Bowl Timer vs Lugn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bowl Timer
This app helps you meditate without distractions using calming bowl gongs. You can customize session lengths and intervals, with all settings saved locally. It's completely free, offline, and ad-free.
- Guided meditation with bowl gongs
- Customizable session lengths up to 60 minutes
- Split sessions into 1-5 intervals
- Local settings saving
- Total meditation time tracking
- 100% free and offline
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• Meditate for up to 60 minutes, guided by calming bowl gongs. • Split sessions into 1 to 5 intervals for transitions or gentle reminders. • Locally saves your settings and displays total meditation time after 2 hours. • 100% free and offline—no ads, accounts, or tracking. Stay focused, mindful, and fully present during your meditation.
Lugn
This app helps you build a consistent mindfulness habit by providing a simple, distraction-free space to journal your meditation sessions. Track duration, mood, and stress, and visualize your progress with weekly summaries and a calendar. Gentle reminders support your practice, and all your data is stored privately on your device.
- Meditation journaling
- Mood and stress tracking
- Consistency calendar
- Gentle reminders
- Local data storage
- Distraction-free interface
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Lugn is a simple, beautiful meditation journal designed to help you build a consistent mindfulness habit—without distractions. After each meditation session, record your duration, mood, stress level, and personal reflections. No setup, no friction—just open the app and log your practice. See your meditation history with weekly summaries and a visual calendar that highlights your consistency. Small daily sessions add up to meaningful change. Gentle reminders help you stay consistent with your meditation practice—morning, evening, or whenever works best for you. All data is stored locally on your device and never leaves it. No accounts. No cloud sync. No data collection. Your meditation journal is private—period. Lugn (Swedish for “calm”) is a meditation tracker for people who want simplicity. No guided meditations. No gamification. No social features. Just a quiet space to reflect and build awareness. Privacy Policy: https://zyxelo.github.io/LugnAppSupport/#privacypolicy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bowl Timer at none against Lugn's 2. Bowl Timer also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Lugn sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Bowl Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bowl Timer against 5.0 for Lugn. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Bowl Timer ships an update every 2 months, Lugn every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bowl Timer | Lugn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Johannes Roth | Victor Ode |
In-app purchases
Bowl Timer
No in-app purchases
Lugn
- Lugn Pro$2.991 Month
- Lugn Pro$19.991 Year
