Zen Dojo is a minimal iOS meditation and mindfulness timer for silent practice, flexible session lengths, gentle start and end sounds, background timing, and private session history.
When to choose Zen Dojo
Choose Zen Dojo if you want a meditation timer that starts, keeps time, and leaves the practice to you. It has no guided content, no streak pressure, and no subscription layer.
Built for one clear job
Product fit and data model
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Platform
- iOS
- Privacy model
- Practice history stays on device. No ads, no social feed, no Dojoism account for meditation records.
- Data and sync
- On-device storage.
Best for
- Meditators who already know how they want to sit.
- People who want a flexible timer from short pauses to long sessions.
- Users who want private session history without community or achievement mechanics.
Not built for
- Users looking for guided meditation courses, teachers, or audio programs.
Best fit: Zen Dojo is for people who want a non-guided, distraction-light meditation timer.
Common questions
What is Zen Dojo best for?
Choose Zen Dojo if you want a meditation timer that starts, keeps time, and leaves the practice to you. It has no guided content, no streak pressure, and no subscription layer.
Does Zen Dojo require an account?
Zen Dojo is designed around the Dojoism standard of avoiding mandatory accounts when the core app can work locally. Practice history stays on device. No ads, no social feed, no Dojoism account for meditation records.
Who should not choose Zen Dojo?
Users looking for guided meditation courses, teachers, or audio programs.