Comparison

BuddhaMind vs Meditation

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

Head to head
About

BuddhaMind

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BuddhaMind is a meditation app from the London Buddhist Centre, designed to help you develop greater awareness, wisdom and compassion. Whether you’re new to meditation or have been practising for years, BuddhaMind offers high-quality guided meditations, structured courses, and teachings for modern life — all rooted in the Buddhist tradition. This isn’t just another meditation app. It’s a doorway into a living spiritual community. All content is created by experienced Buddhist teachers, grounded in their own practice of the Buddha’s teachings. What you’ll find inside • Guided meditations, including mindfulness, loving-kindness (mettā), compassion, body awareness, and practices for working with difficult emotions • Structured, multi-week courses that support depth and continuity in practice • A simple meditation timer for daily practice • Teachings from experienced Buddhist teachers connected with the London Buddhist Centre • A sense of connection to a living Buddhist community

About

Meditation

Features
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Meditation: Segment Timer is a simple, distraction-free timer for structured meditation sessions. Set an overall duration, choose a short warm-up, and divide your practice into clear segments. Gentle bell sounds mark the start, transitions, and end of your session so you can stay focused without watching the clock. Features • Set a total meditation duration • Optional warm-up period • Divide sessions into equal segments • Clear visual progress ring • Simple controls to start, pause, and reset • Designed to be calm, minimal, and easy to use Whether you prefer a lightly structured practice or simply want subtle time awareness, Meditation: Segment Timer helps you meditate with clarity and consistency.

Screenshots

BuddhaMind4 screens
Meditation2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: BuddhaMind at 14.0.0 against Meditation's 18.5. On price, update cadence, 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

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

BuddhaMind ships an update every 10 days, Meditation every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
BuddhaMind versus Meditation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuddhaMindMeditation
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0.0 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLondon Buddhist CentreHarry Mackinnon-Coleman

In-app purchases

None

BuddhaMind

No in-app purchases

None

Meditation

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BuddhaMind free?
BuddhaMind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Meditation free?
Meditation is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BuddhaMind or Meditation have ads?
Neither BuddhaMind nor Meditation shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BuddhaMind or Meditation?
BuddhaMind ships an update every 10 days, and Meditation every 8 days. Most recently, BuddhaMind was updated on October 1, 2026 and Meditation on September 26, 2026.

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