Comparison

MeditateTime vs Sesshin

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Battery-saving sleep mode
  • Real-time meditator count
  • Health app integration
  • Customizable sounds
  • Community sharing
  • Map view of meditators (subscription)
Features
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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

About

Sesshin

Features
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Sesshin is a minimal, distraction-free meditation timer for iPhone and Apple Watch, built for practitioners of Zen. Set your sitting duration, start your session, and let Sesshin guide the way. Traditional bells mark the beginning and end of each period. Wooden clappers signal kinhin (walking meditation) transitions. Quiet interval bells help you mark the middle of your sit without checking the clock. Features - Zazen & kinhin โ€” Time a single seated period or a full sequence: zazen, kinhin walking, zazen - Traditional sounds โ€” Bells and wooden clappers at each phase transition, with fully configurable counts - Enso arc โ€” A circular arc traces session progress; a figure shifts between sitting and walking postures - Live Activity โ€” Remaining time stays visible on the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen - Apple Watch โ€” Full timer and complications on your wrist - HealthKit โ€” Completed sessions saved as mindful minutes in Apple Health - Daily goal โ€” Set a daily sitting goal and track your streak in History - Configurable โ€” Adjust duration, bell counts, start delay, auto-progression, and interval bells to match your tradition No accounts. No ads. No subscriptions. Just your practice.

Screenshots

MeditateTime4 screens
Sesshin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sesshin at none against MeditateTime's 2. Sesshin also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). MeditateTime's advantage is iOS requirement (16.1 vs 26.2). On price there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. MeditateTime sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Sesshin asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 4 level
MeditateTime versus Sesshin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditateTimeSesshin
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews75.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksโ€”
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch โ€” better
Requires iOS16.1 โ€” better26.2
Further details โ€” not scored
Size16 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMUTSUAKI KIKUCHIDERRICK ORION CALLOWAY

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MeditateTime

Subscriptions2
  • General full-featured(1month)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • General full-featured(3month)$7.993 Months
None

Sesshin

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MeditateTime free?
MeditateTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sesshin free?
Sesshin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MeditateTime or Sesshin have ads?
MeditateTime shows ads; Sesshin does not.

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