Comparison

Pocket Meditation Timer vs Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》

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

Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》

Access a collection of Buddhist scriptures and mantras for recitation. This app offers offline access to various texts, a tally counter for tracking chants, and customizable display options to aid your spiritual practice.

Highlights
  • 17 Mahayana Buddhist Scriptures
  • Multiple text versions (Simplified/Traditional Chinese)
  • Tally counter for chanting
  • Note-taking for practice
  • Offline access
  • Customizable display options
Features
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Buddhist scriptures are the sayings of the Buddha. When reciting them, you will benefit from the blessings of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Recitation will not only help eliminate your negative karma; it will also bring strength, wisdom and inner peace, so that you can overcome all kinds of obstacles. And it does not cost a cent. All it requires is persistence and wholehearted sincerity. Features: - 17 Mahayana Buddhist Scriptures (Sutras and Mantras) - Multiple text versions: Chinese Simplified and Chinese Traditional - Tally counter to keep track of chanting counts for each sutras - Keep notes used for your chanting practise - Available options: Pinyin display, Text resize, Background color - No internet connection required (Offline) Complete Mahayana Buddhist Sutra Collection: - Great Compassion Mantra (Ta Pei Chou) - Sapta Atitabuddha Karasaniya Dharani (Chi Fo Mieh Tsui Chen Yan) - Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra (Pa Yi Chieh Yeh Chang Ken Pen Te Sheng Ching Tu To Lo Ni) - Jvala Mahaugra Dharani (Hsiao Tsai Chi Hsiang Shen Chou) - Mantra to Untie Karmic Knots (Chieh Chieh Chou) - Eighty-eight Buddhas Great Repentance (Li Fo Ta Chan Hui Wen) - Cundi Dharani (Chun Ti Shen Chou) - Heart Sutra (Hsin Ching) - Dharani to Purify Karma from Speech (Jing Kou Ye Zhen Yan) - Six Syllable Mantra - Dharani to Patch Flaws in Recitation (Bu Que Zhen Yan) - Sheng Wu Liang Shou - Gong De Bao Shan Shen Zhou - Da Ji Xiang Tian Nu Zhou - Guna Ratna Sila Dharani (Kung Te Pao Shan Shen Chou) - Aryavalokiteshvara Bodhisattva Vikurvana Dharani (Kuan Yin Ling Kan Chen Yan) - Bhaisajyaguru Vaidurya Prabhasa Tathagata Abhisecani Dharani (Yao Shi Guan Ding Zhen Yan) The scriptures in the app are chanted by followers of Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door. Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door (Xin Ling Fa Men) belongs to the Mahayana Buddhist tradition. It encourages people to recite Buddhist scriptures (sutras and mantras) on a daily basis, practise life liberation (that is, saving the lives of beings destined for slaughter), and make great vows to help more people. These three "Golden Practices" lay a solid foundation for improved physical and mental well-being; they have been proved to cure illnesses, resolve relationship conflicts and increase spiritual strength and wisdom.

Screenshots

Pocket Meditation Timer4 screens
Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》 at none against Pocket Meditation Timer's shown. Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》 also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Pocket Meditation Timer's advantage is ratings volume (1.5K vs 5). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pocket Meditation Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Meditation Timer has 1.5K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Meditation Timer ships an update every 7 months, Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pocket Meditation Timer versus Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Meditation TimerBuddhist Sutras 《佛经》
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.5K ratings) — better4.2 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer倩 赵Iplussoft Technologies

Customer experience

Pocket Meditation Timer

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

Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Meditation Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Meditation Timer free?
Pocket Meditation Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》 free?
Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Meditation Timer or Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》?
Pocket Meditation Timer is rated higher. Pocket Meditation Timer averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》 averages 4.2 from 5 ratings.
Do Pocket Meditation Timer or Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》 have ads?
Pocket Meditation Timer shows ads; Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》 does not.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Meditation Timer or Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》?
Pocket Meditation Timer ships an update every 7 months, and Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》 every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pocket Meditation Timer was updated on October 29, 2026 and Buddhist Sutras 《佛经》 on October 24, 2026.

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