Global Coherence

The moving more love through the body meditation suggests people are going no contact with their families because they disagree with them and not because they are tired of being insulted, used or abused…the person who narrates it sounds like she’s older. Boomers really do hate being held accountable for their behavior. No, you’re not being difficult if you don’t want to deal with someone’s terrible behavior. I don’t “agree with” my cousin’s lifestyle literally at all, but she doesn’t insult me constantly when I talk to her so I still do. It’s not about having patience or disagreement, it’s about self-preservation. Other than that the camera sensor works better than the actual earpiece ever has so don’t bother buying one. I don’t even know if I believe this mumbo jumbo.

1. Needs clearer feedback signal for coherence level for the individual (center circle)2. Needs to share data with iOS Health data, specifically Mindfulness data.Overall, the app is on the right path. I don’t want to hurt the app by giving it 3 stars because it’s decent, but it’s far below what a 5 star app should be.1. Clearer feedback This app is not like the Inner Balance app, also by HeartMath. As a long time user of Inner Balance, having a clear and direct feedback signal (both sound and color changes on the interface) for coherence level is tremendously useful. It’s a bit plain and ordinary, but is super obvious what coherence state you are in.In contrast, the Global Coherence app uses a fancier, more beautiful mandala-like format of pulsing concentric circles to represent individual, group, and global conference, respectively, and all at the same time. Very neat. BUT, what you gain in beauty you lose in fidelity regarding your actual coherence level. I have yet to detect a clear pattern in the center circle to actually determine my coherence level. This is a big miss in my mind, because if you want to illustrate to people their changing coherence, you should make it as obvious as possible.My suggestion: have the center circle change colors in accordance with coherence levels similar to the Inner Balance app. Redish for low coherence, Blue-ish for med coherence, and Green-ish for high coherence.This seemingly minor tweak would dramatically improve the usability and friendliness of this app.2. Share Mindfulness dataThe Inner Balance app shares Mindfulness data with iOS Health data, Global Coherence does not, nor does it have any options to do so. Another big miss in my opinion. This should be the default option and feature for any HeartMath app.Keep it up, HeartMath team. It’s a decent app, and the slickness of your apps need to match the height of your aspirations if you want widespread, organic, gotta-tell-your-friend-about-this-app kind of marketing.

I absolutely adore the concept behind this app and I really do enjoy using it. I wish the map feature worked (I see red dots but no map) and I think it would be cool if we had the option of uploading a picture for our screen name. I would love to see meditations added as well or some more focus groups.