Comparison

Meditation Timer Pro vs Ergo

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

Ergo

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Welcome to Ergo, the fitness trackers for your values. You count your steps, your calories and your heart rate. But do you know what really counts, to you? What do you really stand for, and why? Answer real-world dilemmas from other users and current affairs and see where your opinions stand against others. With every answer, Ergo helps you gain a clearer picture of your moral profile across money, politics, health, relationships, and more. Reflect in the journal and watch Ergo connect the dots you can't see. Deep insights, long-term patterns, a strong sense of your values and those of others around you. No more boring self-help apps that look pretty but that you stop using after one journal entry. This isn't a personality quiz with cute doodles and feel-good results. Ergo takes your values seriously and guides you deeper into your beliefs than you've ever gone before. In your day-to-day and when push comes to shove, what really matters to you? Built for people tired of feeling stuck and being told to feel good. Take yourself seriously, because Ergo does. EULA Terms can be found here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Meditation Timer Pro4 screens
Ergo3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ergo at Free against Meditation Timer Pro's $1.99. Ergo also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 7 months). Meditation Timer Pro's advantage is chart position (#57 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, 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

Ergo 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 Ergo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation Timer Pro ships an update every 7 months, Ergo every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Meditation Timer Pro versus Ergo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation Timer ProErgo
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews95.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#57 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer倩 赵Su Shane Yeoh

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

Ergo

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
2 purchases

Ergo

Subscriptions2
  • Ergo7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Ergo14 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Meditation Timer Pro free?
Meditation Timer Pro costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Ergo free?
Ergo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Meditation Timer Pro or Ergo have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer Pro nor Ergo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer Pro or Ergo?
Meditation Timer Pro ships an update every 7 months, and Ergo every 4 days. Most recently, Meditation Timer Pro was updated on October 26, 2026 and Ergo on October 13, 2026.

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