Echo Minute vs On the Cushion

Echo Minute - The simplest meditation timer ever made. Just two choices: Time & Bell Sound. That's it. While other apps overwhelm you with features, guided sessions, and endless options, Echo Minute gets you meditating in seconds. Simple Features: • Pick your time (1-60 minutes) • Choose a bell sound (3 options) • Tap start - done! Optional: • Gentle chime every minute • Dark mode Just you, time, and mindfulness. Perfect for anyone who wants to meditate without the fuss.

On the Cushion is a meditation timer made to stay out of the way. Set how long you'll sit, take a few seconds to settle in, and begin. A brushed ensō circle draws itself slowly as the time passes. When the sit is over, the end chime rings and fades into silence so gradually you can't hear where it stops. EVERYTHING ON ONE SCREEN Turn the minutes inside the circle. Tap a sound on Start, During or End to hear it and choose another. Tap the strikes to change how many. When you're ready, tap begin, and the screen falls away to just the circle and the time. WIDGETS Put your presets on the Home Screen. Choose one, and a tap opens it, ready to begin. Small, medium and large on iPhone, and extra large on iPad. BELLS, BOWLS AND GONGS Choose from six sounds, each designed to ring out naturally and fade without an audible end: • Deep Bowl: a large singing bowl with a slow, deep "wah" • Temple Bowl: the classic singing-bowl sound • Bronze Bell: a small bronze hand bell • Bright Bell: a clear, high rin • Temple Gong: a pitched gong with a soft, swelling strike • Tingsha: Tibetan hand cymbals with a bright shimmer THREE CHIMES, YOUR WAY • Start: a chime to open the sit • During: chimes at regular intervals or at random moments to bring you back to the present, or no chimes at all • End: one, two or three strikes to close Each sound is balanced to ring about as loud as the others. TIMES • 1 to 60 minutes, or open-ended: sit until you choose to finish • Up to a minute to settle in before the start chime • Random chimes are always spaced apart and kept clear of the start and end ON THE LOCK SCREEN Lock your phone or iPad whenever you like. The sit carries on, the chimes still ring, and the lock screen shows the time, the brushstroke as it draws, and a pause button. When the screen dims, the time steps aside and leaves just the brushstroke. PRESETS Begin with four: Morning sit, Taking five, Daily sit and Open sit. Add your own, up to twelve in all, and switch between them with a tap. Rename, delete or reorder them in one place. CALM BY DESIGN • Ink on paper: no streaks, no badges, no statistics • Pause with a tap anywhere on the screen • A quiet screen: tap an empty space to leave just the circle and begin • There are no accounts or ads, and nothing is tracked.