Comparison

Zen Timer. vs Unguided

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Unguided

Features
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Guided meditations that open your world, then get out of the way. Unguided is a meditation app built around one idea: the best instruction makes itself unnecessary. Every session points you toward direct experience, not dependency on a teacher or a technique. WHAT YOU GET Beautiful silent timer with singing bowl strikes to begin and end. Choose your bowl sound, set interval bells, and sit in silence. Open-ended guided meditations that teach presence through direct experience. Each session gives you just enough guidance, then lets you sit with what you've found. FEATURES - Silent timer with real singing bowl sounds (Deep, Warm, Bright) - Interval bells for longer sits - Guided meditations from 7 to 20 minutes - Clean, distraction-free interface - No streaks, no gamification, no social features - No ads, no upsells ABOUT Built by Ben Haun, a meditation teacher with twenty years of practice. Teaching at unguided.org.

Screenshots

Zen Timer.4 screens
Unguided4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Unguided at none against Zen Timer.'s 2. Unguided also leads on ads (none vs shown). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Zen Timer. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 6 months. Unguided asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Zen Timer. versus Unguided: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZen Timer.Unguided
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (13 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews65.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings13 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB40 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperLINKLINKS LTDBen Haun

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Zen Timer.

Subscriptions1
  • Premium - 6 months14 Days trial$4.996 Months
One-time1
  • Pro Version$49.99
None

Unguided

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zen Timer. free?
Zen Timer. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Unguided free?
Unguided is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Zen Timer. or Unguided have ads?
Zen Timer. shows ads; Unguided does not.

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