Yin Timer vs LightUp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yin Timer
A discreet timer designed for calm activities like yoga or meditation. Set your desired duration, and the analog face completes one turn, providing a peaceful timekeeping experience without distracting ticking.
- Calm and discreet timer
- Ideal for yoga and meditation
- Analog face timekeeping
- Customizable duration
- No distracting ticking
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A calm and discreet timer. This is perfect for yoga or meditation where a clock with ticking seconds will be distracting and stressful. Just choose how many minutes you want your timer to be, and it will go one turn of the analog face in that time. Slow and calm.
LightUp
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Don't always want to look at your timer during lessons or in your practice? Still keep track of your times! Let this light signal-based timer be your visual guide! As a yoga teacher or practitioner, it is always important to keep an eye on your times. In Kundalini yoga in particular, it is often important to guide participants through the duration of the exercises. We have equipped this timer with light signals and other helpful features so that you can preset your times individually, call them up quickly and keep an eye on them with little effort. The interval between the signals shortens as the exercise draws to a close. The signals can be a flashing of the screen or a lighting up of the camera flash as well as a vibration of the device. Of course, the end of the exercise can also be signaled with a sound. Apple EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Yin Timer at none against LightUp's 10. LightUp's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, ads, 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. LightUp sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Yin Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Yin Timer ships an update every 4 months, LightUp every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yin Timer | LightUp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kodare | Looking4Cache UG (haftungsbeschraenkt) |
In-app purchases
Yin Timer
No in-app purchases
LightUp
- Annual funding 1$0.991 Year
- Annual funding 2$1.991 Year
- Annual funding 3$4.991 Year
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- Annual funding 4$8.991 Year
- Quarterly funding 5$12.993 Months
- Annual funding 5$12.991 Year
- Annual funding 6$14.991 Year
- Quarterly funding 7$19.993 Months
- Annual funding 7$19.991 Year
- Annual funding 8$24.991 Year
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