Simple Workout Timer vs bonsai meditation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Workout Timer
This app provides a customizable timer to support your workouts. It can send notifications, record active energy and workout data to Apple Health, and display your workout history. Calculate active energy burned with detailed input options.
- Customizable workout timer
- Workout notifications
- Record to Apple Health
- View workout history
- Active energy calculation
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This App will support workout. Timer can be customized. Main Function ・Workout timer. ・Notifications. ・Record Active Energy and Workouts to Apple Health. ・View history. Active Energy ・Ex. METs 3.5, Weight 50 kg, Time 30 min. (3.5 - 1) x 50 x (30 / 60) x 1.05 = 65.6 kcal. Optional permission requests ・Apple Health: It is used to record data in Apple Health. ・Tracking: It is used to deliver personalized ads to you. ・Notifications: It is used to sending notifications. Languages ・Japanese, English.
bonsai meditation
Cultivate a tranquil Japanese garden by engaging in simple daily mindfulness exercises. Watch your virtual sanctuary flourish as you practice.
- Virtual Japanese garden
- Daily mindfulness practices
- Gentle exercises
- Garden nurturing
- Tranquil experience
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Nurture a virtual Japanese garden through gentle daily practices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: bonsai meditation at none against Simple Workout Timer's shown. bonsai meditation also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Simple Workout Timer's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 7). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
bonsai meditation holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Simple Workout Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of bonsai meditation's.
Simple Workout Timer ships an update every 3 months, bonsai meditation every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Workout Timer | bonsai meditation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Intersect | Jonathan Kim |
Customer experience
Simple Workout Timer
bonsai meditation
In-app purchases
Simple Workout Timer
No in-app purchases
bonsai meditation
No in-app purchases
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