I mean sure, but I was hoping for something that could guide me through it for the first few sessions at least.
I suppose I could just listen to a guided meditation album, but why is it so rare for there to be an app that doesn’t need you to sign up and give them your personal information?
> I mean sure, but I was hoping for something that could guide me through it for the first few sessions at least.
Try Muse. It's a hardware EEG headset + 2 apps: one for pure EEG monitoring and recording and one for guided meditations.
Seeing an objective confirmation of the fact you actually are doing something and progress helps a lot. Being able to influence the plot on the screen with your will alone is an awesome experience too.
> why is it so rare for there to be an app that doesn’t need you to sign up and give them your personal information?
That's sad indeed. If you are afraid somebody can misuse this data - just go to YouTube. There are enough of great buddhist teachers (e.g. Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche) who explain everything and guide you through meditations there.
Quick example why its not supported: Lets say you are building an instagram style app. You need to render an image from network and won't tell the app its vertical height(Just like you would do in a webapp)
The app has to judge the image height after the image is finished loading from the network. If the second image loads faster than the first image, then UI has to push the second image further below to make space for the first image. This will make the app look jittery.
SMS Read: You can start with manual entry of phone number verification. Top of the line android and iPhone apps still use manual entry of verification code and still offer good User Experience.
NFC: Except for payment, I never used NFC for anything, never seen any of my friends use it for any practical purpose. If your app is using payment systems, forget react native.
