Comparison

Meditation Timer Meiso vs Focus Timer

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

Head to head
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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Start your meditation journey with the world's simplest meditation timer. Clean, minimal design with no ads — just meditate. NEW IN V3: HRV HEART RATE VARIABILITY ANALYSIS - Measure HRV in real-time during meditation - SDNN, RMSSD, and LF/HF ratio for autonomic balance - Compatible with Apple Watch and BLE heart rate sensors (Polar H10) - Visualize changes before and after meditation - Experience meditation benefits backed by scientific data TWO MEDITATION MODES - Countdown: Set 1-60 minutes for structured sessions - Count-up: Meditate freely without time limits MEDITATION TRACKING - GitHub-style contribution graph for 12 months of history - Weekly bar charts for meditation time - Streak counter to keep you motivated ACHIEVEMENT SYSTEM - Earn science-backed achievement badges - Gamification to support your meditation habit APPLE WATCH - Use the meditation timer standalone on Apple Watch - Measure HRV with Apple Watch heart rate sensor - Auto-sync meditation history with iPhone WIDGETS & LIVE ACTIVITIES - Home screen widgets to view meditation stats - Live Activities to track elapsed time during sessions HEALTHKIT INTEGRATION - Automatically save sessions as Mindful Minutes CUSTOMIZATION - Sound & vibration toggle - Dark/Light mode MULTILINGUAL - Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, and Spanish

About

Focus Timer

Features
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Some brains need something to hold onto before they can settle into work. Focus Timer gives them 110 sounds to hold onto — layered, looping, and timed. Open it, tap play, start working. No account. No onboarding. No ads. LAYER WHAT YOUR BRAIN LIKES Stack up to 6 sounds at once and set the volume of each one independently. Brown noise under rain. A fan under a keyboard. Whatever combination makes the room feel right. Save it and it's one tap away tomorrow. 110 SOUNDS IN 6 CATEGORIES Nature (24) — ocean waves, rivers, waterfalls, forest birds, crickets, frogs, whale songs Weather (16) — rain (light, heavy, monsoon, tropical), rain on a tent, on a tin roof, on a window, thunder, wind Ambient (39) — fireplace, campfire, fans, washing machine, singing bowls, wind chimes, heartbeat, and the textures: whispering, page turning, fabric rustling, bubble wrap, hair brushing, sand pouring, a cat purring Urban (19) — coffee shop, library, office, keyboard typing, pencil writing, train journey, subway, restaurant murmur Binaural (6) — delta, theta, alpha, 4Hz, solfeggio 432Hz and 528Hz White Noise (6) — white, pink, brown, green and blue noise, plus lo-fi vinyl crackle A FOCUS TIMER THAT STARTS AT 5 MINUTES Not 30. Some days the whole job is starting. Drag the dial to anything from 5 to 120 minutes, or run it open-ended. When the session ends you get a soft chime, not a jolt — and you can add time without restarting. STREAKS THAT DON'T PUNISH YOU Your focus days fill in a calendar. They never reset to zero. You will never get a notification telling you that you broke something, or watch anything die because you stopped early. Stopping early is allowed here. SEE THE MINUTES ADD UP Every session is logged automatically. Minutes focused this week, your longest session, which mixes you actually come back to, and which ones you abandon. All on-device. KEEPS PLAYING WHILE YOU WORK Lock the phone or switch apps — the mix keeps running, with controls on the lock screen. WORKS OFFLINE Every sound is bundled with the app. Nothing streams, nothing buffers, nothing needs a connection. Sounds start the instant you tap. WHY FOCUS TIMER - Playing in under 5 seconds from launch - No account, no onboarding, no ads — free or paid - Background playback with lock screen controls - Restores your last session when you reopen - Nothing leaves your device. No analytics, no tracking FAIR PRICING The free version is genuinely usable: 18 sounds, 3 layers, 3 saved mixes, and every session length — 5 to 120 minutes, or open-ended. Pro unlocks all 110 sounds, 6 layers, unlimited saves and full history. Buy it yearly, or buy it once and never think about it again. ABOUT THE RESEARCH Many people with ADHD say steady background noise helps them settle in. A 2024 meta-analysis in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (13 studies, 335 participants) found a small but statistically significant benefit of white and pink noise on task performance in young people with ADHD — and, notably, the opposite effect in people without it. The mechanism is still debated. Focus Timer is a wellness app, not a medical device, and it does not diagnose or treat anything. Talk to a clinician about ADHD. Open it. Pick a sound. Start. For more details, please refer to our privacy policy and terms of use. Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/nguyendangnam-privacy-policy/home Term of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Meditation Timer Meiso4 screens
Focus Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Meditation Timer Meiso at every 5 days against Focus Timer's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation Timer Meiso ships an update every 5 days, Focus Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Meditation Timer Meiso versus Focus Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation Timer MeisoFocus Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasayuki YamajiDang Nam Nguyen

In-app purchases

None

Meditation Timer Meiso

No in-app purchases

None

Focus Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meditation Timer Meiso free?
Meditation Timer Meiso is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Focus Timer free?
Focus Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Meditation Timer Meiso or Focus Timer have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer Meiso nor Focus Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer Meiso or Focus Timer?
Meditation Timer Meiso ships an update every 5 days, and Focus Timer every 2 months. Most recently, Meditation Timer Meiso was updated on September 24, 2026 and Focus Timer on September 10, 2026.

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