Zen Home - Japanese Meditation
Simple Zazen & Breathing Timer
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases
iPhone
No guiding voice. No goals. No account — your practice stays on your device. A meditation timer rooted in Japanese Soto & Rinzai Zen: just the bell, silence, and you.
Built in Japan by a Zen practitioner. No guiding voice. No program to follow. No goal to achieve.
Zen Home is a meditation app rooted in Japanese Zen Buddhism — Soto and Rinzai traditions.
While other apps pile on content and guided sessions, Zen Home strips everything away.
What remains is what Zen has always been: silence, a bell, and you.
THE PRACTICE
- Zazen Timer — Set 3 to 60 minutes. A bell marks the beginning and end. Nothing else.
- Susokukan — Count your breath from one to ten, then return to one. An ancient practice to anchor the mind.
- Posture Guide — Five cards teach you the essentials: how to sit, where to place your hands, where to rest your eyes, how to breathe, and what "just sitting" truly means.
DAILY ZEN
- Zen Word — A new zen word every day. Each comes with its meaning and reflection.
- Koan — A weekly koan from Zen masters. A question that logic cannot answer — holding it is the practice itself. Daily hints deepen your understanding over seven days.
YOUR JOURNEY
- Stone Garden Calendar — Each day you sit, a stone is placed in your karesansui garden. The empty days are not failures — they are space.
- Statistics — Monthly and all-time sessions, total time, and days practiced. Your streak is shown quietly, without pressure.
ATMOSPHERE
- Three ambient soundscapes: temple morning, rain garden, bamboo grove.
- Interval bells to mark the passage of time during longer sits.
- Haptic feedback for breath counting.
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
Most meditation apps add. Zen Home subtracts.
No guiding voice. No achievements to unlock. No content to consume. Zen asks for nothing — you sit, and that is all. The practice is the practice.
Built in Japan, by someone who sits.
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Ratings & Reviews
An ensō — a circle drawn in a single brushstroke — now quietly accompanies your sitting. Small refinements throughout.
The developer, Hiroyuki Sakurai, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Hiroyuki Sakurai
- Size
- 50.2 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Contains
Health or Wellness Topics
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Annual (Launch) $15.90
- Monthly $1.99
- Annual $19.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Zen Home