Zen Timer. vs Bowl Timer
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.
Bowl Timer
This app helps you meditate without distractions using calming bowl gongs. You can customize session lengths and intervals, with all settings saved locally. It's completely free, offline, and ad-free.
- Guided meditation with bowl gongs
- Customizable session lengths up to 60 minutes
- Split sessions into 1-5 intervals
- Local settings saving
- Total meditation time tracking
- 100% free and offline
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• Meditate for up to 60 minutes, guided by calming bowl gongs. • Split sessions into 1 to 5 intervals for transitions or gentle reminders. • Locally saves your settings and displays total meditation time after 2 hours. • 100% free and offline—no ads, accounts, or tracking. Stay focused, mindful, and fully present during your meditation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bowl Timer at 5.0 against Zen Timer.'s 3.4. Bowl Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). Zen Timer.'s advantage is ratings volume (13 vs 3). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Bowl Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bowl Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Zen Timer.'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Bowl Timer's.
Zen Timer. ships an update every 11 months, Bowl Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zen Timer. | Bowl Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 2 months — 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, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | LINKLINKS LTD | Johannes Roth |
Customer experience
Zen Timer.
Bowl Timer
In-app purchases
Zen Timer.
- Premium - 6 months14 Days trial$4.996 Months
- Pro Version$49.99
Bowl Timer
No in-app purchases
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