Zen Timer. vs Timer for Meditation
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.
Timer for Meditation
This app offers customizable timers with flexible settings for various time periods and durations. Users can personalize alert and background sounds, with black and white illustrations to aid focus during meditation or other tasks.
- Flexible timer settings
- Customizable alert sounds
- Customizable background sounds
- Black and white illustrations
- Focus enhancement
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Features of Timer for Meditation: * Flexible settings designed for multiple time periods with different lengths for each timer; * Ability to set different alert and background sounds * Black and white illustrations help users to easily focus on meditation or other tasks.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Timer for Meditation at 4.8 against Zen Timer.'s 3.4. Timer for Meditation also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Zen Timer.'s advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price and ratings volume 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. Timer for Meditation asks for nothing beyond the download.
Timer for Meditation holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Zen Timer.'s written reviews are positive against 83% of Timer for Meditation's.
Zen Timer. ships an update every 11 months, Timer for Meditation every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zen Timer. | Timer for Meditation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (13 ratings) | 4.8 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.2% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | LINKLINKS LTD | Neptune Media International CO., LIMITED |
Customer experience
Zen Timer.
Timer for Meditation
In-app purchases
Zen Timer.
- Premium - 6 months14 Days trial$4.996 Months
- Pro Version$49.99
Timer for Meditation
No in-app purchases
Questions
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