Comparison

Meditation Timer for iPad vs Light Meditation Timer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Meditation Timer for iPad

This app helps users focus on their meditation practice without worrying about time. It offers customizable schedules with preparation, interval, and cool-down periods, along with unique sound options and background customization. Practice mindfulness, relaxation, and stress reduction anywhere, anytime.

Highlights
  • Customizable meditation schedules
  • Prepare, interval, and cool-down times
  • Unique sound settings
  • Background picture customization
  • Unlimited reminders
  • Password protection
  • Today Widget support
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. ⁃ Hide the time. ⁃ With or without sound. ⁃ Ten amazing background pictures, shake to change. ⁃ Start, stop, restart or resume meditation. ⁃ Create unlimited reminders to alert you practicing meditation or anything else. ⁃ Passwords protection. ⁃ With or without sound. ⁃ Support iPod media background. ⁃ Supports adding users' own pictures add background. ⁃ Supports settings default background picture. ⁃ Share to Facebook or Twitter. ⁃ Supports Today Widget. ⁃ Supports transferring data to Health app. If you have any question or suggestion, please contact us by maxwellapp@tom.com.

About

Light Meditation Timer

Features
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Your minimalist meditation timer with streak tracking. Whether you're just getting started or already have a steady practice, Still helps you stay consistent with a clean, focused experience. Set custom timers, enjoy calming sounds, and track your meditation streaks – all in one place. Features: Custom Meditation Durations Choose how long you want to meditate – from quick 2-minute resets to extended sessions. Streaks & Stats Keep track of how often and how long you meditate. Stay motivated by maintaining your daily streak. Minimal Interface A calm, distraction-free design in both light and dark modes. Secure Progress Tracking Sign in to save your meditation history and sync across devices.

Screenshots

Light Meditation Timer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Light Meditation Timer at none against Meditation Timer for iPad's shown. Meditation Timer for iPad's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Meditation Timer for iPad versus Light Meditation Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation Timer for iPadLight Meditation Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (164 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings164 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer倩 赵Moritz Beck

Bugs and requests

Meditation Timer for iPad

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Timer stopping prematurely
  • Inability to set intervals less than 1 minute

Requested features

4 requests
  • Landscape mode support
  • Meditation tracking and statistics
  • More sound options and customization
  • Ability to mute ads or chimes

Light Meditation Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Meditation Timer for iPad

No in-app purchases

None

Light Meditation Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meditation Timer for iPad free?
Meditation Timer for iPad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Light Meditation Timer free?
Light Meditation Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Meditation Timer for iPad or Light Meditation Timer have ads?
Meditation Timer for iPad shows ads; Light Meditation Timer does not.

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