shoshin — Zen & Zazen Timer
Silent Meditation, Enso & Bell
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
The opposite of a content firehose. One stick of incense, and you sit. No streaks, no numbers, no guilt. Zazen, kinhin, samu — the real thing, made with care.
shoshin is a Zen meditation app built around one thing: the act of sitting.
There is no library of talks to get through, no streak to protect, no cheerful voice. During a sitting the screen shows no numbers — a hand-drawn stick of incense burns down, and the sky tells the season.
- Incense timer (zazen). Half a stick (20 min), one stick (45 min), or a free length. Start on three bells, end on one.
- Kinhin — walking meditation. Sit, walk, sit. The wooden taku ends the walk; after a twenty-second pause, the bell calls the next sitting. Built to be carried in a pocket, felt through haptics.
- Samu — work as practice. Wash, sweep, slice. An open-ended timer with a gentle, irregular mindfulness bell. Screen off.
- Susokukan — counting the breath. A breathing circle at 4 in, 6 out, with a soft haptic. The app does not count — you do.
- Sesshin. Half- and full-day programs; the bell announces each sitting.
- The enso ledger. Close each sitting by drawing one circle with a finger. Your month is a page of circles. Days you did not sit stay blank — nothing is said.
- A living world. Sky, hills and optional ambience shift across the 24 Japanese solar terms and the time of day.
While the app is open, bells can ring in silent mode (you can turn this off). With the screen locked or the app in the background, bells use notifications and follow your notification, silent-mode and Focus settings. Your sitting never leaves your device — no account, no server.
Half a stick stays free, forever. Shoshin+ unlocks the rest — as a yearly or monthly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew; cancel anytime in your device settings.
A part of our proceeds supports the upkeep of Zen temples.
Terms of Use: https://vault-tec.jp/shoshin/terms/
Privacy Policy: https://vault-tec.jp/shoshin/policy/
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A quieter sitting.
- Hide the status bar (time, battery) while you sit — in Settings, on by default
- The incense now catches softly, banks low when paused and dies out slowly; the ash, the rising smoke and the mist over the hills are refined
- The felt beat lands with the bell, and no toll cuts off the one before
- After a sitting, the enso and the phrase arrive at the pace of ink
- The enso has a brush's entry and lift; in samu, ripples answer the bell
- Lock-screen notifications now name each moment
- Susokukan ends with a gentle haptic
- VoiceOver can reach the session controls and Cancel
- Small refinements and fixes
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Information
- Seller
- VAULT, LIMITED LIABILITY CO.
- Size
- 102 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Japanese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Shoshin+ Lifetime $29.99
- Shoshin+ Monthly $1.99
- Shoshin+ Annual $14.99
- Copyright
- © VAULT ltd,