Comparison

Meditation Timer Pro vs Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell

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

Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell

This app provides a minimalist and elegant timer for meditation and mindfulness sessions. It features customizable bells, interval reminders, and progress tracking to enhance your practice without distractions.

Highlights
  • Easy-to-use meditation timer
  • High-quality bell sounds
  • Preparation timer
  • Interval timer and bell
  • Progress indicators
  • Progress reports and stats
  • Background operation
  • Distraction-free mode
Features
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Ensō is a sleek, elegant meditation timer and bell, designed to get out of your way so you can focus on what matters most: your practice. No clutter. No noise. No pressure. The timer, your stats, and a gorgeous-sounding default bell cost nothing. They're free and ad-free, forever. Ensō never locks you into its own content. Already have a guided session you love? Play it. Prefer your own music, or pure silence? Ensō fits around your practice, not the other way around. What people say about Ensō: "Considering the quality and utility of this app, Ensō is a godsend for meditation lovers" — Lifehacker.ru "For a distraction free meditation experience that lets you customize intervals and timers, you want Ensō." — iMore.com "This is the best meditation app I've ever used by far. It has just enough features, but isn't cluttered. It makes me excited to meditate again!" "Elegant design, simple, and the many bell sounds are terrific. A great app that doesn't over complicate something that shouldn't be over complicated!" "I've been meditating regularly for over 25 years. I wish I'd had this app a long time ago! Thanks Enso!" Meditation is a wonderful way to ease stress, quiet anxiety, and find inner calm. Ensō gently guides each session and quietly tracks your progress, helping you make mindfulness part of your daily routine. Ensō offers, free: - An easy-to-use, beautifully simple meditation timer - High-quality, professionally recorded bells and bowls to start and end your session - A preparation timer to settle in before you begin - An interval timer and bell to keep you gently oriented in time - An at-a-glance progress indicator during your sit - Progress reports and streaks to keep you motivated - Screen-off support for walking meditation (use the side button) - Distraction-free chiming, even when your device is set to silent Ensō Plus Unlock everything Ensō has to offer. Plus is available as a yearly subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase, whichever suits you. With Ensō Plus you get: - All 11 additional bells: ceremonial bells, singing bowls, gongs and more - Reminders to schedule your sessions, with 12 alert chimes crafted exclusively for Ensō - Presets: save your favorite setups and let Intelligent Presets activate them automatically - In-session audio: play your own music or a guided meditation while you sit - Apple Health Integration: log every session as mindful minutes Ensō comes with a free, gorgeous-sounding default bell; the additional bells and all Plus features are included with Ensō Plus. We never interrupt your session with a review request. If Ensō helps your practice, a review means the world to us. ... Ensō Plus subscription details: - Yearly subscription: $9.99/year (US price; may vary by region). A one-time Lifetime unlock is also available. - Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. - A subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. - Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ - Privacy Policy: https://ensomeditationtimer.app/privacy

Screenshots

Meditation Timer Pro4 screens
Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell at Free against Meditation Timer Pro's $1.99. Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). Meditation Timer Pro's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and chart position (#119 vs unranked). 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

Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell 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 Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell sells 10 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 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meditation Timer Pro has 1.2K ratings behind it against 219, 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 84% of Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation Timer Pro ships an update every 7 months, Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Meditation Timer Pro versus Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation Timer ProEnsō | Meditation Timer & Bell
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better4.5 (219 ratings)
Positive reviews94.9% of reviews — better83.8% of reviews
Number of ratings1.2K — better219
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#119 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer倩 赵Fascinative Labs

Customer experience

Meditation Timer Pro

All ratings1,153 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.1%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews631 reviews
Positive94.9%
Neutral1.6%
Negative3.5%

Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell

All ratings218 ratings
Positive85.8%
Neutral4.6%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews284 reviews
Positive83.8%
Neutral6.0%
Negative10.2%

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

Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell

From 219 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌟 Beautiful, simple, and elegant design
  • ⏱️ Effective meditation timer with interval bells
  • 📊 Helpful progress tracking and session history
  • 🔔 High-quality, soothing bell sounds
  • 🧘‍♀️ Supports focused, unguided meditation

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes when trying to change bell settings
  • 🔒 Lack of app support and unresponsive developers
  • 🕰️ Maximum meditation time limited to 1 hour
  • 💰 Paid features like additional bells are expensive
  • 🔇 Abrupt ending when using background music

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

Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Timer stops when receiving notifications
  • Presets not loading correctly into timer screen
  • Meditation time not recorded if session ends early

Requested features

5 requests
  • Extend maximum meditation time beyond 1 hour
  • Add option for multiple ending bells (e.g. triple bell)
  • Implement Apple Watch app and haptic feedback
  • Allow saving/loading of custom meditation presets
  • Improve progress tracking and data visualization

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
10 purchases

Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell

One-time10
  • Ceremonial Bell 1$0.99
  • Ceremonial Bell 2$0.99
  • Japanese Temple Bell 1$0.99
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  • Short Meditation Bell$0.99
  • Long Meditation Bell$0.99
  • Nepalese Singing Bowl Medium$0.99
  • Tibetan Singing Bowl Low$0.99
  • Tibetan Singing Bowl Medium$0.99
  • Value Pack (All Bells)$2.99
  • Pro Upgrade$2.99

Questions

Is Meditation Timer Pro free?
Meditation Timer Pro costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell free?
Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Meditation Timer Pro or Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell?
Meditation Timer Pro is rated higher. Meditation Timer Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell averages 4.5 from 219 ratings.
Do Meditation Timer Pro or Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer Pro nor Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer Pro or Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell?
Meditation Timer Pro ships an update every 7 months, and Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell every 3 months. Most recently, Meditation Timer Pro was updated on November 6, 2026 and Ensō | Meditation Timer & Bell on November 1, 2026.

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