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Re:Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, ... by ProllyInfamous on Thursday April 09, 2026 @02:36PM (#47707740)
Title should say "meditations" — app is not for actual dispute resolution (well, not directly).
Re:Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, ... by rubbsdecvik on Thursday April 09, 2026 @03:38PM (#47708703)
Medito is good Open Source alternative as well. https://meditofoundation.org/
Re:Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, ... by Cider9986 on Thursday April 09, 2026 @04:02PM (#47709009)
That is cool that it works offline. I will not use it because I don't like the voices. The free meditation app I would recommend is the Healthy Minds program[1]. I have also seen Medito recommended, but the thing that I like about the HM Program is that it is a very straight curriculum, instead of various options scattered as options.

[1]https://www.humin.org/wellbeing-tools/app

Re:Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, ... by SockThief on Thursday April 09, 2026 @05:24PM (#47710358)
This is great! I've been using Headspace, but recently I get a Duolingo vibe of it. It's still good, but Healthy Minds is in other league. Thank you!
Re:Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, ... by Cider9986 on Friday April 10, 2026 @11:49PM (#47727170)
I'm glad you like it! It's been wonderful for me as well. The creators recently released a book called Born to Flourish[1]—if you're interested, I can share the eBook and/or Audiobook.

[1] https://www.humin.org/wellbeing-tools/books/born-to-flourish

Re:Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, ... by SockThief on Friday April 17, 2026 @07:54AM (#47804928)
I'd love to get the audio book if it's not too much trouble

Edit: I'll send you an email

Re:Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, ... by eummm on Friday April 10, 2026 @04:49AM (#47715312)
HM looks great, but looks like they collect lot of personal data.

From their privacy policy:

The personal information we collect may include:

Name User name Email address Gender Birthday (month/year) Ethnicity Relationship Status Number of Family Members/Children/Children under 13 Experience with Meditation User generated content We may collect other information that does not reveal your specific identity, such as:

IP Address or other unique device identifier Information collected through cookies, pixel tags or other technologies App usage data Geo-location information User generated content Device generated data

Re:Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, ... by Cider9986 on Saturday April 11, 2026 @12:03AM (#47727268)
I agree, I wish they took privacy more seriously, as more software should.

Looking at it optimistically, they don't sell or share with data brokers/advertisers, you can block the offensive connections with a firewall, and the app doesn't ask for any information that is particularly sensitive.

Additionally, they use data people choose to share to improve the scientific understanding of meditation and mindfulness. I am someone that values privacy, but I don't find it egregious to use this app.

Re:Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, ... by high_pathetic on Friday April 10, 2026 @01:29PM (#47721235)
Ditto on the voices. Male voice sounds like a tin robot and it's distracting.
Re:Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, ... by throwaway81523 on Friday April 10, 2026 @12:15AM (#47713569)
These are audio recordings right? Could they just say so?
Re:Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, ... by eummm on Friday April 10, 2026 @04:50AM (#47715324)
adding text to speech is a great idea, thank you!
Re:Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, ... by midnightn on Friday April 10, 2026 @05:02AM (#47715404)
Offline support is underrated for meditation apps — network interruptions mid-session are the opposite of calming
Re:Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, ... by 47282847 on Friday April 10, 2026 @05:24PM (#47723842)
It’s obviously the unguided section where you sit with whatever emotions the disruption brings up for you!
Re:Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, ... by underduck on Friday April 10, 2026 @06:52AM (#47716154)
I really like this. I tried korean language and the voice was bit off though. good work!
Re:Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, ... by eummm on Friday April 10, 2026 @03:59PM (#47722924)
thank you for feedback! will think how to improve
Re:Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, ... by snthpy on Friday April 10, 2026 @06:56AM (#47716180)
Does anyone ever worry about prompt injection attacks against yourself in these?

When I was into hypnosis and NLP between one and two decades ago, I used to worry about what the instructions were once I was hypnotized. I lacked the terminology then but there days we would call these prompt injections, just against the human brain.

I guess social engineering is another form, although that's probably more akin to a CSRF or flawed auth logic exploit.

Re:Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, ... by BillionSatsPage on Saturday April 11, 2026 @05:45AM (#47729101)
Seems like the voices are text to speech? You could have an option to change the voice type as well as regenerate different scripts with a simple llm.