Sesshin vs Medity

Sesshin is a minimal, distraction-free meditation timer for iPhone and Apple Watch, built for practitioners of Zen. Set your sitting duration, start your session, and let Sesshin guide the way. Traditional bells mark the beginning and end of each period. Wooden clappers signal kinhin (walking meditation) transitions. Quiet interval bells help you mark the middle of your sit without checking the clock. Features - Zazen & kinhin — Time a single seated period or a full sequence: zazen, kinhin walking, zazen - Traditional sounds — Bells and wooden clappers at each phase transition, with fully configurable counts - Enso arc — A circular arc traces session progress; a figure shifts between sitting and walking postures - Live Activity — Remaining time stays visible on the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen - Apple Watch — Full timer and complications on your wrist - HealthKit — Completed sessions saved as mindful minutes in Apple Health - Daily goal — Set a daily sitting goal and track your streak in History - Configurable — Adjust duration, bell counts, start delay, auto-progression, and interval bells to match your tradition No accounts. No ads. No subscriptions. Just your practice.

Medity is a minimal meditation timer. A circular dial, a bell, an ambient sound, and the silence in between. No guided sessions. No ads. No tracking. Built for the quiet practice of sitting still — nothing else. — THE TIMER — Drag the dial to set any duration from 3 to 60 minutes, or tap one of the presets. The ring breathes gently while you set up; once you begin, it shrinks to mark your progress. — THE SOUNDS — A library of nature recordings, procedural noise, and composed meditation tracks: • Rain (light, heavy) • Ocean (waves, shore) • Forest, river, fire, wind • White, pink, brown noise • Six instrumental music pieces (Calm, Illusions, Japanese, Moonlight, Reverie, Spatium) • Or pure silence Every track loops seamlessly. — THE BELLS — Five bell timbres synthesized in real time (Tibetan bowl, Japanese bell, soft chime, deep bell, meditation gong) ring at the start and the end of every session. Optional interval bells every 5, 10, or 15 minutes. — THE PRACTICE — Sessions sync to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes. The Stats screen shows a 26-week heatmap, your current streak, and a gentle line graph of minutes per day. Quiet acknowledgements ("Markers") unlock as you accumulate practice. — THE FEEL — Designed entirely in light mode with translucent Liquid Glass surfaces, Geist typography, and a deep navy ink. The Live Activity in the Dynamic Island keeps your session visible even with the phone locked. — THE PRINCIPLES — • Free, with no in-app purchases • No analytics, no third-party SDKs, no ads • All data stays on your device, with optional iCloud sync • Open about every asset shipped — see the Acknowledgements screen for credits Medity is a personal app, built by one person and shared with whoever wants it.