Comparison

Insight Timer vs MySage

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 thousands of guided meditations, music tracks, and talks from world-renowned experts to calm your mind, reduce anxiety, and improve sleep. Daily new content is added, catering to both beginners and experienced practitioners.

Highlights
  • Thousands of guided meditations
  • Music tracks and ambient sounds
  • Meditation timer
  • Community discussion groups
  • Progress tracking
  • Offline listening (premium)
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

MySage

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MySage is the AI companion with a personality worth coming back to. Give her a name. Pick her tone. Then talk. She remembers what matters, brings it back when it counts, and never turns your life into a list. SHE HAS A VOICE Seven tones: Gentle, Natural, Sharp, Ribbing, Dramatic, Coach and Mate. Or leave her on Natural and let her read the room, shifting as the conversation does. Curious, funny, blunt or quiet, depending on what you brought her. Name her whatever you like. She will tell you what she makes of it. SHE REMEMBERS YOU After every conversation she quietly learns: your patterns, your people, the things you are keeping. Memory stays in the background and shows up as the occasional gem, not a recap. MARKERS Count the days since something began, or since something stopped. Name what you are keeping and the count takes care of itself. She knows the milestones, never the details you did not share. CHECK-INS, ON YOUR TERMS A few messages a day, in a window you choose, written from your own conversation and delivered with the ping you picked. If you stop replying, she stops. HEARD, NOT JUST READ Any reply can be read aloud in a natural voice, female or male, your choice. YOURS, EVERYWHERE Everything syncs through your own iCloud, encrypted with a key only your devices hold. Clear a conversation or start over on one device and the others follow. Sign out everywhere with one tap. NINE LANGUAGES English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Russian, Chinese and Japanese. She replies in yours. PRIVACY, AS BUILT Your conversations live on your device and in your own iCloud, encrypted. We do not store them, sell them, or train on them. Delete everything, on every device, from Settings. WHAT YOU GET Free: 10 messages a day, memory, markers, Words of Wisdom, replies read aloud on tap, and sync through your own iCloud. MySage Pro, 3 days free, then weekly, monthly or yearly: unlimited conversation, replies read aloud automatically, check-ins, and our most capable model. Cancel anytime. Built by Drawbridge Studio. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://mysage.guru/privacy.html

Screenshots

Insight Timer4 screens
MySage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Insight Timer at #16 against MySage's unranked. Insight Timer also leads on device support (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 12 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and MySage sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Insight Timer ships an update weekly, MySage every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Insight Timer versus MySage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInsight TimerMySage
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (448K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings448K — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#16 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB57 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperInsight Network IncSteven Decia

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

MySage

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 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-time8
  • Teacher Donation (XS)$1.99
  • Meditation Course: Single Use$4.99
  • Teacher Donation (S)$4.99
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  • Meditation Course: Multi Use$19.99
  • Truth Anxiety course – Own$19.99
  • Teacher Donation (M)$19.99
  • Teacher Donation (L)$49.99
  • Teacher Donation (XL)$99.99
1 purchases

MySage

Subscriptions1
  • MySage Premium7 Days trial$9.991 Month

Questions

Is Insight Timer free?
Insight Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MySage free?
MySage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Insight Timer or MySage have ads?
Neither Insight Timer nor MySage shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Insight Timer or MySage?
Insight Timer ships an update weekly, and MySage every 5 days. Most recently, Insight Timer was updated on October 26, 2026 and MySage on October 19, 2026.

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