A meditation timer without guidance, music, or growth mechanics
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I've worked in tech my entire career, and over time mindfulness meditation has become less of a "wellness habit" and more of a practical tool for keeping my mind clear.I encourage mindfulness meditation to everyone because it's that impactful on stress and awareness in everyday life.After years of practice, I've that most meditation apps eventually became distracting or costly.To me, mindfulness apps that provide guidance, content, forced streaks, and incentives seem to replace the practice of mindfulness itself with some gamification of the act.So I built Center, a silent meditation timer with a few constraints:• No guided sessions, voices, or music • No subscriptions, ads, or paywall • Optional tracking, no gamification • Works across iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, and Mac via iCloud • Donation-supported, with no features lockedThe goal has never been growth or engagement, but reliability. I wanted something closer to a clock than a coach.This is a side project, but it’s been interesting to see how a deliberately "boring" tool changes how I personally practice mindfulness, and how that carries over into my work (especially decision-making and stress tolerance).Site: https://centertimer.com
HN · launched Dec 14, 2025 · 7 upvotes (top 64%) · 0 views
Niche: mindfulness and wellness apps · 230 launches, 26 in the last 7 days ▲ +8% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- B2C
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes A minimalist, unguided meditation timer with optional bells, streaks, and basic iCloud syncing is standard SwiftUI/Swift development that AI coding assistants excel at building.
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Competitors
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Attention rank: #317 of 741 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 40 days after the earliest competitor.
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