shoshin — Zen & Zazen Timer
VAULT, LIMITED LIABILITY CO. Health & Fitness iPhoneiPadiPod touch
shoshin — Zen & Zazen Timer is a free Health & Fitness app for iPhone and iPad by VAULT, LIMITED LIABILITY CO. Requires iOS 16.4. Updated October 12, 2026.
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 97 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 12
- 2026 · v1.0.4
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About shoshin — Zen & Zazen Timer
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. On a rainy day, the sky rains. 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/
What’s new
Version 1.0.4 · Updated October 12, 2026
A world that moves through the whole year. - Every one of the 24 solar terms now has its own sky at morning, day, dusk and night — the year turns like light across a wall - On a rainy day, the sky rains: the mist thickens and the ambience turns to rain. Snow bleaches the sky and brings the sound of snow ("Follow the weather" in Settings, on by default; your location is never used) - Small refinements
App privacy
The developer, VAULT, LIMITED LIABILITY CO., reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
Used for: App Functionality
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