Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, private, works offline

Cider9986 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

That is cool that it works offline. I will not use it because I don't like the voices. The free meditation app I would recommend is the Healthy Minds program[1]. I have also seen Medito recommended, but the thing that I like about the HM Program is that it is a very straight curriculum, instead of various options scattered as options.

[1]https://www.humin.org/wellbeing-tools/app

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eummm 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

HM looks great, but looks like they collect lot of personal data.

From their privacy policy:

The personal information we collect may include:

Name User name Email address Gender Birthday (month/year) Ethnicity Relationship Status Number of Family Members/Children/Children under 13 Experience with Meditation User generated content We may collect other information that does not reveal your specific identity, such as:

IP Address or other unique device identifier Information collected through cookies, pixel tags or other technologies App usage data Geo-location information User generated content Device generated data

	▲	Cider9986 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I agree, I wish they took privacy more seriously, as more software should. Looking at it optimistically, they don't sell or share with data brokers/advertisers, you can block the offensive connections with a firewall, and the app doesn't ask for any information that is particularly sensitive. Additionally, they use data people choose to share to improve the scientific understanding of meditation and mindfulness. I am someone that values privacy, but I don't find it egregious to use this app.

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SockThief 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This is great! I've been using Headspace, but recently I get a Duolingo vibe of it. It's still good, but Healthy Minds is in other league. Thank you!

	▲	Cider9986 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I'm glad you like it! It's been wonderful for me as well. The creators recently released a book called Born to Flourish[1]—if you're interested, I can share the eBook and/or Audiobook. [1] https://www.humin.org/wellbeing-tools/books/born-to-flourish

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high_pathetic 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Ditto on the voices. Male voice sounds like a tin robot and it's distracting.

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snthpy 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Does anyone ever worry about prompt injection attacks against yourself in these?

When I was into hypnosis and NLP between one and two decades ago, I used to worry about what the instructions were once I was hypnotized. I lacked the terminology then but there days we would call these prompt injections, just against the human brain.

I guess social engineering is another form, although that's probably more akin to a CSRF or flawed auth logic exploit.

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ProllyInfamous 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Title should say "meditations" — app is not for actual dispute resolution (well, not directly).

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rubbsdecvik 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Medito is good Open Source alternative as well. https://meditofoundation.org/

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BillionSatsPage 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Seems like the voices are text to speech? You could have an option to change the voice type as well as regenerate different scripts with a simple llm.

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midnightn 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Offline support is underrated for meditation apps — network interruptions mid-session are the opposite of calming

	▲	47282847 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		It’s obviously the unguided section where you sit with whatever emotions the disruption brings up for you!

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underduck 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I really like this. I tried korean language and the voice was bit off though. good work!

	▲	eummm 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		thank you for feedback! will think how to improve

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throwaway81523 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

These are audio recordings right? Could they just say so?

	▲	eummm 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		adding text to speech is a great idea, thank you!