What's new

Ding 1.1.3 for iPhone and Android September 21, 2026

Missed sessions can be added by hand, for one day or several at once, and your streak is restored.
A wrong entry can be deleted with a swipe.
On iPhone: a compact time picker and calendar, and long practice names wrap in the history.

Thanks you received show up right on the completion screen.
You can page through all participants and thank each one.
More room for long names. On iPhone participants are sorted alphabetically, on Android they get colored avatars with initials.

Exports keep the time zone each session happened in.
On iPhone, imported history can be removed from the device and iCloud while your own entries stay; history sync between devices is fixed.
Practice and Together open faster, and on iPhone so does Settings.
The app no longer asks for microphone access.
On Android, additional bells are deleted with a swipe, and bells set past the end of the session are fixed.

Saving your practice to a file now uses the standard Insight Timer format, so other apps and services can read it. Partners of shared sessions are written as @Name.
A session finished on Apple Watch appears in “Together” right away.
Fixed the “Also meditating at this time” list on the completion screen.

Accurate timing: the timer holds even if you background the app or lock the screen, and the bells ring even in silent mode.
Presets: each practice keeps its own name, duration, start and end bell, interval bells, and a short note to yourself.
Seven bells: woodblock, ding, tingsha, sakya, singing bowls, and gong — real recordings. The number of strikes is set in the preset.
Background sound: breathing (5.5-second inhale and exhale), noise, or shruti — chosen per preset, it ducks under the bells, with an optional fade-out.
A pause before you begin: time to settle on the cushion.
Together: connect Discord and you can see who from your communities is meditating right now, and who sat earlier.
Shared practice: link a preset with someone from your community — the session counts for both of you, and the invitation arrives on the Together screen.
Preset sharing: send a link — they open it and add it to their presets.
Coming from Insight Timer? Your practice imports along with your streak.
Your practice is saved locally on your phone, and if you use Health Connect, sessions are written there as mindful minutes.
Widget: your streak on the home screen, a tap opens the app.
Backup: save your practice to a file and load it back — that's how it moves to a new phone. The file uses the standard Insight Timer format, so other apps and services can read it.
Four color themes: the background is always black, the color is up to you.
Interrupted sessions are restored.

The app is in Google Play — free, like the iPhone one.

The timer on your wrist, works even without the phone: same presets, vibration instead of bells, sessions count toward your practice and streak. Haptics arrive right on time even with the screen off.
A “First preset” complication on the watch face starts the preset with one tap.

Three new bells: “Medium bowl”, “Large bowl” and “Gong” — real recordings. The existing bells were remastered and ring longer — the bowls sustain up to 45 seconds.
Background sound: breathing (5.5-second inhale and exhale), noise, or shruti — chosen per preset, it ducks under the bells, with an optional fade-out.
The pause between strikes within one bell is now 4 seconds: long rings no longer pile onto each other. The “Blip” sound is gone — presets that used it ring with the “Woodblock”.
The app got about 6 MB lighter: sounds are stored compressed, with no loss of quality.

The session time changes right on the ready screen: slide your finger up or down, one-minute steps. The preset itself doesn't change.

Coming from Insight Timer? Your practice imports along with your streak: the Practice menu → “Import practice” — learn more.
Import and export your practice to a file — a backup and a way to move between phones.
Sitting on: stayed after the final bell — a counter ticks on the completion screen, and a tap adds it to the session.
The Practice list shows your whole history; days from past years show the year.

Preset sharing: send a link — they open it and add it to their presets.
Co-practice shows in “Now” from the moment it starts, not after it ends.
An avatar changed in Discord updates for everyone within a day.
Before Discord is connected, the Together screen shows a live number: how many times people meditated with Ding over the last seven days.

The Amber color theme is now golden yellow; built-in presets pick up a change of the app language.
Settings → About now has “Rate in the App Store” and “Acknowledgements” (the authors of the recordings the bells are made from). The app itself never asks for a rating.
The app needs iOS 18 or newer.
Fixes: the preset list scrolls again when there are more than six; the “breathing” background sound was redone — a calmer tone, with the inhale and exhale chimes exactly in place.

Accurate timing: the timer holds even if you background the app or lock the screen. If the system closes the app, the app will notify you instead.
Presets: each practice keeps its own name, duration, start and end bell, interval bells, and a short note to yourself.
A pause before you begin: time to settle on the cushion.
Your practice is saved locally on your phone, to Health (mindful minutes) and to Calendar.
Widgets: the streak on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen, a tap opens the app.
Presets and practice history sync through iCloud.
Four color themes: the background is always black, the color is up to you.
Protection from accidental touches: a cat or a sleeve won't end your sit.
Screen dimming: the screen dims a little during a session to save battery.
Interrupted sessions are restored.