Comparison

Anicca vs Unguided Meditation Timer

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

Head to head
About

Anicca

This app guides you through learning meditation as a skill. It assesses your experience and goals to recommend a structured path with daily lessons and guided sessions. Track your progress and reflect on each practice to build a lasting habit.

Highlights
  • Personalized 10-stage learning path
  • Daily recommended sessions
  • Pre-meditation lessons
  • Minimalist practice timer
  • Progress tracking and journaling
  • Practice consistency tools
Features
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Maybe you’ve tried meditation before. You downloaded an app, chose a calming session, practiced for a few days — and then stopped. The problem wasn’t finding another meditation. It was knowing what to practice, why it mattered, and how to keep going. Meditation is a skill. Anicca helps you learn it. Start with a short onboarding quiz. Anicca considers your experience, consistency, attention, distractions, and goals, then suggests the right place to begin on a structured 10-stage path. From there, you always know what to practice next. Each day, Anicca recommends a session with a clear focus, technique, and duration. No endless browsing. No collection of unrelated sessions. Just the next useful step for your practice. LEARN BEFORE YOU SIT Personal Dive-Ins introduce one stage-appropriate idea before your silent meditation. These short, thoughtfully authored lessons help you understand what you’re training and how to work with common difficulties. MEDITATE WITHOUT DISTRACTION Move from guidance into a quiet, minimal timer designed for serious practice. Follow each phase, pause or resume when needed, dim the screen, and finish with an optional gong. SEE HOW YOUR PRACTICE DEVELOPS Follow your Journey from establishing consistency to deeper practice. Explore your current stage, recommended methods, common obstacles, and the signs that may indicate you’re ready for the next step. LEARN FROM EVERY SESSION After you sit, reflect on what happened using simple tags, questions, and optional journal notes. Over time, your history helps you notice patterns in attention, distractions, techniques, and consistency. BUILD A PRACTICE THAT LASTS Streaks, weekly activity, achievements, and longer practice challenges make your effort visible — without turning meditation into a game. Anicca is for you if: • You want to meditate but struggle to stay consistent • You’ve tried meditation apps but felt lost among endless sessions • You’re returning to practice and need a clear structure • You already meditate and want a more intentional path forward Anicca is not built around sleep stories, background sounds, or quick-fix promises. It is a quiet companion for learning how to sit, notice, return, and gradually deepen your practice. ANICCA PREMIUM Premium unlocks Personal Dive-Ins, deeper practice analytics, lesson replay, advanced practice tools, and additional guidance along your path. Anicca is a meditation and general wellness app. It does not diagnose or treat medical conditions and is not a substitute for professional support. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your iTunes Account Settings. Terms of Service: https://lucio-app.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://lucio-app.com/privacy License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Unguided Meditation Timer

This app offers a unique meditation timer that uses AirPods motion sensors to monitor your posture during sits. It provides gentle cues to help you maintain your baseline, focusing on unguided practice with a minimalist interface. Unlock advanced insights and unlimited history with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • AirPods posture monitoring
  • Configurable sensitivity
  • Multiple session durations
  • Detailed sit history
  • User practice statistics
  • Unguided practice focus
  • Minimalist UI
Features
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Stillness is a quiet meditation timer that uses your AirPods to notice when your head drifts. Sit, close your eyes, and press start. The screen goes dark and stays out of the way. The motion sensor inside your AirPods feels when your head starts to drop forward, lean back or tilt, the way it does when attention fades or sleepiness creeps in. A soft sound in your ears brings you back. Then silence again. No voice. No music. No buzzing phone. Just you, a timer and a gentle cue when you need it. HOW IT WORKS • Find your center: sit the way you meditate and stay still for 8 seconds. Stillness learns where your head rests. • Sit for 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45 or 60 minutes, or open-ended. • When your head drifts past your threshold, a soft cue plays in your AirPods. • A bell marks the start and the end of every sit. MADE FOR UNGUIDED PRACTICE Silent meditation, zazen, shikantaza, vipassana, centering prayer or simple mindfulness. Whatever brings you to the cushion, Stillness keeps time and keeps watch, and nothing more. CUES YOU CAN TUNE • Sensitivity: Gentle, Balanced or Precise • Sound cues on or off, with a preview • Set the time between cues • Quiet first 3 minutes, so you can settle in • Optional interval bells YOUR JOURNAL • Every sit, day by day, for the last 5 weeks and beyond • After each sit: how long your head stayed steady, your longest drift and how many cues played • Your 30-day trend, total hours and day streak • Share or export any sit STILLNESS+ A one-time purchase, with Family Sharing. No subscription. After 10 sits, Stillness+ reads your own practice and shows five calm insights: • Drift timing: the minute your head tends to lower • Trend: whether you are getting steadier • Duration sweet spot: the length that suits you best • Side tilt: whether you lean to one side • Time of day: when your sits are steadiest PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your sessions and motion data stay on your iPhone. No account, no ads, no tracking. Only anonymous usage statistics are shared. WORKS WITH AirPods Pro, AirPods Max and AirPods (3rd generation) and later. No compatible headphones? You can still sit with bells, without cues. Available in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese and Catalan. Sit down. Put your AirPods in. Stay.

Screenshots

Anicca4 screens
Unguided Meditation Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Unguided Meditation Timer at 5.0 against Anicca's 3.7. Anicca's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Anicca sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month and Unguided Meditation Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Unguided Meditation Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anicca ships an update every 6 days, Unguided Meditation Timer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Anicca versus Unguided Meditation Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAniccaUnguided Meditation Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB66 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksandr IusupovBrothapps, SL

Customer experience

Anicca

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Unguided Meditation Timer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Anicca

Subscriptions2
  • Anicca's Monthly plan$14.991 Month
  • Anicca's Yearly plan7 Days trial$79.991 Year
1 purchases

Unguided Meditation Timer

One-time1
  • Stillness+ Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Anicca free?
Anicca is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Unguided Meditation Timer free?
Unguided Meditation Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Anicca or Unguided Meditation Timer?
Unguided Meditation Timer is rated higher. Anicca averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Unguided Meditation Timer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Anicca or Unguided Meditation Timer have ads?
Neither Anicca nor Unguided Meditation Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anicca or Unguided Meditation Timer?
Anicca ships an update every 6 days, and Unguided Meditation Timer every 3 days. Most recently, Anicca was updated on October 22, 2026 and Unguided Meditation Timer on October 15, 2026.

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