Meditation Timer vs Preset 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/
Preset Meditation Timer
This app offers a free, ad-free meditation timer with customizable presets. It features gentle bell sounds or vibration to mark session start and end, with options for delays and volume control. It's suitable for meditation, zazen, yoga, and other mindful activities.
- Customizable timer presets
- Gentle bell sounds or vibration
- Adjustable bell volume
- Start delay option
- Light/Dark mode support
- Silent mode compatible bell
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Preset Meditation Timer is a completely free meditation timer with no ads. It plays gentle bell sounds recorded in a Buddhist temple in Japan, or vibration, to mark the beginning and end of your session. You can save multiple timer presets with custom names, and choose a short delay before the timer starts to give yourself time to settle your posture. Even when your device is in silent mode, the bell will still ring—allowing you to meditate without worrying about incoming call or message alerts. For the best experience, enabling “Do Not Disturb” during meditation is recommended. Although the app is designed for meditation practice, it is also suitable for zazen, yoga, and other mindful activities. May all beings be happy and live in peace. Features - Create / edit / delete timer presets - Choose a bell sound (Bell 1 / Bell 2 / Silent) - Enable / disable vibration (iPhone only) - Adjust bell volume - Enable / disable the starting bell - Set a delay before the timer begins - Light / Dark Mode support - Choose the timer screen appearance (Default / Light / Dark)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Preset Meditation Timer at none against Meditation Timer's 8. Preset Meditation Timer also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (91% vs 75%). Meditation Timer's advantage is ratings volume (281 vs 6) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Meditation Timer sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Preset Meditation Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Preset Meditation Timer 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 6, 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 91% of Preset Meditation Timer's.
Meditation Timer ships an update every 5 months, Preset Meditation Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meditation Timer | Preset Meditation Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (281 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.8% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 281 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SIMPLETOUCH LLC | Next SeeD |
Customer experience
Meditation Timer
Preset 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
Preset 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
Preset Meditation Timer
No in-app purchases
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