Pop Up Zendo vs Unguided Meditation Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pop Up Zendo
A minimalist meditation timer designed by a zen priest. It offers a simple, graceful interface to create meditative space with gentle bell sounds or silence. Build mindfulness into your daily routine with this straightforward tool.
- Minimalist meditation timer
- Gentle zendo bells
- Silent meditation option
- Simple, graceful interface
- Builds mindfulness
- Creates meditative space
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Pop Up Zendo is a meditation timer with nothing extra, just the basic tools you need to turn a moment into meditative space wherever you are. Designed and coded by a zen priest, a simple and graceful circle responds to a single tap by releasing itself breath by breath into an ‘empty’ screen - what zen people like to call ‘boundless’. Three zendo bells ring to begin your period of meditation and one will end it, or you can simply press mute and sit in silence until the screen is empty. Just set the time, tap the screen, and enter the zendo. There are no in-app purchases or anything in the way of institutional theory included, just your steps along an ancient path, and a new way to build mindfulness into your daily life. Pop Up Zendo is a simple tool to build a time for meditation or perhaps periods of intentional mindful activity and to bring a sense of calm and expansiveness into your life wherever you live and work. Perhaps an app that disappears from the screen may be just what your device is missing. Even in a technological ecosystem, there is space for a zendo.
Unguided Meditation Timer
This app provides a simple timer for unguided meditation sessions. Customize your meditation duration and choose from eight distinct gongs. Track your progress with a built-in meditation calendar.
- Customizable meditation time
- 8 different gongs
- Meditation calendar
- Vipassana meditation support
- Anapana meditation support
- Insight timer functionality
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With this simple Meditation Timer, you can start your unguided meditation. The Meditation Timer allows you to adjust the meditation time. Also, the Meditation Timer offers 8 different gongs. Every time you meditate, the Meditation Timer will update the meditation calendar. Meditation timer can do all the following: - Vipassana meditation - Anapana meditation - Insight timer How to meditate using this meditation Timer? - Configure the Meditation Timer and start the clock - Breathe in - Breathe out Enjoy this Meditation Timer. Also known as a meditation clock. https://vanniktech.de/MeditationTimer/privacy_policy.html https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pop Up Zendo at 5.0 against Unguided Meditation Timer's 4.3. Pop Up Zendo also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Unguided Meditation Timer sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Pop Up Zendo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pop Up Zendo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Pop Up Zendo's written reviews are positive against 82% of Unguided Meditation Timer's.
Pop Up Zendo ships an update weekly, Unguided Meditation Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pop Up Zendo | Unguided Meditation Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (27 ratings) — better | 4.3 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 81.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pop Up Zendo | Niklas Baudy |
Customer experience
Pop Up Zendo
Unguided Meditation Timer
In-app purchases
Pop Up Zendo
No in-app purchases
Unguided Meditation Timer
- Unlimited audio files$1.99
- Unlimited colors$1.99
- Remove ads$2.99
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Questions
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