Comparison

Meditation Timer Pro for iPad vs Less

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 for iPad

This app helps users focus on their meditation practice by managing time and providing customizable features. It supports various meditation styles and offers tools for stress reduction and enhanced well-being. Practice anywhere, anytime with personalized settings and progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Customizable meditation sessions
  • Prepare, interval, and cool-down timers
  • Unique sound settings
  • Background customization
  • Meditation log saving
  • Practice reminders
  • Password protection
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 Pro 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. ⁃ With or without sound. ⁃ Support iPod media background. ⁃ Supports adding users' own pictures add background. ⁃ Supports settings default background picture. ⁃ Supports Today Widget. ⁃ Supports Dropbox backup and restore. If you have any question or suggestion, please contact us by maxwellapp@tom.com.

About

Less

This app provides a simple and elegant timer for self-guided meditation sessions, featuring high-quality sound bells. An optional in-app purchase unlocks features like streak tracking, meditation history, and customizable themes.

Highlights
  • Minimal meditation timer
  • High-quality meditation bells
  • Streak tracking
  • Meditation history
  • Customizable themes
  • HealthKit integration
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Less is a minimal meditation timer with high-quality meditation bells—perfect for a hassle-free, self-guided meditation experience. A small in-app purchase for Less+ offers the ability to track your streaks and meditation history*, and includes many beautiful themes to choose from. Begin your mindfulness journey with Less. *When permitted, Less writes meditation data to HealthKit and allows the user to import their meditations for usage in the stats page. Terms of Use: https://beginwithless.ca/terms-of-use/

Screenshots

Less4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Less at Free against Meditation Timer Pro for iPad's $1.99. Less also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Meditation Timer Pro for iPad's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (151 vs 12). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Less is free to download; Meditation Timer Pro for iPad costs $1.99 up front. Meditation Timer Pro for iPad sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Less sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Meditation Timer Pro for iPad holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meditation Timer Pro for iPad has 151 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 94% of Meditation Timer Pro for iPad's written reviews are positive against 100% of Less's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation Timer Pro for iPad ships an update every 2 months, Less every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Meditation Timer Pro for iPad versus Less: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation Timer Pro for iPadLess
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (151 ratings) — better4.2 (12 ratings)
Positive reviews93.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings151 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer倩 赵New Ancients

Customer experience

Meditation Timer Pro for iPad

All ratings150 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive93.6%
Neutral3.5%
Negative2.8%

Less

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Meditation Timer Pro for iPad

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Timer freezing or stopping unexpectedly
  • Chimes/sounds not playing correctly
  • Incompatibility issues with certain devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add music/ambient sound options
  • Allow multiple interval lengths in a single session
  • Integrate with calendar/scheduling apps
  • Enable landscape mode
  • Improve background customization options

Less

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Meditation Timer Pro for iPad

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
4 purchases

Less

Subscriptions3
  • Less+ Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Less+7 Days trial$2.991 Year
  • Less+ Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Unlock Mala Features$2.99

Questions

Is Meditation Timer Pro for iPad free?
Meditation Timer Pro for iPad costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Less free?
Less is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Meditation Timer Pro for iPad or Less?
Meditation Timer Pro for iPad is rated higher. Meditation Timer Pro for iPad averages 4.6 out of 5 from 151 ratings, while Less averages 4.2 from 12 ratings.
Do Meditation Timer Pro for iPad or Less have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer Pro for iPad nor Less shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer Pro for iPad or Less?
Meditation Timer Pro for iPad ships an update every 2 months, and Less every 3 weeks. Most recently, Meditation Timer Pro for iPad was updated on November 1, 2026 and Less on November 3, 2026.

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