Pocket Meditation Timer vs BearBell
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.
BearBell
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BearBell plays bell sounds that ring naturally with your steps. Start the bell, put your phone in your pocket, and enjoy ambient bell audio as you walk. BearBell is an entertainment and ambient audio utility. It is not safety equipment and does not protect against wildlife or other outdoor hazards. FEATURES • Six bell sounds: Brass Hand Bell, Japanese Suzu, Cowbell, Zen Chime, Sleigh Bell, and Desk Bell • Adjustable volume and step sensitivity • Session stats: rings, elapsed time, and estimated distance • Auto-stop timer for long sessions • Works in the background with the screen locked • No account, no ads, no tracking — fully offline HOW IT WORKS 1. Accept the in-app notice on first launch. 2. Choose your bell sound and adjust volume. 3. Tap Start and put your phone in your pocket or pack. 4. BearBell rings as you walk, using on-device motion detection — no manual tapping needed. PRIVACY BearBell does not collect personal data. Motion data is used only on your device to detect steps. No internet connection is required. Privacy policy: https://canopystudio.eu/bearbell/privacy Support: https://canopystudio.eu/contact
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: BearBell at none against Pocket Meditation Timer's shown. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Pocket Meditation Timer | BearBell |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 倩 赵 | Matthieu Brousse |
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
BearBell
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pocket Meditation Timer
No in-app purchases
BearBell
No in-app purchases
Questions
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