Comparison

Center Meditation Timer vs move/think

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

move/think

Features
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movethink is a voice-driven fitness journal built around how you feel, not just what you did. Log a run, walk, or workout by speaking — describe where you went, how your body felt, what was on your mind. move/think captures it all and tracks your mood and energy alongside your activity, so you can start to see the connection between movement and mental clarity over time. No complicated metrics. No performance pressure. Just a simple, honest record of how exercise makes you feel. Features - Voice-first logging — just talk, move/think fills in the details - Mood and energy tracking alongside every activity - Weekly mileage goals with a clean visual summary - Route mapping and automatic distance calculation - A personal history that reflects the whole picture — body and mind

Screenshots

Center Meditation Timer4 screens
move/think4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: move/think at none against Center Meditation Timer's 6. Center Meditation Timer's advantage is device support (6 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Center Meditation Timer sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. move/think asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Center Meditation Timer ships an update every 4 weeks, move/think every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Center Meditation Timer versus move/think: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCenter Meditation Timermove/think
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (781 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings781 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB175 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTanner ChristensenZach Walsh

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

move/think

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

move/think

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Center Meditation Timer free?
Center Meditation Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is move/think free?
move/think is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Center Meditation Timer or move/think have ads?
Neither Center Meditation Timer nor move/think shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Center Meditation Timer or move/think?
Center Meditation Timer ships an update every 4 weeks, and move/think every 2 weeks. Most recently, Center Meditation Timer was updated on October 21, 2026 and move/think on October 3, 2026.

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