Comparison

Meditation Timer vs Focus

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

Focus

Practice mindfulness and meditation using eye movements with augmented reality. Track your progress and sync mindful minutes to your health data. Enjoy relaxing music and engaging games designed for mental well-being.

Highlights
  • Eye-controlled focus and meditation
  • Augmented Reality eye tracking
  • Mindful minute tracking
  • HealthKit synchronization
  • Relaxing music
  • Flip Game
Features
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Focus is controlled entirely using your eyes.Practice focus and meditation through eye movements. Focus use Augmented Reality to tracking eyes, aims at physical and mental care through integrating meditation and focus into an app. How it Works: - The dot show where you're looking on the screen. - Docile thoughts through focusing one dot and listening relax music in one minute. - Record mindful minutes to 'Health'. - Support Widget. - Enjoy emptying yourself. - Enjoy Flip Game. Matters needing attention: - Focus has been connected to HealthKit,which can synchronize meditation time to 「Health」. If your have any issues or some advices, email us at lbechomt@163.com. We're always looking to improve!

Screenshots

Meditation Timer4 screens
Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Focus at 5.0 against Meditation Timer's 4.4. Focus also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 months). Meditation Timer's advantage is ratings volume (281 vs 1). 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. Meditation Timer sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Focus asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Focus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meditation Timer has 281 ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of Focus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation Timer ships an update every 5 months, Focus every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Meditation Timer versus Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation TimerFocus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (281 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings281 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB61 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSIMPLETOUCH LLC荣煜 罗

Customer experience

Meditation Timer

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

Focus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
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

Focus

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

Focus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meditation Timer free?
Meditation Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Focus free?
Focus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Meditation Timer or Focus?
Focus is rated higher. Meditation Timer averages 4.4 out of 5 from 281 ratings, while Focus averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Meditation Timer or Focus have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer nor Focus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer or Focus?
Meditation Timer ships an update every 5 months, and Focus every 10 days. Most recently, Meditation Timer was updated on October 31, 2026 and Focus on November 7, 2026.

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