Still vs Center Meditation Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Still
This minimalist app provides a customizable timer for mindfulness practice. It offers optional chimes, bell sounds, and integrates with the Health app to track your sessions. Reminders and inspiring quotes enhance your meditation journey.
- Health app integration
- Customizable session length
- Optional chimes and bells
- Meditation session tracking
- Apple Watch app
- Meditation reminders
- Mindfulness quotes
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Still is the perfect minimalist meditation timer to help you cultivate and grow your mindfulness practice. Key Features: * Saves your meditation sessions to the Mindfulness section of the Health app. * Select the length of your meditation session from 1 to 90 minutes. * Choose an optional chime to ring once to signal a new phase of your meditation, or periodically during the session to bring you back to the present. * Select your favorites from 5 carefully chosen bells. * See the last 12 months of your meditation sessions at a glance. * Still displays meditation sessions from any app that records data to HealthKit. * Meditate discretely with the Apple Watch app. * Set a notification to remind yourself to meditate at the same time tomorrow. * See quotes from your favorite mindfulness teachers on completion. * Still remembers your settings and defaults to them the next time you open the app. Practicing meditation reduces stress and improves our wellbeing. Let Still help you to achieve peace and inner calm. Questions or feature requests? Send them to me at apps@mcclux.com or you can sign up to receive email updates: https://tinyletter.com/mcclux
Center Meditation Timer
A silent meditation timer designed for serious practitioners. It offers a minimalist interface with customizable session lengths, intervals, and sounds. Track your progress without pressure or gamification.
- Silent timer with optional bells
- Customizable session lengths and intervals
- Minimalist interface with themes
- Daily reminders and widgets
- Apple Watch support
- iCloud sync
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Center is a silent meditation timer for serious practice. No guides, no voices, no lessons, and no music. Center exists for people who already know why they meditate and want a calm, precise tool to support long-term practice. Start a session in one tap. Practice in silence or with simple bells. Customize session lengths, intervals, sounds, and themes to match your ritual. Center works across all Apple platforms and stays out of your way. # Designed for real practice • Silent timer with optional bells and intervals • Fully customizable session lengths • Minimal interface with multiple themes • Widgets and daily reminders • Apple Watch support • Syncs seamlessly with iCloud # Optional tracking, never pressure • View trends and streaks if you want them • Manually log sessions when needed • No rankings, no goals, no gamification # Built to last • No subscriptions • No ads • No data harvesting • Supported by optional donations Center is not a course, a coach, or a content platform. It is a quiet instrument for mindfulness, offered with restraint and intention. If Center supports your practice, you may choose to support its continued development.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Center Meditation Timer at 4.7 against Still's 3.5. Center Meditation Timer also leads on ratings volume (783 vs 24) and review sentiment (71% vs 53%). Still's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Center Meditation Timer sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Still asks for nothing beyond the download.
Center Meditation Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Center Meditation Timer has 783 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Still's written reviews are positive against 71% of Center Meditation Timer's.
Still ships an update every 2 weeks, Center Meditation Timer every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Still | Center Meditation Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (24 ratings) | 4.7 (783 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.5% of reviews | 70.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 | 783 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 1092599.com | Tanner Christensen |
Customer experience
Still
Center Meditation Timer
Bugs and requests
Still
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Center Meditation Timer
Reported bugs
4 issues- Interval sounds not playing consistently
- Timer stopping when screen locks or goes to sleep
- Sync issues between iPhone and Apple Watch app
- Inability to change screen sleep settings
Requested features
4 requests- Add Apple Watch complications and background tracking
- Allow manual entry of meditation sessions
- Extend bell/chime duration for better resonance
- Add option to play background nature sounds
In-app purchases
Still
No in-app purchases
Center Meditation Timer
- Donate $1$0.99
- Donate $2$1.99
- Donate $3$2.99
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- Donate $4$3.99
- Donate $5$4.99
- Donate $18$17.99
Questions
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