Mindful Timer vs Moment2Moment
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Moment2Moment
This app offers short, guided audio or video meditation practices designed to fit into your daily routine. Schedule sessions, receive reminders, and track your progress to build consistent mindfulness habits. Explore various meditation types for breathing, focus, sleep, and more.
- Short guided audio/video meditations
- Scheduled meditation times
- Daily reminders
- Progress tracking
- Personal reflection journaling
- Cross-device progress sync
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Meditation doesn’t have to feel big. Moment to Moment is designed around micro meditations—short, approachable practices that make it easier to pause, reset, and reconnect throughout the day. Instead of waiting for the perfect time to meditate, choose brief guided audio or video practices and schedule them into moments that already fit your routine. Set daily meditation times, receive reminders, and build consistency one small practice at a time. With Moment to Moment, you can: • Explore short guided meditations for breathing, focus, gratitude, emotional regulation, awareness, sleep, walking, and more • Schedule multiple meditation times throughout your day • Receive reminders when it is time to pause and practice • Choose audio or video based on what works best in the moment • Track your streak, meditation history, and overall progress • Save personal reflections after each meditation • Revisit and edit past reflections • Restore your progress when signing in on another device Whether you have ten minutes, five minutes, or only a brief pause, Moment to Moment helps you make mindfulness practical, consistent, and easier to maintain. Small pauses can create meaningful change. Practice moment to moment. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Mindful Timer at free against Moment2Moment's freemium. Mindful Timer also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Mindful Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Moment2Moment sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mindful Timer against 5.0 for Moment2Moment. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mindful Timer has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Mindful Timer | Moment2Moment |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Burnt Cinnamon Labs | MATTHEW RAYNE HERMAN |
In-app purchases
Mindful Timer
- Premium: Bell Sounds, Insights$2.99
- Premium: Bell Sounds, Insights$4.99
Moment2Moment
- Moment2Moment Premium7 Days trial$4.991 Month
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