Comparison

Mindful Timer vs Meditation Timer Stillness

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 unguided 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. Mindful Timer is built for people who just want the space to meditate—no courses, no sleep sounds, no content library. Just timers, soothing sounds, and you. Perfect for meditation, yin and restorative yoga, breathwork, zazen, or any self-guided practice. 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 + 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 — one simple purchase, yours forever + 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 (unlike most interval timers) PERFECT FOR + Any self-guided or silent meditation + Zen, zazen, vipassana, and insight meditation + Yin yoga and restorative yoga + Breathwork and pranayama + 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 WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT + Incredibly simple and intuitive design. + 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 Timer Stillness

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Meditation Timer Stillness is a distraction-free meditation timer and tracker with gentle bells, session history, and practice insight for beginner or advanced practices. It is built for people who do not need guided meditations, voice instructions, social features, streak pressure, or unnecessary clutter. Just set your time, choose gentle bells, begin your session, and return to silence. The basic meditation timer remains free. Use Stillness for: • Silent meditation • Mindfulness practice • Vipassana-style sitting • Zen practice • Breath awareness • Focus sessions • Quiet reflection • Daily sitting practice Core features: • Simple meditation timer • Gentle start, interval, and end bells • Bell sounds can be silenced • Adjustable session duration • Optional interval bells • Calm, minimal interface • Designed for silent practice • No ads • No social features • No guided content Premium unlocks: • Saved meditation sessions • Session history with edit and delete • Session notes — personal reflections attached to every session • Reflection tags — one-tap mood log (Deep · Calm · Neutral · Restless · Difficult) • Closing and background ambience sounds (Rain · Birdsong · Forest · Ocean · Wind · Bell only) • Meditation insights • Saved app settings Stillness is designed to feel like a quiet tool, not a noisy platform. Open the app, set your timer, and sit. Whether you meditate for 5 minutes or 60 minutes, Stillness helps you keep the structure of your practice while leaving the practice itself undisturbed. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://meditationtracker.replit.app/privacy

Screenshots

Mindful Timer4 screens
Meditation Timer Stillness4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mindful Timer at weekly against Meditation Timer Stillness's every 3 weeks. Meditation Timer Stillness's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.6). On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mindful Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Meditation Timer Stillness sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindful Timer ships an update weekly, Meditation Timer Stillness every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mindful Timer versus Meditation Timer Stillness: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindful TimerMeditation Timer Stillness
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBurnt Cinnamon LabsJANOS KEREKES

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mindful Timer

One-time2
  • Premium: Bell Sounds, Insights$2.99
  • Premium: Bell Sounds, Insights$4.99
1 purchases

Meditation Timer Stillness

Subscriptions1
  • Premium$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Mindful Timer free?
Mindful Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Meditation Timer Stillness free?
Meditation Timer Stillness is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mindful Timer or Meditation Timer Stillness have ads?
Neither Mindful Timer nor Meditation Timer Stillness shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mindful Timer or Meditation Timer Stillness?
Mindful Timer ships an update weekly, and Meditation Timer Stillness every 3 weeks. Most recently, Mindful Timer was updated on October 12, 2026 and Meditation Timer Stillness on October 6, 2026.

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