Comparison

Center Meditation Timer vs AAM Workshops

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

Head to head
About

Center Meditation Timer

A silent meditation timer designed for serious practitioners. It offers a minimalist interface with customizable session lengths, intervals, and sounds. Track your progress without pressure or gamification.

Highlights
  • Silent timer with optional bells
  • Customizable session lengths and intervals
  • Minimalist interface with themes
  • Daily reminders and widgets
  • Apple Watch support
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Center is a silent meditation timer for serious practice. No guides, no voices, no lessons, and no music. Center exists for people who already know why they meditate and want a calm, precise tool to support long-term practice. Start a session in one tap. Practice in silence or with simple bells. Customize session lengths, intervals, sounds, and themes to match your ritual. Center works across all Apple platforms and stays out of your way. # Designed for real practice • Silent timer with optional bells and intervals • Fully customizable session lengths • Minimal interface with multiple themes • Widgets and daily reminders • Apple Watch support • Syncs seamlessly with iCloud # Optional tracking, never pressure • View trends and streaks if you want them • Manually log sessions when needed • No rankings, no goals, no gamification # Built to last • No subscriptions • No ads • No data harvesting • Supported by optional donations Center is not a course, a coach, or a content platform. It is a quiet instrument for mindfulness, offered with restraint and intention. If Center supports your practice, you may choose to support its continued development.

About

AAM Workshops

Access guided meditations led by a renowned mindfulness instructor. Explore various techniques to find inner peace and enhance well-being anytime, anywhere. Currently available in English.

Highlights
  • Guided meditations
  • Mindfulness techniques
  • Renowned instructor
  • Inner peace
  • Well-being enhancement
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Discover inner peace and well-being through Meditations with Minyur Rinpoche, your mindfulness companion anytime, anywhere. This app offers a diverse array of guided meditations led by the renowned instructor Minyur Rinpoche, recognized for his mastery in meditation and mindfulness techniques. Note: Currently available in English only.

Screenshots

Center Meditation Timer4 screens
AAM Workshops4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AAM Workshops at none against Center Meditation Timer's 6. AAM Workshops also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Center Meditation Timer's advantage is ratings volume (783 vs 6) and device support (6 vs 2). On price, update cadence and ads 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. Center Meditation Timer sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. AAM Workshops asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AAM Workshops holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Center Meditation Timer has 783 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Center Meditation Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of AAM Workshops's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Center Meditation Timer ships an update every 4 weeks, AAM Workshops every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Center Meditation Timer versus AAM Workshops: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCenter Meditation TimerAAM Workshops
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (783 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings783 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTanner ChristensenTergar International

Customer experience

Center Meditation Timer

All ratings781 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews188 reviews
Positive70.7%
Neutral10.6%
Negative18.6%

AAM Workshops

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Center Meditation Timer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Interval sounds not playing consistently
  • Timer stopping when screen locks or goes to sleep
  • Sync issues between iPhone and Apple Watch app
  • Inability to change screen sleep settings

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add Apple Watch complications and background tracking
  • Allow manual entry of meditation sessions
  • Extend bell/chime duration for better resonance
  • Add option to play background nature sounds

AAM Workshops

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Center Meditation Timer

One-time6
  • Donate $1$0.99
  • Donate $2$1.99
  • Donate $3$2.99
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  • Donate $4$3.99
  • Donate $5$4.99
  • Donate $18$17.99
None

AAM Workshops

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Center Meditation Timer free?
Center Meditation Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AAM Workshops free?
AAM Workshops is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Center Meditation Timer or AAM Workshops?
AAM Workshops is rated higher. Center Meditation Timer averages 4.7 out of 5 from 783 ratings, while AAM Workshops averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Center Meditation Timer or AAM Workshops have ads?
Neither Center Meditation Timer nor AAM Workshops shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Center Meditation Timer or AAM Workshops?
Center Meditation Timer ships an update every 4 weeks, and AAM Workshops every 5 weeks. Most recently, Center Meditation Timer was updated on November 2, 2026 and AAM Workshops on November 3, 2026.

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