Comparison

Thymer vs Ma

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

Head to head
About

Thymer

Design personalized workout and productivity routines with customizable intervals. Adjust colors, sounds, and repetitions to create complex nested timers. Quickly access standard timers for activities like Tabata or breathing exercises.

Highlights
  • Create custom routines
  • Adjust colors, sounds, titles
  • Set repetitions
  • Complex nested timers
  • Quick access standard timers
  • Color-coded intervals
  • Sound cues
Features
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Create custom routines for your workouts and productivity with Thymer. You can create Routines as complex as you like, and adjust things like color, sounds, titles and repetitions. -- Usability -- You can color-code your intervals, so that you only need to glance at the screen to see where you're at. Or don't look at the screen at all, with a palette of sound cues. -- Quick Run -- Standard timers such as a Tabata timer or a breathing exercise timer are available through a quick access menu. -- Customize -- This isn't your standard interval timer. Go as deep as you like, and create the complex nested timers of your dreams.

About

Ma

Features
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Let the drum guide your breath. No subscription. No noise. Ma is a minimalist app for breathwork and meditation, built around the Japanese concept of ma: the art of meaningful pause. Inhale, hold, exhale, guided by gentle sound cues. No counting, no experience needed. Set a timer, choose your practice, find the rhythm. Or combine breathwork and meditation into one session. - Breathwork: choose your rhythm and let gentle sound cues guide each inhale, hold, and exhale. Set your timer and breathe. - Meditation: sit in silence or with ambient sound. Set your own timer and choose guided or unguided sessions. This first edition includes box breathing, coherent breathing, 4-7-8, tummo (the breathing tradition behind Wim Hof), and bhramari. Each technique serves a different purpose: calming the nervous system, improving sleep, building focus, or accessing deeper states. Guided meditations include open awareness and body scan. In a world that never stops, Ma gives you space to slow down.

Screenshots

Thymer4 screens
Ma4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Thymer at none against Ma's 1. Thymer also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). Ma's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.4). On price, 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. Ma sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Thymer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thymer ships an update every 8 days, Ma every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Thymer versus Ma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThymerMa
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.415.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB109 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNiclas BodenmannTiny Crown Game Studio HB

In-app purchases

None

Thymer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Ma

One-time1
  • With Grattitude: Support Ma$1.99

Questions

Is Thymer free?
Thymer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ma free?
Ma is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Thymer or Ma have ads?
Neither Thymer nor Ma shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thymer or Ma?
Thymer ships an update every 8 days, and Ma every 3 weeks. Most recently, Thymer was updated on October 30, 2026 and Ma on October 31, 2026.

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