# Goenka Timer — user reviews > 22 indexed App Store user reviews of Goenka Timer by David Ernst, rated 4.45/5 from 22 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/goenka-timer/id1494609891/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/goenka-timer/id1494609891.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 17 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 1 ## Newest reviews (5 of 22) ### 5/5 — Makes Me Meditate More *2020-04-14, version 2.6* Honestly didn’t really meditate at all before this except at the end of a yoga class. Two things really make this app work. The first is having the ability to track my progress over time. And the second is having group accountability where I get texts whenever my friends finish a session, reminding me to do more. It’s a simple app but it does the trick. ### 5/5 — Helps in meditation *2020-04-11, version 2.6* Helping me to do continues mediation and keep track of my time. Good App. Thanks for creating this. ### 5/5 — Best meditation app I’ve tried *2020-02-13, version 1.8* Goenka Timer is simple and fantastic. There’s something about Goenka’s deep tones that help me immediately go deep into the meditation. I love the chanting and extended metta with a 30 minute sit. And the sit tracking is deeply satisfying. Great app. Thank you, Goenka! ### 5/5 — Clean, simple, and powerful *2020-01-23, version 1.4.1* Love how it tracks your meditation over time ### 5/5 — The best meditation app *2020-01-23, version 1.4.1* Help support vippassana and non-commercial meditation! This beats headspace and calm, hands down ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ridiculous interface *2025-08-04, version 3.3.1* Everything is grey on black background. How do you expect older people to see? ### 1/5 — Good but ... *2023-08-08, version 3.3.1* The application works only in portrait mode which is rather user unfriendly when used on an iPad sitting in landscape mode 100% of the time. I'd appreciate if there was an update at least enabling screen rotation for iPads. “App Support” links to Goenka.app which doesn’t load. Usability plays a major role for me, hence only 1 star. ### 3/5 — Potential bug *2023-08-29, version 3.3.1* I Used the app first time today on my iOS device . iOS version 16.5.1 (c) I set the meditation timer for 55mins including chanting and 4 min mitta. Even after 60 mins, I still did not hear anything while meditating, and realized that the timer stopped running sometime midway and was still on for another 18mins. Both the end chanting and mitta started playing the same time at that moment. Also when I tried to stop it, the audio kept playing in the background . I had to kill the app to stop it. I like the app overall and would like to use it daily but can’t with this broken functionality ### 3/5 — Unable to turn on metta *2023-05-11, version 3.3.1* I use this everyday and for our weekly group sit. Unfortunately the extended metta in/off button appears on top of the calendar. So if I try to turn it on it takes me to the calendar page. Would love to see this change so I can end my sit with recorded metta. ### 3/5 — Génial *2023-04-09, version 3.3.1* Mais impossible de garder le téléchargement des séances guidées ### 4/5 — Super mais pas ergonomique *2022-07-16, version 3.3.1* Merci pour la mise à disposition de cette application ! Mais impossible d’appuyer sur « Extended Metta (4min) » car c’est superposé avec « Calendar », et c’est ce dernier qui s’ouvre systématiquement. Revoir les dimensions, svp. ————— Great but not ergonomic : Thanks for making this app available! But impossible to press “Extended Metta (4min)” because it is superimposed with “Calendar”, and it is the latter that opens systematically. Review the dimensions, please. ### 4/5 — Good with an issue *2021-08-12, version 3.3.1* The sound recordings disappear when the app is quit. They have to be downloaded each time you listen to them. ### 5/5 — Fantastic timer *2025-09-14, version 3.3.1* This is just what I was looking for after just finishing my first 10 day Vipassana course. A great way to keep up my daily practice, thank you so much for creating this! 🙏🏼 ### 5/5 — Thank you for making this and keeping it alive here *2025-06-30, version 3.3.1* The only issue is that it doesn't work when the screen is off - otherwise it's great ### 5/5 — Great! *2025-01-13* Would it possible to add the ability to log the session into health app as mindfulness minutes? :) ## Most praised reviews (7 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Melhor suporte para meditação *2024-12-22, version 3.3.1* É o melhor suporte para meditação. Por favor, mantenham ele sempre no ar. ### 5/5 — Great app for recording daily sits *2024-04-07, version 3.3.1* The app is very good. Could you also add a feature so that it can integrate with health app to add mindful minutes automatically. 🙏 ### 5/5 — Nice *2023-12-28, version 3.3.1* App is great , exactly what was looking for. Would be also great to have integration with Apple health to count mindfulness minutes ### 5/5 — Amazing *2023-06-29, version 3.3.1* Simple and accurate, this app is helping me get back to track. Metta! ### 5/5 — Thank you for this amazing app! *2023-02-02, version 3.3.1* Perfect for daily meditation settings. ### 5/5 — Great find! *2021-04-11, version 3.3.1* This is such a great app, especially the ability to include chanting with any meditation duration. Thank you so much for creating this. 🙏🙏 ### 5/5 — Great App *2020-06-09, version 3.0* Love the app! Super helpful and keeps me on track. However calendar button is in the way of the extend metta button and so I can't click it. Please fix!! --- *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 2026-07-05.*