Insight Timer vs Medito
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
Medito
This app offers a tranquil space for daily mindfulness, featuring guided breathing exercises, meditation sessions, and sleep aids. It integrates with Apple devices and HealthKit, with a focus on gentle progress tracking and privacy.
- Guided breathing exercises
- Meditation sessions
- Sleep wind-down modes
- Ambient soundscapes
- Apple Watch companion
- HealthKit integration
- Gentle progress tracking
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Medito is a quiet space for your day — designed for people who want meditation to feel like a soft place, not another habit tracker. THREE MODES, ONE BREATH Choose Breathe to settle your nervous system, Meditate to sit with awareness, or Sleep to wind down. Each mode is guided by a living orb that gently expands and softens with your breath, paired with subtle haptics and a phase-locked breath cue you can feel as much as hear. HAND-PICKED AMBIENT SOUNDSCAPES Layer in rain on a window, ocean at low tide, a forest at dawn, a flowing stream, a crackling fireplace, or crickets at dusk. All recordings loop seamlessly with a soft cross-fade. Explore the Sound Lab to preview and mix. MINDFUL PHONE — NEW Meditate your phone, not just your mind. Mindful Phone is the fourth orb on Home. • A calm home screen of words — launcher widgets with only the apps you choose, a clock and a plain wallpaper • A pause before the apps that pull you in, with a slow breath before you go on — and on iOS 26.4 or later, a moment to say why now and how long you need • Pause all day or on a schedule, go strict when it matters, or let your iPhone's Sleep or Work Focus switch it on • Describe your goal in words and get a plan, using on-device Apple Intelligence where available • Insights that compare today with a usual day: pickups, your hardest hours and the time your pauses won back Screen Time data is worked out on your iPhone and never leaves it. Mindful Phone needs Screen Time access. ACROSS YOUR APPLE DEVICES • Apple Watch companion — start a session straight from your wrist with haptic-only breath cues • Widgets — your streak, total minutes, and per-mode quick-start tiles right on your Home Screen and Lock Screen • Live Activities — see your remaining time on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island while you sit • iCloud sync (Pro) — your streak, stats, and preferences follow you to every device, instantly • Awake Display — Medito gently keeps the screen on during a session so the orb stays with you GENTLE PROGRESS, NEVER PRESSURE • Track your streak, total minutes, and total sessions • Log a one-tap mood after each session and watch patterns emerge over time • Set a soft daily reminder at the time that suits you — it nudges, it doesn't nag • Open Health to write your mindful minutes back to Apple Health automatically MEDITO PRO • Every session length — up to 15 minutes to breathe, 30 to meditate and 45 to sleep • The full ambient sound library • iCloud sync of your streak, stats and preferences Choose yearly or monthly, both with a 2-week free trial for new subscribers, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions can be shared with your family through Family Sharing. The free tier always includes Breathe, Meditate and Sleep at core lengths, your streak and stats, widgets, Live Activities, the Apple Watch app, Apple Health and two ambient sounds. No ads, ever. MEDITO + MINDFUL PHONE Everything in Medito Pro, plus Mindful Phone. Yearly or every 3 months, both with a 2-week free trial for new subscribers, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Moving up from a Medito Pro subscription replaces it, so you're never billed for both. Own Medito Pro Lifetime? Add Mindful Phone for life on its own. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage them in your App Store account settings. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up, no email • No analytics, no advertising, no third-party trackers • Your stats live on your device and in your private iCloud — never on our servers, because we don't run servers • HealthKit data is read and written only with your explicit permission and never leaves Apple's protected store DURATIONS THAT FIT YOUR LIFE From a one-minute reset before a meeting to a forty-five-minute wind-down on a slow Sunday evening, Medito meets you where you are. Open it. Breathe once. See how you feel. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Insight Timer at 449K against Medito's 4. Insight Timer also leads on chart position (#15 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Insight Timer sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Medito sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Insight Timer against 4.8 for Medito. 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.
Insight Timer ships an update weekly, Medito every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Insight Timer | Medito |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (449K ratings) — better | 4.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 449K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #15 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 231 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Insight Network Inc | Raghava Naidu |
Customer experience
Insight Timer
Medito
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
Medito
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
- Meditation Course: Single Use$4.99
- Teacher Donation (S)$4.99
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- Live Event Ticket$13.99
- 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
Medito
- Medito Pro Monthly14 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Medito Pro Yearly14 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Medito Pro$49.99








