MeditateTime vs Dōan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MeditateTime
A meditation timer designed to conserve battery by putting your device to sleep during sessions. It fosters motivation by showing the number of people meditating simultaneously and integrates with health apps to automatically save mindfulness data.
- Battery-saving sleep mode
- Real-time meditator count
- Health app integration
- Customizable sounds
- Community sharing
- Map view of meditators (subscription)
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MeditateTime is a simple meditation timer that works with health app. When you start meditating, the app puts your device to sleep so it doesn't drain your battery. "MeditateTime" always displays the number of people meditating at the same time on the top screen to increase the motivation of your meditation. You can also see each person's total meditation time and approximate position. You can start the session by just setting time and tap the START. Also, you can choose Meditation time to limitless. MeditateTime integrates Health App to use mindfulness datas. When you finish the meditation, MeditateTime saves your session data to your iPhone's mindfulness in the health app automatically. MeditateTime has many awesome sounds for starting, ending and preliminary notification of ending 3 minutes before. (To enable sound during device sleeping, it is needed to turn on notifications for MeditateTime in setting app.) Furthermore, the following functions can be added by registering a subscription. - Hide all ads. - Display the location of the person meditating on the map. MeditateTime supports a community of people who meditate. Enrich your meditation experience by sharing information. Terms of Use http://zekoo2017.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-6.html
Dōan
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"Dōan - person who leads a meditation session using bells to keep time and nurture an atmosphere of focus and clarity" Dōan is an unguided meditation timer that periodically reminds you to return focus to your meditation practice using gentle gong sounds. You can: - Configure the length of each session and how often you want to be nudged to return your focus - Choose your favourite gong sounds from multiple recordings - Turn off your screen: The app will keep running in the background even when the screen is locked or turned off
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dōan at none against MeditateTime's 2. Dōan also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support 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. MeditateTime sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Dōan asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | MeditateTime | Dōan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MUTSUAKI KIKUCHI | Maximilian Zender |
In-app purchases
MeditateTime
- General full-featured(1month)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- General full-featured(3month)$7.993 Months
Dōan
No in-app purchases









