Comparison

Mindfulness Bell vs Pocket Meditation Timer

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

Head to head
About

Mindfulness Bell

This app plays the sound of a Tibetan Singing Bowl at set or random intervals to help you return to the present moment. It includes a meditation timer to enhance your practice. The app continues to ring even when not actively open.

Highlights
  • Tibetan Singing Bowl sounds
  • Scheduled interval reminders
  • Random interval reminders
  • Meditation timer
  • Background operation
Features
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Rings a beautiful Tibetan Singing Bowl at a specified interval - or random intervals - throughout the day. The sound of these beautiful bells can help bring you back to your true center - and back into the present moment. Simply set the times that you want to hear the bell and tap Start. You can then exit the app and the bells will continue to ring throughout the scheduled time period. A meditation timer using our lovely bells is also included to help you with your meditation practice. ==================================================== Our Privacy Policy: https://spotlightsix.com/privacypolicy Our Terms of Service: https://spotlightsix.com/tcc_terms.html

About

Pocket Meditation Timer

This app helps users focus on their meditation practice without worrying about time. It offers customizable timers with unique sounds, background options, and reminders to support mindfulness and stress reduction.

Highlights
  • Customizable meditation schedules
  • Prepare, interval, and cool down timers
  • Unique sound options for each section
  • Shake to change background images
  • Unlimited practice reminders
  • Password protection
Features
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No matter if you are going to join meditators, a beginner or practice meditation for a long time, Meditation Timer 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: ⁃ One Default meditation schedule and you can edit it. ⁃ 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. ⁃ Create unlimited reminders to remind you practicing meditation. ⁃ Passwords protection. ⁃ Vibrate or not when switching sections. ⁃ With or without sound. ⁃ Support iPod media background. ⁃ Supports Today Widget. ⁃ Supports transferring data to Health app. ⁃ Supports universal version. If you have any question or suggestion, please contact us by userfeed@vip.tom.com.

Screenshots

Mindfulness Bell4 screens
Pocket Meditation Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pocket Meditation Timer at none against Mindfulness Bell's 2. Pocket Meditation Timer also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 59%). Mindfulness Bell's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mindfulness Bell sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Pocket Meditation Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mindfulness Bell holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mindfulness Bell has 12K ratings behind it against 1.5K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of Mindfulness Bell's written reviews are positive against 79% of Pocket Meditation Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindfulness Bell ships an update every 3 weeks, Pocket Meditation Timer every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Mindfulness Bell versus Pocket Meditation Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindfulness BellPocket Meditation Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (12K ratings) — better4.4 (1.5K ratings)
Positive reviews58.6% of reviews79.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12K — better1.5K
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpotlight Six Software LLC倩 赵

Customer experience

Mindfulness Bell

All ratings11,816 ratings
Positive90.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews415 reviews
Positive58.6%
Neutral8.4%
Negative33.0%

Pocket Meditation Timer

All ratings1,440 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral5.0%
Negative9.9%
Written reviews532 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral6.4%
Negative14.5%

User reviews

Mindfulness Bell

From 12K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎶 Lovely bell sounds
  • 💤 Helpful for meditation and mindfulness
  • ⏰ Useful timer and reminder features
  • 🕰️ Simple and easy to use

Room to improve

  • 🔇 Bell doesn't always sound as expected
  • 🔋 Drains battery quickly
  • 📵 Doesn't work when phone is locked
  • 🤔 Confusing or limited settings

Pocket Meditation Timer

From 1.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🕰️ Customizable timer options
  • 🔔 Pleasant chime sounds
  • 🧘‍♀️ Helpful for meditation practice
  • 📊 Syncs with Health app

Room to improve

  • 📢 Disruptive ads with sound
  • 🔇 Ads ruin meditation experience
  • 🔁 Can't save multiple timer settings
  • 🔋 Battery drain issues

Bugs and requests

Mindfulness Bell

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when starting timer
  • Purchased bells not working as expected
  • Random bell feature not functioning properly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Allow customization of bell sounds
  • Add option to run in background without draining battery
  • Improve reliability of bell notifications
  • Expand timer and scheduling options

Pocket Meditation Timer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Timer issues (minutes counting as seconds, not working properly)
  • App freezing or crashing

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to pay for ad-free version
  • Ability to save multiple timer presets
  • Background ambient sounds during meditation
  • Interval chimes at custom time points

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mindfulness Bell

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Bell Upgrade One Year$1.991 Year
One-time1
  • Full Upgrade$0.99
None

Pocket Meditation Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mindfulness Bell free?
Mindfulness Bell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pocket Meditation Timer free?
Pocket Meditation Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mindfulness Bell or Pocket Meditation Timer?
Mindfulness Bell is rated higher. Mindfulness Bell averages 4.6 out of 5 from 12K ratings, while Pocket Meditation Timer averages 4.4 from 1.5K ratings.
Do Mindfulness Bell or Pocket Meditation Timer have ads?
Pocket Meditation Timer shows ads; Mindfulness Bell does not.
Which is updated more often, Mindfulness Bell or Pocket Meditation Timer?
Mindfulness Bell ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pocket Meditation Timer every 7 months. Most recently, Mindfulness Bell was updated on October 31, 2026 and Pocket Meditation Timer on October 29, 2026.

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