Comparison

Pocket Meditation Timer vs Deep Sleep Hypnosis

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

Deep Sleep Hypnosis

Features
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Can't quiet your racing mind at bedtime? Tossing and turning with insomnia? Deep Sleep Hypnosis combines guided sleep hypnosis, Yoga Nidra, binaural beats and a multi-layer soundscape studio to ease you from a busy day into slow, restful sleep. 58 GUIDED SESSIONS, EACH WITH ITS OWN ARTWORK • Sleep Stories: six slow, soothing stories (a lantern boat, a snowy cabin, a night train, a moonlit garden, a lighthouse keeper, a library at night) • Deep Sleep Hypnosis: a full guided hypnosis session to carry you into sleep • NSDR & Yoga Nidra: non-sleep deep rest and body-scan rest, from a 4-minute rest to 11 minutes • Body Scan: release tension from head to toe before sleep • Sleep Induction: drift off more easily • Back to Sleep: short sessions for 3 a.m. waking, including counting breaths and after a bad dream • Self-Hypnosis Course: five daytime lessons you can use on your own • Quieting Racing Thoughts, Worry About Tomorrow & Bedtime Anxiety • Deep Somatic Relaxation, Confidence & Self-Worth, Morning Calm BINAURAL BEATS & SOOTHING FREQUENCIES • Delta (2 Hz) and theta (5.5 Hz) beats • Solfeggio 528 Hz & 432 Hz tones • Pink noise to mask household sounds AMBIENT SOUNDSCAPE STUDIO Layer rain, fireplace, ocean waves, night forest and singing bowls, each with its own volume. PERSONALIZED 14-NIGHT SLEEP PLAN Answer three quick questions and get a 14-night order of sessions built around what keeps you awake. AMBIENT MUSIC LIBRARY 95 ambient sleep tracks in one non-stop playlist with a sleep timer. SLEEP JOURNAL & 4-7-8 BREATHING Log your evening mindset and morning sleep quality; slow down with a guided 4-7-8 breathing coach. DESIGNED FOR BEDTIME • Voice and ambience mixer • Sleep timer with a gentle fade-out • Background playback and lock-screen controls • Dark interface, offline downloads PREMIUM Unlock every guided session, all frequencies, the full music library and offline downloads, ad-free. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before renewal in your Apple Account settings. Privacy Policy: https://arifinazis.github.io/json/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://arifinazis.github.io/json/terms.html Deep Sleep Hypnosis is intended for relaxation, sleep hygiene and comfort. It is not medical advice or treatment for clinical sleep disorders.

Screenshots

Pocket Meditation Timer4 screens
Deep Sleep Hypnosis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pocket Meditation Timer at none against Deep Sleep Hypnosis's 3. Deep Sleep Hypnosis's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Deep Sleep Hypnosis sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Pocket Meditation Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Meditation Timer ships an update every 7 months, Deep Sleep Hypnosis weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pocket Meditation Timer versus Deep Sleep Hypnosis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Meditation TimerDeep Sleep Hypnosis
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer倩 赵Arifin Azis Nur Hidayat

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

Deep Sleep Hypnosis

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Meditation Timer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Deep Sleep Hypnosis

Subscriptions2
  • Remove Ads$4.991 Month
  • Remove Ads$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$49.99

Questions

Is Pocket Meditation Timer free?
Pocket Meditation Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Deep Sleep Hypnosis free?
Deep Sleep Hypnosis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pocket Meditation Timer or Deep Sleep Hypnosis have ads?
Pocket Meditation Timer shows ads; Deep Sleep Hypnosis does not.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Meditation Timer or Deep Sleep Hypnosis?
Pocket Meditation Timer ships an update every 7 months, and Deep Sleep Hypnosis weekly. Most recently, Pocket Meditation Timer was updated on November 1, 2026 and Deep Sleep Hypnosis on November 4, 2026.

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