Comparison

Now Timer vs Now Meditation Timer

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

Head to head
About

Now Timer

Features
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Gong Timer is a small, calm app for people who want less noise and more presence. No feeds, no accounts, no pressure — just your breath and a simple timer. Breathe with structure • Gentle guided breathing patterns for sleep, stress, and everyday meditation • Clear ratios like 4-2-6-2 or 3-3-3-3, easy to follow at a glance • Nadi Shodhana (alternate nostril breathing) for balance and focus Stillness in one tap • Start a session with a single tap • Minimal timer screen with no distractions • Choose how long you sit and let the app stay out of the way A quiet calendar • See your past meditations on a soft monthly view • Notice your rhythm over time, without streaks or gamification Privacy and offline first • Works fully offline once installed • No login, no tracking, no ads • Your data stays on your device Gong Timer is for anyone who wants a small, beautiful tool to return to their breath — at bedtime, between meetings, or in the middle of a chaotic day. Less, but better.

About

Now Meditation Timer

This app offers a simple, distraction-free meditation timer with customizable durations and calming visual themes. It helps build a daily practice without pressure, optionally syncing with Apple Health and featuring an Apple Watch companion app.

Highlights
  • Customizable meditation timer (8-60 minutes)
  • Daily habit tracking (week strip, month calendar)
  • Three distinct visual themes
  • Optional Apple Health integration
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Focus-designed interface with accessibility features
Features
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Now is a minimal meditation timer. No accounts, no subscriptions, no tracking — just you and the present moment. Set a timer. Press Begin. Breathe. • A SIMPLE TIMER Choose any duration from 8 to 60 minutes, with one-tap presets at 8, 10, 15, 20, and 30. Adjust by single minutes with a familiar stepper. The timer fades into a calm, immersive screen with a soft breathing glow. • A DAILY HABIT, NOT A STREAK YOU'LL LOSE Set a daily goal — eight minutes is a good place to start. A week strip on the home screen and a month calendar in History show every day you practiced. Build the habit at your own pace. • THREE LOOKS, ONE APP Pick the theme that fits your mood: Clay (warm paper, terracotta), Deep (restful ink, glowing aqua — made for night practice), or Mist (cool, precise, near-monochrome). Switch any time in Settings → Appearance. • APPLE HEALTH, IF YOU WANT IT Sessions save as Mindful Minutes in Apple Health, and mindfulness logged in other apps counts toward your daily goal here. You can skip this entirely — the app works the same. • APPLE WATCH A companion app on your wrist starts, runs, and saves sessions, with a complication for one-tap access. • DESIGNED FOR FOCUS • Newsreader serif for the parts that matter • A breathing glow that respects Reduce Motion • Full Dynamic Type support • VoiceOver labels on every control • YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS Your sessions live on your device (and Apple Health if you opt in). No analytics. No advertising SDKs. No accounts to make. No subscription to remember to cancel. — Built with care by an indie developer. If something feels off, tell me, and I'll fix it.

Screenshots

Now Timer4 screens
Now Meditation Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Now Timer at every 2 weeks against Now Meditation Timer's every 2 months. Now Timer also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Now Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, Now Meditation Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and June 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Now Timer versus Now Meditation Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNow TimerNow Meditation Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDev Pramoth NandhakumarBrian Kemler

In-app purchases

None

Now Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Now Meditation Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Now Timer free?
Now Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Now Meditation Timer free?
Now Meditation Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Now Timer or Now Meditation Timer have ads?
Neither Now Timer nor Now Meditation Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Now Timer or Now Meditation Timer?
Now Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, and Now Meditation Timer every 2 months. Most recently, Now Timer was updated on September 20, 2026 and Now Meditation Timer on June 28, 2026.

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