MindBell vs A Little Space

MindBell is a minimal, beautiful meditation timer designed to get out of your way. Set three gentle phases - a prep time to settle, your main meditation, and a wind-down to ease back out. Choose a calming bell or chime to mark each transition, and a visual to rest your gaze on during your session. FEATURES - Simple three-phase sessions: prep, meditate, wind-down - A curated set of warm, high-quality bells and chimes - Choose your meditation visual: blank, a flickering candle, or a calm Buddha face - Calming wind-down colours, including a sleep-friendly deep red for evenings - No accounts, no sign-in, no clutter - just sit and breathe Whether you have two minutes or an hour, MindBell helps you quiet the noise.

A little space for yourself, whenever the day feels like too much. Find a moment to pause with six tools for relaxation and everyday stress: a heartbeat you can feel, guided breathing, calming sounds, grounding, EFT-inspired tapping and a tactile fidget spinner. Choose what suits your surroundings, whether you need something discreet in a meeting or a quiet moment at home. FEEL A HEARTBEAT IN YOUR HAND Hold your iPhone and feel a silent, simulated heartbeat gradually slow from 80 to 56 BPM over 60 seconds, then stay steady. Use the rhythm as a gentle cue to settle. There is no audio and no need to watch the screen, making it useful when looking or listening is not practical. Adjust the strength, choose a gentle pulse or explore manual pacing. Dim mode keeps the screen unobtrusive during a session. BREATHING THAT SUITS YOU Follow a softly expanding circle with optional spoken guidance and haptic cues. Choose equal breathing, a longer exhale, box breathing or 4-7-8 breathing. Open the breathing settings straight from the screen, adjust the pace for equal or longer-exhale breathing, and turn holds off when you prefer. Choose a comfortable rhythm and pause whenever you need to. CALMING SOUNDS, WHEREVER YOU ARE Listen to rain, ocean waves or soft ambient sound. Adjust the volume, set a sleep timer and keep listening with your screen locked. An optional stereo binaural layer offers alpha, theta and delta frequency settings. Stereo headphones are needed for the binaural effect. COME BACK TO THE PRESENT Follow a guided 5-4-3-2-1 grounding exercise through things you can see, feel, hear, smell and taste. Spoken guidance helps you move through the steps, with room to take your time or skip anything that does not suit you. EXPLORE GENTLE TAPPING Try an EFT-inspired tapping exercise with illustrated tapping points, spoken guidance and suggested phrases. Follow the steps automatically or move through them yourself. GIVE YOUR HANDS SOMETHING TO DO Flick the fidget spinner and watch it coast. Faster flicks and repeated swipes build momentum. Optional haptics and tilt response add a tactile feel, and holding your finger still on the spinner brings it to a stop. YOUR TOOLS, ONE TAP AWAY Add Heartbeat, Breathe or Listen to your Home Screen or Lock Screen with widgets, controls and Shortcuts. After a one-time setup, open your preferred tool without searching through the app. START WITH WHAT MATTERS TO YOU An optional introductory questionnaire helps you discover tools that fit your preferences and everyday situations. Your answers stay on your device. No account is required. ONE PAYMENT FOR THE FULL APP The app is free to download. A one-time in-app purchase is required to unlock all six tools and their quick-access features. There is no subscription or recurring charge. See your local price before purchasing and restore an existing purchase from the paywall or Settings. Heartbeat haptics require a supported iPhone with the app open and the phone unlocked. They simulate a rhythm; the app does not measure your heart rate or guarantee that it will change. Listen audio can continue in the background. Spoken guidance, haptics and motion can be adjusted in the app. A Little Space is a wellbeing tool, not medical care or a treatment for anxiety or panic attacks. Choose exercises that feel comfortable and stop if you feel unwell. One moment at a time.