Buddha Wisdom is an introduction rather than a practice platform, aimed at someone encountering Buddhist ideas for the first time and wanting a way in that does not assume prior knowledge.
Daily quotations from the Buddha and later teachers arrive as notifications, each short enough to sit with during a day. Around them are beginner courses covering the fundamentals — the four noble truths, the eightfold path, impermanence, non-attachment — written for newcomers rather than adapted from teaching material.
Guided meditations and breathing exercises are included at introductory length, and reflections prompt thinking about a passage rather than only reading it.
Mindful reminders can be scheduled through the day, which is the feature that turns it from something read once into something returned to.
It is broad rather than lineage-specific, which suits an introduction: someone who then wants to go deeper will choose a tradition, and the apps above are where that leads.
Free on Android.
Robobobo publishes Buddha Wisdom as an introduction to Buddhist teaching, combining daily quotations, beginner courses and short guided meditations.
