# Monk Mode — Meditation Timer

> Meditation timer logging mindful minutes to Apple Health with heart rate tracking. (iPhone/iPad app by Kevin David Tanner.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/monk-mode/id1561444285 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Kevin David Tanner](https://appshunter.io/developer/1481655956)
- Category: Health & Fitness, Utilities
- Price: $4.99
- Rating: 4.90/5 from 8 App Store ratings · 8 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 31 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Japanese, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish
- Released: 2021-04-04
- Data updated: 2026-09-05
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/monk-mode/id1561444285/reviews.md

## What is Monk Mode?

A meditation timer that makes mindfulness effortless.

Sit down. Breathe. Let everything else fade. Whether you prefer silence or guided narration, Monk Mode meets you where you are. Pick a focus, set your duration, and begin meditating. Your mindful minutes are saved to Apple Health automatically.

With your Apple Watch connected, your heart rate is tracked in real time so you can see how your body responds to stillness. Start from your iPhone, your Watch, or straight from a home screen widget. Every session brings you closer to the version of yourself that shows up calmer, clearer, and more present.

What you get:

• Guided and unguided meditation timer (1-60 min + unlimited)
• 5 focus types: Breath, Body Scan, Loving-Kindness, Open Awareness, and Sleep
• On-device narration in 6 languages that adapts to your session
• Live heart rate tracking via Apple Watch
• Mindful minutes and workouts saved to Apple Health
• Daily goals, weekly streaks, and progress at a glance
• Configurable widgets that can auto-start a session with a tap
• Haptic breathing cues, custom bell tones, and adjustable guidance
• A dedicated sleep meditation mode
• Seamless sync across iPhone and Apple Watch

Your meditation practice. No subscriptions. No accounts. Just you and the timer.

Privacy Policy
https://www.squeakbyte.com/monk-mode-privacy-policy

Terms & Conditions
https://www.squeakbyte.com/monk-mode-terms-conditions

## Key features

- Meditation timer
- Log mindful minutes
- Apple Health integration
- Heart rate tracker
- View average heart rate

## Chart rankings

- #198 in Top Paid · Health & Fitness (US App Store)

## Recent user reviews (8 of 8)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/monk-mode/id1561444285/reviews.md

### 5/5 — The simple minimalist app for Watch

*2025-11-10*

Deeply thankful for this, keeping it without subscription. Zero frills.

Logs mindfulness minutes, just what I needed. 

The icon is also cute, just looking at it on my watch gets me in the zone :-)

### 5/5 — All I need

*2024-11-12*

It’s surprisingly hard to find an app that will just let me start a timer from my watch and log it with Health Kit. This app is just that, nothing more, and for that it is perfect.

### 5/5 — Perfect

*2024-10-16*

Perfect app

### 5/5 — Close to Perfect

*2024-03-01*

This is an excellent app, I really respect and am deeply grateful for the work that went into releasing this entirely free. It’s meditatively basic, distraction-free, just a timer and heart rate + mindfulness minutes tracking, which is everything I want, plus the icons are good-looking too. The one thing that would make this perfect for me is if I were able to set an open goal instead of being forced to pick a time limit, so I could utilize the tracking without limiting or planning how my meditation sessions will go.

**Developer response:** Thanks for the kind words! The newest update v1.1.4 includes the option to have an open ended meditation session. So you can start it without selecting a duration and stop it whenever you feel 🥳

### 5/5 — Perfect and Free?!

*2023-04-09*

I had to leave a review because I’m so grateful for this app, and I feel blessed because it was free.

After I figured out that I needed to download the app directly from my Apple Watch, I was able to immediately start using it. The times are in increments of five, so I just set the time for a little longer than my planned session, and end it manually when I finish.

I love that it monitors & reports my heart rate and meditation time to both the Apple Heath & Fitness apps.

Thank you, thank you! 🙏🏾

### 5/5 — Simple and clean

*2022-12-20*

I appreciate it app. It just runs a timer and sounds the bell (or gives haptic feedback if the bell is silenced) at the end of the meditation. The meditation is then saved to the health app/data, along with a heart rate reading. Having this on my watch as a complication encourages me to do some meditation when time allows. 

Apart from 1 minute, the meditation periods are in increments of 5 minutes. For the most part that works for me. Occasionally I would appreciate being able to set custom times.

### 5/5 — The simplicity makes it useful

*2022-04-03*

Fast and easy to get into and start a session. The technology does not get in the way. Its a simple timer that records your efforts to the health app, nothing more. 

Suggestion for the dev: The always on display support is nice, but currently it updates every second meaning it won’t be very battery efficient over a longer session. The default timer apps have a nice way of handling this, where the seconds are only displayed when you wake the screen.

**Developer response:** Thanks for the review and for the feedback. In the latest version v1.1.4 I have optimized the seconds so they only update every minute and paused animations when the screen isn’t active to save battery.

### 4/5 — Good basic timer

*2022-02-22*

Current version works ok… has room for improvement: the mindfulness minutes saved don’t include an icon so that shows up blank in fitness. Picking a time for the mindfulness is currently 1 min, or increments of 5 min. That’s simple and easy, might be nicer to be able to sun a dial for custom times. 

Latest version is a big improvement!

**Developer response:** Sorry about that. I fixed the bug in the latest update. 1.1.3 I hope you’ll give it another chance. 😀

## Frequently asked questions about Monk Mode

### What is Monk Mode?

Monk Mode is a meditation timer that logs your sessions as mindful minutes in Apple Health. It also includes a heart rate tracker to monitor your heart rate during meditation.

### How much does Monk Mode cost?

Monk Mode is a paid app, available for a one-time purchase of $0.99.

### Does Monk Mode have ads?

No, Monk Mode is ad-free. It does not contain any advertisements.

### What devices does Monk Mode support?

Monk Mode is compatible with Apple Watch, iPhone, and iPod devices.

### How accurate is the heart rate tracking in Monk Mode?

The app utilizes your device's heart rate sensor to track your heart rate during meditation. For precise data, ensure your device is properly fitted and the sensor is unobstructed.

### When was Monk Mode last updated?

The latest version of Monk Mode, 1.1.3, was released on February 21, 2022.

### What is the age rating for Monk Mode?

Monk Mode has an age rating of 4+, making it suitable for a wide range of users.

### What do users like about Monk Mode?

Users appreciate Monk Mode's seamless integration with Apple Health and its straightforward functionality for tracking meditation minutes. The addition of heart rate monitoring is also a valued feature.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.0 — 2026-04-26

Monk Mode is now on iPhone. Start guided or unguided sessions right from your phone, with your Apple Watch automatically connecting to track your heart rate. Set daily mindful minutes goals, view your weekly progress, and add configurable widgets to your home screen. Your meditation practice now lives on both devices.

### 1.1.4 — 2026-03-31

Geführte Meditation mit Text-to-Speech auf dem Gerät. Wähle aus 5 Fokustypen — Atem, Body Scan, Liebende Güte, Offenes Gewahrsein und Schlaf — mit anpassbarem Anleitungsniveau, Position und Energie. Haptische Atemhinweise. Watch-Komplikationen zur schnellen Übersicht der achtsamen Minuten. Unbegrenzter Timer-Modus.

### 1.1.3 — 2022-02-21

Fixes a bug causing the meditation to automatically end once it was started.

### 1.1.2 — 2021-07-14

Updates to complications and some minor bug fixes.

### 1.1.1 — 2021-04-12

Fixes a bug that lead to a poor user experience when exiting out of the app during an active meditation session.

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