Comparison

Meditation Timer vs Lucid Timer

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

Lucid Timer

Features
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A free, simple, no-frills meditation timer to support your practice. Features include: - Choice of sounds to mark the beginning and end of your meditation session. - Optional countdown timer which allows you to get settled before the main timer starts. - Quick Start button on the Home Screen to start the timer immediately. - History section with simple charts and statistics to mark your progress and encourage your consistency. - Dark/light mode toggle button in Settings.

Screenshots

Meditation Timer4 screens
Lucid Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Lucid Timer at none against Meditation Timer's 8. Lucid Timer also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months) and device support (3 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. Lucid Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation Timer ships an update every 5 months, Lucid Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Meditation Timer versus Lucid Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation TimerLucid Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (281 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings281 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSIMPLETOUCH LLCDatla Raju

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

Lucid Timer

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
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  • Tibetan Bowl D$0.99
  • Tibetan Bowl E$0.99
  • Tibetan Bowl F$0.99
  • Chime Bundle$2.99
None

Lucid Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meditation Timer free?
Meditation Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lucid Timer free?
Lucid Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Meditation Timer or Lucid Timer have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer nor Lucid Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer or Lucid Timer?
Meditation Timer ships an update every 5 months, and Lucid Timer weekly. Most recently, Meditation Timer was updated on October 22, 2026 and Lucid Timer on October 25, 2026.

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