Pixel Thoughts: Mindfulness

Marc Balaban

About this app

Pixel Thoughts is interactive mindfulness: a 60-second meditation for stress and anxiety where you don't just listen, you take part.

Type a stressful thought into the star, watch it shrink into the cosmos, and feel lighter in 60 seconds.

CLINICALLY STUDIED
Pixel Thoughts was the intervention tool in a randomized controlled trial at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, published in Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (Westenberg et al., 2018).

After a single 60-second session, participants reported:
- 29% fewer anxiety symptoms
- 30% less depression
- 44% less anger
- 13% less pain

Four research publications, three peer-reviewed, including two randomized controlled trials.

HOW IT WORKS:
1. Type what's weighing you down
2. Watch your thought shrink into the stars
3. Read a calming message
4. Feel lighter, in 60 seconds

CONNECTED BREATH
New in 2.0: a live meditation you share with the world. Breathe in sync with people everywhere, and join the daily gathering when everyone breathes together at once.

A GROWING UNIVERSE
Pixel Thoughts is becoming a home for interactive mindfulness: short, carefully made experiences that respond to what you bring. Two today, more on the way.

FREE
No ads. Just you, a stressful thought, and the night sky.

TRUSTED SINCE 2015
Used by millions to clear their minds through 60-second mindfulness meditation. No learning curve, no subscription. Just type, breathe, and let go of stress.

Ratings and reviews

Try this, y'all!!! I found this app some years ago while browsing a cool web apps list. I adore it. There was something very calming and peaceful watching my worry drift further and further from me. It felt as if I'd been holding my breath and that I was finally able to exhale. It isn't extravagant with bells and whistles. That's because it's not supposed to be. I so appreciate this sweet little app. Thank you,developers! 100% recommended.

Wow. Simple, effective, calming. Surely, this should become an example for other developers and an app of the year. Beautiful. The interface, the graphics, the sound, the process of installing and use...all flawless. Thank you for the cortisol-lowering experience on my phone. 🙏🏼💕

It is good , it was very calming for my mind I just tried this app for the first time and it was very helpful whoever made this app love you yrr & your team you are really thoughtful deserve all the good things in the world i hope your app reach the who are really in need of it i have also suggested it to my friend 🫶🏻🥹🤍🌷

What’s new

Accessibility fixes: meditation text no longer overlaps the star when larger font or display sizes are turned on. The app now respects your device's text size preferences. Plus a clearer rating prompt and small fixes.