Comparison

Meditation Timer Pro vs TCM Guide

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

TCM Guide

This app provides reference ranges for common blood tests, linking abnormal levels to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) disharmonies. It helps practitioners interpret patient results and refine treatment approaches.

Highlights
  • Blood test reference ranges
  • TCM disharmony patterns
  • SI unit reference ranges
  • 12 categories of tests
  • Treatment approach validation
  • Clinic reference tool
Features
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Discover the ideal reference ranges of common blood tests and the disharmonies that are seen with abnormal levels. Use this information to improve patient outcomes and lift your practice to the next level. - Lab results described using a range from very low, low, ideal, high and very high - Target reference ranges given using SI units - Possible Chinese medicine patterns of disharmony listed for each range - Gain clarity where perhaps a clear treatment approach is not apparent - Confirm your chosen treatment approach as valid and effective - Assist in reviewing where a treatment protocol might be flawed or lacking As a companion to the full text Pathology Testing due for release in June 2016, this app will assist you to gain confidence when interpreting your patient’s blood test results into the language of Chinese medicine and into a useful treatment protocol. Covering 12 categories of tests - electrolytes - kidney function - liver function - cardiovascular markers - red cell count - iron studies - white cell count - lipid profile - blood sugar markers - thyroid hormone panels - other vitamins and minerals - female hormones (day 3 and day 21) Compiled over 4 years, the information in this app will serve as the ultimate clinic reference to have beside you when running through patient pathology reports.

Screenshots

Meditation Timer Pro4 screens
TCM Guide2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TCM Guide at none against Meditation Timer Pro's 3. TCM Guide also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.0). Meditation Timer Pro's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $7.99) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 1). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Meditation Timer Pro costs $1.99 and TCM Guide $7.99 up front. Meditation Timer Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. TCM Guide asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TCM Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meditation Timer Pro has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, 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 100% of TCM Guide's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation Timer Pro ships an update every 7 months, TCM Guide every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Meditation Timer Pro versus TCM Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation Timer ProTCM Guide
Price$1.99 — better$7.99
Rating4.8 (1.2K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews95.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#151 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.07.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB4 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer倩 赵Clare Pyers

Customer experience

Meditation Timer Pro

All ratings1,153 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral1.1%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews586 reviews
Positive95.1%
Neutral1.7%
Negative3.2%

TCM Guide

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

TCM Guide

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
None

TCM Guide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meditation Timer Pro free?
Meditation Timer Pro costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is TCM Guide free?
TCM Guide costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Meditation Timer Pro or TCM Guide?
TCM Guide is rated higher. Meditation Timer Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while TCM Guide averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Meditation Timer Pro or TCM Guide have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer Pro nor TCM Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer Pro or TCM Guide?
Meditation Timer Pro ships an update every 7 months, and TCM Guide every 5 months. Most recently, Meditation Timer Pro was updated on October 20, 2026 and TCM Guide on October 9, 2026.

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