I’d want that too —
but my brain never stops.
We recommend mindfulness meditation.
Mindfulness meditation is training to notice when you’ve been caught up in a thought,
and come back to right now.
Three minutes a day is enough to start.
But meditation feels like a lot.
Sitting still for a long time, trying to empty my mind —
I don’t think it’s for me…
It’s easier than you think.
You don’t have to sit for a long time.
You don’t have to empty your mind.
When your mind wanders while you’re following your breath,
you notice it and come back. That’s all there is to it.
And once you actually try it, it is not time you have to get through.
It is time you come back to your life, even if only briefly,
and that time adds up.
If I tried it on my own,
I’d have no idea what to actually do.
That’s why we made an app — so you can start on your own.
The first time you open it,
it starts with a short guided session.
About three minutes — just follow along.
My mind wanders a lot,
so meditation seems like it’d be hard for me.
Don’t worry — the app helps.
That’s exactly what the app is for — a wandering mind isn’t a problem at all.
The hard part of meditation is that while your mind is wandering, you don’t notice — so it just keeps going.
True Meditation lets you know with a quiet buzz when your mind has wandered.
You notice, and you come back to the breath. That’s the training itself. So you can meditate without worrying about it.
There are already a lot of meditation apps — what is different about this one?
With this app, you’re the one meditating.
It is not an app for watching content. It is an app that helps you start mindfulness meditation and keep it going.
It helps with the hard part — noticing, and coming back to the present.
Your log becomes an image you can lay over a photo or video of your own and share with friends or on social.
On my own, I’d probably give up after a few days.
I wouldn’t even know if I was doing it right…
We built it so you can keep going on your own.
When you meditate alone, it’s easy to stop the moment you wonder whether you’re doing it right.
So when a session ends, a chart shows how many times your breathing fell out of rhythm because your mind wandered — and when it happened.
Your log grows day by day, and your level goes up.
Each time your level reaches a new stage, the colors of the whole app change, as if you’ve stepped into a new place.
There’s a new “word for the day” every day,
and after each session you can jot down how it felt, so you can look back on that moment later.
How does this actually help me?
The same thing you do in meditation, you do in your day.
In meditation, you notice your mind has wandered and come back to the breath. Your day works the same way.
Caught up in a thought while working —
notice it, and come back to the work.
Off in your head while you’re with someone —
notice it, and come back to them.
Running through worries while you’re resting —
notice it, and come back to actually resting.
Common questions
I've never meditated before. Can I start with this?
I'm new to meditation and can't focus — is something wrong?
I can't tell whether I'm meditating right.
There is no need to blame yourself — just watch the records add up and keep going. One thing to remember: the goal is not to avoid stray thoughts, it is to notice them and come back.
How much is free?
And when you’re learning, twenty is plenty — about three to five minutes.
Your sessions are still saved and you can still share them. (Sleep meditation is free for 30 days; levels go up to 5; Challenge mode needs a subscription.)
Try it about ten times and you’ll know whether it fits you.
When you want longer sessions, or more than one a day, you can subscribe. Monthly or yearly.
Who made this app?
When I did it myself, the hardest part was the noticing.
So I built the app to help with that part.
True Meditation is an app I built because I needed it.
— Choi, who built the app
True Meditation is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, or prevent any condition.