TextCeleste vs Now Meditation Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TextCeleste
This AI advisor offers a private space for self-reflection and decision-making. It draws on wisdom traditions and psychological frameworks to foster self-awareness. Navigate life's challenges or find daily clarity with intelligent guidance.
- AI-powered advice
- Private sounding board
- Self-awareness tool
- Decision navigation
- Timeless wisdom integration
- Psychological frameworks
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TextCeleste is an AI advisor that provides a private, intelligent sounding board for your inner world. Trained on timeless wisdom traditions and modern psychological frameworks, Celeste moves beyond generic advice to offer a unique tool for self-awareness—whether you're navigating a major decision or simply seeking clarity day to day. Privacy Policy: https://textceleste.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://textceleste.com/terms
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Now Meditation Timer at none against TextCeleste's 5. TextCeleste's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. TextCeleste sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Now Meditation Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TextCeleste against 5.0 for Now Meditation Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
TextCeleste ships an update every 9 days, Now Meditation Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and June 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TextCeleste | Now Meditation Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 211 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pandorabots | Brian Kemler |
Customer experience
TextCeleste
Now Meditation Timer
In-app purchases
TextCeleste
- Standard Client$14.991 Month
- VIP Client$49.001 Month
- Standard Client$116.991 Year
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- VIP Client$299.001 Year
- A Single Session$4.99
Now Meditation Timer
No in-app purchases





