Comparison

Meditation Timer | Samsara vs Three Pushups

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

Three Pushups

Features
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Three Pushups is a tiny-habit app built on one idea: make the goal so small you never fail. Just 3 push-ups a day. Tap to log a set of 3, keep your daily streak going, and watch a pixel-art companion grow the longer you stick with it. It's a calm, retro way to build a habit that actually lasts. FEATURES • One-tap logging — a tap = a set of 3 • Daily streaks that reward consistency, not intensity • A pixel companion and scenes that grow with your streak • Calendar view of every day you showed up • Stats: lifetime total, weekly chart, daily average • iCloud sync across your devices — no account needed • Clean pixel-art design with a cozy retro feel Small wins, every day. Start with 3. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Meditation Timer | Samsara4 screens
Three Pushups4 screens

Verdict

The call

Meditation Timer | Samsara and Three Pushups are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 Three Pushups sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation Timer | Samsara ships an update every 10 days, Three Pushups weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Meditation Timer | Samsara versus Three Pushups: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation Timer | SamsaraThree Pushups
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (436 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings436 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBart Jacobs星 尹

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

Three Pushups

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
2 purchases

Three Pushups

Subscriptions1
  • PLUS Annual$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • PLUS Unlock$2.99

Questions

Is Meditation Timer | Samsara free?
Meditation Timer | Samsara is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Three Pushups free?
Three Pushups is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Meditation Timer | Samsara or Three Pushups have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer | Samsara nor Three Pushups shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer | Samsara or Three Pushups?
Meditation Timer | Samsara ships an update every 10 days, and Three Pushups weekly. Most recently, Meditation Timer | Samsara was updated on November 10, 2026 and Three Pushups on November 5, 2026.

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