Zen Timer. vs Less
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zen Timer.
This app helps you focus on meditation and mindfulness with customizable timers. Set preparation, meditation, interval, and cool-down times with various alert sounds and background music. Track your progress and maintain logs for a more peaceful practice.
- Create unlimited custom timers
- Adjust preparation, meditation, and interval times
- Select from 18 free interval sounds
- Choose background music
- Supports background and lock screen operation
- Meditation log and report tracking
- Multiple profiles and reminders
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Zen Timer is a handy app to help you focusing on zen/meditation/insight, you can totally relax without worrying about time. It has four default timers and you can create and custom your own timers. You can custom the preparation time, meditation time, interval number & interval time (each interval time can be different), cool down time. 18 free sounds are available to be chosen as switch interval alert sound. Start the timer and enjoy the peace... Key Features: ⁃ Custom and create unlimited timers. ⁃ Custom preparation time, meditation time, interval number, interval time, cool down time and background picture. ⁃ Each interval time can be set as different duration. ⁃ Choose background music to be played from device. ⁃ Supports running in background and lock screen. ⁃ 18 free interval switch sounds. ⁃ Set switch sounds to be played one, two or three times. ⁃ Keep and share meditation logs. ⁃ Meditation time reports. ⁃ Multiple profiles. ⁃ Create unlimited reminders. ⁃ Passcode protection. ⁃ Dropbox backup and restore. ⁃ Supports transferring to Health app. ⁃ Supports Today Widget. ⁃ Supports Apple Watch version. ⁃ Supports universal version (available on both iPhone and iPad). If you have any question or suggestion, please email to linklinksapp@tom.com.
Less
This app provides a simple and elegant timer for self-guided meditation sessions, featuring high-quality sound bells. An optional in-app purchase unlocks features like streak tracking, meditation history, and customizable themes.
- Minimal meditation timer
- High-quality meditation bells
- Streak tracking
- Meditation history
- Customizable themes
- HealthKit integration
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Less is a minimal meditation timer with high-quality meditation bells—perfect for a hassle-free, self-guided meditation experience. A small in-app purchase for Less+ offers the ability to track your streaks and meditation history*, and includes many beautiful themes to choose from. Begin your mindfulness journey with Less. *When permitted, Less writes meditation data to HealthKit and allows the user to import their meditations for usage in the stats page. Terms of Use: https://beginwithless.ca/terms-of-use/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Less at 4.5 against Zen Timer.'s 3.4. Less also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 65%). Zen Timer.'s advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Zen Timer. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 6 months and Less sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Less holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Zen Timer.'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Less's.
Zen Timer. ships an update every 11 months, Less every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zen Timer. | Less |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (13 ratings) | 4.5 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | LINKLINKS LTD | New Ancients |
Customer experience
Zen Timer.
Less
In-app purchases
Zen Timer.
- Premium - 6 months14 Days trial$4.996 Months
- Pro Version$49.99
Less
- Less+ Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Less+7 Days trial$2.991 Year
- Less+ Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Unlock Mala Features$2.99
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