Unguided Meditation Timer vs Bowl Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unguided Meditation Timer
This app provides a simple timer for unguided meditation sessions. Customize your meditation duration and choose from eight distinct gongs. Track your progress with a built-in meditation calendar.
- Customizable meditation time
- 8 different gongs
- Meditation calendar
- Vipassana meditation support
- Anapana meditation support
- Insight timer functionality
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With this simple Meditation Timer, you can start your unguided meditation. The Meditation Timer allows you to adjust the meditation time. Also, the Meditation Timer offers 8 different gongs. Every time you meditate, the Meditation Timer will update the meditation calendar. Meditation timer can do all the following: - Vipassana meditation - Anapana meditation - Insight timer How to meditate using this meditation Timer? - Configure the Meditation Timer and start the clock - Breathe in - Breathe out Enjoy this Meditation Timer. Also known as a meditation clock. https://vanniktech.de/MeditationTimer/privacy_policy.html https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Bowl Timer
This app helps you meditate without distractions using calming bowl gongs. You can customize session lengths and intervals, with all settings saved locally. It's completely free, offline, and ad-free.
- Guided meditation with bowl gongs
- Customizable session lengths up to 60 minutes
- Split sessions into 1-5 intervals
- Local settings saving
- Total meditation time tracking
- 100% free and offline
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• Meditate for up to 60 minutes, guided by calming bowl gongs. • Split sessions into 1 to 5 intervals for transitions or gentle reminders. • Locally saves your settings and displays total meditation time after 2 hours. • 100% free and offline—no ads, accounts, or tracking. Stay focused, mindful, and fully present during your meditation.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bowl Timer at 5.0 against Unguided Meditation Timer's 4.3. Bowl Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (100% vs 82%). Unguided Meditation Timer's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 3). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Unguided Meditation Timer sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Bowl Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bowl Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Unguided Meditation Timer has 20 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Unguided Meditation Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Bowl Timer's.
Unguided Meditation Timer ships an update every 6 weeks, Bowl Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and July 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unguided Meditation Timer | Bowl Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (20 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 81 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Niklas Baudy | Johannes Roth |
Customer experience
Unguided Meditation Timer
Bowl Timer
In-app purchases
Unguided Meditation Timer
- Unlimited audio files$1.99
- Unlimited colors$1.99
- Remove ads$2.99
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- Premium - Unlock everything$5.99
Bowl Timer
No in-app purchases
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