# Samurai Zen: Meditation — Breathwork, sleep & stillness

> Breathwork, sleep & stillness (iPhone/iPad app by Gokhan Arslan.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/samurai-zen-meditation/id6810828296 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Gokhan Arslan](https://appshunter.io/developer/1834375719)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 27 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-21
- Data updated: 2026-10-03

## What is Samurai Zen?

Calm is trained, not found.

Samurai Zen is a quiet meditation app: guided practices, timed breathwork and
slow sleep stories, narrated at a deliberately unhurried pace and set against
sumi-e ink paintings.

WHAT'S INSIDE

• Guided practices that run from a short morning sit to a long, slow sleep
  story — choose by how much time you have
• Breathing patterns with spoken cues you can follow with your eyes closed —
  box breath, 4-7-8, and an energising cycle
• An ambient mixer: layer cedar wind, a distant temple bell and night rain
  beneath the narration, each at whatever level suits you
• Download any practice and listen with no signal
• One gentle daily reminder, at a time you choose

YOUR PROGRESS

Minutes, sessions and an honest streak. Five gates mark the path from a first
sit to a settled habit. Nothing is inflated — the numbers only ever reflect
what you actually practised.

PRIVACY, PLAINLY

You can use the entire app without an account. Do that and nothing leaves your
phone. Sign in only if you want your practice to follow you to another device.
No analytics, no advertising, no tracking of any kind.

THE IDEAS BEHIND IT

The scripts draw on zanshin, the awareness that remains after an action is
finished; mushin, a mind that lets thoughts pass without following them; and
fudoshin, steadiness that is not rigid. You do not need to know any of this to
use the app — sit down, press play, and breathe.

Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Samurai Zen Pro | $3.99 | per 7 days |
| Samurai Zen Pro | $29.99 | per year |


## Is Samurai Zen safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Samurai Zen.

## Is Samurai Zen legit?

Samurai Zen: Meditation appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Samurai Zen is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.1.1 — 2026-09-24

Fixed: some buttons were hard to read in dark mode.

### 1.1 — 2026-09-24

• Four new sleep stories: The Lantern Keeper, Snow at the Mountain Inn, The Last Ferry and The Forge at Rest
• Choose the hour of your daily practice when you begin — one quiet reminder, never on a day you've already sat
• Home-screen shortcuts: long-press the icon to continue where you left off, start Box Breath or go straight to Sleep
• Every practice now has its own teaching, virtues and cover painting
• Fixed: Finding Inner Peace, the free practice, could appear locked
• A breathing session now pauses any guided practice that was playing
• Faster start on slow connections, lighter on memory, and many small refinements

### 1.0 — 2026-09-21

No release notes.

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