Comparison

Insight Timer vs JCSkip

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Insight Timer

Access a vast library of guided meditations, breathwork, sleep stories, and yoga practices from world-renowned teachers. Build healthy routines, reduce stress, and improve sleep with daily new free content and a customizable meditation timer.

Highlights
  • Thousands of guided meditations
  • Breathwork and breathing exercises
  • Sleep meditations and sounds
  • Yoga, Pilates, and movement
  • Customizable meditation timer
  • Progress tracking and statistics
  • Community groups
Features
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The world’s most popular wellness app. * Apps of the Year Winner - TIME magazine and Women's Health * * More time is spent on Insight Timer than on all other wellbeing apps combined * * Happiest App in the World - Tristan Harris * Explore meditation, breathwork, sleep, yoga, Pilates, mindfulness, music, and more, with guidance from the world’s leading wellness teachers, meditation experts, neuroscientists, psychologists, and instructors. Join millions using Insight Timer to sleep better, reduce stress and anxiety, find focus, build healthy routines, move, stretch, and make more time for everyday wellbeing. With 100+ new free guided practices added daily, Insight Timer offers something for every part of your wellness journey. Whether you’re new to meditation or building a broader self-care routine, discover practices for mind and body that fit your day. FREE FEATURES: Thousands of guided meditations and mindfulness practices Breathwork and breathing exercises for relaxation, focus, and stress relief Yoga, Pilates, stretching, and movement practices Sleep meditations, sleep music, white noise, and ambient sounds Short meditation practices for mornings, evenings, and moments throughout your day The world’s most popular meditation Timer Follow your favorite teachers Community groups and features Stats and milestones for tracking your progress Integration with Apple Health Mindful Minutes Browse popular wellness topics, including: Sleep and deep rest Insomnia and better sleep Anxiety and stress relief Recovery & Addiction Support Trauma support ADHD and focus Mornings and daily routines Self-care and relaxation Mindfulness and meditation Breathwork Yoga Pilates Movement and stretching Manifesting and personal growth Self-love and compassion And much more. Explore content for every part of your day and life, including dedicated experiences for women and parents, as well as challenges and courses to support your routine. Learn from leading teachers, experts, and musicians, including: Tara Brach, Ph.D, founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington Mark Williams, Emeritus Professor at Oxford University Jack Kornfield, co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein Gil Fronsdal, Ph.D., at Stanford University Sadhguru Mooji Moby Sarah Blondin, Mary Maddux, Ajahn Achalo, Melissa Ambrosini, Bodhipaksa, Jonathan Lehmann, Jennifer Piercy, Bethany Auriel-Hagan, Kate James and many more. Explore practices and techniques, including: Secular Mindfulness Buddhist Mindfulness Zen Insight Meditation Vipassana MBSR Walking Meditation Breathing Meditation Kundalini Yoga Breathwork and breathing exercises Pilates Movement and exercise And many more. Join community groups for: Beginners Poetry Atheism Christianity Hinduism Transcendental Meditation And many more. PAID FEATURE - INSIGHT PREMIUM MEDITATION We have one optional in-app subscription. * Insight Courses * Listen offline (download guided meditations to your device) * Advanced Player (Repeat mode, Fast forward and Rewind, Pick-up where you left off) * High-Quality audio The subscription is available annually for US$59.99/year, or monthly for US$9.99/month. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account upon purchase confirmation and will automatically renew at the end of each term unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renew at any time from your iTunes account settings, but refunds will not be provided for unused portions of the term. Prices and currency will vary by location. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription, where applicable. The subscription will renew at the same cost. If you have questions, visit: https://help.insighttimer.com Privacy Policy - https://insighttimer.com/legal/privacy-policy Terms and Conditions - https://insighttimer.com/legal/terms-of-service

About

JCSkip

This app offers various jump rope modes like free jump, countdown, and challenge modes to make exercise fun. It connects via Bluetooth to sync real-time and historical data, helping you track progress and stay motivated. For iPhone users, it integrates with HealthKit to share exercise data.

Highlights
  • Multiple jump rope modes
  • Bluetooth data sync
  • Real-time and historical data tracking
  • Challenge modes
  • HealthKit integration (iOS)
Features
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JCSkip智能跳绳,主要功能介绍: —多种跳绳模式,让你在跳绳中找到乐趣。 —自由跳,倒计时跳,倒计数跳,主机和App自由切换。更有挑战模式,挑战你的最佳成绩,分享你的运动成果,让你越跳越自信! —蓝牙连接App,同步实时数据和历史数据,随时查看自己的跳绳成长记录。 - 如果您使用的是苹果手机,为了计算训练消耗,我们会在您授权的情况下从苹果的 HealthKit 接收和发送您的运动数据。 同时,您的JCSkip 生成的训练数据将与 Apple 的 HealthKit 同步。 通过使用 HealthKit 获得的任何信息,例如活动能量数据,不会共享或出售给任何第三方,包括广告商和其他代理。 JCSkip 总能激励您挑战更多! Skipping can help you burn your body fat more effective than running and walking. --JCSkip has multiple skip mode of Free jumping mode , Time countdown mode and Skips countdown mode , you can change different mode both from device and App. --JCSkip can connect with APP via BT4.0 , you can sync the real time data during skipping and sync history data after connected with APP. --On JCSkip APP , you can check the real time data when skipping , and join different level skipping group to challenge yourself , growing together with your friends . - If you are using an iPhone, we will receive and send your exercise data from Apple's HealthKit with your authorization in order to calculate training consumption. At the same time, the training data generated by your JCSkip will be synced with Apple's HealthKit. Any information obtained through the use of HealthKit, such as activity energy data, will not be shared or sold to any third party, including advertisers and other agents. JCSkip always inspires you to challenge more!

Screenshots

Insight Timer4 screens
JCSkip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Insight Timer at 70% against JCSkip's 0%. Insight Timer also leads on rating (4.9 vs 2.8) and ratings volume (449K vs 4). JCSkip's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). 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. Insight Timer sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. JCSkip asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Insight Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Insight Timer has 449K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Insight Timer's written reviews are positive against 0% of JCSkip's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Insight Timer ships an update weekly, JCSkip every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Insight Timer versus JCSkip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInsight TimerJCSkip
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (449K ratings) — better2.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings449K — better4
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
Best chart rank#15 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size232 MB20 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperInsight Network Inc立华 赵

Customer experience

Insight Timer

All ratings448,869 ratings
Positive98.2%
Neutral1.0%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews2,930 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative22.9%

JCSkip

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Insight Timer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Timer frequently pausing or shutting down during use
  • Inconsistent tracking of meditation streaks and progress
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Inability to leave reviews for meditations

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to sort/filter bookmarked meditations
  • Option to disable opening quotes and mood check-ins
  • Improved offline functionality and caching
  • More customization options for the timer
  • Better community features and social integration

JCSkip

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Insight Timer

Subscriptions4
  • Insight Premium Meditation$9.991 Month
  • Insight Premium Meditation7 Days trial2 variants$59.991 Year
  • Insight Premium Meditation1 Month trial$59.991 Year
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  • MemberPlus Family7 Days trial$89.991 Year
One-time5
  • Teacher Donation (XS)$1.99
  • Live Event Ticket$3.49
  • Teacher Donation (S)$4.99
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  • Teacher Donation (M)$19.99
  • Teacher Donation (L)$49.99
None

JCSkip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Insight Timer free?
Insight Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JCSkip free?
JCSkip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Insight Timer or JCSkip?
Insight Timer is rated higher. Insight Timer averages 4.9 out of 5 from 449K ratings, while JCSkip averages 2.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Insight Timer or JCSkip have ads?
Neither Insight Timer nor JCSkip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Insight Timer or JCSkip?
Insight Timer ships an update weekly, and JCSkip every 3 weeks. Most recently, Insight Timer was updated on November 8, 2026 and JCSkip on November 3, 2026.

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