Comparison

Timefully vs Meditation Timer

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

Head to head
About

Timefully

This app provides a distraction-free meditation timer designed to help users build consistent habits. It offers customizable timers, rewarding progress tracking with virtual tree growth, and detailed statistics to motivate your practice.

Highlights
  • Customizable meditation timer with unlimited presets
  • Virtual tree growth for practice motivation
  • Comprehensive session statistics and charts
  • Emotion and note tracking
  • Multiple user profiles
  • Apple Watch integration with heart rate tracking
Features
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Timefully helps meditators build a practice that lasts. A beautifully simple meditation timer with deep tracking, tree-growth motivation, and comprehensive statistics — trusted by 40,000+ meditators worldwide and rated 4.8 stars. WHY TIMEFULLY? Timefully is designed for meditators who know what they want — a distraction-free timer that stays out of your way, tracks your progress, and keeps you motivated. No guided content, no social feed, no ads. Just a powerful, beautiful tool for the practice you already have — Vipassana, Zen, mindfulness, mantra, yoga, or breathwork. YOUR TIMER, YOUR WAY • Unlimited presets per profile — create as many as you need • Unlimited segments: warm-up, main, intervals, cool-down, and more • Tap any segment to adjust its duration during setup • Open session mode for indefinite meditation • Count up or count down — your choice • Simple Mode hides the clock for deeper focus • Beautiful curated backgrounds, or use your own photos • Live Activity and Dynamic Island keep your session in view BEAUTIFUL BELLS & SOUNDS • 40 bell sounds: Tibetan bells, singing bowls, gongs, wind chimes, flutes, and more • Starting and ending bells (1–3 rings each) • Interval bells at set times or repeating • 6 ambient sounds: Rain, Forest, Ocean, Wind, Fireplace, Birds • Add your own custom sounds • Fade-in option and volume control • Silent mode with haptics TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Automatic session tracking from the timer • Manual entry — including backfilling past sessions • Post-session mood and emotion tracking • Notes and reflections, with a word cloud built from your notes • 6 statistics reports with weekly, monthly, and yearly views • Monthly calendar glance view • AI insights with Apple Intelligence STAY MOTIVATED • Set daily and weekly practice goals • Grow virtual trees through consistent practice • 6 tree species: Oak, Cherry Blossom, Mangrove, Maple, Olive, Wisteria • Earn milestones and achievements, and keep your streak • Inspiring quotes after each session — or turn all in-app text off for quiet, focused sessions BUILT FOR APPLE WATCH • Standalone timer on your wrist • Real-time heart rate and HRV during sessions • Haptic guidance and Always-On Display support • Complications, and sessions saved as workouts • Fully 1:1 with iPhone — including intervals MULTIPLE PROFILES & PRESETS • Profiles for different practices: Meditation, Yoga, and more • Unlimited presets per profile, each with its own background • Quick switching between configurations PRIVATE BY DEFAULT • No account required — your data stays in your own iCloud • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch • Export and import your data anytime (Open Sit, CSV and JSON) SEAMLESS INTEGRATION • Apple Health — sessions saved as Mindful Minutes • Siri & Shortcuts, with a ready-made Timefully Shortcut and Action Button support • Do Not Disturb automation • 6 Home Screen widgets and 4 Lock Screen widgets ON YOUR MAC • Native macOS app, ideal for desk meditation during work breaks • Large screen for comprehensive statistics • iCloud sync keeps your practice in step with iPhone and iPad PRICING AND TERMS The timer is always free — no account, no ads, no trial limits. Timefully Pro unlocks iCloud sync, Apple Watch heart rate & HRV, statistics & AI insights, tree growth, achievements & streaks, mood tracking, unlimited profiles, premium bells, and widgets. Timefully Pro offers two auto-renewing subscription options: Monthly: $2.99 per month Annual: $11.99 per year You can also purchase Lifetime access for a one-time payment of $24.99. These prices are for United States users. Pricing in other countries may vary. TERMS AND CONDITIONS: https://www.timefully.co/terms PRIVACY POLICY: https://www.timefully.co/privacy

About

Meditation Timer

This app provides a distraction-free environment for your meditation practice. Create custom routines, use interval bells for focus, and enjoy calming soundscapes. Track your progress with detailed statistics and stay motivated with daily goals and reminders.

Highlights
  • Customizable meditation routines
  • Interval bells for focus
  • Calming soundscapes
  • Meditation statistics and tracking
  • Daily goal setting and streak tracking
  • Smart reminder notifications
  • Widgets for Home Screen and Lock Screen
Features
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Take the next step on your meditation journey! Do you find guided meditations distracting? Does the narration get in the way of reaching a deeper meditative state? It’s time to upgrade your practice with Zenitizer: • Create routines that work for you • Stay in the moment with interval bells • Immerse yourself in calming soundscapes Zenitizer makes it easy to turn meditation into a daily habit minus the overthinking so you can embrace the serenity of now. Download Zenitizer now to get started! FEATURE OVERVIEW: • Clean & simple meditation timer • Calming soundscapes help you relax • Interval bells remind you to focus on the present moment • Detailed, meaningful meditation statistics allow you to observe trends • Set your daily meditation goal and track your streak to stay motivated • Daily reminder notifications help you stay on track • Make meditation part of your daily routine: Smart Reminders can notify you based on Focus modes, workouts, location, wake up & alarms and much more! • Full meditation history view allowing you to see, edit or log individual sessions and reflect on your journey • Interactive and StandBy Widgets: start meditations right from your Home Screen or Lock Screen • Apple Health: store and sync your mindful minutes • Save your favorite timer settings as routines • Always keep your meditations, streaks and custom routines in sync via iCloud • Widgets and Apple Watch complications: your goal at a glance • Control Center: quickly toggle your favorite meditations • Dark & tinted app icons & widgets • Don't worry about breaking your streak: one minute a day is enough (you only need to reach your goal to grow the streak, not to keep it) • Easily log past meditations without recording a timer session (just went on a mindful walk? Quickly save 30 mindful minutes) • Siri Shortcuts: start routines, log meditations and query your goal and streaks. Imagine the possibilities! How about an automation to start a meditation, enable a Focus mode and set a HomeKit scene with a single command? • Privacy-friendly by design: health data is securely stored on your device and, if enabled, in Apple Health and iCloud (fully encrypted). Your data is never sold to anyone! • Spotlight Integration: quickly start or log meditations and check your goal and streak FREE & POWER USER FEATURES: Many of the core features are available for free but some functionality requires Zenitizer+, which is available as a one-time purchase or subscription (you choose which plan fits best into your life - they all unlock the full feature set). Zenitizer+ allows you to create and manage routines, access the growing catalog of bell and background sounds, manually log meditations and fully customize your meditation experience. By upgrading to Zenitizer+ you can take your meditation experience to the next level and allow an independent app developer to continue improving and maintaining Zenitizer for a long time to come :) Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Timefully4 screens
Meditation Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Timefully at 1.1K against Meditation Timer's 214. Meditation Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Timefully sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Meditation Timer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Timefully against 4.8 for Meditation Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timefully has 1.1K ratings behind it against 214, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Timefully's written reviews are positive against 90% of Meditation Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timefully ships an update weekly, Meditation Timer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Timefully versus Meditation Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimefullyMeditation Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.1K ratings) — better4.8 (214 ratings)
Positive reviews85.1% of reviews90.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better214
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size395 MB177 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLalune Creative ABManuel Kehl

Customer experience

Timefully

All ratings1,086 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.7%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews161 reviews
Positive85.1%
Neutral6.8%
Negative8.1%

Meditation Timer

All ratings214 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews72 reviews
Positive90.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.7%

User reviews

Timefully

From 1.1K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and efficient
  • 🚀 Streamlined interface
  • 💡 Helpful tracking features
  • 🌳 Enjoyable tree growth metaphor
  • 👍 Customizable timer settings

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional timer issues
  • 🔋 Inconsistent Apple Watch integration
  • 💰 Subscription model concerns
  • 🔍 Limited emotion/mood tracking options

Meditation Timer

From 214 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple, intuitive, and distraction-free interface
  • 🔔 Customizable bells, chimes, and sound options
  • ⌚ Excellent Apple Watch integration
  • 🎵 High-quality nature sounds and audio
  • 💰 Affordable one-time or annual subscription

Room to improve

  • 💳 Confusing pricing model (free version very limited)
  • 🔔 Default 1-minute interval bells too frequent for some users
  • 📢 Aggressive subscription prompts in free version
  • 🎵 Sound effects too quiet compared to bells
  • 🎨 Could use visual refresh in some areas

Bugs and requests

Timefully

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Timer not always completing sessions
  • Apple Watch integration problems
  • Incorrect activity log data

Requested features

5 requests
  • More bell/chime sound options
  • Ability to adjust timer from Apple Watch
  • Option to disable tree growth feature
  • Expanded emotion/mood tracking
  • Sync progress across devices

Meditation Timer

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Interval bells not functioning properly in some cases
  • App hijacks AirPods from other devices without option to disable
  • Apple Watch vibration cannot be turned off
  • Crashes on Apple Watch (reported as fixed in v1.12.2)
  • Subscription paywall appears before free trial experience

Requested features

7 requests
  • Mixer controls for independent bell and effects volume adjustment
  • White noise and additional frequency options
  • Custom background music upload capability
  • Meditation reminders/notifications
  • Dynamic Island and Lock Screen activity controls
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  • Heart rate integration with Apple Watch
  • Adjustable default interval bell frequency

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Timefully

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Quarterly$5.993 Months
  • Annual2 variants$11.991 Year
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  • Timefully Annual, 14-day Trial14 Days trial2 variants$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$24.99
6 purchases

Meditation Timer

Subscriptions4
  • Zenitizer+ Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Zenitizer+ Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Zenitizer+ Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Zenitizer+ Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time2
  • Zenitizer+ Lifetime$79.99
  • Zenitizer+ Lifetime$119.99

Questions

Is Timefully free?
Timefully is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Meditation Timer free?
Meditation Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timefully or Meditation Timer?
Timefully is rated higher. Timefully averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Meditation Timer averages 4.8 from 214 ratings.
Do Timefully or Meditation Timer have ads?
Neither Timefully nor Meditation Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timefully or Meditation Timer?
Timefully ships an update weekly, and Meditation Timer fortnightly. Most recently, Timefully was updated on October 22, 2026 and Meditation Timer on October 19, 2026.

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