Meditation Timer vs Unguided Meditation Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable meditation timer
- Preset meditations
- Tibetan singing bowls
- Session statistics tracking
- Smart restart after interruptions
- High-quality sound options
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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/
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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Unguided Meditation Timer at every 2 months against Meditation Timer's every 5 months. Unguided Meditation Timer also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Meditation Timer's advantage is ratings volume (281 vs 20). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Meditation Timer sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year and Unguided Meditation Timer sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Meditation Timer against 4.3 for Unguided Meditation Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meditation Timer has 281 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Meditation Timer's written reviews are positive against 82% of Unguided Meditation Timer's.
Meditation Timer ships an update every 5 months, Unguided Meditation Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meditation Timer | Unguided Meditation Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (281 ratings) — better | 4.3 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.8% of reviews | 81.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 281 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SIMPLETOUCH LLC | Niklas Baudy |
Customer experience
Meditation Timer
Unguided Meditation Timer
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
Unguided Meditation Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meditation Timer
- Meditate Pro Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Tibetan Bowl A$0.99
- Tibetan Bowl B$0.99
- Tibetan Bowl C$0.99
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- Tibetan Bowl D$0.99
- Tibetan Bowl E$0.99
- Tibetan Bowl F$0.99
- Chime Bundle$2.99
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
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