Comparison

Meditation Timer Pro vs Sumi 墨息

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

Sumi 墨息

Features
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Sumi is a quiet space for ink and breath. Dip into digital sumi ink and watch each stroke bloom and settle across the paper. Pair your brush with guided breathing — 4-4-6, Box, or 4-7-8 — and let your hand slow together with your breath. • Flowing ink that responds to every gesture • Guided breathing, synced to the ink • A gentle focus timer and calming soundscapes • The Release Ritual — write down what weighs on you, then watch it dissolve • Save your washes and share them as wallpaper Unlock the full practice once and keep it forever: guided breathing, the Release Ritual, save & share, and the Vermilion, Indigo and Gold inks. Let go. Breathe. Be here.

Screenshots

Meditation Timer Pro4 screens
Sumi 墨息3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sumi 墨息 at Free against Meditation Timer Pro's $1.99. Sumi 墨息 also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.0). Meditation Timer Pro's advantage is chart position (#166 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Sumi 墨息 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 Sumi 墨息 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Meditation Timer Pro versus Sumi 墨息: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation Timer ProSumi 墨息
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.2K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#166 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer倩 赵Dreamerbring Solutions Limited

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

Sumi 墨息

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
1 purchases

Sumi 墨息

One-time1
  • Sumi Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Meditation Timer Pro free?
Meditation Timer Pro costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Sumi 墨息 free?
Sumi 墨息 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Meditation Timer Pro or Sumi 墨息 have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer Pro nor Sumi 墨息 shows ads.

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