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Lack of shuffle feature in meditation app

💚 healthproduct problem8 reports ●●●●● severity 3/5

A Headspace user reports feeling overwhelmed by the volume of content and experiences decision fatigue because the app lacks a shuffle feature or a daily routine to automatically select sessions.

Who's affected: A Headspace app user who prefers guided meditation routines over manual selection.

What people do today

🔧 Fix this

Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:

  1. A 'Shuffle' button that randomly selects a meditation session based on user-defined duration preferences.
  2. A 'Daily Routine' feature that automatically queues a new, curated meditation session each day.
  3. A 'Surprise Me' widget for the app home screen that launches a random session with one tap.
  4. A personalized content recommendation engine that tracks session history to hide previously completed meditations
  5. A community-driven feature where users can request specific themes for new meditation content
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Real voices

“A feature that randomly selects a session would reduce decision fatigue.”

Source: App Store review: headspace

“it feels like there is no new meditation content and the daily meditations are just repeating now”

Source: App Store review: headspace

“I wish the sleep casts had a way to pick the wind down exercises. Currently there is no way to consistently get the same one”

Source: App Store review: headspace

“Very hard to find specific meditations. Can’t go back to find older meditations.”

Source: App Store review: headspace

“If you search sleep meditation there’s only one over 20 minutes. In general they a plethora of short meditations. Lacking longer meditations.”

Source: App Store review: headspace

“it is not a good directory of EMDR inspired bilateral stimulation and they also don’t give you any descriptors of how their minimal selections differ”

Source: App Store review: calm

“Why does a person need to introduce themselves like I’m going to remember or I care”

Source: App Store review: calm

“Every meditation is the same except the speech in the beginning”

Source: App Store review: headspace

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