Meditation Timer Meiso vs Zazen · Mindful Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Real-time HRV analysis
- Countdown and count-up modes
- 12-month contribution graph
- Achievement system
- Standalone Apple Watch app
- HealthKit integration
- Home screen widgets
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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.
Zazen · Mindful Timer
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Zazen is a calm, focused meditation timer for phone and smartwatch. Start, pause, resume, and finish a session from either device. Choose when the first reminder should occur and how often later reminders repeat. The smartwatch provides discreet haptic feedback while the phone plays a brief sound. Key features: • Control sessions from phone or smartwatch • Customize the first reminder and repeat interval • One haptic for the first reminder, two for the second, and so on • Pause without counting paused time • See the total duration when a session ends • Keep a private history of completed sessions • Review monthly, quarterly, half-year, and yearly statistics • Keep all meditation data on your devices Zazen requires no account, contains no ads, and does not track you.
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Verdict
Meditation Timer Meiso and Zazen · Mindful Timer are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | Meditation Timer Meiso | Zazen · Mindful Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Masayuki Yamaji | 超才 姜 |
In-app purchases
Meditation Timer Meiso
No in-app purchases
Zazen · Mindful Timer
No in-app purchases
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