Comparison

SimplyTimer vs Unguided

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

Head to head
About

SimplyTimer

This minimalist app is designed to help you achieve your fitness goals with ease. It offers customizable intervals and background mode to keep your timer running smoothly. Enhance your training sessions and stay motivated with this efficient, distraction-free workout companion.

Highlights
  • Easy to use interface
  • Customizable intervals
  • Background timer mode
  • Supports HIIT, Tabata, Boxing, circuit training
  • Minimalist design
Features
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Elevate your workouts with the Simple Interval Timer, your new perfect exercise companion. Whether you're into HIIT, Tabata, Boxing, circuit training, or any high-intensity exercise, our minimalist app is designed to help you achieve your fitness goals with ease. *Key Features:* - *Easy to Use:* Kickstart your workouts with a single tap, thanks to our hassle-free user interface. - *Customizable Intervals:* Tailor the number of sets, workout duration, rest time, and more to fit your needs, optimizing your training sessions. - *Background Mode:* Keep your timer running smoothly in the background, even when your device is locked, ensuring you stay on track with your workouts. Enhance your training sessions, stay motivated, and track your progress effortlessly with the Simple Interval Timer. It's the ultimate tool for efficient, distraction-free workouts. Experience the simplicity and effectiveness of the Simple Interval Timer today. Download now to elevate your fitness journey! Your feedback is valuable to us, feel free to share your experience and help us improve.

About

Unguided

Features
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Guided meditations that open your world, then get out of the way. Unguided is a meditation app built around one idea: the best instruction makes itself unnecessary. Every session points you toward direct experience, not dependency on a teacher or a technique. WHAT YOU GET Beautiful silent timer with singing bowl strikes to begin and end. Choose your bowl sound, set interval bells, and sit in silence. Open-ended guided meditations that teach presence through direct experience. Each session gives you just enough guidance, then lets you sit with what you've found. FEATURES - Silent timer with real singing bowl sounds (Deep, Warm, Bright) - Interval bells for longer sits - Guided meditations from 7 to 20 minutes - Clean, distraction-free interface - No streaks, no gamification, no social features - No ads, no upsells ABOUT Built by Ben Haun, a meditation teacher with twenty years of practice. Teaching at unguided.org.

Screenshots

SimplyTimer4 screens
Unguided4 screens

Verdict

The call

SimplyTimer and Unguided are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SimplyTimer versus Unguided: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimplyTimerUnguided
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMaurice-Nikita Rafael ReichertBen Haun

In-app purchases

None

SimplyTimer

No in-app purchases

None

Unguided

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SimplyTimer free?
SimplyTimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Unguided free?
Unguided is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SimplyTimer or Unguided have ads?
Neither SimplyTimer nor Unguided shows ads.

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