Interval Timer MAX vs Sota
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Interval Timer MAX
This app provides a customizable interval timer for various activities like workouts and meditation. It offers a selection of high-quality sounds to enhance your experience.
- Customizable interval timer
- Workout timer
- Meditation timer
- High-quality sound selection
- Simple interface
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A simple interval timer app for workouts, meditation, or anything else you need. Lots of high quality sounds to choose from.
Sota
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Sota: Stream Entry Guide Sota is a practice companion for meditators serious about reaching stream entry — the first fruition on the Theravāda path. Built around the Mahāsi Sayadaw progress of insight map, Sota supports your daily sits with intelligent guidance, honest tracking, and tools drawn from the pragmatic dharma tradition. What's inside: - Sit Timer — Anapana, Metta, and Kasina concentration sessions with voice guidance and a singing bowl bell - Stage Map — Navigate the nanas from access concentration to stream entry, with plain-language descriptions of each territory - Resolve — Set and renew your determination (adhiṭṭhāna) for stream entry - Practice Tracker — Log sessions, track streaks, and monitor 7 and 30-day momentum - Retreat Planner — Structured 5, 7, and 10-day self-retreat templates with day-by-day schedules - AI Guide — A companion trained on the pragmatic dharma tradition, available between sits (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Mistral, or Open Router). Your data never leaves your device. The AI Guide requires a API key (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, Mistral, or Open Router). Sota is for practitioners who are done dabbling.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sota at every 2 months against Interval Timer MAX's every 6 months. Sota also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Interval Timer MAX ships an update every 6 months, Sota every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Interval Timer MAX | Sota |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ThaiGenius LLC | NIKOLAI S HALAY |
In-app purchases
Interval Timer MAX
No in-app purchases
Sota
No in-app purchases
Questions
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