Pocket Meditation Timer vs 黄帝 Meditate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
黄帝 Meditate
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Guiding music for Siting Meditation - 黄帝内经静 Benefits of Meditation: Spirit of Preserving Health => In Tranquillity, Zhen Qi is Produced, Keep the Mind Within, Illness Will Not Befall Elementary and Intermediate: Helps reduce stress, calm emotions, and alleviate physical discomfort caused by tension. Advanced: Focuses on health maintenance, slowing aging, boosting the immune system, promoting longevity, improving overall wellness, and reducing illness frequency. Rev 2.0 Update: Now includes an English version with enhanced features, including calendar integration for tracking meditation sessions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: 黄帝 Meditate at none against Pocket Meditation Timer's shown. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pocket Meditation Timer ships an update every 7 months, 黄帝 Meditate every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Meditation Timer | 黄帝 Meditate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.5K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 79.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 517 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 倩 赵 | Davidson Chua |
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
黄帝 Meditate
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pocket Meditation Timer
No in-app purchases
黄帝 Meditate
No in-app purchases
Questions
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