Comparison

Mowditate vs Zazen · Mindful Timer

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

Head to head
About

Mowditate

Features
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Unwind on your own terms. Mowditate gives you a quiet, focused space where you decide how, when, and with what you meditate. It’s designed to get you into a session with as few taps as possible — whether you want a simple timer, a breathing exercise, or a guided meditation. Mowditate is built in layers. Use only the parts that are useful to you and leave the rest untouched. Statistics, streaks, badges, exercises, guided content, and Mowditate+ are there when you want them, but they never need to become part of your meditation routine. If all you want is a timer, Mowditate can simply be a timer. The layers you don’t use simply stay out of your way. • Set a fixed duration or meditate without a time limit. Add interval gongs, choose a background, and adjust your session the way you like it. • Use breathing and grounding exercises when you want something a little more active, including Box Breathing, Resonant Breathing, and 5-4-3-2-1 Grounding. • Turn on Mindfulness Focus automatically for meditations and exercises after a one-time setup with Shortcuts. • Meditate in silence, use your own audio files, or listen with Apple Music. • On iPhone Duo, Mow stays by your side as you meditate with the device unfolded in landscape. • Use Mowditate on Apple Watch to meditate, track your sessions, or start breathing and grounding exercises right from your wrist. • Follow an active meditation from the Dynamic Island, Lock Screen, or Apple Watch with Live Activities. • Save your mindful minutes to Apple Health and see your meditation history, streaks, and statistics whenever you’re interested in your progress. • Unlock badges as you explore Mowditate. They’re designed as small extras rather than goals you have to chase — ignore them completely if that’s more your style. • Learn more about meditation and mindfulness in the Meditation Knowledge section. • No account required. No tracking. MOWDITATE+ Mowditate+ adds another optional layer with guided meditations, relaxation techniques, and courses with adjustable session lengths. It doesn’t change the core timer experience — use guided content when you want it, and return to a simple meditation timer whenever you don’t. Included guided content: • Body Scan • Autogenic Training • Jacobson Progressive Muscle Relaxation • Metta • Chakra Meditation • Tonglen • Interconnectedness • 7-day course: Meditation Basics • Seasonal Rauhnächte course, available from December 25 to January 6 Guided content for Mowditate+ is currently available in English and German. Whether you want five quiet minutes, a breathing exercise, a longer guided meditation, or simply a timer that stays out of your way, Mowditate lets you choose what fits right now. Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Zazen · Mindful Timer

Features
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Zazen is a calm, focused meditation timer for phone and smartwatch. Start, pause, resume, and finish a session from either device. Choose when the first reminder should occur and how often later reminders repeat. The smartwatch provides discreet haptic feedback while the phone plays a brief sound. Key features: • Control sessions from phone or smartwatch • Customize the first reminder and repeat interval • One haptic for the first reminder, two for the second, and so on • Pause without counting paused time • See the total duration when a session ends • Keep a private history of completed sessions • Review monthly, quarterly, half-year, and yearly statistics • Keep all meditation data on your devices Zazen requires no account, contains no ads, and does not track you.

Screenshots

Mowditate4 screens
Zazen · Mindful Timer1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zazen · Mindful Timer at none against Mowditate's 5. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Mowditate sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Zazen · Mindful Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Mowditate versus Zazen · Mindful Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMowditateZazen · Mindful Timer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size299 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTobias Kollmar超才 姜

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Mowditate

Subscriptions2
  • Mowditate+ Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Mowditate+ Yearly3 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large tip$3.99
None

Zazen · Mindful Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mowditate free?
Mowditate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zazen · Mindful Timer free?
Zazen · Mindful Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mowditate or Zazen · Mindful Timer have ads?
Neither Mowditate nor Zazen · Mindful Timer shows ads.

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