Comparison

Lucid Timer vs Symptile

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

Head to head
About

Lucid Timer

Features
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A free, simple, no-frills meditation timer to support your practice. Features include: - Choice of sounds to mark the beginning and end of your meditation session. - Optional countdown timer which allows you to get settled before the main timer starts. - Quick Start button on the Home Screen to start the timer immediately. - History section with simple charts and statistics to mark your progress and encourage your consistency. - Dark/light mode toggle button in Settings.

About

Symptile

Features
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Symptile is a fast, private symptom tracker designed around how you actually feel. Tap a tile to log a symptom in a second, or long-press to add severity, notes, and photos. It's a native iOS app, built from lived experience. No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Log in seconds • Tap a symptom tile to log it instantly; the badge shows today's count • Long-press for severity (Present to Severe), notes, and photos • Choose from a catalog of common symptoms, or create your own with a custom name, icon, and color See your patterns • Browse your full history, day by day • Charts for time of day, day of week, and severity • On-device AI insights that summarize what your data shows: your patterns, not medical advice Make it yours • Reminders at the times and on the days you choose • Sync to Apple Health so symptoms sit alongside your other health data • Back up and sync across devices with iCloud • Quick-log straight from a Home Screen widget • Track for the whole family with multiple profiles • Import and export your data as CSV • Lock the app with Face ID Private by design Your symptoms are personal. Symptile keeps them on your device and in your own private iCloud. There's no account to create, no analytics, and no third-party tracking. Symptile is a personal tracking tool, not a medical device. It does not provide medical advice or diagnosis.

Screenshots

Lucid Timer4 screens
Symptile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Symptile at daily against Lucid Timer's weekly. Lucid Timer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lucid Timer ships an update weekly, Symptile daily. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Lucid Timer versus Symptile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLucid TimerSymptile
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDatla RajuBRUNO DURAND

In-app purchases

None

Lucid Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Symptile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lucid Timer free?
Lucid Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Symptile free?
Symptile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lucid Timer or Symptile have ads?
Neither Lucid Timer nor Symptile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lucid Timer or Symptile?
Lucid Timer ships an update weekly, and Symptile daily. Most recently, Lucid Timer was updated on October 5, 2026 and Symptile on September 23, 2026.

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