Hello, I have been going through a lot of health issues and have been using this app for a few months. I’m obsessed with this one meditation and do it twice a day sometimes even three times a day however a little variety would be nice at this point. Would anyone have any suggestions for good meditation videos? I like the focus on breathing.

In recent months the IT app has taken a decidedly more aggressive turn that makes this once pleasant app annoying to use.

The most recent issue is the automatic video summaries with sound. The user should be able to decide if they want to watch and listen to that. Some prefer to read the summary. IT is not YouTube nor should it be.

Other issues include moving things around including the teacher updates multiple times (where are they now?), not being able to mute the screen on the new video tracks to just listen, having to scroll down on "try Plus" screen to say no thanks every -single - time I open the app. Do they not understand that doing that looses its effectiveness as people just get used to clicking no thanks and don't even bother to read the sales pitch? Activity on most my groups and lives have dropped off significantly. Perhaps I am not alone in my frustration with the app.

Historically, the help desk has been responsive and helpful but now rarely replies. Perhaps they are getting swamped with lots of "where did you put the..." questions.

I have as many setting turned off as possible and I still have multiple screens to click through to "finish" a track. I often use IT for sleep music and meditations but having to go through so many screens to get to another track is a problem. Surely the developers know that looking at screen in the middle of the night interferes with sleep. All of those unnecessary screens force the user to look at the screen for too long.

Personally, I have used IT almost daily since 2018 and paid for several of those years until recently when it started going off the rails.

There is an old adage that applies here: If it works don't fix it. Constant "innovation" for the sake of innovation is usually a death sentence for a product in the long run. Perhaps whoever is in charge of all this new mess needs to calm down and start meditating.

I'm incredibly saddened by the direction Insight Timer is taking.

With the latest changes to the Live page, it feels more apparent than ever that they're moving toward the same model as every other social media platform: clickbait, autoplaying videos, overstimulation, and constant competition for our attention.

It's honestly heartbreaking.

This app has been, without exaggeration, a lifesaving tool for me. I've been using it for over five years, and it's been a place of peace, comfort, and refuge from the noise of everyday life.

I understand that Insight Timer is a business and needs to make money. But surely there are ways to grow without turning it into another cookie-cutter social media platform, especially when so many of us come to Insight Timer specifically to escape those environments.

The irony of a meditation app adopting the same attention-grabbing tactics we're trying to disconnect from is hard to ignore.

I've created a petition in the hope that the team at Insight Timer will genuinely listen to the people who love and rely on this app.

If you feel the same way, I really hope you'll consider signing and sharing it.

I don't want to lose what made Insight Timer so special.

https://www.ipetitions.com/p/keep-insight-timer-a-peaceful-place/?utm_source=share_copy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=creator_first_share

Why does my favorite app constantly change? Every time I get used to the new setup, they change. I absolutely hate how when looking for lives, now there’s video summaries of the class. It makes it too bloated and hard to use.
Insight Timer-give an option to use the old format!

The amount of times I would forget a meditation I listened to...

I love this new and really accessible button! Yay insight timer!

Hi,
I use the timer with sound to meditate. After about 5 minutes there always is a gap in the sound. I suspect the sound files are 5 minutes long, but there is no gap after 10 minutes.
I tried clearing cache, new install, but the problem stays. Does anybody also have this or is it my phone causing the problem? Cheers!

I’m trying out the mood checkin feature. After I select my mood, it shows me a chart of the past week’s checkins and I can scroll back through previous weeks to see how my mood is changing.

Anyone know if there is a way to see more than one week at a time and/or export the data?

There are so many music tracks on insight timer that I would love to set as background noise for some of the talks or guided meditations. I know we can add ambient sounds to these, but the selection we have to choose from is fairly limited, and just not scratching a certain itch for me. It would be a cool feature if we could mix and match tracks against each other.

Yesterday there were about 350k free meditations, today there are only 250k free ones…? Reporting glitch or did they actually remove 100,000 meditations?

Hey I practiced today and it was alright, now everything I play sounds like Alvin 🐿️
Is it just me?

It's driving me crazy, they just seem like unnecessary movement, they don't do anything or indicate anything. Anyone know what this is??

Is the transcription of the meditation available? Where can i see this? Is it available in the free version too? Thanks

I’ve been using Insight Timer for the past 211 days. I’m currently on sick leave, as a freelance copy editor. I will be travelling to visit a family member where I will have no constant Internet access. I really want to continue using the app, while I am away, as it is the only thing that helps me sleep. A random act of kindness is the only way I can do this.

How can I fix it?

Hi all, I used to have Christopher Gibney's meditations on Insight Timer in my Playlist, but it looks like he deleted them. Can anyone help me find them? I love his meditations.

I………..………hate that lotus flower animation.

And it seems to be a perma-feature in the app. Sure, the sequence has gotten faster, but I want the option to fully toggle it off, and switch it on if should I ever choose to opt-in.

Has anyone successfully removed it from their post-meditation sequence? I’ve turned off every feature from the options menu, and yet it lingers.

I have ADHD and usually really struggle with meditation, but I finally found one I actually liked and could stay focused on.

I really like the way she speaks, the pacing and the message. I’ve tried using the search function to find similar ones, but I just can’t seem to find anything that feels the same.

Does anyone know what this style/type of meditation is called or what I should search for?

Hi Insight Timer team,

I love, love, love that you moved the saved icon to a more accessible spot, thank you for listening to the feedback.

That said, I think the rest of the app is broken, no other content other than what I have saved or recently listened to is showing up . I am on An iPhone. I tried submitting a note in at via your help channel, but that’s Broken too.

I’ve been struggling to find some steady, heavy hitting meditations to wind down with. Hoping one of you kind folks might have a mix of Pranayama, Tonglen, Metta, Theravada and/or anything else you’ve been loving lately.

Thank you

Over 7 years, Insight Timer got me through the end of a 20 year friendship, a crisis pregnancy, and the death of my grandma.

I'm really sad about how trashy it is now. I deleted it because of the aggressive check-in screens, returned after a few months, and finally deleted it completely about a year ago.

Now I'm going through another hard time and wishing the app still existed in its older form. I haven't found another app to replace it, so I'm trying to remember the lessons I learned from the teachers I used to follow.

I would return to the app and recommend it to friends and family if they fixed it.

I don’t seem to be able to find “My Teachers” that I have saved throughout the years. Does my list still exist or is it just my ineptness?
Thanks.

Does IT only add events to Google or Apple calendars? I've been trying to find a way to have the Add To Calendar button automatically open and add to my Proton Calendar but it just keeps opening Google. I have Proton set as my default calendar and it works properly with other apps and websites. So, am I missing a setting in IT or is my only option to add to a calendar I do not use? Thanks for any help offered.

I just started reusing the app and meditating daily and noticed the map is gone. I always loved that. Is it gone for good?

Hello Insight Timer community,

I really love it when I am given this screen with a little journal prompt, but I rarely see it and would love to be able to access it for my morning journaling. Does anyone know what activities prompt it to pop up? It doesn’t always show after I’ve meditated with a track…