Plum Village: Mindfulness

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About this app

Looking to touch peace, calm and ease in today’s frantic and often stressful world? The Plum Village practices are an invaluable support.

Use mindfulness meditation techniques taught by a renowned Zen Buddhist Master to connect deeply with the present moment, soothe anxiety, experience more joy and happiness, and taste enlightenment.

Explore a wealth of easy-to-use guided meditations, relaxations, and talks.

The Plum Village app enables us to bring mindfulness into our life, so we can live each moment more deeply and create a happier future.

As Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh said, mindfulness allows us to be truly alive.

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Plum Village: Zen Guided Meditation App – Main Features
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• Free forever with no ads or in-app purchases
• 100+ guided meditations
• A customizable meditation timer
• A ā€œMindfulness Bellā€ to incorporate into your daily routine
• 300+ video sessions/Q&As with Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village teachers
• 15 guided meditations for children
• ā€œFavouriteā€ your most loved meditations to find them easily
• Download talks and meditations to the app for easy offline practice

The Plum Village app is regularly being updated with new guided meditations and talks. It is completely free to download and all of the content is available for free.

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Plum Village: Zen Guided Meditation App – Main Categories
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The Plum Village app is split into four easy-to-use categories – meditations, talks, resources, and bells of mindfulness:

Meditations

Meditation is a deep practice that helps us generate peace and calm, master our mind, develop a healthy headspace, and get deep insights into ourselves and the world around us.

Meditations include deep relaxations, guided contemplations, silent meditations, and eating meditations. Whether you have a little time or a lot, and whether you want to be on your cushion or applying mindfulness in your daily life, there are meditations to nourish, inspire, and incorporate into your daily routine.

Talks

Listen and learn from the wisdom of Thich Nhat Hanh and other Plum Village meditation teachers.

Ask Thay includes hundreds of real-life questions asked to the Zen Master, like ā€œHow can we let go of anger? and ā€œHow can I stop worrying?ā€ His answers are compassionate and infused with insight.

Dharma Talks are teachings given by Thich Nhat Hanh and others on how to bring Buddhist wisdom and mindfulness into our life. Rather than discussing theoretical concepts, they focuses on direct and clear teachings to relieve suffering and create happiness in our day to day lives. Topics include depression, PTSD, relationships, sexual abuse, fear, and dealing with strong emotions.

Resources

In Resources you can find a library of daily practices, chants, poems, and songs. These bring to life the practices taught in Plum Village monasteries around the world and offer ways to bring mindfulness into our world, wherever we are.

Bell of Mindfulness

In Plum Village monasteries bells of mindfulness chime at regular intervals. Everybody stops and takes three mindful breaths to pause from their thinking or talking, breathe, and return to their bodies. The Bell of Mindfulness allows us to have the same reminder on our phone.

We can customize the bell to chime at different time periods. Settings include:
• Start time / End time
• Chime intervals
• Bell volume
• Daily repeating schedule

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Why not give the Plum Village app a try and see how you can benefit from it? The app is a digital companion on your mindfulness journey. Created as a gift to the world, this free app contains invaluable resources to guide you towards inner peace and freedom.

Download today for free!
Guided meditations, talks + more by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and his community
Updated on
May 20, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
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  • This app may collect these data types
    Personal info, App activity and 2 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted
  • Committed to follow the Play Families Policy

Ratings and reviews

8.85K reviews
Maxe Leggett
August 20, 2021
This is the best meditation app there is. Not only is everything FREE and downloadable to listen to offline, it offers tons of precious ressources and alternatives to guided meditations like chants, poems/lectures, bells timers, music and breathing exercices. The guided meditations in themselves are very diverse in genres and length. I start every morning with Plum Village, thank you so much for making this app. šŸ™
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Centre for Applied Ethics
August 21, 2021
Dear Maxime, How wonderful to read your review! ā˜€ļø Thank you for starting your day with the energy of mindfulness. Our team is so happy to offer a rich diversity of content and getting feedback like yours makes us know that our friends enjoy the different resources. šŸ™ With much appreciation, The Plum Village App team https://plumvillage.app/
Dr. David Kovacs
July 30, 2026
UPDATE: This app has become insane and just opening it fills me with anxiety. It was a simple easy-to-use meditation timer. Now as soon as I open it I am overwhelmed with fatigue and anger because it's just an endless list of AI-generated menus. Nothing is organized. This app will be useful for everyone. I'm a Catholic who uses Zen as a form of therapy and this app helps greatly with managing anxiety, depression, etc.
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Centre for Applied Ethics
August 4, 2026
Dear Dr David, there are no AI generated menus or content on the Plum Village app. Maybe you saw this somewhere else? With much care
Valerie Betancourt
June 6, 2026
This is the best free meditation app containing lectures, videos, essays, songs, and various types of meditations -silent, guided, walking, metta, relaxation, body scan, and more! It keeps getting updated and content is added weekly.
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What’s new

- Improved search to make finding teachings and content easier
- Meditation Timer screen stays on during sessions
- Practice Tracking: weekly stats now respect your device's locale
- Bug fixes and performance improvements