Comparison

Preset Meditation Timer vs MeditateTime

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

Head to head
About

Preset Meditation Timer

This app offers a free, ad-free meditation timer with customizable presets. It features gentle bell sounds or vibration to mark session start and end, with options for delays and volume control. It's suitable for meditation, zazen, yoga, and other mindful activities.

Highlights
  • Customizable timer presets
  • Gentle bell sounds or vibration
  • Adjustable bell volume
  • Start delay option
  • Light/Dark mode support
  • Silent mode compatible bell
Features
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Preset Meditation Timer is a completely free meditation timer with no ads. It plays gentle bell sounds recorded in a Buddhist temple in Japan, or vibration, to mark the beginning and end of your session. You can save multiple timer presets with custom names, and choose a short delay before the timer starts to give yourself time to settle your posture. Even when your device is in silent mode, the bell will still ring—allowing you to meditate without worrying about incoming call or message alerts. For the best experience, enabling “Do Not Disturb” during meditation is recommended. Although the app is designed for meditation practice, it is also suitable for zazen, yoga, and other mindful activities. May all beings be happy and live in peace. Features - Create / edit / delete timer presets - Choose a bell sound (Bell 1 / Bell 2 / Silent) - Enable / disable vibration (iPhone only) - Adjust bell volume - Enable / disable the starting bell - Set a delay before the timer begins - Light / Dark Mode support - Choose the timer screen appearance (Default / Light / Dark)

About

MeditateTime

A meditation timer designed to conserve battery by putting your device to sleep during sessions. It fosters motivation by showing the number of people meditating simultaneously and integrates with health apps to automatically save mindfulness data.

Highlights
  • Battery-saving sleep mode
  • Real-time meditator count
  • Health app integration
  • Customizable sounds
  • Community sharing
  • Map view of meditators (subscription)
Features
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MeditateTime is a simple meditation timer that works with health app. When you start meditating, the app puts your device to sleep so it doesn't drain your battery. "MeditateTime" always displays the number of people meditating at the same time on the top screen to increase the motivation of your meditation. You can also see each person's total meditation time and approximate position. You can start the session by just setting time and tap the START. Also, you can choose Meditation time to limitless. MeditateTime integrates Health App to use mindfulness datas. When you finish the meditation, MeditateTime saves your session data to your iPhone's mindfulness in the health app automatically. MeditateTime has many awesome sounds for starting, ending and preliminary notification of ending 3 minutes before. (To enable sound during device sleeping, it is needed to turn on notifications for MeditateTime in setting app.) Furthermore, the following functions can be added by registering a subscription. - Hide all ads. - Display the location of the person meditating on the map. MeditateTime supports a community of people who meditate. Enrich your meditation experience by sharing information. Terms of Use http://zekoo2017.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-6.html

Screenshots

Preset Meditation Timer4 screens
MeditateTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Preset Meditation Timer at none against MeditateTime's 2. Preset Meditation Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 75%). MeditateTime's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (16.1 vs 26.0). On price and device support 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. MeditateTime sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Preset Meditation Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Preset Meditation Timer ships an update every 2 months, MeditateTime every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and June 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Preset Meditation Timer versus MeditateTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPreset Meditation TimerMeditateTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNext SeeDYUKARI KIKUCHI

Customer experience

Preset Meditation Timer

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MeditateTime

Written reviews12 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

None

Preset Meditation Timer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

MeditateTime

Subscriptions2
  • General full-featured(1month)7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • General full-featured(3month)$7.993 Months

Questions

Is Preset Meditation Timer free?
Preset Meditation Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MeditateTime free?
MeditateTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Preset Meditation Timer or MeditateTime have ads?
MeditateTime shows ads; Preset Meditation Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Preset Meditation Timer or MeditateTime?
Preset Meditation Timer ships an update every 2 months, and MeditateTime every 3 weeks. Most recently, Preset Meditation Timer was updated on September 9, 2026 and MeditateTime on June 24, 2026.

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