Mindwell – A Neuroscience-Driven Mood-Shifter

In 2019, Monclarity launched Mindwell, a meditation and mood optimization app designed to help users better manage their mental well-being. The idea was simple: use neuroscience and sound therapy to help people shift their emotional state—anytime, anywhere. Ingram Labs led the charge on the product vision, interaction design, and user experience, shaping an app that felt as good as it worked.

At a time when the wellness app space was booming, Mindwell didn’t just add more meditations to the pile—it offered something meaningfully different. With personalization powered by AI, and audio sessions grounded in cognitive science, Mindwell quickly stood out.

The Challenge: Breaking Through the Noise

By 2019, the wellness app market was filled with heavyweights like Calm and Headspace. To make an impact, Mindwell needed more than a pretty interface and a few soothing voices. The team needed to create an experience that felt genuinely personal, effective, and easy to use—no science degree required.

The Solution: UX Built Around the Brain

Ingram Labs brought a clear and compelling product strategy to the table—one rooted in neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and emotional design. Here’s what that looked like:

MoodShift™ Engine: This feature let users enter how they were feeling and how they wanted to feel. From there, Mindwell crafted a playlist of meditations, sounds, and tone-based audio to help bridge the gap. It even accounted for things like time of day and local weather.
Design for Emotional Momentum: Ingram Labs built the UX around small wins and habit-forming interactions, helping users stick with it, feel better quickly, and build emotional awareness along the way.
Built-in Sound Science: The app included guided sessions, ambient soundscapes, and audio enhanced with Solfeggio frequencies and isochronic tones—sound tech that taps into brainwave activity to support focus, calm, or energy.

Core Features

Over 350 meditations across 36 categories like sleep, focus, anxiety, and creativity.
Sleep Lab with bedtime stories, ASMR, and ambient soundtracks to help users wind down.
Personalized daily programs generated through an AI engine that learned user preferences over time.

What Happened Next

Users loved it: The app scored over 4.6 stars in the App Store with high praise for its ability to shift mood on demand.
It spread fast: Mindwell reached hundreds of thousands of downloads in the first few months, according to Business Wire.
The media took note: Wired called it a “new frontier in personal wellness,” praising its use of brainwave entrainment and ASMR techniques. Business Insider wrote, “Most apps want you to calm down. Mindwell wants you to feel different.”

Conclusion: Thoughtful Tech That Resonates

Mindwell succeeded because it did more than follow wellness trends—it led with science, great design, and emotional intelligence. Ingram Labs helped make that possible by crafting a product that felt smart, intuitive, and deeply human.

It’s a great example of how Ingram Labs blends neuroscience and UX into real-world solutions that help people feel better—and keep coming back for more.