Comparison

Sumaya vs MindTime

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

Head to head
About

Sumaya

Find calm with guided breathing exercises tailored to your mood. Build a consistent mindfulness practice with gentle reminders and encouraging feedback. Track your progress and make meditation a natural part of your daily reset.

Highlights
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Mood-tailored sessions
  • Gentle reminders
  • Progress tracking
  • Habit building
  • Positive feedback
Features
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Find calm, even on your busiest days - Feel your mind settle in just a few minutes, no matter how chaotic your day has been - Create a pocket of peace you can return to anytime Stay present without overthinking it - Gentle reminders bring you back—no pressure, no guilt, just a soft nudge - Stop “failing” at meditation and start feeling like you’re actually doing it right Meditation that fits your life - Whether you have 2 minutes or 20, build a practice that works with your schedule—not against it - No rigid routines—just show up, breathe, and reset Feel supported, not judged - Get positive, encouraging feedback that makes you want to come back tomorrow - Turn meditation into something you look forward to, not something you “should” do Breathe through whatever you're feeling - Choose guided breathing tailored to your current mood—stress, anxiety, overwhelm, or low energy - Shift your emotional state in real time instead of just “waiting it out” See your progress and build momentum - Watch your streak grow and feel proud of showing up for yourself - Notice patterns in your mood and mindset over time Build a habit that sticks - Small wins turn into a routine that feels natural—not forced - Stay consistent without needing tons of discipline or motivation Turn mindfulness into a daily reset - Step away from stress and come back clearer, calmer, and more in control - Carry that sense of calm into the rest of your day

About

MindTime

This app offers a customizable meditation timer with various bell sounds and session types. Track your progress, build daily streaks, and reflect with an optional journal. Enjoy a distraction-free experience designed to support your mindfulness practice.

Highlights
  • Customizable timer durations
  • Choice of 8 meditation bells
  • Interval bells with adjustable volume
  • Four session types (Meditation, Sleep, Focus, Relaxation)
  • Daily streaks and practice tracking
  • Optional journaling feature
  • Cloud sync across devices
Features
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A silent meditation timer that gets out of the way. No guided voices, no feed, no ads — just a bell, your breath, and the time you choose. Most meditation apps want your attention. MindTime gives it back. Set a duration, pick a bell, and sit. When you finish, your streak, your stats and your journal are waiting — and nothing else is. Built for a real practice MindTime is the timer, not a content library. It is made for people who already sit: vipassana and insight meditation, zen and zazen, mindfulness and MBSR, samatha and anapanasati, metta, breathwork, yoga nidra — or simply sitting quietly for ten minutes a day. Silent by design • No voices, ever: nothing talks over your session. No guided tracks, no teacher, no feed to scroll. • Vibration-only mode: feel your interval bells instead of hearing them — made for retreats, shared rooms, offices, dorms and late nights beside a sleeping partner. • Fully silent mode: or switch every sound off and let the session simply end. • No ads, no interruptions: nothing appears while you are sitting. Your timer, your way • Any duration: from seconds to hours — or endless mode with no time limit at all. • Warm-up phase: settle in before the session really begins. • Presets: save your usual sit and start it with a single tap. • Four session types: Meditation, Sleep, Focus and Relaxation, each with its own statistics. Six interval bells that bring you back • Six recorded bells: three Tibetan singing bowls (Manipuri, Jambati, Thadobati), a crystal bowl, a Hanchi gong and Koshi chimes. • Start, interval and end bells: set each one separately — ring every 5 minutes, every 10, or at any interval you like. • Independent volumes: every bell has its own level, so nothing ever jolts you out of a sit. • Or no bell at all: vibration only, or complete silence. 31 soundscapes — entirely optional • Noise: brown noise, light brown and intense brown noise, white noise, pink noise, green noise and blue noise. • Rain and nature: gentle rain, heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, rain on a van, ocean waves, a mountain river, forest birds and crackling fire. • Ambient and frequency: zen garden stream, choir pad, cosmic space, 174 Hz, 285 Hz and 528 Hz. • Silence is the default: mix a soundscape under your session only when you want one. Build the habit • Daily streaks: see your consistency at a glance. • Real statistics: total sessions, total minutes and average session length, broken down by type. • Weekly view: the days you actually practiced. • Gentle reminders: stay on track without being nagged. Reflect with a journal • Session notes: capture what came up while it is still fresh. • History: browse back through weeks and months to notice patterns. • Optional: turn journaling off in Settings and never see it again. Distraction-free by design • Hide the clock: show or hide the countdown and the progress circle — some people focus better without a number. • Screen stays on: your phone never interrupts a sit. • Gentle fade-out: eases you out of the session instead of cutting it off. • Cloud sync: presets, history and streaks stay in step across your devices. • No sign-up needed: open the app and start. The timer and all six bells work offline. Available in 38 languages. Website: https://mindtime.app Terms: https://mindtime.app/terms Privacy: https://mindtime.app/privacy

Screenshots

Sumaya4 screens
MindTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sumaya at none against MindTime's 2. MindTime's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, rating, 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. MindTime sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Sumaya asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Sumaya against 4.9 for MindTime. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MindTime has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sumaya ships an update every 9 months, MindTime every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sumaya versus MindTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSumayaMindTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews—80.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.3
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB167 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer5 AM Apps, LLCChristian Krueger

In-app purchases

None

Sumaya

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

MindTime

Subscriptions1
  • MindTime Premium Subscription$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • MindTime Premium$19.99

Questions

Is Sumaya free?
Sumaya is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MindTime free?
MindTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sumaya or MindTime?
Sumaya is rated higher. Sumaya averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while MindTime averages 4.9 from 8 ratings.
Do Sumaya or MindTime have ads?
Neither Sumaya nor MindTime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sumaya or MindTime?
Sumaya ships an update every 9 months, and MindTime every 8 days. Most recently, Sumaya was updated on October 11, 2026 and MindTime on October 31, 2026.

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