# Center Meditation Timer — user reviews > 183 indexed App Store user reviews of Center Meditation Timer by Tanner Christensen, rated 4.71/5 from 777 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/center-meditation-timer/id1332483673/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/center-meditation-timer/id1332483673.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 612 · 4★ 64 · 3★ 29 · 2★ 8 · 1★ 18 ## What do users think of Center Meditation Timer? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Simple and efficient - 👍 Minimalist and focused design - 🌟 Elegant and calming UI - 💰 Free with no ads or subscriptions - 🔒 No data collection - 🧘‍♀️ Ideal for meditation practice - 📊 Helpful statistics and tracking **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs with interval sounds and end chime - 🔋 High battery consumption - 🔇 Doesn't work in silent mode - ⏱️ Timer stops when screen locks - 🕰️ No option for open-ended meditation **Commonly reported bugs** - Interval sounds not playing consistently - Timer stopping when screen locks or goes to sleep - Sync issues between iPhone and Apple Watch app - Inability to change screen sleep settings **Most requested features** - Add Apple Watch complications and background tracking - Allow manual entry of meditation sessions - Extend bell/chime duration for better resonance - Add option to play background nature sounds ## Newest reviews (19 of 183) ### 4/5 — Apple Health integration? *2026-08-10, version 2.3.1* Am I missing how to connect Apple’s Health app integration on macOS? How can I do it? If it’s not a part of the app, can you add it? ### 3/5 — End timer broken half the time *2026-05-09, version 2.3* It would be a great app except that the end of the timer doesn't fire half of the time at random, making it unusable ### 5/5 — Love this app - worth the donation *2025-12-09, version 2.1.9* It’s simple. That’s all I want in a meditation timer. Simplicity. I donated the $17.99 because the creator deserves the support. ### 4/5 — Schöne puristische App *2025-12-04, version 2.1.8* Eine schöne puristische App. Kostenlos, keine Werbung oder Datenerfassung. Das ist heutzutage immer schwerer zu finden. Man hat eine gute Auswahl an Klängen und auch die sonstigen Einstellungen sind gut. Nervig finde ich nur den komischen Ton mit dem jede Meditation eingeleitet wird. Diesen kann man leider nicht deaktivieren oder verändern. Für mich persönlich wäre es auch etwas besser wenn ich die Meditation minutenweise und nicht in 5 Minuten-Schritten einstellen könnte. Ansonsten, wie gesagt, eine sehr schöne App. Liebevoll entwickelt, schlicht und benutzerfreundlich. Vielen Dank an den Entwickler 🙏 ### 5/5 — great app *2025-12-01, version 2.1.7* simple and does what you need it to do ### 4/5 — Almost perfect, worth a donation *2025-11-07* This app is almost the perfect meditation app. It simply does the job without requiring an account, without data tracking, without any ads. There are a couple bugs/quirks, like the chime not playing when the phone is in silent mode, but that may just be a limitation with iOS development and is completely manageable. Be mindful of your phone’s state and the app works great! **Developer response:** Thank you for the thoughtful review and support. Silent mode is not intended to prevent Center’s chime, in-fact the app is designed to play your selected completion sound even when the device is muted. I’ve improved that functionality in the upcoming 2.3.2 update, including when the screen is off, and Center will point you to the relevant setting if it blocks the chime. Please try it after updating at that time, and contact me through the app if the problem persists. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-11-05, version 2.1.7* An amazing app from top to bottom ### 5/5 — Ideal for me *2025-11-02, version 2.1.7* For my meditative and contemplative prayer purposes I’ve found this app to be the perfect fit. Simple to use in all the right ways. Thank you to the developers. ### 5/5 — 10/10 Recommend *2025-10-04* Love this app. Simple, quick and easy to use like it should be. Would like to have a counting up timer, like a stopwatch, for times when I don’t want a set time but to see how long I can last. ### 5/5 — Sehr gut, Komplikation für Apple Watch kommt lt. Entwickler *2025-09-18, version 2.1.6* Die App gefällt mir total gut! Reduktion auf das Wesentliche, minimalistische Optik, aber trotzdem nicht öde, keine Werbung, keine Datenerfassung, kein Look, der mit einer bestimmten spirituellen Richtung verknüpft wäre, keine nervigen (pseudo)spirituellen Weisheiten, keine geführten Meditationen, mit denen jemand anderes in meinen Geist eindringen möchte. Auf der Apple Watch kann man offenbar nur einen Gong als Ton einstellen, der mir persönlich zu überwältigend ist. Wenn man aber den Sound auf „off“ stellt, hat man am Anfang ein kleines Pling und am Ende ein kleines Doppel-Pling, das mir gut gefällt. Noch gibt es keine Komplikation für Apple Watch-Ziffernblätter, diese ist lt. der sehr freundlichen Entwicklerantwort aber bereits in Arbeit, und im Vorgriff darauf vergebe ich 5 Sterne. (Zwar hätte ich auch noch gerne „offenes Ende“ als Meditationsdauer einstellbar, aber das ist weniger wichtig, weil man ja gleich eine zu lange Zeit einstellen kann. Vermutlich wäre dies auch schwieriger umzusetzen, denn wie sollte man dann den Zeitverlauf grafisch darstellen?) ### 5/5 — Love it *2025-08-13, version 2.1.5* It’s so simple yet powerful. Thanks for providing it free of cost! ### 5/5 — 🔥 *2025-08-08, version 2.1.4* Super app! ### 5/5 — best meditation app *2025-08-04, version 2.1.4* you know when it comes to apple apps in general it’s hard to find a 100% free app with all the features you need. this is more than what i ask, it’s amazing ### 5/5 — Clutter free perfection *2025-07-15, version 2.1.4* I’ve used this for a few years now and all the minor frustrations seem to have been sorted now. Flexible in terms of time, setup and sounds, it does exactly what I think we want from a timer for meditation! ### 5/5 — A Beautifully Simple Way to Track My Meditation ! <3 *2025-07-14, version 2.1.3* I really love how simple and calming this app is. Even though it doesn’t have guided sessions, it’s perfect for keeping track of my meditation practice — from how often I meditate to how long each session lasts. The animation during meditation is such a nice touch too; even with my eyes closed, it feels like every little detail is designed to create a peaceful experience. It’s helped me stay consistent with my practice and makes the whole process feel more intentional. Thank you for such a thoughtfully made app! ### 5/5 — Design issues *2025-07-10* I like this tracker but there are a few things that need to get fixed. For some reason when I do a meditation at 9pm it saves it for the next day. When I add a session for a previous day it saves it on the bar graph as the current day, making my track inacurate. **Developer response:** These issues should now be fixed. ### 3/5 — Great app - but now closes every time I try to change the duration. iPhone 12 mini. *2025-06-25, version 2.1.3* Great app - but recently does not let me change the duration of my meditation session. The app just closes. iPhone 12 mini. Thanks! ### 3/5 — One step forward two back *2025-06-07, version 2.1.2* Lots of new features that I don’t need. But the basic functionality is unstable. The gong sounds play partially or repeatedly— unclear which you’re going to get when. ### 5/5 — Wonderful timer *2025-05-29, version 2.1.2* Simple and elegant with nice sounds (gong and chimes) ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work on watch *2025-11-05, version 2.1.7* The app looks nice, unfortunately it doesn’t work on my watch. I start a meditation, look at my watch later and it’s on the Home Screen. I open the app again and it offers me the option to start a meditation. ### 1/5 — Please add Inhale Exhale animations *2025-04-25, version 2.1* Please add Inhale Exhale animations ### 1/5 — Does not stay working in the background *2025-01-25, version 2.0.5* I need to use 2 apps to meditate: one a timer and one a counter. When I switch back and forth from the counter to the timer, the timer stops. This doesn’t work for me. What’s worse — the author thinks this means I’m distracted. They don’t understand how a ngondro practice works I suppose? Perhaps instead of accusing me of being a bad meditator they could take time to understand me? ### 1/5 — Interval does not work *2025-01-24* Since the most recent update, the interval function no longer works. Additionally, the screen goes dark during sessions, and there’s no alert at the end of the session. These features worked perfectly before the update, so I’m wondering if your team is aware of these issues. Could you clarify what the update was intended to improve? I hope these bugs can be addressed soon, as the app was working great prior to this. Thank you. **Developer response:** Thank you for reporting both issues. The interval regression from version 2.0.5 was fixed in later updates, and the upcoming 2.3.2 update fixes delivery of your selected completion chime when the screen is off. Please update and contact me through the app if either problem persists. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t Work *2024-11-11, version 1.2.6* It turns itself off as soon as the iPad screen sleeps no matter what you do with the settings ### 1/5 — No gong sound *2023-09-10, version 1.2.6* Idea looks great, but I also don‘t get the gong sound at the end of my session. ### 1/5 — Gong doesn’t work *2023-08-13, version 1.2.6* Would love to use the app, but the Gong Sound doesn‘t work ### 1/5 — Anti-mindfulness non-timer *2022-11-08* In theory, this app has everything that I want in a meditation timer. In practice, it is buggy to the point that it interferes with my meditation. Most significantly, as other reviews have noted, the end bell is unreliable and often never sounds. This makes meditation impossible since I am frequently wondering whether the session should be over and end up interrupting the session frequently to check the time so that I do not end up going to work late. This basically makes the app an anti-mindfulness timer. Also, the apple watch app (I’m using a series 8) does not really work at all. The timer freezes often and then even when you complete a session and “save” it, it saves it to nowhere—it does not get reflected in the log on the iphone app, nor does it get logged to mindfulness minutes. I would advise the creator to either start maintaining this app or remove it from the app store. A timer is not a particularly complicated application, so having your name associated with a timer that is so buggy as to be unusable cannot be a good thing. ### 1/5 — Beautiful, doesn't work *2022-09-25, version 1.2.6* I’ve tried using this app on my watch but unfortunately it never gives the end bell. I understand you can never have too much meditation, though this is a stressful way to reinforce that principle ### 1/5 — So close *2022-04-04, version 1.2.6* Why does this meditation timer not signal the end of a session? Seems like a simple thing that they should have nailed on an initial release-sort of the one thing the app should do, right? I don’t think it should be so non-intuitive with an otherwise simple and intuitive app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Literally perfect *2026-08-27, version 2.3.1* It’s just a meditation timer. That’s it. The simplicity and sleek design are perfect. ### 5/5 — All it is nothing else *2026-06-15, version 2.3.1* Center is an app. Free. Free not “free.” It is a timer for meditation. Logs the Mindfulness minutes in app and the Health app. Only that. It is immaculate. ### 5/5 — Opening the app is already meditating *2026-05-19, version 2.3* I remember trying a bunch of app and the worst was Insights (or a similar name). You would log in and feel almost instantly overwhelmed and distracted by all the stuff you could click, all the different teachers, the meditation you could listen to, etc. This app is perfect. You open the app and you feel a sense of calm and focus. I just want to sit in silence, time it, follow the streak. This one does just that. ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-04-26, version 2.2.1* I love the simplicity of this app. It’s straightforward and does the job beautifully. ### 5/5 — Crisp experience *2026-04-21, version 2.2.1* Simple yet useful. Many thanks ### 5/5 — Don’t need fancy apps *2026-04-12, version 2.2.1* If you’ve played the Headspace / Insight Timer / Calm app ecosystem before, you realize that meditation is simpler than they make it to be. This app is seriously all I needed all this time. And it’s free. Donations to support! ### 5/5 — Perfect for unguided meditation *2026-02-25, version 2.2* Perfect app. Great job!! There’s a bug where the chime didn’t ring every min if I set the custom time to 1 min. In a 5 min session I expected to hear it every min but I heard it only after the first min was up. Not after. Except for this bug, this is perfect for my needs. ### 5/5 — Perfect. Like Insight Timer but no bloat. *2026-02-20, version 2.2* This is perfect. Exactly what I need, with no distractions. Just how Insight Timer used to be in the good old days many years ago before it got flooded with a huge amount of bloat. ### 5/5 — Great simple timer *2026-02-04, version 2.2* I was looking for a basic timer without all of the distracting content. This one works an loos great ### 5/5 — Perfect *2026-01-26, version 2.1.10* Exactly what is was looking for --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-13.*