Meditation Timer | Samsara vs Simetim Meditation Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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/
Simetim Meditation Timer
This app provides a simple and customizable timer for meditation sessions. It offers basic tracking and visual aids in its free version, with advanced features like progress graphs and reminders available in the paid upgrade. Designed for all experience levels, it aims to support your mindfulness journey.
- Customizable meditation timer
- Progress tracking
- Session reminders
- Background operation
- Health App integration
- Customizable themes and sounds
- Data export
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Simetim is a simple and easy-to-use meditation timer and tracker. In the free version, you get timers with bells, a progress bar, and a counter to keep track of your sessions. The paid version offers more. You can track your progress, set reminders, and choose from more themes, pictures, and sounds. It's designed to help you with your meditation journey, no matter your experience level. The app's main color theme is soft and low-contrast, perfect for meditating in low light. Simetim is here to support your meditation and mindfulness practice. As Alan Watts once said, it helps you 'quieten your mind and come to your senses.' We always want to make Simetim better, so we'd love to hear from you. Please send your feedback to support@nishco.zendesk.com or use the feedback button in the app. Note: Some features shown are only in the paid version. Check below for a full list. Features: • Easy-to-see progress bar • Start and end bells • Dark, easy-on-the-eyes color theme • Timer with various display options • Simple gesture controls • Customizable warm-up and cool-down times • Choose your background image • The app works in the background • Connects with the Health App to track Mindful Minutes (with your permission) Paid Version Extras: • Track your sessions (sync with iCloud, add notes, save background sessions) • View your progress with graphs (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly) • Set reminders • Save your favorite settings • Interval sounds (at set or random times) • More background images and themes • More sounds • Export your session data as a CSV file
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Meditation Timer | Samsara at 435 against Simetim Meditation Timer's 20. On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Meditation Timer | Samsara sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Simetim Meditation Timer sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Meditation Timer | Samsara against 4.7 for Simetim Meditation Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meditation Timer | Samsara has 435 ratings behind it against 20, 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 89% of Simetim Meditation Timer's.
Meditation Timer | Samsara ships an update every 10 days, Simetim Meditation Timer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Meditation Timer | Samsara | Simetim Meditation Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (435 ratings) — better | 4.7 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.6% of reviews — better | 88.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 435 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bart Jacobs | Nishco Ltd |
Customer experience
Meditation Timer | Samsara
Simetim Meditation Timer
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
Simetim Meditation Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Meditation Timer | Samsara
- 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
- Samsara Premium Lifetime$59.99
Simetim Meditation Timer
- Statistics, logging, shortcuts$0.99
- Unlock extra images, sounds and themes$0.99
- Tip$1.99
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- Generous Tip$4.99
- Unlock all features$7.99
- Amazing Tip$9.99
Questions
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