Comparison

Intervl vs Now Meditation Timer

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

Head to head
About

Intervl

Features
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Intervl is a powerful and elegant interval timer designed to enhance your workout and training experience. Whether you're into HIIT, circuit training, meditation, or any timed activity, Intervl provides the flexibility and features you need. Key Features: • Create unlimited custom timer sequences • Customize work periods, rest intervals, and sets • Clean, intuitive interface with dark and light modes • Visual and audio cues for interval changes • Customizable break periods between sets • Full-screen timer display • Works in background mode • iPad optimized with split-view support Perfect for: - High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) - Circuit training - Tabata workouts - Meditation sessions - Boxing rounds - Yoga practice - Study/work intervals - Any timed activities Intervl combines functionality with beautiful design to make your interval training more effective and enjoyable. Start maximizing your workout efficiency today with Intervl!

About

Now Meditation Timer

This app offers a simple, distraction-free meditation timer with customizable durations and calming visual themes. It helps build a daily practice without pressure, optionally syncing with Apple Health and featuring an Apple Watch companion app.

Highlights
  • Customizable meditation timer (8-60 minutes)
  • Daily habit tracking (week strip, month calendar)
  • Three distinct visual themes
  • Optional Apple Health integration
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Focus-designed interface with accessibility features
Features
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Now is a minimal meditation timer. No accounts, no subscriptions, no tracking — just you and the present moment. Set a timer. Press Begin. Breathe. • A SIMPLE TIMER Choose any duration from 8 to 60 minutes, with one-tap presets at 8, 10, 15, 20, and 30. Adjust by single minutes with a familiar stepper. The timer fades into a calm, immersive screen with a soft breathing glow. • A DAILY HABIT, NOT A STREAK YOU'LL LOSE Set a daily goal — eight minutes is a good place to start. A week strip on the home screen and a month calendar in History show every day you practiced. Build the habit at your own pace. • THREE LOOKS, ONE APP Pick the theme that fits your mood: Clay (warm paper, terracotta), Deep (restful ink, glowing aqua — made for night practice), or Mist (cool, precise, near-monochrome). Switch any time in Settings → Appearance. • APPLE HEALTH, IF YOU WANT IT Sessions save as Mindful Minutes in Apple Health, and mindfulness logged in other apps counts toward your daily goal here. You can skip this entirely — the app works the same. • APPLE WATCH A companion app on your wrist starts, runs, and saves sessions, with a complication for one-tap access. • DESIGNED FOR FOCUS • Newsreader serif for the parts that matter • A breathing glow that respects Reduce Motion • Full Dynamic Type support • VoiceOver labels on every control • YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Your sessions live on your device (and Apple Health if you opt in). No analytics. No advertising SDKs. No accounts to make. No subscription to remember to cancel. — Built with care by an indie developer. If something feels off, tell me, and I'll fix it.

Screenshots

Intervl4 screens
Now Meditation Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

Intervl and Now Meditation Timer 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
Intervl versus Now Meditation Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntervlNow Meditation Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJinnius Labs Inc.Brian Kemler

In-app purchases

None

Intervl

No in-app purchases

None

Now Meditation Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Intervl free?
Intervl is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Now Meditation Timer free?
Now Meditation Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Intervl or Now Meditation Timer have ads?
Neither Intervl nor Now Meditation Timer shows ads.

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