Comparison

Pocket Meditation Timer vs SplitSet

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

SplitSet

This strength training app allows you to build and manage your workout routines on your iPhone, then use your Apple Watch as a coach at the gym. It tracks lift speed, logs weights, and provides a detailed history of your sessions.

Highlights
  • Watch-first workout player
  • Lift speed tracking
  • Weight logging with Digital Crown
  • Automatic workout syncing
  • Session history with per-set breakdown
  • HealthKit heart rate integration
  • Haptic cues for workout progression
Features
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Don't think, lift. SplitSet is a watchOS-first strength training companion. Build your routines once on iPhone — exercises, sets, reps, weights, rest periods — then leave your phone in your bag. At the gym, your Apple Watch is your coach. WATCH-FIRST WORKOUT PLAYER Your entire workout runs on Apple Watch. No phone needed at the gym. SplitSet walks you through every set in order, counts down your rest automatically, and advances to the next exercise when you're ready. Your only job is the rep. LIFT SPEED TRACKING Enable lift speed on any workout to measure acceleration as you move. A live g-force readout appears on your wrist during each set, and peak and average values are saved with your session history — so you can track bar speed over time alongside your weights. WEIGHT LOGGING Use the Digital Crown to log the weight you used after each set. Your last weight pre-fills automatically so logging takes a second, not a minute. Rest starts ticking the moment you finish a set, so none of your recovery time is wasted. SESSION HISTORY Every completed workout syncs back to your iPhone automatically. Review past sessions with a full per-set breakdown — weights, lift speed, and timestamps. Export any workout's history as a Markdown file for backup or analysis. EVERYTHING ELSE • Live heart rate via HealthKit throughout every workout • Strong haptic cues at set completion, rest end, and workout finish — stay focused without watching the screen • 3-2-1-Go countdown eases you into each workout • Timed sets with auto-countdown for cardio, planks, and any duration-based work • To-failure sets show "To failure" on the watch instead of a rep target • Per-set or uniform configuration — simple for basic routines, flexible for progressive overload • Scrollable exercise notes on the watch so long cues are never cut off • Workouts sync to your watch automatically whenever you make changes Requires Apple Watch running watchOS 10 or later.

Screenshots

Pocket Meditation Timer4 screens
SplitSet3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SplitSet at 5.0 against Pocket Meditation Timer's 4.4. SplitSet also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 7 months). Pocket Meditation Timer's advantage is ratings volume (1.4K vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SplitSet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pocket Meditation Timer has 1.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Meditation Timer ships an update every 7 months, SplitSet every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pocket Meditation Timer versus SplitSet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket Meditation TimerSplitSet
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.4K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.4K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer倩 赵TAYLOR,L BRUNSON

Customer experience

Pocket Meditation Timer

All ratings1,440 ratings
Positive85.1%
Neutral5.0%
Negative9.9%
Written reviews530 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral6.4%
Negative14.3%

SplitSet

All ratings1 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

SplitSet

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Meditation Timer

No in-app purchases

None

SplitSet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Meditation Timer free?
Pocket Meditation Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SplitSet free?
SplitSet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Meditation Timer or SplitSet?
SplitSet is rated higher. Pocket Meditation Timer averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.4K ratings, while SplitSet averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pocket Meditation Timer or SplitSet have ads?
Pocket Meditation Timer shows ads; SplitSet does not.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Meditation Timer or SplitSet?
Pocket Meditation Timer ships an update every 7 months, and SplitSet every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pocket Meditation Timer was updated on October 14, 2026 and SplitSet on October 5, 2026.

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