Comparison

Meditation Timer vs Timer for Meditation

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

Head to head
About

Meditation Timer

This app provides a customizable timer for meditation sessions, offering various sound options and detailed statistics tracking. It allows users to personalize presets and ensures uninterrupted sessions with smart restart functionality.

Highlights
  • Customizable meditation timer
  • Preset meditations
  • Tibetan singing bowls
  • Session statistics tracking
  • Smart restart after interruptions
  • High-quality sound options
Features
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An elegant meditation timer for iPhone. ** New amazing Meditation Bells ** AMAZING FEATURES: * preset meditations * Amazing Tibetan Singing Bowls * preparation time * repeating interval * cool down time * pause * restart after interruption * fine increment time settings (1 sec) * keep screen on (optional) * hide time (optional) * gorgeous backgrounds TRACK MEDITATION STATISTICS: Track your total sessions completed, total time meditating, and your daily average time meditating. CUSTOMIZE MEDITATION PRESETS With the preset Meditations you can customize the name, time & sound settings to your own custom routines. HIGH QUALITY MEDITATION BOWL SOUNDS We recorded custom authentic high quality Tibetan singing bowls available through in app purchase. These sounds have long fade outs and sound amazing under headphones. NO INTERRUPTIONS: On iPhone you can silence your ringer, which will keep all other sounds such as incomming calls and text message alerts silent, but Meditate's beautiful tones will still chime for you. SMART RESTART: Meditate handles interruptions perfectly for you.If you take an incomming call or answer a text message in the middle of your meditation session ,I know , I know .. who would do that?, well incase you do, Meditate will start right back where you left off. If you want to pick up where you left off, BUT you want preparation time again, simply press and hold the pause button for 2 seconds until Meditate enters preparation mode. FINE INCREMENT MODE You can set Meditation and Interval times in increments of 1 second using the fine increment mode. To do so press AND HOLD the meditation or interval key WHILE pressing the '+' or '-' key. Letting go of the meditation or interval key will return the increment back to 1 minute. BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE: I care about your experience with Meditate. If you need any help, I am here to support you. "You will not be disappointed in this app" Thank you for your Purchase! Trademarks of SIMPLETOUCH LLC, all rights reserved. End user license agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Timer for Meditation

This app offers customizable timers with flexible settings for various time periods and durations. Users can personalize alert and background sounds, with black and white illustrations to aid focus during meditation or other tasks.

Highlights
  • Flexible timer settings
  • Customizable alert sounds
  • Customizable background sounds
  • Black and white illustrations
  • Focus enhancement
Features
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Features of Timer for Meditation: * Flexible settings designed for multiple time periods with different lengths for each timer; * Ability to set different alert and background sounds * Black and white illustrations help users to easily focus on meditation or other tasks.

Screenshots

Meditation Timer4 screens
Timer for Meditation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Timer for Meditation at none against Meditation Timer's 8. Timer for Meditation also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). Meditation Timer's advantage is ratings volume (281 vs 24). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Meditation Timer sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Timer for Meditation asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timer for Meditation holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meditation Timer has 281 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Meditation Timer's written reviews are positive against 83% of Timer for Meditation's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation Timer ships an update every 5 months, Timer for Meditation every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Meditation Timer versus Timer for Meditation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation TimerTimer for Meditation
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (281 ratings)4.8 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews83.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings281 — better24
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSIMPLETOUCH LLCNeptune Media International CO., LIMITED

Customer experience

Meditation Timer

All ratings281 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral2.1%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews234 reviews
Positive74.8%
Neutral4.7%
Negative20.5%

Timer for Meditation

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Meditation Timer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Timer inaccuracies when device sleeps
  • Purchased sounds disappearing after app reinstall
  • Freezing when attempting to purchase additional sounds

Requested features

4 requests
  • More sound options included by default
  • Ability to set different interval lengths within a session
  • Statistics and reports accessible from main screen
  • Compatibility improvements for newer iOS versions

Timer for Meditation

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Meditation Timer

Subscriptions1
  • Meditate Pro Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time7
  • Tibetan Bowl A$0.99
  • Tibetan Bowl B$0.99
  • Tibetan Bowl C$0.99
Show 4 more
  • Tibetan Bowl D$0.99
  • Tibetan Bowl E$0.99
  • Tibetan Bowl F$0.99
  • Chime Bundle$2.99
None

Timer for Meditation

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meditation Timer free?
Meditation Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timer for Meditation free?
Timer for Meditation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Meditation Timer or Timer for Meditation?
Timer for Meditation is rated higher. Meditation Timer averages 4.4 out of 5 from 281 ratings, while Timer for Meditation averages 4.8 from 24 ratings.
Do Meditation Timer or Timer for Meditation have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer nor Timer for Meditation shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer or Timer for Meditation?
Meditation Timer ships an update every 5 months, and Timer for Meditation every 2 weeks. Most recently, Meditation Timer was updated on October 22, 2026 and Timer for Meditation on October 24, 2026.

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