Meditation Rooms vs Sati Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meditation Rooms
This app offers a guided meditation experience with curated rooms and customizable timers. Create your own serene space with various instruments, ambient sounds, and durations to suit your practice.
- Curated meditation rooms
- Customizable room creation
- Multiple sacred instruments
- Ambient soundscapes
- Customizable session duration
- Progress tracking and achievements
- Daily Zen reminders
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Enter a meditation room, and let the space do the settling. A mindful meditation timer built around Meditation Rooms — complete spaces where the scene, the instrument, the ambient sound and the length are already in tune with each other. Open Zen Temple for stillness, Sea Meditation for the breath, Himalayan Shrine for contemplation, Bamboo Grove for the present moment, or Golden Om for mantra. Tap Begin and sit. Want it your way? Create your space: pick an instrument, a duration, how often it sounds, then layer a second instrument and an ambient track underneath. Your room is waiting the next time you open the app. Whether you have 5 minutes between meetings or an hour for a deep session, the ritual stays simple: Enter → Sit → Breathe. MEDITATION ROOMS • Five curated rooms — Zen Temple (stillness and awakening), Sea Meditation (impermanence, returning to the breath), Himalayan Shrine (compassion and contemplation), Bamboo Grove (dwelling in the present), Golden Om (one-pointedness, union) • Every room is a whole atmosphere — its own scene, bell, ambience, haptics, suggested length and reflections • Create Your Space — build a custom room and it saves itself for next time • Resume Last Session — pick your practice back up from the Home screen in one tap • Favorite the rooms you keep coming back to SOUNDS & AMBIENCE • Nine sacred instruments — a digital wooden fish (木魚), a Himalayan singing bowl, and seven Tibetan ceremonial bells (Basu, Dengze, Kangse, Ombu, Sakya, Shurong, Zhada), each with its own origin, craft and place in practice • Layer instruments — add a second instrument on top, with its own volume and interval • Eight ambient soundscapes — Bamboo Fountain, Ocean Waves, Enchanted Forest, Fireplace, Tibetan Sunrise, Sound Bath, Golden Om and Enchanting • Custom duration — 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45 or 60 minutes • Custom interval — set the gap between sounds from 5s to 60s to match your breath THE SESSION • Full-screen player — breathing animation, live countdown, progress ring, and pause / resume / end • 30 immersive backgrounds to sit inside — zen, nature and abstract scenes • Save or discard — leave early and decide whether the minutes count • A quiet completion screen closes every finished sit YOUR PROGRESS • Presence-first stats — minutes meditated, sessions and a daily goal ring, never raw tap counts • Presence Journey chart — see your practice over 7, 30 or 90 days • Six achievements — First Steps, Daily Practice, First Hour, 10 Hours, Devoted and Centurion • Daily Zen Reminder — a gentle nudge at the time you choose SHARE YOUR PRACTICE • Quote posters — pick a scene, shuffle the quote, post it to Instagram, Facebook or anywhere else • Session and achievement cards for the milestones worth marking MADE TO FEEL CALM • Day and Night themes — switch in one tap from the Home screen, or follow your system • Premium SNPro typography, gentle haptics, no clutter • 12 languages — English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese PERFECT FOR • Quick stress breaks during the workday • Morning and evening meditation routines • Building a daily mindfulness habit • Buddhist prayer, chanting and bell practice • Focus sessions while studying or working • ASMR, deep relaxation and sleep wind-down FREE & PLUS • Free: the Zen Temple room, Create Your Space, wooden fish, singing bowl, the Basu and Dengze bells, six ambient tracks, and your full stats and achievements • Plus: every meditation room, all nine instruments, every ambient track, and all 30 player and share backgrounds Plus is a one-time purchase. No subscription, no auto-renew. Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/nguyendangnam-privacy-policy/home Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Turn minutes into presence — one bell at a time.
Sati Timer
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Sati Timer is a refined, distraction-free meditation and mindfulness companion designed to support your daily practice with calm clarity and sacred sound. Featuring a serene Liquid Glass circular timer dial, studio-mastered temple acoustic instruments, and a fully integrated Apple Watch companion, Sati Timer offers a tranquil space free from clutter, ads, and subscriptions. ◆ LIQUID GLASS DIAL & MINDFUL PRESENCE • Elegant circular dial with soft breathing halo animation • Fluid, intuitive time adjustment (1 minute to hours) • Distraction-free interface: lock screen media player is suppressed to preserve unbroken concentration • Tactile haptic feedback accompanies your practice ◆ MASTER TEMPLE ACOUSTICS Immerse your practice in authentic, uncompressed acoustic recordings: • Ancient Bronze Daqing (古銅大磬): Deep, resonant bell tone that lingers in stillness • Tibetan Singing Bowl: Warm harmonic overtones for centering awareness • Zen Yinqing (引磬): Clear, penetrating high chime • Karaniya Metta Sutta: Sacred Pali chant of loving-kindness with synchronized verse display • Tactile Vibration Mode: Silent practice for quiet retreats, public transit, or office spaces ◆ ERGONOMIC INTERVALS & CUSTOM PRESETS • Warm-up preparation countdown (0 to 60 seconds) • Flexible interval bells at custom milestones (e.g., halfway bell, 5-min intervals) • Quick-start presets for Vipassana, Samatha, Zen, and Metta Bhavana ◆ SEAMLESS APPLE WATCH COMPANION • Independent watchOS app designed for wrist-only meditation • Silent, gentle haptic taps signal start, intervals, and completion without disturbing others • start on your iPhone or Watch, with automatic local session transfer • Crown controls and quick stepper pills for effortless adjustment ◆ PRACTICE JOURNAL & INSIGHTS • Daily sit streak tracking and milestone counters • Visual practice calendar and monthly heatmap • Comprehensive session history with notes and sound tags • Complete privacy: 100% offline local storage with JSON export/import backup ◆ PRIVACY-FIRST PHILOSOPHY • Zero advertisements • No accounts, logins, or paywalls • No tracking or third-party analytics • Works offline anywhere—at home, retreat centers, or outdoors Return to the present breath with Sati Timer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sati Timer at none against Meditation Rooms's 1. Sati Timer also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Meditation Rooms's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 10 days). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Meditation Rooms sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sati Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Meditation Rooms ships an update every 5 days, Sati Timer every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Meditation Rooms | Sati Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dang Nam Nguyen | Chin Guan Teow |
In-app purchases
Meditation Rooms
- Lifetime$4.99
Sati Timer
No in-app purchases









