Comparison

Bowl Timer vs Plank Timer

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

Plank Timer

Features
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PREMIUM — PURCHASE REQUIRED: All features described below are part of Pro and require a purchase: a weekly or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Time every plank hold and climb a program that actually climbs with you. PlankPro sets one clear target — starting at a 30-second hold — and moves it up a step only after your best hold beats it, all the way to 2 minutes 30. Most plank apps hand you a fixed 30-day calendar and shame you when day 14 jumps too far. PlankPro works off your real personal record instead: the 8-step ladder adds about 15 seconds per step, waits until you clear it, and lets you repeat any step as long as you need. The timer itself is built for someone face-down on the floor — a huge countdown ring you can read from a metre away, a screen that stays awake for the whole hold, and second-accurate timing that survives a locked phone. WHAT YOU GET • Today's target waiting the moment you open the app — Step 3 of 8, 60 seconds, one lime START button • A timer that flips to KEEP GOING when you pass your target, and a trophy screen the second you set a new personal record • Put the phone down and look away: if the app is in the background, a notification tells you the instant your target is reached • A day streak that understands training — turn on rest days and up to two days off keeps a 5-days-a-week schedule alive • Your last 7 days on one bar chart, every session logged with date and duration, your PR badged in yellow • Five presets from a 20-second starter to 3 × 30s sets with timed rest — plus a custom target anywhere from 10 seconds to 5 minutes PERFECT FOR • Beginners who cannot hold 30 seconds yet and want a target that grows only when they do • Runners and lifters who finish every session with one honest plank • Anyone who quit a fixed 30-day challenge because the schedule ignored their actual progress • Streak-driven people who need one number to protect every day WHY NOT JUST USE THE CLOCK APP? A stopwatch does not know your target. It will not tell you when you have hit it while your face is ten centimetres from the floor, it will not log the hold, it will not remember that yesterday's best was 75 seconds, and it will happily record an hour if you forget it. PlankPro alerts you at the target, caps a forgotten timer instead of logging dead time, and turns every hold into a data point on your ladder. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Every session stays on this device. No account, no analytics, no ads, and the app makes no network requests. There is also a one-tap way to erase all sessions. PREMIUM (PURCHASE REQUIRED) PlankPro is a paid app. Full access unlocks the complete 8-step progression, the guided plank timer with all presets, full session history with the weekly chart, and custom hold targets. Choose a weekly subscription, a yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase — subscriptions auto-renew and can be cancelled anytime in your Apple ID settings. PlankPro is a general fitness timer, not medical advice. Talk to a doctor before starting a new exercise routine. Drop to the floor, start the 20-second starter preset, and put the first rung of the ladder behind you today. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia

Screenshots

Bowl Timer4 screens
Plank Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Bowl Timer at 3 against Plank Timer's 1. Bowl Timer also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bowl Timer ships an update every 2 months, Plank Timer every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bowl Timer versus Plank Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBowl TimerPlank Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohannes RothLEAN ASIA CO., LTD

In-app purchases

None

Bowl Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Plank Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bowl Timer free?
Bowl Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plank Timer free?
Plank Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bowl Timer or Plank Timer have ads?
Neither Bowl Timer nor Plank Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bowl Timer or Plank Timer?
Bowl Timer ships an update every 2 months, and Plank Timer every 4 months. Most recently, Bowl Timer was updated on September 22, 2026 and Plank Timer on October 14, 2026.

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