Comparison

Transcend Timer vs Hip Flexor Stretches

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

Head to head
About

Transcend Timer

This app provides a guided meditation experience with customizable phases for warming up, meditating, and cooling down. It automatically logs sessions to Apple Health and prioritizes user privacy with no account or internet required.

Highlights
  • Three-phase meditation timer (Warm Up, Meditate, Cool Down)
  • Customizable phase durations
  • Screen stays on during sessions
  • Automatic Apple Health logging
  • Adjustable brightness reduction
  • Background operation with screen lock
  • No account or internet required
Features
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Transcend Timer is a timer for Transcendental Meditation. It does one thing: it holds the length of your practice so you do not have to. Three phases. Warm Up to settle in, Meditation, then Rest. Set each one once and press play — the home screen shows the plan, so starting is never a decision. WHAT IT DOES NOT DO No guided voices. No courses, no narrators, no daily episode, no library to look through. Nothing plays unless you turn it on: the start and end sounds and the haptics are all off by default, because in TM the mantra is the technique and a bell is an interruption. THE SCREEN TELLS YOU WHERE YOU ARE Each phase has its own background, ordered by brightness rather than colour. Warm Up steps down toward meditation, meditation is nearly black, and rest lifts sharply. That lift is the largest change in light in the whole session and it happens the moment meditation ends — perceptible through a closed eyelid, so you can stay where you are until it comes. If you do open your eyes to check the time, the timer is large, centred, and set in figures that do not shift as they count down. PROGRESS Two counters: days you meditated, and days you meditated twice. A monthly calendar shows the shape of your practice — missed, once, twice — and pages back through every month you have kept. Completed sessions are written to Apple Health as Mindful Sessions. APPLE WATCH Run a full session from your wrist and leave the phone in another room. The Digital Crown sets the durations. The Smart Stack shows which phase you are in and how long is left. IF YOU WANT IT Curated sounds for the start and end of meditation, with their own volume so a cue can carry through twenty minutes of closed eyes. Ambiance: one looping sound that fades in as the session begins and out across the rest phase, at a volume set deliberately lower. Eight themes, each changing all four phases together and keeping the same order of light. Night dimming for sessions in the dark. Pause and resume, counting active time only. A daily reminder, if you set one. PRIVACY No account, no sign-in, no analytics, no advertising, no network requests. Your preferences stay on your device. Health data is read only to calculate your streaks and never leaves the phone. Transcend Timer is an independent app. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by any Transcendental Meditation organisation, and it does not teach the technique.

About

Hip Flexor Stretches

Features
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Improve your mobility and move with greater comfort with Hip Flexor Stretches — a guided fitness app featuring stretching and workout routines designed to support flexibility, mobility, and lower-body movement. A subscription is required to access the workout routines and premium features available in the app. Subscription options and pricing are presented before purchase. Whether you're looking to improve your flexibility, support daily mobility, or incorporate targeted hip stretches into your fitness routine, Hip Flexor Stretches provides structured workouts with easy-to-follow guidance. Features: 1. Guided hip flexor stretching and workout routines 2. Structured exercises designed to support flexibility and mobility 3. Step-by-step exercise instructions 4. Workouts suitable for different fitness levels 5. Routines that can be performed without equipment 6. Short workout sessions that fit into your daily routine 7. Premium workout content available with an active subscription Terms of Use (EULA) - https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Transcend Timer4 screens
Hip Flexor Stretches4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Transcend Timer at none against Hip Flexor Stretches's 1. Hip Flexor Stretches's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.4). On price, update cadence, 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. Hip Flexor Stretches sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. Transcend Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Transcend Timer ships an update every 5 weeks, Hip Flexor Stretches every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Transcend Timer versus Hip Flexor Stretches: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTranscend TimerHip Flexor Stretches
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.412.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB37 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperMartin Di GiglioVerdhit Agarwal

In-app purchases

None

Transcend Timer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Hip Flexor Stretches

Subscriptions1
  • Hip Flexor Subscription$1.497 Days

Questions

Is Transcend Timer free?
Transcend Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hip Flexor Stretches free?
Hip Flexor Stretches is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Transcend Timer or Hip Flexor Stretches have ads?
Neither Transcend Timer nor Hip Flexor Stretches shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Transcend Timer or Hip Flexor Stretches?
Transcend Timer ships an update every 5 weeks, and Hip Flexor Stretches every 2 months. Most recently, Transcend Timer was updated on October 7, 2026 and Hip Flexor Stretches on October 5, 2026.

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