Comparison

The Divine Sparks vs Mindful Timer

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

Head to head
About

The Divine Sparks

Features
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The Divine Sparks is a thoughtfully created spiritual wellness and self-discovery app designed to support you through moments of reflection, healing, learning and personal growth. Discover guided meditations, Evolving Sparks, Divine Insights, workshops, spiritual practices, guidance tools and specially curated sessions that help you explore yourself with greater awareness and clarity. You can also book appointments, access learning content, receive meaningful updates and explore The Sparks Store — all within one connected space. Whether you are beginning your spiritual journey or have been walking this path for years, The Divine Sparks offers a gentle space to pause, learn, heal and reconnect with what feels true to you. Every feature has been created with the intention of making spiritual practices feel more accessible, personal and relevant to everyday life. **The Divine Sparks — A Space To Explore, Heal, Learn And Evolve.**

About

Mindful Timer

This app provides a simple, unguided interval timer for self-guided meditation, breathwork, and yoga practices. It features customizable timers, gentle bells, and a distraction-free interface. Save your favorite routines and track your weekly sessions without any ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Multiple automatic timers
  • Customizable interval bells
  • Save preset routines
  • Weekly session tracking
  • Gentle bell sounds
  • Distraction-free design
  • Offline functionality
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A simple meditation timer for your self-guided meditation, restorative/yin yoga, Vipassana or other mindfulness practice. No ads. No subscriptions. No distractions. Just gentle bells to keep time while you practice. Set your session, put your phone down, and let the bells guide you. Set multiple timers for a session — say, 2 minutes to settle, 20 minutes of silent sitting, 5 minutes of metta — and Mindful Timer moves from one to the next with a bell at each transition, plus optional interval bells along the way. No courses, no sleep sounds, no content library. Just timers to structure your session, soothing sounds, and you. NEW + 20+ curated sounds: singing bowls, bells, and simple voice cues + Choose how many times the bells ring – once, twice, or three times + Practice insights and heat maps to help you build consistency + Sync sessions to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes CORE FEATURES + Simple, minimal and intuitive UX + Sequential timers that flow automatically from one to the next, so you never check the clock + Interval bells at your chosen frequency (e.g. every 5 minutes) + Fully custom timer durations + Save your routines as presets and start them in one tap + Track streaks, weekly and monthly sessions, and lifetime minutes + Play your own music (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.) + Runs in the background and while your phone is locked + Large countdown display DESIGNED FOR CALM FROM DAY ONE + No ads, ever + No subscriptions, ever + No guided meditations, courses, or content to wade through + No social feeds or comparison + Dark mode so it's easy on the eyes + Works fully offline + Gentle sounds to guide you through transitions PERFECT FOR + Any self-guided or silent meditation + Zen, zazen, vipassana, and insight meditation + Yin yoga and restorative yoga + Breathwork and pranayama + Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya + Practicing at home before a vipassana or meditation retreat + Building a daily unguided meditation or yoga habit + Yoga teachers keeping time during class + Interval walking, Japanese interval walking, and Pomodoro focus blocks + Prayer or mantra meditation + Kundalini yoga + Timed stretches WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT + Intuitive design that easier to use than most other timer apps out there. + Keeps time in the background, so you never pick up your phone mid-practice. + Carefully curated, soothing sounds. No jarring alarms. + No clutter, no distractions, nothing you don't need.

Screenshots

The Divine Sparks4 screens
Mindful Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Divine Sparks at none against Mindful Timer's 2. The Divine Sparks also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, ads and device support 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. Mindful Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. The Divine Sparks asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Divine Sparks ships an update every 3 days, Mindful Timer weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
The Divine Sparks versus Mindful Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Divine SparksMindful Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size77 MB52 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperRajkumar KamdarBurnt Cinnamon Labs

In-app purchases

None

The Divine Sparks

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Mindful Timer

One-time2
  • Premium: Bell Sounds, Insights$2.99
  • Premium: Bell Sounds, Insights$4.99

Questions

Is The Divine Sparks free?
The Divine Sparks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mindful Timer free?
Mindful Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do The Divine Sparks or Mindful Timer have ads?
Neither The Divine Sparks nor Mindful Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Divine Sparks or Mindful Timer?
The Divine Sparks ships an update every 3 days, and Mindful Timer weekly. Most recently, The Divine Sparks was updated on November 4, 2026 and Mindful Timer on October 30, 2026.

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