alt.hn

4/9/2026 at 2:31:13 PM

Show HN: Guruka.com – free guided mediations. No signup, private, works offline

https://guruka.com/

by eummm

4/10/2026 at 10:56:16 AM

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.

by snthpy

4/10/2026 at 10:52:59 AM

I really like this. I tried korean language and the voice was bit off though. good work!

by underduck

4/9/2026 at 8:02:03 PM

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

by Cider9986

4/10/2026 at 8:49:14 AM

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

by eummm

4/9/2026 at 9:24:08 PM

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!

by SockThief

4/9/2026 at 6:36:38 PM

Title should say "meditations" — app is not for actual dispute resolution (well, not directly).

by ProllyInfamous

4/10/2026 at 9:02:52 AM

Offline support is underrated for meditation apps — network interruptions mid-session are the opposite of calming

by midnightn

4/10/2026 at 4:15:21 AM

These are audio recordings right? Could they just say so?

by throwaway81523

4/10/2026 at 8:50:51 AM

adding text to speech is a great idea, thank you!

by eummm

4/10/2026 at 3:15:57 AM

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by summer11123