Smiling Mind: Mental Wellbeing 应用的评论

This is a great app, and it recently just came out with a big update, vastly upgrading its resources and content featured, and it’s all for free! People who are looking to understand and improve themselves should look no further. My only request is that they keep this app free. A total game changer!!

I assume with the latest update the app has stopped working entirely on all of my devices. As soon as it starts to launch it immediately shuts down. Please fix soon I really love this app!

Well, what can I say? After countless attempts to meditation over the years Smiling Mind was the app that opened this portal for me. The rewrite of UI simply took it away. I’m a software engineer and continuous development is familiar procedure, but in this case this is a brand new app, completely different UX. I’m not complaining, just asking if it’s feasible to consider returning old version es “legacy” app to the App Store? Please think about it.

I’ve been using this app for the past couple of years to get through some tough times. It has really helped with my anxiety and emotions. Thank you so much for such a wonderful app!

I used this app for years and loved it. It was easy to find exactly what I was looking for. Now it’s just too much. I don’t want a recommended routine or activities or learnings- I just want to easily find the meditations I’m looking for.

I have been using this app for maybe five years now I absolutely love it. I’ve gone through everything even redone some of my lessons. It’s so calming and soothing, and it helps me focus and it’s something I look forward to at night to help me go to bed or something to look forward to when I wake up. I highly recommend this if you want something short and simple to help you it may be small, but it goes the wrong way.

This app, flat out, is helping me change my life. Anxiety and fear has gripped me lately, and Smiling Mind is one of many steps I’m taking to better my mental health. There have been days when the meditations and lessons within the app have pulled me back from periods of pure stress and I am already forever grateful to the entire team at smiling mind. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

This is such a wonderful meditation app! My 6 yo does a bedtime meditation every night and it has been so helpful in calming him and getting him ready for sleep. I do wish that some of the card decks for kids had visual supports (illustrations, short video clips) to make them more digestible for younger ages. Thank you for creating an app that is free and so accessible!

I downloaded this app years ago. Used it a total of 4 times and deleted it. Now every email associated with my phone is receiving new terms of service emails. This feels like an invasion of privacy.

i'm a US based therapist and encourage all my clients to use

I would spend money on getting the old app back if it were an option. I really tried to get used to using the new app but I can’t. It all feels so cluttered and unorganized, with ugly stock photos plastered everywhere. I don’t want an “all encompassing” complicated mental fitness app - I just want a simple, easy-to-use mindfulness app. The old app was really great, it’s such a shame. I also emailed asking for help on finding specific meditations from the old app and I never received a response, so that was nice.

I discovered the smiling mind app about two years ago and have loved it since. I’m very sad to say that after the new update I don’t feel the same. I found the old app to be so easy to navigate, explore new programs, and return to old favorites. The simplicity of the old app was actually its strength. Now it feels like there are so many options that it’s overwhelming to find what I’m looking for. I think I understand what they were trying to do with this update, but I wish they would revert back to some middle ground between the two…and restore the previously liked programs and meditations.

Have used this religiously for years and had favorited so many really good meditation styles and talk throughs that worked amazing for me. The new update makes me sad, it was so much better/more user friendly before. I wish they would go back.

The Smiling Mind app is an Australian created app to teach mindfulness and make it a part of people’s everyday lives. There are three different sections you you can be a part of – kids, teens, or adults. I focused most of my attention on how the app works for teens. I am giving this app a numerical rating of 3 out of 5. I believe the app overall has a ton to offer, and the more I explore the app, the more I find that it is useful. Unfortunately, I felt it took a lot of effort to find the wonderful parts of the app. I believe a teen would lose interest in the app before finding the great daily lessons that could be learned. My first impression of the home page is that it is boring, filled with too much text, was not bright and inviting, and did not represent all cultures, ability levels, and age groups. After hitting the “explore” tab, then the “classroom” button (which I would have assumed was for schoolteachers), then clicking the filter “teens”, I found so many great options. Unfortunately, it took a lot of effort and random exploring to find these options. They had two collections for teens – Years 11-12 and Years 7-10. There were so many wonderful videos that were perfect for teens. One of the videos I loved was “Your Self-Care” Essentials. The person recording the video was a teen herself. She talked about what self-care meant, what we tell our brain, and how dangerous it is when we don’t meet the goals we want and simple ways to reframe our brains and achieve self-care goals in different areas of our lives like “chill, flex, create, and connect.” The video was colorful and meaningful for teens, and the energy was positive and upbeat. The Adolescence, the Age of Opportunity podcast we listened to with Jonathan Singer and Laurence Steinberg (2014), brought up how the adolescent brain is most malleable during the toddler years and adolescence years. Laurence reframed our thinking about adolescence by challenging us to not think about this time as only a time when they are impulsive and taking too many risks but how we can use this time instead to find positive ways to use the brain’s malleability. He says improving self-regulation skills is the most important lesson we can teach during this time. The Smiling Mind is the perfect app to help adolescents work on this skill. Janet Sasson Edgette (2012), talks about the importance of meeting teens where they are and changing the way we speak. Our skills for working with young children and adults will not work with teens. I believe the Smiling Mind app, once I found the teen videos, did a phenomenal job doing just this. Using teens themselves to communicate messages of self-care, mindfulness and so much more. By meeting teens at their level and how they speak, we are able to achieve better results. Overall, I will use and suggest the Smiling Mind app to teens but I won’t do this without giving them a full tutorial on where to find the most applicable information and videos. I can use these videos in sessions or groups with clients and can implement these skills into the everyday lives of teens. As mentioned above, the most important skill to teach teens during adolescence, when their minds are the most malleable, is self-regulation. The Smiling Mind app can do just that.

App is working for me now…revising my review. This is my go to for meditation. I’m not overly fond of the new look (what’s up with that font), but I’m going to explore more and my up my rating if I’m enjoying the new interface. I miss the three wellness prompts you used to get before each session…there were more categories like sleep, attention, etc. then just a general single question.

Been a user for several years after it was included in a corporate health plan. Great guided and unguided meditation sessions for all walks of life, it’s really diverse in offerings. High quality audio work and I like the Strine accents. Its move to a new login system though has been problematic. Multiple times now the app has hung on login and session load even though i have downloaded sessions for offline use and am a paid contributor. I respect the need to set the app up for long-term sustainability, but the current iteration is not consistently usable, a deal breaker for an app meant for daily use.

My daughter and I have loved Smiling Mind as part of her bedtime routine. With the new update though, the app is garbage. Bad UI/UX choices, buggy account creation and sign in, and the inability to find old content. This feels like a classic update for update sake, not to fix the app or improve the experience. Very likely we will stop using the app now.

I’ve had this and used it daily for a long time now, but haven’t been able to open the app in weeks. I am unable to login entirely, the app is glitchy and very slow to load. It’s gone downhill and very poorly done. They’ve made a bunch of changes and they all clearly have some bugs. Bummer because I enjoyed this app.

Wish I could revert back to the old app. Everything has changed, and not for the better. This app really made a difference in my life, and I am sad it is not as easy to use as it once was.

Love it please put that Australian guy who did the thought catcher thing reading freaking bedtime stories or something

Hate the update, too much, can’t find things. I just want the meditations, not all this stuff to read and pictures… looking for something different. If you have to sign up, it’s not free.

I get very distracted in my thoughts, and these easy to follow animations about mindfulness are very helpful. I believe meditation is very good for us, but I’ve always had trouble doing it. These lessons, with the soft music and the man’s gentle Australian accented voice, are making it possible for me to begin mindfulness. I recommend this app!

Actually valid simple and free

Such a disappointing update. Might as well be an entirely different app. The frustration of losing all my saved favorite meditations, total hours spent meditating, and just having to learn to navigate the messy (and filled with stock photos) new design… ugh. Wish I could revert back.

I didn’t have the previous app but recently downloaded this app & started to look around. I understand maybe the other app was initially better for navigate & meditations. But having many tools/techniques within a simple 5-part model can be helpful for a lot of people. I really enjoy it so far and looking forward to app improvements in the future

I used to recommend this app to all my patients, but no more. What a bummer that it was such a great app and now clunky and hard to navigate

This app used to be incredible and offered superb guided mindfulness tools that were easy and intuitive to use. A recent update got rid of all of that and turned it into a “all in one well-being toolkit” which is missing the content, and accessible simplicity of prior and is now an utter mess to navigate AND now requires an account. I am so disappointed in what this app has become and I wish I could revert the update to get the old version.

update requires sign in, shane about that.. deleted app 😭😭

While the new update does offer new content and features, the interface and design is so unflattering. The app previous to any updates had such a nicer design using small and cute artwork instead of some google search images as icons. I prefer the app pre update and i regret updating it.

Whenever I click “create an account,” it opens up a safari window and tells me the sever can’t be found.

I didn’t update anything, yet the app is suddenly asking me to sign in when I never had to before. When I try to do so, I just get an error message. Seriously? Stop ruining a good app.

It is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it.

My family and I love this app! We’ve been using it for a few years now and it never disappoints. I’ve only found one meditation the whole time I didn’t like but that’s more me then the app. I’m sound sensitive. We are a family of four with young kids all dealing with ADD in one form or another and this app has helped us sooo many times. Thank you so much for offering such a wide variety in the free app!! This is a huge tool for low income families like ours. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts hear in Kansas. You make a difference!

I never write reviews - but I love this app. It's generous and not spammy or trying to sell you anything. Helps immensely. The green zone, red zone, yellow zone for stress management is particularly useful. Love it

Been using this for quite a while now and it’s the BEST meditation app out there 5 Stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I struggle with sleep and anxiety issues. These exercises are the perfect antidote for my restlessness and a mind that has trouble “slowing down” and focusing. Thank you to everyone at Smiling Mind!

This was recommended by my daughter’s therapist. It has been. Great tool for my daughter as she learns and reinforces strategies for addressing her anxiety and depression.

It's from Australia, free, and really well-done. Teaching session is great. Using in place of Mindfulness app that was about $69 a year.

Good

please add the option of male or female voices. i can't relax properly otherwise (ptsd)

I’m so grateful that there is a free mindfulness app with some beautiful meditations. I highly recommend the second extended meditation, for instance. What a great way to bring peace and help relieve aches and pains. ❤️ Thank you to the producers of this app.

Our family loved this app so much, I wrote the company to ask for access to additional content to use as part of our son’s homeschool activities before it was offered on their website. Shortly after, the educational features went behind a paywall and the favorites section started crashing and now isn’t functional at all. We would have been happy to pay for the single license program just for him to use this for $132.00, but I am not sure about the investment since the technical problems started.

This app is great, it has so many free guided and unguided meditations. I’ve been trying to get into mindfulness and meditation for a while now but other apps and videos didn’t come as easy. This app has various programs and will keep track of how many days, and you feel relaxed after! Also love that you can choose different voices

I’ve had this app for a couple hours and I’m already seeing the benefits!

I started listening to smiling mind today and I am pleased with the overall content. The process of this meditation App is simple yet well thought out. I like meditation programs, broken down into “small chunks” and not overwhelming. Basic, yet is spot on. In one of the reviews a person complained about the music extending beyond the meditation. Actually I prefer this as I can continue to meditate after the meditation exercise is over. So many meditation Apps shut off the music and it’s annoying and frustrating as I prefer to continue to meditate and practice that skill that is being taught in the exercise. Is it possible to please all and offer a toggle switch so those who want the hard shut off of music can do so, while others can contine to listen to the music? Thank you so much for offering this App for free !!!

I love that this app is free without bombarding me with adds. It is a great way to get started with meditation.

Try two apps before. This app makes it easier and smoother to calm down. Love it.

I’ve tried a handful of meditation apps and I have a specific reason for enjoying Smiling Mind: I’m american and commonly fall into an america-centric mindset, the fact that this was developed in Australia featuring Australian vocals and spelling preferences is a small but profound thing that keeps me in a more global headspace. That helps me zoom out and find perspective and, to me, that’s invaluable. I get everything I would from other apps; well thought out guided meditations, adjustable music/vocals, a variety of topics to explore, all in a beautifully developed, user-friendly program. Thank you to everyone involved with keeping this platform running up to date!

I’m just starting to use this program but I can already see (and feel) benefits. As I have been doing the short meditation first thing in the morning and I have a better attitude, I am more focused, and I feel calmer and happier. I am excited to explore longer and deeper meditations.