Comparison

Meditation Timer | Samsara vs 567 Dance

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

567 Dance

Transform your dance class videos into a usable library of moves. Name, tag, and loop clips to master choreography. Your personal dance move collection stays private on your device.

Highlights
  • Build personal move library from existing videos
  • Organize moves by dance style
  • Loop and replay clips for practice
  • Full-screen immersive video feed
  • Export entire library
  • Private, device-only storage
Features
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You record videos in dance class — and never watch them again. 567 Dance turns that pile of class footage into a move library you'll actually use. Import a video, mark the moment a move starts, name it, tag it by style, and loop it until it's in your body. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Build a personal library from videos you already have • Browse an immersive, full-screen video feed • Organize moves by dance style • Loop and replay any clip while you practice • Export your entire library anytime — it's yours PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything lives on your device. No account, no sign-up, no tracking, no cloud. Your videos never leave your phone. FOR EVERY DANCER Salsa, bachata, cumbia, or anything else — if you film it, 567 Dance helps you remember it. Stop letting good moves disappear into your camera roll. Start building your library.

Screenshots

Meditation Timer | Samsara4 screens
567 Dance4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Meditation Timer | Samsara at every 10 days against 567 Dance's every 3 months. Meditation Timer | Samsara also leads on ratings volume (437 vs 1). 567 Dance's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 567 Dance sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

567 Dance holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meditation Timer | Samsara has 437 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation Timer | Samsara ships an update every 10 days, 567 Dance every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Meditation Timer | Samsara versus 567 Dance: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation Timer | Samsara567 Dance
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (437 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings437 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBart JacobsNopal Studio LLC

Customer experience

Meditation Timer | Samsara

All ratings431 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.6%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews482 reviews
Positive90.7%
Neutral4.1%
Negative5.2%

567 Dance

All ratings1 ratings
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

567 Dance

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
1 purchases

567 Dance

One-time1
  • 567 Unlimited$6.99

Questions

Is Meditation Timer | Samsara free?
Meditation Timer | Samsara is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 567 Dance free?
567 Dance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Meditation Timer | Samsara or 567 Dance?
567 Dance is rated higher. Meditation Timer | Samsara averages 4.7 out of 5 from 437 ratings, while 567 Dance averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Meditation Timer | Samsara or 567 Dance have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer | Samsara nor 567 Dance shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer | Samsara or 567 Dance?
Meditation Timer | Samsara ships an update every 10 days, and 567 Dance every 3 months. Most recently, Meditation Timer | Samsara was updated on November 6, 2026 and 567 Dance on November 5, 2026.

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