Comparison

Meditation Timer vs Reliev

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

Reliev

This app provides a minimalist meditation timer with customizable sounds and durations. It offers background playback, saved timer setups, and a private practice calendar without any ads or in-app purchases.

Highlights
  • Customizable timer (5-120 minutes)
  • Choice of sounds (Forest, Ocean, Ambient, Silence)
  • Optional opening and closing gongs
  • Background and lock-screen playback
  • Saved timer setups
  • Private practice calendar and streak tracking
Features
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For many people, meditation does not need a course or a library of content. It needs a timer, an optional sound, and a moment to begin. Reliev is a simple, beautiful meditation timer with calming sounds. Choose Forest, Ocean, Ambient, or Silence. Set a time from 5 minutes to 2 hours. Add a gentle opening and closing gong if you want. Then start and breathe. EVERYTHING YOU NEED - A simple timer from 5 to 120 minutes - Forest, Ocean, Ambient, or complete silence - Optional opening and closing gong - Background and lock-screen playback - Saved timer setups for one-tap access - A private practice calendar and streak NOTHING YOU DON'T No courses to browse. No feed. No account. No ads. No subscription. No in-app purchases. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Reliev has no account, analytics, advertising, tracking, or third-party SDKs. Your saved timers, settings, and practice calendar stay on your iPhone. The app sends nothing to Reliev or any Reliev cloud. A sound. A length. Breathe.

Screenshots

Meditation Timer4 screens
Reliev4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Reliev at 5.0 against Meditation Timer's 4.4. Reliev also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 8). Meditation Timer's advantage is ratings volume (281 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Reliev asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Reliev 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.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Meditation Timer versus Reliev: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation TimerReliev
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (281 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings281 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSIMPLETOUCH LLCMPB7 LLC

Customer experience

Meditation Timer

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

Reliev

All ratings1 ratings
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

Reliev

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

Reliev

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meditation Timer free?
Meditation Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reliev free?
Reliev is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Meditation Timer or Reliev?
Reliev is rated higher. Meditation Timer averages 4.4 out of 5 from 281 ratings, while Reliev averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Meditation Timer or Reliev have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer nor Reliev shows ads.

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