeatedly shut down after attempts to follow The initial course of beginning breathwork and restarting all over again. Not chill ### 1/5 — Absolutely not *2022-05-28, version 1.1.7* I was soooo happy with this app. It was beautiful and made meditation fun and cute. However, everything was fine until today. For some reason, I lost all of my meditation progress, all of my coins, my gratitude entries and the flowers I have gained. I lost everything. I tried logging in and out, uninstalling and installing the app but nothing. I got fed up so I deleted it. With this new “version”, most of the meditations were Lisa and Andrew (2 voices I do not like to meditate to). My favorite instructor was Bijan and there is only 2 for him which is a shame because he was the best. With no Bijan and all of my progress lost, I’m not returning to this app again. Such a shame really. I really loved it once upon a time. Oh well. ### 2/5 — Won’t let me use the app *2022-09-07, version 1.2.1* I was really excited to try this app but after downloading it, it would not let me into the app. It won’t open and keeps glitching ever time I tried. I can’t really give the app itself a fair rating because it won’t let me try it. I have downloaded and reloaded it several times to see it that will fix it but it doesn’t 😢 ### 3/5 — Not working properly *2024-08-17* I ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS APP!! I used it every day and night and it helped me and taught me ALOT!! After a while when the people are supposed to be talking… they’re not. You just hear the sound. The tree don’t grow and the timer doesn’t count down. Also sometimes the app just force close. When I do hear the voice on about only one or two meditations it has a buzzing nose in the back that wasn’t there before. If this is something that can be fixed I would DEFINITELY Appreciate it because I LOVED THIS APP!! **Developer response:** Hi :) Thanks for letting us know about it. Sorry it happened. Can you send a video of the issue by email? - so we can have a better understanding of the situation. We'll investigate it. Please update your review if you need further assistance. Thanks, best Mau ### 3/5 — Nice idea but app doesn’t work well *2023-01-09* This app is a lovely idea and seems to make meditation much more accessible than other apps I’ve tried, but alas there are so many problems with the app: from having to restart the app each time you get stuck on one page with no ‘back’ option, to payments for Pro options being taken with no actual Pro options unlocked, with videos being only able to play once even if not watched all the way through. (Lots of spelling mistakes throughout the app too, and no response when I contacted the team for help with payment issues.) ### 3/5 — Bug *2022-06-23, version 1.1.9* If I’m doing a timed unguided mediation and I get a call, the time will continue, but the track will no longer play once the call has ended. The only way I’ve figured out to bring back the music within the same session is to change the track and then go back to the original track. ### 4/5 — Underrated app *2023-04-13* I really love this app, it’s well thought out and is perfect for people who like games, because it makes meditation appealing and genuinely fun to do. Meditation has become a very important piece to improving my health and well-being. When I stumbled upon a bug (the garden, home, search, and shop buttons don’t work), I came to leave a review to hopefully get the developers to fix it. Come to find that the app hasn’t been updated in 3months. It saddens me that the developers aren’t watering their really great app more. I hope y’all continue to improve. I’ll continue to use the app almost everyday (working up to everyday) ❤️ ### 4/5 — Good motivation to self care *2023-04-04* I have tried a LOT of mental health apps. I often find that they either require too much for me on low energy days so I find myself getting overwhelmed, or they don't give the guidence and challenge to keep me motivated so I end up forgetting to use them. This app seems to get the balance well though. It gives a daily requirement that isn't too big, but is motivating to log in every day, and then the ability to do more if I want to. I seem to function best achieving things when they are gamified and when I feel like I am achieving more than just looking after myself by keeping up with my self care. Not only do I earn coins for what I do in this app and get to see my 'garden' of flowers increase each day,but I can even use my coins to by real life trees for the charity this app partners with to plant out in the real world as well as for different plants for my virtual garden. That's great motivation as well as how much encouragement you are given in the app! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Mindgarden - It's Wonderful! *2024-05-29* I was looking for a good meditation app a while ago, and I happened to stumble upon this underrated app! I've been using this app for around a year now, and despite a few minor bugs it has served me well! This app has many features under one subscription, including: breathworks, meditations, courses, mood logging, jounaling, a streak system, and a calendar where you can grow a plant by doing a meditation and add that to the calendar, and you can also buy plants or unlock them. This app's meditations have helped me through some of my most anxiety-filled and stressful moments, and are also helpful for relaxing to sleep or energizing you in the morning. The voices are very soothing as well. Despite being a little buggy, this app is perfect for beginners and advanced meditators alike; I recommend this app to anyone who is interested in meditation! ### 5/5 — Best and Cutest Meditation App *2024-01-09* I’m so grateful that such a wonderful app was made! I absolutely love the design, features, and meditation courses. This app has for sure helped get me through the task of creating meditation a habit. It made it so much easier to keep up with my goals and never made it too daunting with the wide variety of meditations. Even if I didn’t have time during the day to do one I had the option to play a meditation as I was laying in bed to go to sleep! While I absolutely love this app I do seem to be getting frustrated lately with the glitches. Recently after having the app for a year with no issues there seems to be a consistent glitch. After my meditation it will ask my to log in. Although I actually am loged in if I exit out and my progress is tracked it prompts me to log in after every meditation. Please fix this issues and it is frustrating that after I can’t easily roam around for other features. Even with this thought you guys for sure deserve 5 stars! I’m so happy to have found this. ### 5/5 — Just what I was looking for! *2023-07-15* Finally! A meditation app that coaches you through the process of learning to meditate. The app is so colourful and cheerful. The image of growing a garden is very helpful. I also LOVE the fact that they call it a journey and the process a series of levels with ROADMAPS. This app is a 12 out of 10. Much less expensive than Headspace or Calm and much more fun and effective. After 7 days I’m already seeing results Thank you for finally opening my way to Zen practice!. ### 5/5 — Great app *2023-04-22* I have always had the traditional apps about meditation that I haven’t been able to stick with but I enjoy the daily practices and also the mood check ins to see if there is a way to pick yourself up. I also love the fact that gratitude is integrated into the app as well making you focus on something good in your life at the moment which is powerful if you feel like the world is falling apart around you. Will definitely continue my journey! ### 5/5 — Amazing App *2023-04-09* There are many great meditation apps out there and this is one of the best! It’s helped me sleep better, less nightmares, and has calmed me down during stressful situations. There are a few bugs and glitches to work out but it seems as though it’s in great hands, as the creator seems to truly care! I love this app and I’ll continue to use it to help my daily life. I highly recommend! ### 5/5 — SO UNDERRATED! *2023-04-04* i love this app ive actually been sticking with it for a couple days and the cutesy visuals make it very appealing i also love the garden aspect to it i believe it just makes this much more enjoyable i look forward to my breathing and or meditation time at the end of the day since i am always stressed about something in my life it really helps me destress and relax for bedtime i highly recommend this app the customer service and the developers really pay attention to what their consumers want and they actually care ### 5/5 — Best Meditation App! *2023-03-30* I have tried several mindfulness apps, and I either get bored or I feel lost and end up deleting it. This app is so soothing right when you open it, and the exercises are so easily laid out and explained. It is so much more helpful than any other app I have tried. The art is adorable, and I love all the different plants you can collect. The way the streaks are set up and presented is very motivating to continue coming back each day, which is also so helpful for someone trying to make mindfulness a habit every day. ### 5/5 — Great alternative to Stop, Breathe, Think *2023-03-09, version 1.2.6* I've been looking for a new meditation app since SBT closed down and this is the best alternatively I've found! Their interface is very cute and calming and planting my own little garden allows me to stay motivated to use the app. You can even use your coins to plant real trees! I'm really enjoying it. ### 5/5 — It Has Helped Me *2023-03-08, version 1.2.6* I have been using the app now for a few days and I can honestly say that the mediation really slows down my mind and helps ground me. Normally with journals in apps, they let rant about your day which is great to letting you express yourself but with the app’s prompt of “what are you grateful for today?” really helps me focus on the positive things in my life. I’m still a beginner with meditation but I appreciate how friendly it is with time, letting you choose between 30 second meditation to 5 minutes. I hope to see some more variation of plants in shop but overall this is a very cute helpful app! :) The developers really care about their app and the purpose of why they created it. ### 5/5 — this app is everything i’ve looked for! *2023-03-04, version 1.2.6* hands down my favorite meditation app. i’ve tried more than i would care to admit and they were always too complex or restricted or just didn’t quite have what i was looking for. the flexibility in this app is unbeatable. you can do things at your own pace and are even encouraged to do so. the lessons have been one of my favorite aspects so far. having personalized videos giving in depth information without throwing to much at you at once has been a life saver with getting me to meditate. if you want to work on your mindfulness and meditation, do not miss out on this app!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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