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They want you to take courses, to follow meditation gurus, teachers; they want to you to meditate with them and with other users to justify a subscription fee.\n\nI used to be one of them, paying for something that’s inherently personal, private and doesn’t need any aspect of social. And yet, the more I meditate, the more I realized that meditation, at the end of the day, is me spending time with myself. Making it any more complicated that that is defeating the purpose of meditation. \n\nSo I said to hell with sign-ups, gurus, in-app purchases, and push notifications.  \nA meditation app should be profile-less.\nA meditation app should be data-free.\nA meditation app should be “free” in any sense of the word. \n\nIt only needs to track time.\n\nSo let’s meditate freely. \n\nRead more of my thoughts on meditation on medium.com: \"The Billion Dollar Meditation Apps\"","facts":{"developer_id":null,"developer_url":null,"first_released":null,"support_url":null,"privacy_url":null,"website_url":null,"app_version":null,"release_notes":null,"rating_current_version":null,"rating_count_current_version":null,"star_counts":null,"genres":null,"languages":null,"content_advisories":null,"device_families":null,"made_for_iphone_duo":null,"chart":null},"freshness":{"apple_read_at":"2026-10-30T03:53:12.862Z","catalog_read_at":null,"reviews_checked_at":null,"summary_written_at":"2026-09-30T13:38:02.908Z","placed_at":"2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z","scored_at":"2026-11-14T03:24:13.012Z"},"editorial":{"one_liner":"A meditation app that tracks time.","what_is":"Meditating Dot is a Health & Fitness app for meditation. 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