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.
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.
Deep Sleep Hypnosis
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | Pocket Meditation Timer | Deep Sleep Hypnosis |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 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
Pocket Meditation Timer
No in-app purchases
Deep Sleep Hypnosis
- Remove Ads$4.991 Month
- Remove Ads$29.991 Year
- Remove Ads$49.99
Questions
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