This week buddhify won named app of the year at the Scottish Digital Business Awards. Following on our shortlisting for best health app in the Europe-wide Lovie awards, it is our first major award win.
Next month will see a major update to the iOS app where users will get twice as much content and we shall also be launching an all-new Android version. And so ahead of all that, it is really lovely to get recognised for the way in which so many people have connected with the app and the impact it has made to people’s lives.
It’s also great that this first award is a Scottish award because even though buddhify’s users are all over the world – and especially in North America – the app is primarily made in Glasgow.
Most importantly, thank you to all our users who took a chance on our app and have told others about it – the power of how buddhify has spread by word of mouth really is quite something.
So what’s next?
We started the buddhify adventure with £8000 of personal savings and a great idea. While other leading meditation products out there have taken millions of dollars of investment, without taking on any additional money buddhify has made decent revenue, gained widespread media acclaim and grown a loyal global audience.
Obviously we’re continuing to work on and grow buddhify since we know that there are many more hundreds of thousands of people who would benefit from its dynamic take on meditation.
But alongside that, we’re delighted to say that we are on a range of new products. buddhify solves the problem of ‘I want to get into mindfulness and meditation but I don’t have time for a class or course and I don’t do hippy’.
The new products currently in development share the same high quality of thinking that led to buddhify but look to solve other problems through our unique combination of meditation, technology and design expertise.
Our new products will grow alongside the global market for mindfulness and build on the reputation and user base developed to date through buddhify.
We’re super excited about the new products we’re making. And for the first time ever, we are looking for investment to help take them to production quicker than we could do otherwise.
We are therefore just about to open a small angel investment round. So if you would like to get in on the ground floor with an already successful team and are interested in both commercial and real human impact then get in touch via rohan@21awake.com.