Gong Timer vs Awakhuma
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gong Timer
This app provides structured sound cues for time-based practices like meditation and mindfulness. Create custom timers with milestones and waymarks to guide your sessions without interruption. Track your progress on the Lock Screen with Live Activity.
- Custom timers with milestones
- Optional waymarks for guidance
- Curated sound cues
- Lock Screen Live Activity
- Preserves attention during practice
- Supports multiple practice types
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Gong Timer supports time-based practices like mindfulness, tai chi, and meditation through structured, non-intrusive sound cues. Sessions are built around milestones, which divide time into meaningful phases, and optional waymarks, which provide gentle reference points along the way. Sound cues are quiet and non-intrusive, guiding without interrupting the flow. Core Features: - Create timers using milestones and optional waymarks - Choose from a curated set of sound cues - Session progress shown on the Lock Screen with Live Activity - Designed to preserve your attention throughout practice Begin with up to three timers. Add more capabilities later if your practice expands. Mindfulness is within. Created for Mindfulness Practitioners, Gong Timer is part of a broader approach that sees mindfulness as something woven into daily life, not separate from it. It helps you hold a mental space, transition with intention, and remain grounded during the passing moments of your day. Also, you can read our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy here: https://intenvix.com/gong-terms https://intenvix.com/gong-privacy-policy
Awakhuma
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Awakhuma is a free meditation timer for silent, unguided meditation — alone or as a group. Join a live group meditation four times a day, set a simple meditation timer with a soft bell, or create a private meditation circle for your sangha, yoga class, team or family. Awakhuma is a meditation app built around one idea: silence feels different when it is shared. Four times a day — at 5:45, 11:45, 17:45 and 23:45 UTC, shown in your local time — a global session opens for eleven minutes. No guide, no music, no instructions. You arrive, you see who else is there, and you sit together. You can also meditate alone, anytime: choose 3 to 90 minutes, set an intention if you wish, add a dedication, and sit. A soft gong opens and closes the silence. PRIVATE CIRCLES (new) Teachers, sanghas, yoga studios, teams and families can create their own circle: choose the days, the time and the duration, share a link, and sit together wherever you are. Members join for free and get a reminder five minutes before. Hosting a circle is a subscription. YOUR JOURNEY Time in silence, days of practice, a calendar with your reflections, and gentle acknowledgements along the way. No rankings, no comparison, no guilt. FREE, FOR REAL Solo silence and global sessions are free, with no ads. A monthly or one-time contribution is possible for those who want to keep the space alive; it changes nothing in what you receive. Sign in is optional and password-free (a code by email, or Sign in with Apple). Available in English, French and Spanish. Subscriptions (circle host, monthly support) renew automatically until cancelled in your store account settings. Terms: https://awakhuma.app/terms — Privacy: https://awakhuma.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Gong Timer at none against Awakhuma's shown. Awakhuma's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Gong Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Awakhuma sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gong Timer ships an update every 9 months, Awakhuma every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gong Timer | Awakhuma |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Intenvix, Inc. | Yvad Online |
In-app purchases
Gong Timer
- Practitioner (monthly)$3.991 Month
- Practitioner (annual)$39.991 Year
Awakhuma
- Monthly support$2.991 Month
- Circle Host — Monthly$8.991 Month
- Circle Host — Yearly$79.991 Year
- Seed Offering$4.99
- Heart Offering$9.99
- Deep Offering$24.99
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- Sacred Offering$49.99









