Comparison

Timefully vs AAM Workshops

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

AAM Workshops

Access guided meditations led by a renowned mindfulness instructor. Explore various techniques to find inner peace and enhance well-being anytime, anywhere. Currently available in English.

Highlights
  • Guided meditations
  • Mindfulness techniques
  • Renowned instructor
  • Inner peace
  • Well-being enhancement
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Discover inner peace and well-being through Meditations with Minyur Rinpoche, your mindfulness companion anytime, anywhere. This app offers a diverse array of guided meditations led by the renowned instructor Minyur Rinpoche, recognized for his mastery in meditation and mindfulness techniques. Note: Currently available in English only.

Screenshots

Timefully4 screens
AAM Workshops4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AAM Workshops at none against Timefully's 7. AAM Workshops also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). Timefully's advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 6) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price and ads 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. AAM Workshops asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AAM Workshops holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timefully has 1.1K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timefully ships an update weekly, AAM Workshops every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Timefully versus AAM Workshops: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimefullyAAM Workshops
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.1K ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.1K — better6
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size395 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLalune Creative ABTergar International

Customer experience

Timefully

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

AAM Workshops

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

AAM Workshops

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
None

AAM Workshops

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timefully free?
Timefully is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AAM Workshops free?
AAM Workshops is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Timefully or AAM Workshops?
AAM Workshops is rated higher. Timefully averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while AAM Workshops averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Timefully or AAM Workshops have ads?
Neither Timefully nor AAM Workshops shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timefully or AAM Workshops?
Timefully ships an update weekly, and AAM Workshops every 5 weeks. Most recently, Timefully was updated on October 11, 2026 and AAM Workshops on October 9, 2026.

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