Comparison

Meditation Timer Meiso vs Exercised

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

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About

Meditation Timer Meiso

This app offers a simple, ad-free meditation timer with real-time heart rate variability analysis. Track your progress with a contribution graph, achieve badges, and use it standalone on Apple Watch. Integrates with HealthKit and supports multiple languages.

Highlights
  • Real-time HRV analysis
  • Countdown and count-up modes
  • 12-month contribution graph
  • Achievement system
  • Standalone Apple Watch app
  • HealthKit integration
  • Home screen widgets
Features
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Make quiet time a daily habit. Meiso is a meditation timer without ads or subscriptions. Set a timer, keep a session log, and meditate at your own pace. TIMER Choose a preset such as 3 or 5 minutes, or use count-up mode without a time limit. Switch the ending sound and vibration on or off. SESSION LOG Review your activity graph, weekly meditation time, streaks and total time. Achievement badges help you track milestones. APPLE WATCH Use the timer without keeping your iPhone nearby, then sync your session history to iPhone. WIDGETS AND HEALTH Home screen widgets and Live Activities are supported. With your permission, save meditation time as Mindful Minutes in Apple Health. HEART RATE VARIABILITY (HRV) Record and analyze metrics such as SDNN and RMSSD using beat intervals from a compatible Bluetooth heart rate sensor. Apple Watch uses available heartbeat data. Compatible hardware and permissions are required; available data and metrics depend on recording conditions. An iPhone alone cannot measure HRV in this app. HRV displays are reference information for personal reflection. They do not establish meditation benefits or assess your health, and are not for diagnosis, treatment or medical decisions. Consult a healthcare professional for medical advice. YOUR PREFERENCES Light and dark modes. Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean and Spanish. Free to use, with no ads, subscriptions or account registration. Compatible external hardware is obtained separately.

About

Exercised

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Track more of your activity, without changing your habits. Exercised can capture your workouts even when your phone or smartwatch can’t detect them by itself, giving you more complete tracking in Apple Health & Apple Fitness. Just tell the app where you usually go to exercise, and it will remind you to record your workout after each visit. It pre-fills all the details and estimates the calories you burned – supporting 66 different types of exercise. It then adds your workout to Apple Health so you can track your activity and make progress towards your move goal in Apple Fitness. If you worked out at home or somewhere the app doesn’t know about, adding it is still a breeze with Exercised. Its design uses every trick in the book to make this as effortless as possible. The free version lets you monitor one place and use the app otherwise unrestricted – no ads, no pestering! Depending on your needs, you can unlock the ability to add up to twenty places, through a one-time in-app purchase. Exercised was designed for maximum privacy. Your data is only ever added to your Apple Health database or saved privately to your device, never shared with the developer or other third parties.

Screenshots

Meditation Timer Meiso3 screens
Exercised4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Meditation Timer Meiso at none against Exercised's 1. Meditation Timer Meiso also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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. Exercised sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Meditation Timer Meiso asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation Timer Meiso ships an update every 9 days, Exercised every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Meditation Timer Meiso versus Exercised: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation Timer MeisoExercised
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasayuki YamajiAmar Sagoo

In-app purchases

None

Meditation Timer Meiso

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Exercised

One-time1
  • Add More Places$0.99

Questions

Is Meditation Timer Meiso free?
Meditation Timer Meiso is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Exercised free?
Exercised is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Meditation Timer Meiso or Exercised have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer Meiso nor Exercised shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer Meiso or Exercised?
Meditation Timer Meiso ships an update every 9 days, and Exercised every 2 months. Most recently, Meditation Timer Meiso was updated on October 24, 2026 and Exercised on October 25, 2026.

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