Meditation Timer Pro vs Simple Zazen Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Simple Zazen Timer
This app provides a minimalist timer for meditation and mindfulness practice. Its elegant design and simple interface promote calm and focus during timed sessions. It's ideal for daily meditation or any activity requiring a gentle, timed reminder.
- Minimalist design
- Simple user interface
- Gong sound
- Timed sessions
- Daily practice support
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"Thank you for sharing with us, meditators, this timer. It is our company along the silent way." "In a world of increasing complexity, simple is beautiful. With an elegant design and minimal user interface, this app captures just what meditation is about: calm, peace, mindfulness and self-awareness. Recommended for daily practice, or as a gentle reminder for any timed period of activity or rest, Simple Zazen Timer was a pleasure to find." Gong sound https://www.freesound.org/s/2166/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Zazen Timer at none against Meditation Timer Pro's 3. Simple Zazen Timer also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). Meditation Timer Pro's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $3.99) and review sentiment (95% vs 86%). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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
Meditation Timer Pro costs $1.99 and Simple Zazen Timer $3.99 up front. Meditation Timer Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Simple Zazen Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Meditation Timer Pro against 4.8 for Simple Zazen Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 1.2K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 95% of Meditation Timer Pro's written reviews are positive against 86% of Simple Zazen Timer's.
Meditation Timer Pro ships an update every 7 months, Simple Zazen Timer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meditation Timer Pro | Simple Zazen Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.1% of reviews — better | 86.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 倩 赵 | Pawel Urbanek |
Customer experience
Meditation Timer Pro
Simple Zazen Timer
User reviews
Meditation Timer Pro
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Simple Zazen Timer
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🧘♂️ Simple and elegant design
- 🔔 Gentle chime sound
- ⏱️ Straightforward timer functionality
- 🧠 Focused meditation experience
- 🧘♀️ Perfect for Zazen practice
Room to improve
- 🔇 Doesn't work on silent mode
- 🔔 Chime sound could be improved
- ⏱️ Limited interval options
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
Simple Zazen Timer
Reported bugs
2 issues- Timer not working on screen lock
- No sound when timer ends
Requested features
5 requests- Customizable chime sounds
- More interval options
- Integration with Health/Fitness apps
- Dark mode theme
- Longer chime duration
In-app purchases
Meditation Timer Pro
- Premium - 1 month7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Premium - 6 months1 Month trial$5.496 Months
- Premium - 1 year3 Months trial$9.991 Year
Simple Zazen Timer
No in-app purchases
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