Comparison

Center Meditation Timer vs Reliev

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

Reliev

This app provides a minimalist meditation timer with customizable sounds and durations. It offers background playback, saved timer setups, and a private practice calendar without any ads or in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Customizable timer (5-120 minutes)
  • Choice of sounds (Forest, Ocean, Ambient, Silence)
  • Optional opening and closing gongs
  • Background and lock-screen playback
  • Saved timer setups
  • Private practice calendar and streak tracking
Features
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For many people, meditation does not need a course or a library of content. It needs a timer, an optional sound, and a moment to begin. Reliev is a simple, beautiful meditation timer with calming sounds. Choose Forest, Ocean, Ambient, or Silence. Set a time from 5 minutes to 2 hours. Add a gentle opening and closing gong if you want. Then start and breathe. EVERYTHING YOU NEED - A simple timer from 5 to 120 minutes - Forest, Ocean, Ambient, or complete silence - Optional opening and closing gong - Background and lock-screen playback - Saved timer setups for one-tap access - A private practice calendar and streak NOTHING YOU DON'T No courses to browse. No feed. No account. No ads. No subscription. No in-app purchases. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Reliev has no account, analytics, advertising, tracking, or third-party SDKs. Your saved timers, settings, and practice calendar stay on your iPhone. The app sends nothing to Reliev or any Reliev cloud. A sound. A length. Breathe.

Screenshots

Center Meditation Timer4 screens
Reliev4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Reliev at none against Center Meditation Timer's 6. Reliev also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Center Meditation Timer's advantage is ratings volume (782 vs 1) and device support (6 vs 1). On price, 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. Reliev asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Reliev 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 782 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Center Meditation Timer versus Reliev: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCenter Meditation TimerReliev
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (782 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews70.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings782 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTanner ChristensenMPB7 LLC

Customer experience

Center Meditation Timer

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

Reliev

All ratings1 ratings
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

Reliev

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

Reliev

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Center Meditation Timer free?
Center Meditation Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reliev free?
Reliev is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Center Meditation Timer or Reliev?
Reliev is rated higher. Center Meditation Timer averages 4.7 out of 5 from 782 ratings, while Reliev averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Center Meditation Timer or Reliev have ads?
Neither Center Meditation Timer nor Reliev shows ads.

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