Comparison

Stillness Timer vs Quiet Time

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

Head to head
About

Stillness Timer

Features
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Stillness is a quiet meditation timer for unguided practice. It gives you structure without noise: no ads, no tracking, no subscriptions, and no account required. Build the session you actually practice. Create simple or multi-phase meditation sessions with custom intervals, chimes, sounds, and haptics. Give each interval its own chime — a soft bell to change posture, a gong to close the practice — or keep one sound throughout. Use Stillness for mindfulness meditation, autogenic training, breathwork, body scans, silent contemplation, or any practice that benefits from timed silence. Practice with your screen locked. Start a session, lock your phone, and set it down. The timer keeps running and your interval chimes sound on time, with minimal battery use. If a phone call arrives, your session pauses and resumes on its own, and the call time is not counted toward your practice. Prefer to watch the timer? Keep the screen awake instead — the choice is yours. Return to presence during the day. Scheduled reminders help you keep a daily rhythm. Spontaneous reminders arrive at unexpected moments during your active hours, gently interrupting autopilot and inviting you back to awareness. You can also keep spontaneous reminders away from scheduled sessions with a 10, 20, or 30 minute buffer. Keep your rhythm across time zones. Stillness supports reminders tied to local time or to a specific time zone. This is useful when traveling, following a fixed practice schedule, or keeping a home-time routine while away. Track progress privately. See your completed sessions, streaks, milestones, total minutes, and favorite practices. Your data stays on your device. Optional Apple Health integration can write completed sessions as Mindful Minutes when you choose to enable it. Move to a new device privately. Device Migration lets you back up sessions, statistics, reminders, and settings to your private iCloud container, restore them on a new device, and clear the transfer data when you are done. No accounts. No external servers. Stillness is for people who want meditation to stay simple: a timer, gentle cues, useful reminders, private progress, and space to practice.

About

Quiet Time

This app provides a unique countdown timer that automatically resets when it detects noise. It's designed to help children stay quiet during routines and adults maintain focus during meditation or work. Enjoy peaceful moments with a simple, distraction-free interface.

Highlights
  • Automatic noise-triggered reset
  • Child-friendly interface
  • Focus and meditation timer
  • Distraction-free design
  • Configurable countdown lengths
  • Privacy-focused, no ads or tracking
Features
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Quiet Time: Timer Countdown is the simple, calming timer designed for kids, parents, and anyone who needs a moment of silence. The timer resets automatically when it hears noise - helping kids stay quiet, helping adults stay focused, and making peaceful moments easier. Designed for Kids & Parents Keeping kids calm can be hard. Quiet Time makes it easier with a clean, child-friendly interface and a silent countdown that restarts if noise is detected. Parents use it for: • Quiet time routines • Gentle timeouts • Independent play • Calming down before bed Perfect for Adults, Too Need a reset? Use Quiet Time as: • A meditation timer • A focus timer • A mindfulness break • A distraction-free countdown • A quiet time challenge that restarts if you make noise Simple. Clean. No noise. Just time to breathe, reset, and refocus. Why Users Love Quiet Time • Timer restarts automatically when it hears noise • Distraction-free design • Fast, clean interface • Configurable countdown lengths • Works for kids and adults • Helps build independence, calm, and consistency Made for Peaceful Moments Quiet Time is built for real life—whether you’re parenting a toddler, trying to meditate for five minutes, or simply need a mindful break between tasks. The design stays out of your way so you can stay present. Safe for All Ages No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Just a simple tool to help everyone find a moment of calm. Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1StT9p1ItSFJCgUoxQHX43tWZqTFDjUJmzGyCbCkG3mQ/edit?usp=sharing Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Stillness Timer4 screens
Quiet Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stillness Timer at none against Quiet Time's 1. Quiet Time's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

Both are free to download. Quiet Time sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Stillness Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stillness Timer ships an update every 2 months, Quiet Time every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Stillness Timer versus Quiet Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStillness TimerQuiet Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexey PrudkovStephen Peck

In-app purchases

None

Stillness Timer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Quiet Time

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription3 Days trial$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Stillness Timer free?
Stillness Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quiet Time free?
Quiet Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stillness Timer or Quiet Time have ads?
Neither Stillness Timer nor Quiet Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stillness Timer or Quiet Time?
Stillness Timer ships an update every 2 months, and Quiet Time every 5 weeks. Most recently, Stillness Timer was updated on September 23, 2026 and Quiet Time on October 5, 2026.

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