Bodhi Timer

Sirimangalo International

About

About this app

About

Bodhi Timer is an elegant, minimalist countdown timer.
It is designed mainly for use as a meditation timer but can easily be used for any similar purpose.
This app is developed as open-source software.
It collects no data and uses the minimal permissions necessary.

How to use

🔷 Set the time via the clock icon in the top left. You may set presets by choosing a time then holding down on one of the three preset buttons.
🔷 Pause / resume via the button in the bottom left, and stop the timer via the button in the bottom right. The top right button is the preference button.
🔷 Animation may be toggled between an image and one of four circle animations, chosen from the preferences screen.
🔷 It uses Android's built-in notification system to trigger the alarm, which means it works even when your device is asleep.

Features

• minimalist full screen UI, no clutter
• displays two animation types: fade in static image (defaults to Bodhi leaf) and animated Zen Enso (brush circle)
• option to use custom image for fade in
• uses scroll and fling gestures to set the time
• set up to three presets on the time chooser
• option for timer auto-restarting
• option to set multiple consecutive timers via the "adv" button
• speech recognition via long-press on clock button (set multiple timers separated by the word "again")
• includes different meditation timer sounds (Burmese bell, Tibetan bell, Tibetan singing bowls, Zen gong, and bird song)
• option to use any ring tone as timer sound
• option to use custom sound file as timer sound
• licensed under the GPL 3+

Credits

• Some code is based on the free and open source TeaTimer by Ralph Gootee.
• The Enso image was drawn by Ryōnen Gensō (1646-1711). Next to the Enso she has written: "When you do understand yourself fully, there is not one thing."
• Singing Bowl Low sound Recorded by juskiddink Licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0

Ratings and reviews

There were some issues with recent updates, but the developer worked very quickly to resolve both aesthetics and functionality. I was very impressed with the responsiveness. I've been using this timer 6+ yrs, and it's honestly the best. Aesthetics, chime sounds, and colors are so soothing compared to other timers out there. I use it for both meditation, and "(5)-minute" warnings for my kiddo. I LOVE the crystal bowl chimes.

Simple, easy to use, elegant interface. No ads, wuick startup, cool leaf widget My go to meditation timer. Only issue is that the starting sound function no longer works for me. I can set the start sound, and play the test of the start sound, but it doesn't actually play when using the timer. Ending sound works fine.

I've used this app for years and love it, the sounds are gentle and unintrusive, and I really appreciate the option to setup multiple timers - eg 10 minutes then 20 minutes. Sadly Android 13 has blocked notifications so I can no longer use it to trigger my smartwatch as I used to. But still the best meditation timer I've found!

What's new

6.2.1
Fix the widget to work again

Previous changes:
- Make graphics higher resolution
- Add black theme for AMOLED screens
- Update App for newer Android versions. Use Material design.