Comparison

Meditation Timer Pro 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

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

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
Read full description

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

Meditation Timer Pro4 screens
Pocket Meditation Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pocket Meditation Timer at Free against Meditation Timer Pro's $1.99. Pocket Meditation Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3). Meditation Timer Pro's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

Pocket 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. Pocket Meditation Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Meditation Timer Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 1.4K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Meditation Timer Pro's written reviews are positive against 79% of Pocket Meditation Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Meditation Timer Pro versus Pocket Meditation Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation Timer ProPocket Meditation Timer
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better4.4 (1.4K ratings)
Positive reviews95.0% of reviews — better79.3% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K1.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 7 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#43 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer倩 赵倩 赵

Customer experience

Meditation Timer Pro

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

Pocket Meditation Timer

All ratings1,440 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral5.0%
Negative9.9%
Written reviews523 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral6.3%
Negative14.3%

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

Pocket Meditation Timer

From 1.4K 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

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

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

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
None

Pocket Meditation Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meditation Timer Pro free?
Meditation Timer Pro costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Pocket Meditation Timer free?
Pocket Meditation Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Meditation Timer Pro or Pocket Meditation Timer?
Meditation Timer Pro is rated higher. Meditation Timer Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Pocket Meditation Timer averages 4.4 from 1.4K ratings.
Do Meditation Timer Pro or Pocket Meditation Timer have ads?
Pocket Meditation Timer shows ads; Meditation Timer Pro does not.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer Pro or Pocket Meditation Timer?
Meditation Timer Pro ships an update every 7 months, and Pocket Meditation Timer every 7 months. Most recently, Meditation Timer Pro was updated on September 23, 2026 and Pocket Meditation Timer on September 22, 2026.

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