Comparison

Meditation Timer vs Fable Journal

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
Read full description

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

Fable Journal

This app transforms spoken thoughts into written journal entries, offering various writing styles and lengths. It provides features like search, weekly summaries, and mood analytics, all designed with user privacy in mind.

Highlights
  • Voice-to-journal entries
  • Multiple writing styles
  • Customizable entry length
  • Searchable entry archive
  • Weekly letter summaries
  • Mood analytics
  • One-tap export
Features
Read full description

Most journals die on the blank page. You sit down, the cursor blinks, and you close the app. Fable Journal removes that moment entirely. Speak for ten seconds about your day. Fable — the writer inside the app — turns what you said into a real journal entry: written properly, in your voice, worth reading back in a year. HOW IT WORKS 1. Tap once and talk. A sentence is enough. Ramble if you want. 2. Fable writes the entry. 3. Read it back, keep it, and get on with your day. That's the whole thing. Most entries take under a minute. WRITTEN THE WAY YOU WANT Choose how your entries read, and change your mind whenever: - Literary — imagery and rhythm. Reads like a novel. - Plain — clear and honest. No flourish. - Warm — like a kind friend retelling your day. Pick the length too, from a few lines to a full page. WHAT YOU GET - Voice-to-journal entries in three writing styles - Your full entry archive, searchable and dated - Weekly letter — your week, gathered into something readable - Memory search — find the day you're half-remembering - Year in review — what the year actually held - Mood analytics — how your emotional life has shifted over time - Export everything, any time, in one tap PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your journal is yours. Entries are protected by per-account database rules, so no other account can read them. We don't sell your data, we don't show ads, and we never use your journal to train AI models. Export or delete everything whenever you want. FOR THE PEOPLE WHO'VE QUIT BEFORE If you've started a journal three times and stopped three times, this was built for you. The people who keep journaling are the ones who never had to face a blank page. That's the entire idea. PLANS Start free with up to 5 entries — they don't expire. Student ($4/month or $39/year) adds the weekly letter and memory search. Pro ($9/month or $79/year) adds year in review, mood analytics, and export. Subscriptions are billed through your Apple ID and renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.fablejournal.com/privacy Terms: https://www.fablejournal.com/terms

Screenshots

Meditation Timer4 screens
Fable Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fable Journal at 5.0 against Meditation Timer's 4.4. Fable Journal also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Meditation Timer's advantage is ratings volume (281 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Fable Journal sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fable Journal 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation Timer ships an update every 5 months, Fable Journal every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Meditation Timer versus Fable Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation TimerFable Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (281 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings281 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB2 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSIMPLETOUCH LLCOLGA MIKHAILOVNA VAKULICH

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

Fable Journal

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
4 purchases

Fable Journal

Subscriptions4
  • Student Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Pro Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Student Yearly$39.991 Year
Show 1 more
  • Pro Yearly$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Meditation Timer free?
Meditation Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fable Journal free?
Fable Journal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Meditation Timer or Fable Journal?
Fable Journal is rated higher. Meditation Timer averages 4.4 out of 5 from 281 ratings, while Fable Journal averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Meditation Timer or Fable Journal have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer nor Fable Journal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer or Fable Journal?
Meditation Timer ships an update every 5 months, and Fable Journal every 3 days. Most recently, Meditation Timer was updated on October 31, 2026 and Fable Journal on November 6, 2026.

Other comparisons