Comparison

Monk Mode vs Mindful Meter

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

Head to head
About

Monk Mode

This app functions as a meditation timer, logging your sessions as mindful minutes directly into Apple Health. It also features a heart rate tracker to monitor your heart rate during meditation and provide an average at its conclusion.

Highlights
  • Meditation timer
  • Log mindful minutes
  • Apple Health integration
  • Heart rate tracker
  • View average heart rate
Features
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A meditation timer that makes mindfulness effortless. Sit down. Breathe. Let everything else fade. Whether you prefer silence or guided narration, Monk Mode meets you where you are. Pick a focus, set your duration, and begin meditating. Your mindful minutes are saved to Apple Health automatically. With your Apple Watch connected, your heart rate is tracked in real time so you can see how your body responds to stillness. Start from your iPhone, your Watch, or straight from a home screen widget. Every session brings you closer to the version of yourself that shows up calmer, clearer, and more present. What you get: • Guided and unguided meditation timer (1-60 min + unlimited) • 5 focus types: Breath, Body Scan, Loving-Kindness, Open Awareness, and Sleep • On-device narration in 6 languages that adapts to your session • Live heart rate tracking via Apple Watch • Mindful minutes and workouts saved to Apple Health • Daily goals, weekly streaks, and progress at a glance • Configurable widgets that can auto-start a session with a tap • Haptic breathing cues, custom bell tones, and adjustable guidance • A dedicated sleep meditation mode • Seamless sync across iPhone and Apple Watch Your meditation practice. No subscriptions. No accounts. Just you and the timer. Privacy Policy https://www.squeakbyte.com/monk-mode-privacy-policy Terms & Conditions https://www.squeakbyte.com/monk-mode-terms-conditions

About

Mindful Meter

Features
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Mindful Meter is a watch app that lets you quickly record your minutes spent mindfully engaging in various activities, such as thankfulness, insight (e.g., reading), meditation, exercise and service. You can also switch the mindful meter to only track gratitude, if you only want to record thankfulness. You can add a complication to your watch face that shows the status of your mindful minutes (or just your gratitude) compared to a daily goal you set. The number of minutes shown gradually decreases during the day, so when the complication shows a low status you can be reminded to engage in additional mindful activities to keep meeting your daily goal. When you enter you mindfulness activity, if you select "Other" and manually input an activity, that added activity will be added as an option for that activity (and if you later want to delete that option, swipe left on that option to delete it).

Screenshots

Monk Mode4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mindful Meter at Free against Monk Mode's $4.99. Mindful Meter also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Monk Mode's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Mindful Meter is free to download; Monk Mode costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Monk Mode ships an update every 2 months, Mindful Meter every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Monk Mode versus Mindful Meter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMonk ModeMindful Meter
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.9 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKevin David TannerPiryon Enterprises LLC

In-app purchases

None

Monk Mode

No in-app purchases

None

Mindful Meter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Monk Mode free?
Monk Mode costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mindful Meter free?
Mindful Meter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Monk Mode or Mindful Meter have ads?
Neither Monk Mode nor Mindful Meter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Monk Mode or Mindful Meter?
Monk Mode ships an update every 2 months, and Mindful Meter every 6 months. Most recently, Monk Mode was updated on October 15, 2026 and Mindful Meter on September 30, 2026.

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