Comparison

MeditatorMate vs JapaTap

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MeditatorMate

This app serves as a comprehensive timer and journal for tracking spiritual practices like meditation, yoga, and tai chi. It offers detailed statistics and charts to monitor progress, along with customizable soundscapes and music integration.

Highlights
  • Customizable timer with preparation, intervals, and cooldown
  • Extensive statistics and progress charts
  • Integrated music and sound selection
  • Journaling with notes and log management
  • Practice reminders
  • Data export/import functionality
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MeditatorMate App is the complete Meditator's timer and journal. It is a great tool, easy to use, for tracking your spiritual practices, such as meditation, yoga, tai chi or any good practice you like. Just set up the time for your practice, select your music and sounds and go... MeditatorMate includes the most powerful statistics section in meditation Apps available, with charts where you can track your progress. MeditadorMate users say: "I've been searching a long time for a good meditation app. Most are a long way off (eg no charts! Just stats aren't enough), a few come close but don't arrive (I contacted the devs but to no avail). This is the first meditation app I'm truly happy with." "The charts and statistics are great and important part of what sets this App apart from others" The following features are available in the current version of the app. App Features: - Timer set up with preparation, chime intervals and cool down. - Add as many timer presets as you need. - Set up as many practices/meditations as you need to keep track of them with journal and statistics information. - 11 gentle sounds included: Select one for each stage of the timer: Start, Interval, End and Cool down. Sounds can play from one to five times. Select as you like it! - Select your music, create a playlist or select it from your library to play during the stages of your practice. This feature allows you to play your own bells and sounds. Each practice/meditation will save its own playlist. - Four Binaural Sounds: delta, theta, alpha and beta brainwaves with their own volume control - Start, Pause, Continue and Stop buttons - Last session indicator: See when was the last time you meditate - Automatically log save for sessions from one minute and above of practice time. - Add/delete/Edit or Move logs in the journal. - Add/Edit/See Notes in the Journal. - Powerful Statistics section. See your longest session, your current continuous days of practice, your longest streak, the total practice time and total of sessions, with beautiful and clear charts easy to read. Select the period to review by year, by month, by days, by weeks , by last 30 days and last 30 months. - Check up your Streaks history; when and how long were your streaks - Check up when you practice the most: in the Morning, Afternoon or Evening by hours and sessions - Reminders: Set a reminder to get on your meditation. Ability to select the hour for each day and for each practice/meditation. - Rate your practice from 1 to 4 when the session is over. - Let the display sleep (or not) Option. - End of practice notification when the timer finish. - Option to write a journal entry right after the session is over. - Option to log the entire sitting time including the preparation and cooldown or just the meditation time. - Option to hide/show the countdown clock - Vibration ON/OFF option for the stages of the timer (Only iPhone) - Ability to export/import your data to/from a "csv" file. *- Works in the background: you can play your music or run other apps, and the timer and chimes will continue playing -* - Universal app for Apple mobile devices, which means that it runs on any iPhone, iPod or iPad. Compatible with iOS 9 and later - English and Spanish support *- Ipad version works in portrait and landscape orientation -* If you want to make any comments, suggestions or report a bug about this app, I'll be glad to hear from you, email me to: viktronics@gmail.com If you like the App, please take a few minutes to review it in the AppStore We hope you find this app useful and enjoy using it. Victor Bayona

About

JapaTap

This app provides a simple, distraction-free way to count mantras, malas, affirmations, and prayers directly from your Apple Watch. It's designed for daily spiritual practice, helping users stay present and maintain consistency with gentle haptic feedback and progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Tap-to-count mantra tracking
  • Minimalist watch-first design
  • Mala progress tracking
  • Daily streaks and insights
  • Haptic feedback
  • Customizable mala sizes
  • Personalized visual themes
Features
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JapaTap transforms your Apple Watch into a calm, distraction-free companion for mantra chanting and daily spiritual practice. Designed with simplicity and mindfulness in mind, JapaTap helps you stay present while counting mantras, malas, affirmations, prayers, or mindful repetitions — all directly from your wrist. Whether you practice meditation, japa, mindfulness, or daily spiritual rituals, JapaTap makes consistency effortless. FEATURES • Simple tap-to-count mantra tracking • Beautiful minimalist watch-first design • Mala progress tracking • Daily streaks and journey insights • Gentle haptic feedback • Customizable mala sizes • Personalized visual themes • Fast, distraction-free experience • Designed exclusively for Apple Watch JapaTap was crafted to feel calm, lightweight, and deeply intentional — helping you focus on practice instead of screens. Start your daily ritual with JapaTap.

Screenshots

MeditatorMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: JapaTap at Free against MeditatorMate's $3.99. JapaTap also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

JapaTap is free to download; MeditatorMate costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

JapaTap holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
MeditatorMate versus JapaTap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditatorMateJapaTap
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVictor Bayona AcostaSuhas Holla Karkada Chandrashekar

Customer experience

MeditatorMate

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

JapaTap

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

MeditatorMate

No in-app purchases

None

JapaTap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MeditatorMate free?
MeditatorMate costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is JapaTap free?
JapaTap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MeditatorMate or JapaTap?
JapaTap is rated higher. MeditatorMate averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while JapaTap averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do MeditatorMate or JapaTap have ads?
Neither MeditatorMate nor JapaTap shows ads.

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