Comparison

Pocket Meditation Timer vs Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer)

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pocket Meditation Timer

This app helps users focus on their meditation practice without worrying about time. It offers customizable timers with unique sounds, background options, and reminders to support mindfulness and stress reduction.

Highlights
  • Customizable meditation schedules
  • Prepare, interval, and cool down timers
  • Unique sound options for each section
  • Shake to change background images
  • Unlimited 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 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: ⁃ One Default meditation schedule and you can edit it. ⁃ 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. ⁃ Create unlimited reminders to remind you practicing meditation. ⁃ Passwords protection. ⁃ Vibrate or not when switching sections. ⁃ With or without sound. ⁃ Support iPod media background. ⁃ Supports Today Widget. ⁃ Supports transferring data to Health app. ⁃ Supports universal version. If you have any question or suggestion, please contact us by userfeed@vip.tom.com.

About

Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer)

This app helps users maintain a regular meditation practice by configuring custom timers for different meditation types. It includes guided meditations, progress tracking, and integration with Apple Health. Users can also record meditation courses and earn virtual rewards.

Highlights
  • Customizable meditation timers
  • Guided meditations with Goenka ji's sound files
  • Practice regularity calendar with rewards
  • Vipassana course recording
  • Detailed progress statistics
  • Apple Health integration
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VipaTimer - Vipassana Timer and Calendar The app will help you to achieve your aims and to maintain the regularity of praxis. For this purpose you configure your very own timers and set the part of Anapana, Vipassana and Metta. The Sound of a singing bowl indicates transitions. Additionally, choose sound files of Goenka ji for guided meditations. Monitor the regularity of praxis in the calendar. Earn silver and golden Buddhas. Record your Vipassana courses, with date and teacher. Observe your progress with detailed statistics. Integrate your Minutes of Awareness into Apple Health. (this) Version 3.0 1) access to sound files of S.N. Goenka 2) new profile information (flag, seat, message) 3) polished design 4) bugfixes Version 2.23 1) complete new Design 2) much faster sync for: "who else is meditating" 3) ask currently meditating users for friendship 4) the meditation starts now with the sound of the singing bowl - so you know if your iPhone is switched to mute 5) data will be stored online ... so you can use more than one iPhone (and restore data later, if needed) Version 2.0 1) Now you will see, who else is meditating. 2) Ask other User for Friendship. 3) Show statistics to your friends.

Screenshots

Pocket Meditation Timer4 screens
Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pocket Meditation Timer at none against Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer)'s 5. Pocket Meditation Timer also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 37). Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer)'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). On price, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer) sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Pocket Meditation Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer) holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Meditation Timer has 1.5K ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Pocket Meditation Timer's written reviews are positive against 90% of Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Meditation Timer ships an update every 7 months, Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer) every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Pocket Meditation Timer versus Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Meditation TimerVipassana Timer (VipaTimer)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.5K ratings)4.8 (37 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.5K — better37
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer倩 赵Matthias Pochmann

Customer experience

Pocket Meditation Timer

All ratings1,440 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral5.0%
Negative9.9%
Written reviews532 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral6.4%
Negative14.5%

Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer)

All ratings36 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral5.6%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

Bugs and requests

Pocket Meditation Timer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Timer issues (minutes counting as seconds, not working properly)
  • App freezing or crashing

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to pay for ad-free version
  • Ability to save multiple timer presets
  • Background ambient sounds during meditation
  • Interval chimes at custom time points

Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer)

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Meditation Timer

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer)

One-time5
  • dana$0.99
  • dana$1.99
  • dana$4.99
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  • dana$8.99
  • dana$22.99

Questions

Is Pocket Meditation Timer free?
Pocket Meditation Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer) free?
Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Meditation Timer or Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer)?
Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer) is rated higher. Pocket Meditation Timer averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer) averages 4.8 from 37 ratings.
Do Pocket Meditation Timer or Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer) have ads?
Pocket Meditation Timer shows ads; Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer) does not.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Meditation Timer or Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer)?
Pocket Meditation Timer ships an update every 7 months, and Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer) every 4 months. Most recently, Pocket Meditation Timer was updated on November 1, 2026 and Vipassana Timer (VipaTimer) on November 2, 2026.

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