Lotus Bud Mindfulness Bell3.9.1 - App Store

Propel your mindfulness practice from the cushion into the world. Modeled after a practice in Buddhist monasteries, Mindfulness Bells are a powerful practice to remind you of your intention to be mindful. Activate the Mindfulness Bell and it sends you gentle reminders randomly throughout the day.

Turn it on, then as you're going about your day, a bell and notification will remind you to be mindful of what you're doing at a random intervals between half an hour and an hour and a half. Great for reminding yourself of your mindfulness practice while at work, commuting, at school or wherever your life takes you.

Free features:
. Get randomly timed mindfulness bells throughout the day
. Selectively enable the default Mindfulness Messages
. Adjust the timing of the random bell, use the slider in the settings to find the timing that's right for you (see below)
. Choose a time to automatically turn the bell off
. Apple Watch app, let's you control the bell from your wrist
. Temporarily snooze the bell
. Siri Shortcuts, turn on the mindfulness bell on or off or snooze from the Shortcuts app

Available via in app purchase:
. Create custom Mindfulness Messages
. Schedule repeating Quiet Hours that will mute the bell when you know you'll be busy
. Use your calendar to automatically mute the bell while you're in a meeting

Lotus Bud Mindfulness Bell is a randomized bell so you can get the most out of your practice. Find out more at http://lotusbudapp.com

Make sure you're doing all you can to get your mindfulness reminders, go to http://lotusbudapp.com/support to find out more.

If you're looking for a timer to time your meditation practice check out our other app Lotus Bud Meditation Timer

Version History Included for everyone
• Improved the bell switch in landscape – On iPhone in landscape, the bell switch is bigger and easier to tap
• Improved support for larger text sizes – Calendar access screens and the Apple Watch widget now follow your text size setting 3.9.1 7h ago Included for everyone
• Added support for iPhone Duo – Optimized layouts for iPhone Duo poses and improved iPad layouts as well. 3.9.0 2d ago Included for everyone
• Added a longer snooze from notification – Bell notifications now offer a second snooze option that lasts twice as long as your usual snooze
• Added the bell's status message – See how often the bell rings when you toggle on the bell, such as 'every 15 to 45 minutes'
• Fixed turning the bell on with Siri and Shortcuts – Turning the bell on from Siri or Shortcuts now works more reliably
• New App Intro – Added an intro to the app on first install, similar to the what's new when the app updates
• Bug fixes – Lots of small fixes and refinements

Included with Advanced Settings
• Disable Quiet Hour editor visibly disabled – When a quiet hour is turned off, its times and days are grayed out so it's clear they're inactive 3.8.1 Sep 28 • Apple Intelligence message suggestions: When adding a custom message, tap the wand icon to get a suggested phrase.
• Redesigned the day timeline: The quiet hours timeline has a fresh look. Tap a quiet hour block to see its details and jump straight to editing it.
• Redesigned Weekday selection: Updated the look and feel of the weekday selection on quiet hours.
• Improved reliability: Fixed a crash that could occur when syncing with Apple Watch or scheduling background bells. 3.8.0 Sep 22 • Minor updates: Added some minor tweaks, and updated screenshots and descriptions for Other Apps in settings. (Lotus Bud Meditation Timer has been redesigned, check it out!) 3.7.1 Sep 16 • Initial support for iOS 27 – Compatibility with the latest os, more to come.
• More reliable widgets – Widget images no longer disappear when your device is low on storage.
• Improved stability – Hardened many parts of the app, and reduced how much memory the widget uses.
• Accessibility improvements – Added labels and hints throughout the drawing list and color palette.
• Duplicate cleanup fix – Fixed an issue where cleaning up duplicate drawings could keep an older copy instead of the newest one.
• Bug fixes – Many other minor bug fixes. 3.7.0 Sep 13 • Fixed bells ringing during a snooze: In rare cases a bell could still ring after you snoozed. Snoozing now reliably quiets every upcoming bell.
• Fixed a crash in the quiet hour day schedule: The day schedule no longer crashes when one of your calendars doesn't have a color.
• Improved reliability across the app: Fixed an assortment of small issues in bell scheduling, quiet hours, custom messages, and syncing with Apple Watch. 3.6.3 Aug 11 Fixed a couple of crashes - The last version introduced crashes that have been fixed 3.6.2 Jul 7 • Mitigated some timing issues – Various timing and reliability improvements and reduced the likelyhood that there will be a gap in scheduling bells in the background.
• Improved app stability – Fixed several issues that could eventually cause the app to be closed in the background, preventing scheduling future bells.
• Fixed an animation glitch when reopening the app – The bell toggle no longer animates as if you just turned it on when the app opens. 3.6.1 Jul 2 • New bell sounds: Four new sounds, joining the four existing sounds, to bring more variety to your mindfulness practice.
• Spooky: An eerie sound that will grab your attention, especially in the middle of the night
• Zap: A sound that zaps you into mindfulness
• Blow: A breathy sound to gently invite your awareness
• Block: A striking sound that will catch your attention
• Fiddly bits: Settings that let you customize for atypical setups
• Share button: Easily share Lotus Bud with someone else from settings
• Value comparison: When looking at paid features, helps you easily compare what you're getting
• Misconfigured notification warning: If you have notifications turned off or configured in a way that will degrade the use of Lotus Bud, a new warning appears with a link to settings so you can fix it.
• Added Spanish and French translations: The app is now localized for Spanish and French (more languages to come). If you find an issue with any of the translations, please send me feedback from settings.

Pro Features
• Randomize sounds: Now you can randomize the mindfulness bell sounds to keep you on your toes
• Extended frequency ranges: In the fiddly bits setting you can increase or decrease the default frequency ranges. 3.6.0 May 14 • Added localization for German. If you notice a translation that is done poorly, please reach out and let me know. More languages to come.
• Added long press on snooze button to get more snooze durations
• Fixed an issue that continued showing snooze date on widgets after the snooze had expired
• Fixed an issue turning the bell on or off from the watch wouldn't update the phone and vice versa
• Bug fixes 3.5.0 Feb 20 • Added localization for Japanese. If you notice a translation that is done poorly, please reach out and let me know. More languages to come. 3.4.1 11/14/2025 • Calendar selection for Quiet Hours: Choose specific calendars to automatically silence the bell during events.
• Swipe actions on Quiet Hours: Quickly disable or delete Quiet Hours right from the list.
• Color coded calendars now appear on Today's Quiet Hours.
• Tipping: If Lotus Bud supports your practice, you can now send a tip to help keep development thriving. Thank you!
• Bug fixes and refinements. 3.4.0 11/05/2025 • Updated icon – Slightly updated icon for all the latest operating systems
• Initial release for the latest operating systems – Support, minor tweaks and bug fixes for the latest operating system 3.3.1 09/12/2025 New
• Shortcuts and Siri update – New Shortcuts actions and Siri support, turn bell on, snooze, get current state, set bell style and intensity. Some functionality requires in app purchase.
• Restored previous notification copy placement – Re-shifted the notification copy placement, since the previous update didn't wrap text if it was longer.

Fixed
• A crash when viewing configuring messages in settings
• New in app purchase wouldn't register in a timely manner 3.3.0 08/21/2025 • New mindfulness bell sounds, added two new sounds to choose for your notifications
• Added a new Stealthy and Silent mode for notifications
• Simplified notification copy
• Fixed a bug where the Quiet Hour list doesn't show updates immediately after editing
• Improved dynamic text sizes 3.2.0 08/08/2025 In Progress
• Fixed an issue where bells were scheduled in Quite Hours. Still investigating to verify if there are other bugs not yet addressed. Please let me know if you encounter after this fix.
Fixed
• Quiet Hour Date Display – An issue that only showed the hour of a Quiet Hour when there were minutes (10 PM instead of 10:30 PM) 3.1.9 04/01/2025 There are still outstanding bell scheduling bugs having to do with quiet hours. I am working to get them resolved.

Last release introduced a way to keep track of what logs go with support requests, but caused a bug that would not share the logs with the feedback. That is now fixed. 3.1.8 03/30/2025 • Fixed a bug where bells were schedule inside quiet hours – There was a bug where if scheduling kicked off inside a quiet hour, the scheduler would ignore the quiet hour, that is now resolve. Thanks for those who helped me track it down and for everyoe's patientce.
• Additional frequently asked question – Added a question about auto-off to the FAQs 3.1.7 03/28/2025 Fixed
There was a bug that showed a message and notification about force quitting the app. That is now resolved. 3.1.6 03/26/2025 • Additional checks to prevent scheduling during quiet hours – Some users were seeing notifications during quiet hours. If you are still seeing this issue after this update, please send me a feedback through the settings in the app.
• To make it more clear that sending feedback and troubleshooting is under about the About section in settings now is Help & About.
• Added some additional help and troubleshooting in the app and included frequently asked questions under Help & About in settings
• Added some education in app about force quitting – When detecting the app is force quit, there is a notification that appears to prompt you to open the app again and will see a new tip when opening. Force quitting interferes with scheduling of bells. Please see more in the FAQ 3.1.5 03/22/2025 New
• Improved timing – The timing engine has been rewritten to be more reliable and offer a wider range of bell timing
• Redesigned frequency slider – The frequency slider has a more utilitarian design and shows the frequency you can expect to hear the randomized bells
• What's New – See the top fixes and new features in the app the first time you open after an update
• About section – In settings there is a new section called About, it has app info, including a list of improvements from the last few releases, privacy policy and feedback 3.1.4 03/08/2025 New
• Updated dark and tinted mode icons
Fixed
• An issue where the minimum bell timing wasn't being respected that could result in bells ringing more frequently than expected
• An issue where previous in app purchase would not get recognized unless you attempted to repurchase
• An issue where the quiet hours footer would show even if there were no quiet hours
• An Issue where the quiet hours footer would not update immediately when quite hours changed
• Minor visual glitches with tips
This is likely the last version to support iOS 16 and watchOS 9 and more bell timing refinements to come in a future version. 3.1.3 10/29/2024 Updated
• Ensured price clearly visible in purchase flow
• Improved layouts and animations in purchase flow 3.1.2 04/23/2024 Fixed
• A crash that when reading calendars events that have the same start and end time 3.1.1 04/02/2024