Comparison

Meditation Timer vs Koan Meditation Timer

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

Head to head
About

Meditation Timer

Features
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ZenTimer is a minimalist meditation timer for iPhone. Create custom timer presets with interval bells, custom bell markers, start and end bells, and finite or infinite sessions. Run sessions on a clean radial timer designed for focused practice. Track consistency with streaks, daily/weekly/monthly stats, meditation minutes, session counts, and cumulative progress. ZenTimer syncs completed sessions to Apple Health as Mindful Sessions and retries sync later when Health access is temporarily unavailable. Personalize each timer with calming backgrounds and sounds, then check progress from Home Screen widgets and Lock Screen Live Activity. No guided content, no social feed, no distractions - just meditation timing, bells, and progress.

About

Koan Meditation Timer

This app offers a distraction-free meditation experience with customizable bell sounds and flexible session scheduling. It allows users to create simple or complex meditation routines without requiring an account or saving data.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free meditation
  • Customizable bell and bowl sounds
  • Flexible session scheduler
  • Simple and complex session creation
  • No account required
  • No data saving
  • No push notifications
Features
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The Koan Simple Meditation Timer is built so you can sit down and meditate without distraction. It features three real sounds of bells and bowls and a flexible scheduler. You can create a simple session with a bell to start and a bell to finish after 10 minutes. You can just as easily make a complicated bell setup like 30 minutes of sitting meditation followed by 10 minutes of walking mediation. The simplicity is purposeful here. There is no account to create, no data saved, no push notifications of premium subscriptions to shill. We both know you don't need that. Just meditate more and the world will be a better place for it.

Screenshots

Meditation Timer4 screens
Koan Meditation Timer2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Koan Meditation Timer at none against Meditation Timer's 6. Koan Meditation Timer also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 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. Meditation Timer sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Koan Meditation Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation Timer ships an update every 2 months, Koan Meditation Timer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Meditation Timer versus Koan Meditation Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation TimerKoan Meditation Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEli WillaertLucas Moore

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Meditation Timer

One-time6
  • Buy Me a Drink$3.99
  • Coffee Unlock$3.99
  • Fan$8.99
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  • Fan Unlock$8.99
  • Supporter$17.99
  • Supporter Unlock$17.99
None

Koan Meditation Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meditation Timer free?
Meditation Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Koan Meditation Timer free?
Koan Meditation Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Meditation Timer or Koan Meditation Timer have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer nor Koan Meditation Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer or Koan Meditation Timer?
Meditation Timer ships an update every 2 months, and Koan Meditation Timer every 3 days. Most recently, Meditation Timer was updated on October 25, 2026 and Koan Meditation Timer on October 20, 2026.

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