Comparison

Meditation Timer Pro vs Center Meditation Timer

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

Head to head
About

Meditation Timer Pro

This app assists users of all meditation experience levels in practicing mindfulness. It offers customizable timers with interval bells, background sounds, and visual themes to enhance focus and relaxation. Track your progress with detailed logs and statistics, and set reminders to maintain a consistent practice.

Highlights
  • Customizable meditation timer
  • Interval and cool down times
  • Unique sound options
  • Background images with shake to change
  • Automatic meditation logging
  • Powerful statistics
  • Unlimited practice reminders
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: ⁃ Default meditations and you can custom you own. ⁃ 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. ⁃ Save meditation logs automatically and you can add logs manually. ⁃ Powerful statistics function. ⁃ Create unlimited reminders to remind you practicing meditation. ⁃ Passwords protection. ⁃ Vibrate or not when switching sections. ⁃ With or without sound. ⁃ Support iPod media background. ⁃ Share to Facebook or Twitter. ⁃ Adds 3D Touch function. ⁃ Supports Apple Watch version. ⁃ Supports Today Widget. ⁃ Supports transferring data to Health app. ⁃ Supports Dropbox backup and restore. ⁃ Supports iCloud backup and restore. ⁃ Supports universal version. Apple Health Meditation Timer Pro is able to write meditate data only according to your permissions and preferences. If allowing MEDITATION to write data, you could transfer the meditate data to Health App easily. If you have any question or suggestion, please contact us by userfeed@vip.tom.com.

About

Center Meditation Timer

A silent meditation timer designed for serious practitioners. It offers a minimalist interface with customizable session lengths, intervals, and sounds. Track your progress without pressure or gamification.

Highlights
  • Silent timer with optional bells
  • Customizable session lengths and intervals
  • Minimalist interface with themes
  • Daily reminders and widgets
  • Apple Watch support
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Center is a silent meditation timer for serious practice. No guides, no voices, no lessons, and no music. Center exists for people who already know why they meditate and want a calm, precise tool to support long-term practice. Start a session in one tap. Practice in silence or with simple bells. Customize session lengths, intervals, sounds, and themes to match your ritual. Center works across all Apple platforms and stays out of your way. # Designed for real practice • Silent timer with optional bells and intervals • Fully customizable session lengths • Minimal interface with multiple themes • Widgets and daily reminders • Apple Watch support • Syncs seamlessly with iCloud # Optional tracking, never pressure • View trends and streaks if you want them • Manually log sessions when needed • No rankings, no goals, no gamification # Built to last • No subscriptions • No ads • No data harvesting • Supported by optional donations Center is not a course, a coach, or a content platform. It is a quiet instrument for mindfulness, offered with restraint and intention. If Center supports your practice, you may choose to support its continued development.

Screenshots

Meditation Timer Pro4 screens
Center Meditation Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Center Meditation Timer at Free against Meditation Timer Pro's $1.99. Center Meditation Timer also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and device support (6 vs 3). Meditation Timer Pro's advantage is review sentiment (95% vs 70%) and chart position (#43 vs unranked). On rating, ratings volume, 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

Center Meditation Timer is free to download; Meditation Timer Pro costs $1.99 up front. Meditation Timer Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Center Meditation Timer sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Meditation Timer Pro against 4.7 for Center Meditation Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 777 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Meditation Timer Pro's written reviews are positive against 70% of Center Meditation Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation Timer Pro ships an update every 7 months, Center Meditation Timer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Meditation Timer Pro versus Center Meditation Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation Timer ProCenter Meditation Timer
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better4.7 (777 ratings)
Positive reviews95.0% of reviews — better70.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better777
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#43 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer倩 赵Tanner Christensen

Customer experience

Meditation Timer Pro

All ratings1,153 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.1%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews584 reviews
Positive95.0%
Neutral1.7%
Negative3.3%

Center Meditation Timer

All ratings777 ratings
Positive92.7%
Neutral3.9%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews185 reviews
Positive70.3%
Neutral10.8%
Negative18.9%

User reviews

Meditation Timer Pro

From 1.2K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 💻 Easy to set and use
  • 👍 Simple and easy to use
  • 👍 Flexible and easy to use
  • 👍 Straightforward and intuitive
  • 👍 Customizable

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and glitches
  • 🔇 Limited sound options
  • 🔇 Abrupt ending of sounds
  • 🔇 Lack of volume control
  • 🔒 Subscription model change for existing users

Center Meditation Timer

From 777 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Simple and efficient
  • 👍 Minimalist and focused design
  • 🌟 Elegant and calming UI
  • 💰 Free with no ads or subscriptions
  • 🔒 No data collection

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bugs with interval sounds and end chime
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🔇 Doesn't work in silent mode
  • ⏱️ Timer stops when screen locks
  • 🕰️ No option for open-ended meditation

Bugs and requests

Meditation Timer Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Timer stopping unexpectedly
  • Connectivity issues with Apple Watch app
  • Inconsistent behavior with background music volume

Requested features

6 requests
  • More interval chime options
  • Ability to edit existing meditation settings
  • Vibration alerts on Apple Watch
  • Customizable background images
  • Numerical rating system for sessions
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  • Ability to set custom times for interval bells

Center Meditation Timer

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Interval sounds not playing consistently
  • Timer stopping when screen locks or goes to sleep
  • Sync issues between iPhone and Apple Watch app
  • Inability to change screen sleep settings

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add Apple Watch complications and background tracking
  • Allow manual entry of meditation sessions
  • Extend bell/chime duration for better resonance
  • Add option to play background nature sounds

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Meditation Timer Pro

Subscriptions3
  • Premium - 1 month7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Premium - 6 months1 Month trial$5.496 Months
  • Premium - 1 year3 Months trial$9.991 Year
6 purchases

Center Meditation Timer

One-time6
  • Donate $1$0.99
  • Donate $2$1.99
  • Donate $3$2.99
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  • Donate $4$3.99
  • Donate $5$4.99
  • Donate $18$17.99

Questions

Is Meditation Timer Pro free?
Meditation Timer Pro costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Center Meditation Timer free?
Center Meditation Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Meditation Timer Pro or Center Meditation Timer?
Meditation Timer Pro is rated higher. Meditation Timer Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Center Meditation Timer averages 4.7 from 777 ratings.
Do Meditation Timer Pro or Center Meditation Timer have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer Pro nor Center Meditation Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer Pro or Center Meditation Timer?
Meditation Timer Pro ships an update every 7 months, and Center Meditation Timer every 3 weeks. Most recently, Meditation Timer Pro was updated on September 23, 2026 and Center Meditation Timer on September 24, 2026.

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