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Growth · December 14, 2025

A meditation timer without guidance, music, or growth mechanics

I've worked in tech my entire career, and over time mindfulness meditation has become less of a "wellness habit" and more of a practical tool for keeping my mind clear. I encourage mindfulness meditation to everyone because it's that impactful on stress and awareness in everyday life. After years of practice, I've that most meditation apps eventually became distracting or costly. To me, mindfulness apps that provide guidance, content, forced streaks, and incentives seem to replace the practice of mindfulness itself with some gamification of the act. So I built Center, a silent meditation…

A meditation timer without guidance, music, or growth mechanics launched on December 14, 2025 with 7 votes, #1,248 of 11,628 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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What it does

Center is a silent meditation timer for serious practice. No guides, voices, or music. A precise, cross-platform timer for mindfulness meditation as it

No guides. No voices. No music. Just a precise, cross-platform timer for mindfulness as it's meant to be practiced. Center is a simple, reliable application for mindfulness meditation. The app supports consistency, ritual, and long-term practice without trying to motivate, instruct, or entertain you. It is designed for people who already meditate or who want to practice without being guided. Most sessions begin the same way: One tap. Silence. A bell when needed. Some people track sessions over time. Others never look at stats. Your practice stays in sync across devices, quietly and reliably. If the app supports your practice, you may choose to support its continued development through an…from centertimer.com

In the maker’s words, at launch

I've worked in tech my entire career, and over time mindfulness meditation has become less of a "wellness habit" and more of a practical tool for keeping my mind clear. I encourage mindfulness meditation to everyone because it's that impactful on stress and awareness in everyday life. After years of practice, I've…

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