About MindBell (Mindfulness Bell & Meditation Timer)
MindBell (Mindfulness Bell & Meditation Timer) was a health & fitness app developed by dknapps.de. It was removed from Google Play Sep 16, 2021 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
MindBell (Mindfulness Bell & Meditation Timer) had been downloaded 710 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
MindBell (Mindfulness Bell & Meditation Timer) was rated 3.95 out of 5 stars, based on 5.6 thousand ratings.
App Information
MindBell (Mindfulness Bell & Meditation Timer) was free to download. The APK download size was 8.00 MB. The last available version was 3.6.1. The last update was on February 28, 2021.
Technical Requirements
MindBell (Mindfulness Bell & Meditation Timer) required Android 5.0+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play January 2010.
Description
New maintainer wanted! Do you want to become the maintainer of MindBell? Check this out: https://dknapps.de/mindbell-maintainer
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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Introduction https://dknapps.de/mindbell-intro/
FAQ Find answers to frequently asked questions at: https://dknapps.de/mindbell/
MindBell does not remind regularly? Please follow this checklist: https://dknapps.de/mindbell-notringing/
Missing reminder notifications? Annoyed by permanent notification? Regarding the newest version 3.6.0: Yes, reminder notifications have been removed in favor of a permanent notification. I hope this permant notification helps to overcome the battery optimization issues on devices that do not adhere to Android standards. If you don't like the permanent notification you can disable it: Swipe the notification to the left, click on the gear wheel and switch off the keep-alive notification.
Known device dependend issues On devices of some brands (e.g. Honor, Huawei, Xiaomi) MindBell stops to remind after a while. You have to exclude MindBell from battery optimzation on such devices. For more details please take a look at: https://www.dknapps.de/mindbell-notringing/#power-saver
On devices of some brands (e.g. LG, Samsung) the option ‘Pause audio on sound’ prevents MindBell from playing any sound. This option has to be disabled on such devices.
Wrong language? Crowdin is used to translate MindBell. Please send me an e-mail if you would like to help translating MindBell.
Permissions
FOREGROUND_SERVICE (as of version 3.6.0): To avoid battery optimization issues MindBell uses a foreground service bound to a keep-alive notification.
READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (as of version 3.2.5): To access the system sound you want to use as reminder sound (and copied before to 'Notifications' folder of your internal storage).
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.
Recent changes: * All improvements of this and previous versions are listed in this changelog: https://dknapps.de/mindbell-changelog
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Comments on MindBell (Mindfulness Bell & Meditation Timer) for Android
★★★★★
I have been using this app for a couple of years. I find the reminder throughout the day very helpful. Unfortunately in the last month or more the Bell is not working. I still use it as a meditation timer, but I'm really disappointed that the reminder Bell no longer works throughout the day. UPDATE: I got the bell to work by changing the sound output to "music" instead of "notification". Odd quirk, but I am happy it is working again.
★★★★★
Does what it says. I use it for meditation. I love the feature to trigger the bell at regular intervals. Allows me to come back to breathing in a busy day
★★★★★
Really good meditation timer app ... it would be great if we were able to preset multiple timers. Hope creators actually read this and consider. Thank You 😊
★★☆☆☆
Will not degrade this app, but on my cell, just kept crashing (repot proof from my cell crash report app)....crashing: stop, no bell reminder, or simply....next day, never started unless I restart the phone (new A71). 2 stars as....if no daily crashing...like the app....
★★☆☆☆
Tried to set a bell every 15m starting at hh:00, but it became more and more delayed. This was my sole use for this app, and I was unable to find a solution online.
★★☆☆☆
I have installed it twice. First time it rang on schedule for a while then stopped. 2nd time never worked at all plus the app does not lead ne to a settings or programming page. Very disappointed.
★★☆☆☆
Mind bell is not working in my phone, it's big problem. My earlier was working well in this app. Why?
Technologies used by MindBell (Mindfulness Bell & Meditation Timer)
MindBell (Mindfulness Bell & Meditation Timer) is requesting 5 permissions and is using 6 libraries.
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