Comparison

Mindful Timer vs Meditation Interval Timer

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

Head to head
About

Mindful Timer

This app provides a simple, unguided interval timer for self-guided meditation, breathwork, and yoga practices. It features customizable timers, gentle bells, and a distraction-free interface. Save your favorite routines and track your weekly sessions without any ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Multiple automatic timers
  • Customizable interval bells
  • Save preset routines
  • Weekly session tracking
  • Gentle bell sounds
  • Distraction-free design
  • Offline functionality
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A simple meditation timer for your self-guided meditation, restorative/yin yoga, Vipassana or other mindfulness practice. No ads. No subscriptions. No distractions. Just gentle bells to keep time while you practice. Set your session, put your phone down, and let the bells guide you. Set multiple timers for a session — say, 2 minutes to settle, 20 minutes of silent sitting, 5 minutes of metta — and Mindful Timer moves from one to the next with a bell at each transition, plus optional interval bells along the way. No courses, no sleep sounds, no content library. Just timers to structure your session, soothing sounds, and you. NEW + 20+ curated sounds: singing bowls, bells, and simple voice cues + Choose how many times the bells ring – once, twice, or three times + Practice insights and heat maps to help you build consistency + Sync sessions to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes CORE FEATURES + Simple, minimal and intuitive UX + Sequential timers that flow automatically from one to the next, so you never check the clock + Interval bells at your chosen frequency (e.g. every 5 minutes) + Fully custom timer durations + Save your routines as presets and start them in one tap + Track streaks, weekly and monthly sessions, and lifetime minutes + Play your own music (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.) + Runs in the background and while your phone is locked + Large countdown display DESIGNED FOR CALM FROM DAY ONE + No ads, ever + No subscriptions, ever + No guided meditations, courses, or content to wade through + No social feeds or comparison + Dark mode so it's easy on the eyes + Works fully offline + Gentle sounds to guide you through transitions PERFECT FOR + Any self-guided or silent meditation + Zen, zazen, vipassana, and insight meditation + Yin yoga and restorative yoga + Breathwork and pranayama + Shambhavi Mahamudra Kriya + Practicing at home before a vipassana or meditation retreat + Building a daily unguided meditation or yoga habit + Yoga teachers keeping time during class + Interval walking, Japanese interval walking, and Pomodoro focus blocks + Prayer or mantra meditation + Kundalini yoga + Timed stretches WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT + Intuitive design that easier to use than most other timer apps out there. + Keeps time in the background, so you never pick up your phone mid-practice. + Carefully curated, soothing sounds. No jarring alarms. + No clutter, no distractions, nothing you don't need.

About

Meditation Interval Timer

Features
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Carefully designed for practitioners who bring structure to their meditation. Meditimer rings a singing bowl at your chosen intervals — freeing your mind from tracking time and letting you move naturally through each phase of your practice. Set your preparation countdown, interval, and total duration. Start. Let go. Features · Singing bowl bells at custom intervals · Preparation countdown before each session · Three presets: Short · Medium · Long · Plays over music without interruption · Logs Mindful Minutes to Apple Health · Auto light/dark theme by sunrise and sunset

Screenshots

Mindful Timer4 screens
Meditation Interval Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Meditation Interval Timer at none against Mindful Timer's 2. Mindful Timer's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). 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. Mindful Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Meditation Interval Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindful Timer ships an update weekly, Meditation Interval Timer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mindful Timer versus Meditation Interval Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindful TimerMeditation Interval Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBurnt Cinnamon LabsVitaly Oleinikovs

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mindful Timer

One-time2
  • Premium: Bell Sounds, Insights$2.99
  • Premium: Bell Sounds, Insights$4.99
None

Meditation Interval Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mindful Timer free?
Mindful Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Meditation Interval Timer free?
Meditation Interval Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mindful Timer or Meditation Interval Timer have ads?
Neither Mindful Timer nor Meditation Interval Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mindful Timer or Meditation Interval Timer?
Mindful Timer ships an update weekly, and Meditation Interval Timer every 3 months. Most recently, Mindful Timer was updated on October 30, 2026 and Meditation Interval Timer on November 9, 2026.

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