ustwo makes beautiful apps. This is the second meditation app they've launched. Pause came first. Why two?
Side note: There's an increasing number of startups building for the meditation space. Headspace and Calm have been around a while. YC just backed @yunhajkim's Simple Habit and @kevinrose is working on a new app in this area.
@rrhoover Pause and Sway build on the same idea but have two different ways of input. With Pause you provide movement by touching on the screen, with Sway it's the phone's motion sensors that pick up the movement.
Just used this for the first time today and really really impressed. A few nuggets of feedback:
- Love the sound, but I can't call the feedback sound effects because they feel part of the overall music.
- I like too that you jump back a level if you miss a day to keep motivated & with momentum.
- Would be nice within the app for some guidance / suggested movements (so I can look like less of a tool in public).
- Feels a bit weird moving my phone around at times
- Can imagine the experience on Watch (assuming you add it) will be far far better.
- Apple Health integration as suggested above would be a big win too.
Going to keep this up for the next 2 weeks me thinks, but a great great product!
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