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Your Way. Nothing Else.\n\nA silent meditation timer with traditional bells. The sit is free. Optional short guided sits when just sitting is hard. Then silence. No ads, no streaks, no account.\n\nJUST SIT\nSit on a cushion or chair. Eyes barely open, soft gaze. Feel your body, breath, and posture. No mantra, no goal. When thoughts come and go, just return to sitting.\n\nThe benefits are real — a calm mind, more focus, more clarity, better sleep, less stress, more presence. They show up when you stop chasing them.\n\nYOUR WAY\nJust sit. Easier said than done. Just sitting can be brutal. Most people need a little guidance, and that detour is fine.\n\nOptional short guided sits — the Just Sit course, one idea at a time — then sit in silence. Or leave every optional feature off. Not a library of courses. Discover your way to just sit.\n\nNOTHING ELSE\nEverything you need to just sit is included, and stays free. A timer, bells, Watch, widgets. No ads, no streaks, no account to sit. The sit stays free. Always.\n\nNative on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Focus on what matters: just sit.\n\nHOW IT WORKS\nOpen the app · pick a duration · sit. Beautiful bells, soundscapes, intervals, warmup and cooldown.\n\nIf you want to look around: Welcome on first launch, then short guided sits for ordinary life. Nothing required. Explore at your own pace.\n\nWHY THIS EXISTS\nHi, I'm Francis, a longtime Apple developer. I discovered regular meditation about 15 years ago. I suffer from PTSD, and meditation has helped me survive — more than once — when things fall apart.\n\nMeditation only clicked for me with a Zen just-sit practice. To get there I had to put in the time: other practices, sampling, trial and error, year after year of showing up to sit.\n\nI needed those 10,000 minutes on apps before I could stop searching and, in the end, just sit. Zen : Your Way is my way of giving back. A quiet timer. Optional guidance to nudge you toward just sitting. Nothing in the way of the sit itself.\n\nON IPHONE AND IPAD\n• Apple Watch companion — start sits and complications on your wrist\n• Home Screen widgets and Live Activities","facts":{"developer_id":332084019,"developer_url":"https://zenyourway.app","first_released":"2026-08-13T07:00:00Z","support_url":"https://zenyourway.app/app/support/","privacy_url":"https://zenyourway.app/app/privacy/","website_url":"https://zenyourway.app/","app_version":"1.1.3","release_notes":"Zen 1.1.3\n\n• Maintenance and polish\n\nStill free. No subscription. 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