Ayberk Kaya

The screen is a sentence, not a catalogue.

Every breathing app I tried wanted my eyes. A ring expands, a number counts down, and I'm meant to concentrate on it while my chest is tight. That's backwards.

So the rhythm went into the haptic motor. You hold the phone, close your eyes, and feel when to breathe in and when to let go. No counting, no screen.

And the crisis session went outside the paywall for good. Three minutes of grounding and a helpline, with no account. Putting that behind a subscription felt indefensible.

Three rules

  1. 01

    Felt, not counted

    If it needs your eyes, it isn't finished.

  2. 02

    Free in a crisis

    No account, no limit, no exceptions.

  3. 03

    Honest about risk

    Every technique ships with its contraindications.

The name

Thoth is the Egyptian keeper of writing and measure. The crescent in the mark holds a single sphere: one breath, held.

Nobody should hit a payment screen on their worst day.

ThothMind took 24 builds and 5 App Store rejections. Every breathing app I tried wanted my eyes on a ring and a countdown, which is the last thing you can do when your chest is tight. So the rhythm went into the haptic motor, and the crisis session went outside the paywall for good.

Kaya, ThothMind