MindBell

Mindfulness bell and meditation timer for your practice of mindfulness

MindBell rings periodically during the day as a mindfulness bell, to give you the opportunity to hold on for a moment and consider what you are currently doing, and in what state of mind you are while you are doing it. According to the Zen Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh, this is an effective means of developing mindfulness.

Additionally MindBell can be used as a meditation timer.

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FAQ

Find answers to frequently asked questions at http://dknapps.de/mindbell/. If MindBell does not ring regularly on your device please follow this checklist: http://dknapps.de/mindbell-notringing/

Looking for updates?

If you want to become a beta tester of new MindBell versions please scroll down in store entry. There is a section Become a beta tester.

Known issue

There might be rare situations when MindBell leaves the alarm volume set to the max. To avoid a rude awakening please check alarm volume before going to sleep.

Support

In case of problems with MindBell please send an e-mail from the help dialog. This allows queries and eases communication.

Permissions

READ_PHONE_STATE (read phone status and identity): To modify the bell in the notification bar when phone status changes (phone call, flight mode, muted), if requested in the settings. MindBell only needs this permission to get signalled when a phone call is incoming or outgoing, not to read any data.

RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED (run at startup): To activate MindBell after restarting the phone.

VIBRATE (control vibration): To use vibration as mindfulness bell, if requested in the settings.

License

MindBell is an open source project and licensed under Apache License, version 2.0. More information can be found on the website.