Insight Timer vs Meditation Timer Pro for iPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Insight Timer
This app offers a vast library of guided meditations, breathwork exercises, sleep stories, and movement practices from leading wellness experts. It helps users reduce stress, improve sleep, and build healthier routines with daily new content and community features.
- Thousands of guided meditations
- Breathwork and breathing exercises
- Sleep meditations and sounds
- Yoga, Pilates, and movement practices
- Customizable meditation timer
- Community groups and features
- Progress tracking and stats
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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
Meditation Timer Pro for iPad
This app helps users focus on their meditation practice by managing time and providing customizable features. It supports various meditation styles and offers tools for stress reduction and enhanced well-being. Practice anywhere, anytime with personalized settings and progress tracking.
- Customizable meditation sessions
- Prepare, interval, and cool-down timers
- Unique sound settings
- Background customization
- Meditation log saving
- Practice reminders
- Password protection
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No matter if you are going to join meditators, a beginner or practice meditation for a long time, Meditation Timer Pro can help you do it better. You can just focus on meditation without thinking about the time. Meditation is a classic, simple and inexpensive way to lead you into wonderful state of inner peace and inner calm, and it helps to keep you relax from anxious, tense, worried etc and also stress reduction, meditation enhance your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. With Meditation Timer, you can practice meditation anywhere and anytime. Key Features: ⁃ Default meditations and you can custom you own. ⁃ With prepare time, interval time and cool down time. ⁃ Set unique sound for beginning, interval switching, ending and cool down end. ⁃ Sounds play one, two or three times. ⁃ Ten amazing background pictures, shake to change. ⁃ Start, stop, restart or resume meditation. ⁃ Hide the time. ⁃ Save meditation logs automatically and you can add logs manually. ⁃ Powerful statistics function. ⁃ Create unlimited reminders to remind you practicing meditation. ⁃ Passwords protection. ⁃ With or without sound. ⁃ Support iPod media background. ⁃ Supports adding users' own pictures add background. ⁃ Supports settings default background picture. ⁃ Supports Today Widget. ⁃ Supports Dropbox backup and restore. If you have any question or suggestion, please contact us by maxwellapp@tom.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Insight Timer at Free against Meditation Timer Pro for iPad's $1.99. Insight Timer also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (449K vs 151). Meditation Timer Pro for iPad's advantage is review sentiment (94% vs 70%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On 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
Insight Timer is free to download; Meditation Timer Pro for iPad costs $1.99 up front. Insight Timer sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Meditation Timer Pro for iPad sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Insight Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Insight Timer has 449K ratings behind it against 151, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 70% of Insight Timer's written reviews are positive against 94% of Meditation Timer Pro for iPad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Insight Timer ships an update weekly, Meditation Timer Pro for iPad every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Insight Timer | Meditation Timer Pro for iPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (449K ratings) — better | 4.6 (151 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | 93.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 449K — better | 151 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #15 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 231 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Insight Network Inc | 倩 赵 |
Customer experience
Insight Timer
Meditation Timer Pro for iPad
User reviews
Insight Timer
From 449K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 💤 Great for sleep and relaxation
- 🌍 Diverse range of teachers and content
- 🕰️ Customizable timer with bells/chimes
- 🆓 Generous free content
- 🧠 Helps with anxiety, stress, and mental health
Room to improve
- 🤖 Overly commercialized with constant upselling
- 🔒 Privacy concerns with mandatory account creation
- 🔀 Confusing and cluttered user interface
- 🐛 Bugs, crashes, and technical issues
- 🔒 Paywall blocking access to core features
Meditation Timer Pro for iPad
From 151 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Excellent app
- 👍 Great for meditation
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 👍 Highly customizable
- 👍 Versatile for different meditations
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional freezing or crashing issues
- 🐛 Inconsistent behavior with sounds/chimes
- 🔋 Drains device battery
- 📱 No landscape mode support
- 🖼️ Difficulty customizing backgrounds
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
Meditation Timer Pro for iPad
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timer freezing or stopping unexpectedly
- Chimes/sounds not playing correctly
- Incompatibility issues with certain devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add music/ambient sound options
- Allow multiple interval lengths in a single session
- Integrate with calendar/scheduling apps
- Enable landscape mode
- Improve background customization options
In-app purchases
Insight Timer
- 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
- 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
Meditation Timer Pro for iPad
- Premium - 1 month7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Premium - 6 months1 Month trial$5.496 Months
- Premium - 1 year3 Months trial$9.991 Year
Questions
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