Still Mind vs Bowl Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Still Mind
This minimalist app provides a simple and beautiful interface for guided meditation sessions. Customize session length, select from various bells, and set interval chimes to enhance your practice. Receive inspirational quotes upon completion and set daily reminders to cultivate inner calm.
- Customizable meditation session length
- Selection of 5 unique bells
- Optional interval chimes
- Daily meditation reminders
- Inspirational mindfulness quotes
- Remembers user settings
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Still Mind is the perfect minimalist meditation timer. It includes everything you need, regardless of your style of meditation, in an intuitive and beautiful interface. Key Features: * Select the length of your meditation session from 1 to 90 minutes. * Select your favorites from 5 carefully chosen bells. * Choose an optional interval chime to ring periodically during the session to bring you back to the present. * Set a notification to remind yourself to meditate at the same time tomorrow. * See quotes from your favorite mindfulness teachers on completion. * Still Mind remembers your settings and defaults to them the next time you open the app. Practicing meditation reduces stress and improves our wellbeing. Let Still Mind 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
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 review sentiment: Bowl Timer at 100% against Still Mind's 78%. Bowl Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Still Mind's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bowl Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Still Mind's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bowl Timer's.
Still Mind ships an update every 3 weeks, Bowl Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Still Mind | Bowl Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 1092599.com | Johannes Roth |
Customer experience
Still Mind
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In-app purchases
Still Mind
No in-app purchases
Bowl Timer
No in-app purchases
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