Insight Timer vs Focus with Mimo
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
Focus with Mimo
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Less scrolling. More living. Mimo helps you put your phone down for the moments that matter: a slow morning, an hour of deep work, the gym, dinner with the people you love, winding down before bed. Each one is a Presence Mode. Start it from the app, a widget or a schedule, and set the phone aside. A LITTLE CAT THAT GROWS WITH YOUR TIME AWAY Mimo is a small pixel cat who keeps you company. Finished modes earn XP and Sparks, and Mimo grows from kitten to young cat to adult. Grown-up Mimo takes on a nature from the modes you use most: a Heartkeeper from Family Time, a Dreamer from Wind Down, a Deep Thinker from focused work, or a mix of two. Nothing is earned by opening the app, and nothing ever takes XP away. QUIET THE APPS THAT PULL YOU BACK With Screen Time access, each mode can quiet the apps you choose in Apple's own picker. While it runs, those apps show a calm screen with a single Close button. When the mode ends, they come back on their own, even if Mimo is closed. There is always an exit: End is one tap, and "Restore all access" lifts everything at once. Without Screen Time access, modes still work as gentle reminders. BORING ON PURPOSE During a mode, Mimo shows a dim screen, a calm cat and the time. No feed, no stats, no streaks. When you come back, Mimo celebrates with you and asks, only if you like, how it felt. STARTS WHERE YOUR DAY IS • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets that start a mode with one tap • A Live Activity and Dynamic Island countdown • Schedules that start a mode on their own, like Family Time at 6 PM • Tiny quests with no deadlines, and cosmetic things for Mimo bought with Sparks WARM, NEVER GUILTY No streaks to break, no sad cat, no "you missed". Quiet days simply don't count. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no analytics and no network at all. Mimo never sees which apps you use: iOS only tells it how many you picked. Everything stays on your iPhone. Present time is the time you spend inside Presence Modes. It shows your intentions, not a measure of how little you used your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Focus with Mimo at none against Insight Timer's 10. Insight Timer's advantage is chart position (#16 vs unranked) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Insight Timer sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Focus with Mimo asks for nothing beyond the download.
Insight Timer ships an update weekly, Focus with Mimo every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Insight Timer | Focus with Mimo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (449K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 449K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Best chart rank | #16 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 231 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Insight Network Inc | Queency Kay Koh |
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
Focus with Mimo
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
- Live Event Ticket$3.49
- Teacher Donation (S)$4.99
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- Teacher Donation (M)$19.99
- Teacher Donation (L)$49.99
Focus with Mimo
No in-app purchases









