Comparison

Mass vs Transcend Timer

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

Head to head
About

Mass

This app simplifies strength training by allowing users to quickly log sets, track weight and reps, and monitor workout consistency. It offers features like custom workout creation, warm-up suggestions, and progress review, making it ideal for consistent strength building.

Highlights
  • Create custom workouts
  • Log reps and weight
  • Track weekly volume
  • View plate math
  • Add warm-up suggestions
  • Review session history
Features
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Mass is a clean, focused strength training app designed to make workout tracking simple and consistent. Log sets quickly, track weight and reps, and follow your workouts with a simple flow that stays out of your way. With Mass you can: - Create and organize custom workouts - Log reps, weight, and notes for every set - View plate math for barbell lifts - Add warm-up set suggestions based on your working weight - Track weekly training volume and workout consistency - Review your session history and progress over time Built for beginners and experienced lifters alike, Mass keeps workout tracking straightforward and reliable so you can stay consistent and keep getting stronger. Privacy Policy: https://runarhummelsund.dev/projects/mass Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Transcend Timer

This app provides a guided meditation experience with customizable phases for warming up, meditating, and cooling down. It automatically logs sessions to Apple Health and prioritizes user privacy with no account or internet required.

Highlights
  • Three-phase meditation timer (Warm Up, Meditate, Cool Down)
  • Customizable phase durations
  • Screen stays on during sessions
  • Automatic Apple Health logging
  • Adjustable brightness reduction
  • Background operation with screen lock
  • No account or internet required
Features
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Transcend Timer is a timer for Transcendental Meditation. It does one thing: it holds the length of your practice so you do not have to. Three phases. Warm Up to settle in, Meditation, then Rest. Set each one once and press play — the home screen shows the plan, so starting is never a decision. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO No guided voices. No courses, no narrators, no daily episode, no library to look through. Nothing plays unless you turn it on: the start and end sounds and the haptics are all off by default, because in TM the mantra is the technique and a bell is an interruption. THE SCREEN TELLS YOU WHERE YOU ARE Each phase has its own background, ordered by brightness rather than colour. Warm Up steps down toward meditation, meditation is nearly black, and rest lifts sharply. That lift is the largest change in light in the whole session and it happens the moment meditation ends — perceptible through a closed eyelid, so you can stay where you are until it comes. If you do open your eyes to check the time, the timer is large, centred, and set in figures that do not shift as they count down. PROGRESS Two counters: days you meditated, and days you meditated twice. A monthly calendar shows the shape of your practice — missed, once, twice — and pages back through every month you have kept. Completed sessions are written to Apple Health as Mindful Sessions. APPLE WATCH Run a full session from your wrist and leave the phone in another room. The Digital Crown sets the durations. The Smart Stack shows which phase you are in and how long is left. IF YOU WANT IT Curated sounds for the start and end of meditation, with their own volume so a cue can carry through twenty minutes of closed eyes. Ambiance: one looping sound that fades in as the session begins and out across the rest phase, at a volume set deliberately lower. Eight themes, each changing all four phases together and keeping the same order of light. Night dimming for sessions in the dark. Pause and resume, counting active time only. A daily reminder, if you set one. PRIVACY No account, no sign-in, no analytics, no advertising, no network requests. Your preferences stay on your device. Health data is read only to calculate your streaks and never leaves the phone. Transcend Timer is an independent app. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by any Transcendental Meditation organisation, and it does not teach the technique.

Screenshots

Mass4 screens
Transcend Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Transcend Timer at 100% against Mass's 0%. Transcend Timer also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and iOS requirement (18.4 vs 26.1). Mass's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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

Transcend Timer is free to download; Mass costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mass ships an update every 6 days, Transcend Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Mass versus Transcend Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMassTranscend Timer
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS26.118.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRunar HummelsundMartin Di Giglio

Customer experience

Mass

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Transcend Timer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mass

No in-app purchases

None

Transcend Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mass free?
Mass costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Transcend Timer free?
Transcend Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mass or Transcend Timer have ads?
Neither Mass nor Transcend Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mass or Transcend Timer?
Mass ships an update every 6 days, and Transcend Timer every 2 months. Most recently, Mass was updated on June 11, 2026 and Transcend Timer on September 20, 2026.

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