Comparison

Mindful Timer vs Clear Intervals

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

Clear Intervals

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Clear Intervals is a focused workout timer for HIIT, circuits and conditioning sessions. Build the workout you need, start in seconds and follow every phase without fighting the interface. CHOOSE YOUR FORMAT - Stopwatch for open-ended timing and laps - Rounds for custom work and rest intervals - Tabata for classic 20/10 sessions or your own variation - EMOM for every-minute pacing - AMRAP for time-capped training STAY IN THE WORKOUT - Clear countdown, phase and round information - Audio tones, spoken cues and haptics - Pause, skip, mute and end controls - A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island on supported iPhones REPEAT WHAT WORKS - Save reusable workouts - Review completed and ended sessions in local history - Open any History result for active time, workout structure and Stopwatch lap splits - Keep an active workout recoverable when the app relaunches FREE BY DESIGN Clear Intervals has no ads, paywalls, accounts, tracking or in-app purchases. Every timer mode and feature is available to everyone. Presets and workout history are stored locally and are not transmitted to us. Simple utility apps should respect the people who use them. Clear Intervals is our small contribution to that idea.

Screenshots

Mindful Timer4 screens
Clear Intervals4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Clear Intervals at none against Mindful Timer's 2. Clear Intervals also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). Mindful Timer's advantage is 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. Clear Intervals asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mindful Timer ships an update weekly, Clear Intervals daily. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mindful Timer versus Clear Intervals: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMindful TimerClear Intervals
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBurnt Cinnamon LabsDominik Drag

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Mindful Timer

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

Clear Intervals

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mindful Timer free?
Mindful Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clear Intervals free?
Clear Intervals is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mindful Timer or Clear Intervals have ads?
Neither Mindful Timer nor Clear Intervals shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mindful Timer or Clear Intervals?
Mindful Timer ships an update weekly, and Clear Intervals daily. Most recently, Mindful Timer was updated on October 12, 2026 and Clear Intervals on October 9, 2026.

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