Comparison

Bowl Timer vs ZenPace

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

ZenPace

This app helps practitioners stay on schedule with a seamless soundtrack and gentle gongs instead of jarring alarms. Design sessions visually with named segments and precise timestamps, choosing from a curated sound library. It offers background playback and works offline, ideal for maintaining a calm atmosphere during treatments.

Highlights
  • Customizable ambient soundscapes
  • Visual session timeline editor
  • Harmonic gong transitions
  • Curated music and gong library
  • Offline functionality
  • Background playback
  • Keep-awake mode
Features
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ZenPace is an ambient session-management app built for therapists, masseuses, and practitioners who need to stay on schedule without breaking the atmosphere. STAY IN FLOW Instead of jarring alarms or constant clock-watching, ZenPace lets you curate a seamless soundtrack of relaxing music with soft, harmonic gongs at the exact moments you need them. These gentle transitions signal when to move to the next phase of a treatment — without disrupting your client's experience. VISUAL SESSION BUILDER Design your sessions with an intuitive visual timeline. Add gongs at precise timestamps, name each segment (e.g. "Head & Neck", "Back Work", "Cool Down"), and preview sounds before committing. Use smart presets to quickly create evenly-spaced intervals. CURATED SOUND LIBRARY Choose from a growing catalog of ambient music tracks that loop seamlessly in the background, and handpicked gong sounds — from singing bowls to temple bells, wood taps to brass chimes. Every sound is designed to blend naturally into a calm environment. KEY FEATURES - Create unlimited custom sessions with named segments - Visual timeline editor with drag-and-insert gong placement - Expanding library of ambient music tracks + gong sounds - Smart presets: "Every X minutes" or "N equal parts" - Beautiful glass morphism UI with animated aurora backdrop - Background playback — audio continues when your phone is locked - Keep-awake mode for hands-free use during sessions - Haptic feedback on transitions - Available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese - Works 100% offline — no account, no internet, no tracking DESIGNED FOR PROFESSIONALS - Massage therapists - Physical therapists - Osteopaths and chiropractors - Yoga and meditation instructors - Spa and wellness professionals - Sound healers and energy workers - Any practitioner who values presence SUPPORT THE DEVELOPER If ZenPace brings value to your practice, you can show your appreciation with an optional tip — right from the app. Every contribution helps keep ZenPace alive and growing. No ads. No subscriptions. No data collection. Just a calm, reliable tool for your practice — with an optional tip jar if you'd like to show your support.

Screenshots

Bowl Timer4 screens
ZenPace4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bowl Timer at none against ZenPace's 3. Bowl Timer also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). ZenPace's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ZenPace sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Bowl Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bowl Timer against 5.0 for ZenPace. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bowl Timer versus ZenPace: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBowl TimerZenPace
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohannes RothLouis Perreau

Customer experience

Bowl Timer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ZenPace

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Bowl Timer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

ZenPace

One-time3
  • A Kind Breath$1.99
  • A Warm Embrace$3.99
  • A Deep Bow$8.99

Questions

Is Bowl Timer free?
Bowl Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ZenPace free?
ZenPace is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bowl Timer or ZenPace?
Bowl Timer and ZenPace are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Bowl Timer or ZenPace have ads?
Neither Bowl Timer nor ZenPace shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bowl Timer or ZenPace?
Bowl Timer ships an update every 2 months, and ZenPace every 2 months. Most recently, Bowl Timer was updated on October 9, 2026 and ZenPace on October 1, 2026.

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