Comparison

Meditation Timer vs TinySteps

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

Head to head
About

Meditation Timer

This app provides a distraction-free environment for your meditation practice. Create custom routines, use interval bells for focus, and enjoy calming soundscapes. Track your progress with detailed statistics and stay motivated with daily goals and reminders.

Highlights
  • Customizable meditation routines
  • Interval bells for focus
  • Calming soundscapes
  • Meditation statistics and tracking
  • Daily goal setting and streak tracking
  • Smart reminder notifications
  • Widgets for Home Screen and Lock Screen
Features
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Take the next step on your meditation journey! Do you find guided meditations distracting? Does the narration get in the way of reaching a deeper meditative state? It’s time to upgrade your practice with Zenitizer: • Create routines that work for you • Stay in the moment with interval bells • Immerse yourself in calming soundscapes Zenitizer makes it easy to turn meditation into a daily habit minus the overthinking so you can embrace the serenity of now. Download Zenitizer now to get started! FEATURE OVERVIEW: • Clean & simple meditation timer • Calming soundscapes help you relax • Interval bells remind you to focus on the present moment • Detailed, meaningful meditation statistics allow you to observe trends • Set your daily meditation goal and track your streak to stay motivated • Daily reminder notifications help you stay on track • Make meditation part of your daily routine: Smart Reminders can notify you based on Focus modes, workouts, location, wake up & alarms and much more! • Full meditation history view allowing you to see, edit or log individual sessions and reflect on your journey • Interactive and StandBy Widgets: start meditations right from your Home Screen or Lock Screen • Apple Health: store and sync your mindful minutes • Save your favorite timer settings as routines • Always keep your meditations, streaks and custom routines in sync via iCloud • Widgets and Apple Watch complications: your goal at a glance • Control Center: quickly toggle your favorite meditations • Dark & tinted app icons & widgets • Don't worry about breaking your streak: one minute a day is enough (you only need to reach your goal to grow the streak, not to keep it) • Easily log past meditations without recording a timer session (just went on a mindful walk? Quickly save 30 mindful minutes) • Siri Shortcuts: start routines, log meditations and query your goal and streaks. Imagine the possibilities! How about an automation to start a meditation, enable a Focus mode and set a HomeKit scene with a single command? • Privacy-friendly by design: health data is securely stored on your device and, if enabled, in Apple Health and iCloud (fully encrypted). Your data is never sold to anyone! • Spotlight Integration: quickly start or log meditations and check your goal and streak FREE & POWER USER FEATURES: Many of the core features are available for free but some functionality requires Zenitizer+, which is available as a one-time purchase or subscription (you choose which plan fits best into your life - they all unlock the full feature set). Zenitizer+ allows you to create and manage routines, access the growing catalog of bell and background sounds, manually log meditations and fully customize your meditation experience. By upgrading to Zenitizer+ you can take your meditation experience to the next level and allow an independent app developer to continue improving and maintaining Zenitizer for a long time to come :) Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

TinySteps

Features
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TinySteps is a step-tracking app designed to make daily movement feel calm, rewarding, and enjoyable. Track your steps automatically and unlock small, delightful moments as you move throughout the day. TinySteps focuses on progress without pressure, perfect for building healthy habits at your own pace. Features: • Automatic step tracking • Cozy visual scenes that react to your progress • Gentle milestone rewards • Clean, minimal interface • Widgets for quick step check-ins TinySteps is designed to encourage consistency, not intensity. Whether you’re going for a walk, running errands, or just moving a little more today, every step counts. Big thanks to the amazing Itch.io artists whose assets bring TinySteps to life! See their work here: https://toffeecraft.itch.io, https://elthen.itch.io, https://theflavare.itch.io

Screenshots

Meditation Timer4 screens
TinySteps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TinySteps at none against Meditation Timer's 6. Meditation Timer's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.1). On price, update cadence and ads 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 sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. TinySteps asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation Timer ships an update fortnightly, TinySteps weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Meditation Timer versus TinySteps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation TimerTinySteps
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (214 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings214 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size177 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperManuel KehlKobe Shen

Bugs and requests

Meditation Timer

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Interval bells not functioning properly in some cases
  • App hijacks AirPods from other devices without option to disable
  • Apple Watch vibration cannot be turned off
  • Crashes on Apple Watch (reported as fixed in v1.12.2)
  • Subscription paywall appears before free trial experience

Requested features

7 requests
  • Mixer controls for independent bell and effects volume adjustment
  • White noise and additional frequency options
  • Custom background music upload capability
  • Meditation reminders/notifications
  • Dynamic Island and Lock Screen activity controls
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  • Heart rate integration with Apple Watch
  • Adjustable default interval bell frequency

TinySteps

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Meditation Timer

Subscriptions4
  • Zenitizer+ Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Zenitizer+ Monthly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Zenitizer+ Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Zenitizer+ Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time2
  • Zenitizer+ Lifetime$79.99
  • Zenitizer+ Lifetime$119.99
None

TinySteps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meditation Timer free?
Meditation Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TinySteps free?
TinySteps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Meditation Timer or TinySteps have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer nor TinySteps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer or TinySteps?
Meditation Timer ships an update fortnightly, and TinySteps weekly. Most recently, Meditation Timer was updated on October 11, 2026 and TinySteps on October 2, 2026.

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