Comparison

Meditation Timer Pro vs Unguided 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

Unguided Meditation Timer

This app provides a simple timer for unguided meditation sessions. Customize your meditation duration and choose from eight distinct gongs. Track your progress with a built-in meditation calendar.

Highlights
  • Customizable meditation time
  • 8 different gongs
  • Meditation calendar
  • Vipassana meditation support
  • Anapana meditation support
  • Insight timer functionality
Features
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With this simple Meditation Timer, you can start your unguided meditation. The Meditation Timer allows you to adjust the meditation time. Also, the Meditation Timer offers 8 different gongs. Every time you meditate, the Meditation Timer will update the meditation calendar. Meditation timer can do all the following: - Vipassana meditation - Anapana meditation - Insight timer How to meditate using this meditation Timer? - Configure the Meditation Timer and start the clock - Breathe in - Breathe out Enjoy this Meditation Timer. Also known as a meditation clock. https://vanniktech.de/MeditationTimer/privacy_policy.html https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Meditation Timer Pro4 screens
Unguided Meditation Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Unguided Meditation Timer at Free against Meditation Timer Pro's $1.99. Unguided Meditation Timer also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). Meditation Timer Pro's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 20). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Unguided 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 Unguided Meditation Timer sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Meditation Timer Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meditation Timer Pro has 1.2K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Meditation Timer Pro's written reviews are positive against 82% of Unguided Meditation Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation Timer Pro ships an update every 7 months, Unguided Meditation Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Meditation Timer Pro versus Unguided Meditation Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation Timer ProUnguided Meditation Timer
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better4.3 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews95.1% of reviews — better81.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better20
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB91 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer倩 赵Niklas Baudy

Customer experience

Meditation Timer Pro

All ratings1,153 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.1%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews586 reviews
Positive95.1%
Neutral1.7%
Negative3.2%

Unguided Meditation Timer

All ratings20 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

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

Unguided Meditation Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
4 purchases

Unguided Meditation Timer

One-time4
  • Unlimited audio files$1.99
  • Unlimited colors$1.99
  • Remove ads$2.99
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  • Premium - Unlock everything$5.99

Questions

Is Meditation Timer Pro free?
Meditation Timer Pro costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Unguided Meditation Timer free?
Unguided Meditation Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Meditation Timer Pro or Unguided Meditation Timer?
Meditation Timer Pro is rated higher. Meditation Timer Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Unguided Meditation Timer averages 4.3 from 20 ratings.
Do Meditation Timer Pro or Unguided Meditation Timer have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer Pro nor Unguided Meditation Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer Pro or Unguided Meditation Timer?
Meditation Timer Pro ships an update every 7 months, and Unguided Meditation Timer every 2 months. Most recently, Meditation Timer Pro was updated on October 18, 2026 and Unguided Meditation Timer on October 13, 2026.

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