Comparison

Meditation Timer | Samsara vs Flow Queen

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

Head to head
About

Meditation Timer | Samsara

This minimalist app provides a customizable timer for various meditation and mindfulness practices. It features calming chimes, detailed statistics, and iCloud support for seamless data syncing across devices. Designed for simplicity, it helps users focus on their practice without distractions.

Highlights
  • Customizable meditation timer
  • Support for various practices (mantra, mindfulness, zazen, yoga, reiki)
  • Collection of calming chimes (Tibetan bells, singing bowls)
  • Detailed practice statistics and progress tracking
  • iCloud support for data syncing across devices
  • Profile management for easy switching between practices
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For the past twelve years, Samsara has been the meditation timer of tens of thousands of people around the world. This meditation timer is designed for iPad and iPhone, and caters to a wide range of practices, including mantra meditation, transcendental meditation, tm for short, mindfulness, zazen, yoga, reiki, shiatsu, and more. This elegant mindfulness app brings a unique approach to incorporating mindfulness into your everyday life. It's a perfect choice for practitioners of various flavors of meditation and mindfulness. Samsara's clean and minimalist design keeps your focus steady. The app's interface is thoughtfully crafted with simplicity at its core, ensuring your yoga, meditation, or mindfulness session isn't interrupted by complex features or visually overwhelming elements. Profiles make it easy to switch between practices. Switching between profiles takes a second. Whether you are moving between a yoga session and a mindfulness timer, or shifting between personal and group sessions, your settings can be adjusted with just a few simple taps. This meditation timer includes a collection of calming chimes, such as Tibetan bells, singing bowls, and meditation bells. They allow you to personalize your sessions and create the ideal atmosphere for your practice. The bells and chimes are gentle reminders, guiding your yoga or meditation journey and helping you build a deeper connection with your practice. The app provides detailed, insightful statistics for those who want it. Stay motivated by tracking your progress and patterns over time. Monitor the duration, frequency, and type of your practices to get a deeper understanding of your journey and gain insights into your personal growth. Samsara optionally integrates with Apple's HealthKit. This meditation timer comes with iCloud support, one of the most requested features. Your profiles and sessions are stored in iCloud on Apple's servers. Communication with iCloud is encrypted end-to-end, which means it is safe and secure. What does that mean for you? You don't run the risk of losing your data when you lose your device. Switching to a new device is also a breeze. Another benefit is that you can use Samsara on multiple devices, sharing profiles and sessions. It works like magic. Download Samsara for free and let it be your meditation timer during your practice. Privacy Policy: https://www.adropofzen.com/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Flow Queen

This app offers a holistic approach to well-being, combining movement, mindfulness, and mindset practices. It provides a variety of yoga, Pilates, strength, and meditation classes designed to help users feel strong, calm, and connected. Classes are short, easy to follow, and adaptable to individual schedules and energy levels.

Highlights
  • Yoga, Pilates, and Strength workouts
  • Guided meditation and mindset audios
  • Classes for all time constraints
  • Progress tracking and streaks
  • Weekly schedules and monthly challenges
  • Created by international yoga teacher Emilie Hallgard
Features
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Come Home To YOU Movement, mindset, and mindfulness in one beautiful app - designed to help you feel strong, calm, and connected again. Flow Queen makes it easy to stay consistent with your health and happiness. Inside you’ll find yoga, strength, Pilates, meditation, and mindset practices - all built to fit your body, your energy, and your life. Created for women 35+, every class is a chance to reconnect with yourself, reset your mind, and rebuild lasting strength - inside and out. VINYASA, YOGA & FLOW Dynamic, creative, and intelligently designed classes that build strength, flexibility, and focus while keeping your practice fun and fresh. From energizing Vinyasa flows to soft yoga and stretch, you’ll find your rhythm here. STRENGTH & PILATES Support your body with short, effective strength and Pilates workouts using bodyweight, dumbbells, or kettlebells. Build real power and resilience -no gym required. MEDITATION & MINDSET Unwind and reset with guided meditations, mindset audios, and Yoga Nidras that help you breathe deeper, think clearer, and find everyday harmony. SHORT, CONSISTENT & EASY TO FOLLOW Whether you have 10 or 60 minutes, there’s always a class that fits. Follow the weekly schedule or join monthly challenges to stay motivated. BUILT FOR REAL LIFE Flow Queen helps you move, breathe, and live in flow - even on your busiest days.
Consistency becomes natural when it feels this good. ABOUT EMILIE HALLGARD International yoga teacher and mindset mentor Emilie Hallgard has guided thousands of women toward balance, confidence, and strength through her signature Flow Queen Method.
Her classes are joyful, grounded, and intelligently designed for the changing female body. WHAT MEMBERS SAY “I finally feel consistent without pressure.” “Your classes make me stronger - and calmer.” “I love how real and balanced this feels. It’s my daily reset.” TRACK YOUR JOURNEY Celebrate your progress with personalized streaks, total time, and completed classes -motivation made visual. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled 24 hours before the end of the current period. Privacy Policy: https://app.breakthroughapps.io/privacy_policy.html Terms & Conditions: https://app.breakthroughapps.io/terms_and_conditions.html

Screenshots

Meditation Timer | Samsara4 screens
Flow Queen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Meditation Timer | Samsara at every 10 days against Flow Queen's every 5 weeks. Meditation Timer | Samsara also leads on ratings volume (431 vs 30). Flow Queen's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 91%) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Meditation Timer | Samsara sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Flow Queen sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Meditation Timer | Samsara against 4.8 for Flow Queen. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meditation Timer | Samsara has 431 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Meditation Timer | Samsara's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flow Queen's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation Timer | Samsara ships an update every 10 days, Flow Queen every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Meditation Timer | Samsara versus Flow Queen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation Timer | SamsaraFlow Queen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (431 ratings)4.8 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings431 — better30
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.614.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB157 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBart JacobsBreakthrough Apps

Customer experience

Meditation Timer | Samsara

All ratings431 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.6%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews475 reviews
Positive90.5%
Neutral4.2%
Negative5.3%

Flow Queen

All ratings29 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral6.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Meditation Timer | Samsara

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Crashing on launch for some users
  • Chimes cutting off prematurely

Requested features

6 requests
  • Apple Watch support
  • More color options for highlights
  • Additional sound effects like other bells and instruments
  • Ability to delete saved profiles
  • Option to continue timer after initial duration
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  • Ability to set multiple timers within a single session

Flow Queen

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Meditation Timer | Samsara

Subscriptions5
  • Samsara Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Samsara Premium Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • Samsara Premium Yearly14 Days trial$9.991 Year
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  • Samsara Premium Yearly14 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Samsara Premium Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Samsara Premium Lifetime$59.99
9 purchases

Flow Queen

Subscriptions8
  • Monthly CS Subscription$9.491 Month
  • Monthly - 50% OFF$12.001 Month
  • Monthly WWO Subscription14 Days trial$16.991 Month
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  • Monthly subscription14 Days trial$19.991 Month
  • Yearly CS Subscription$95.001 Year
  • Yearly - 50% OFF$124.991 Year
  • Yearly WWO Subscription14 Days trial$173.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription$190.001 Year
One-time1
  • Yoga Flow Queen Lifetime$400.00

Questions

Is Meditation Timer | Samsara free?
Meditation Timer | Samsara is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Flow Queen free?
Flow Queen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Meditation Timer | Samsara or Flow Queen?
Flow Queen is rated higher. Meditation Timer | Samsara averages 4.7 out of 5 from 431 ratings, while Flow Queen averages 4.8 from 30 ratings.
Do Meditation Timer | Samsara or Flow Queen have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer | Samsara nor Flow Queen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer | Samsara or Flow Queen?
Meditation Timer | Samsara ships an update every 10 days, and Flow Queen every 5 weeks. Most recently, Meditation Timer | Samsara was updated on September 20, 2026 and Flow Queen on June 24, 2026.

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