Comparison

Stillnote vs SAMADHI TIME

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

Head to head
About

Stillnote

Features
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Stillnote is a quiet meditation timer for capturing the time you spend meditating and the thoughts that come afterward. Start a simple meditation timer, finish your session, and save a short reflection note if you want to. Your sessions and notes sync with iCloud across your devices. Stillnote can also write completed sessions to Apple Health as Mindful Minutes, helping you keep your mindfulness practice connected with your daily health record. Features: - Simple meditation timer - Reflection notes after each session - Session history and insights - Daily reminders - iCloud sync across your devices - Optional Apple Health Mindful Minutes support - Optional on-device speech recognition for reflection notes

About

SAMADHI TIME

Features
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SAMADHI TIME is a quiet space for shaping meditation, savasana, and moments of silence at your own pace. Choose time, cue sounds, and background sound, then begin a calm session. Meditation brings Prepare, Meditation, and Savasana together in one session. CUE lets you use your phone like an instrument to play a cue sound in a class or practice. No account or sign-in is required. There are no ads. Premium is a one-time purchase. It includes all 19 built-in sounds, CUE, and MY SOUNDS. With MY SOUNDS, you can add up to three of your own audio files, each up to 10 minutes and 500 MB. Added audio is processed on your device and is never uploaded to the cloud. Free users can try one CUE session with Tingsha. During that session, Tingsha can be played as often as needed.

Screenshots

Stillnote4 screens
SAMADHI TIME4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stillnote at none against SAMADHI TIME's 1. SAMADHI TIME's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. SAMADHI TIME sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Stillnote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stillnote ships an update monthly, SAMADHI TIME every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Stillnote versus SAMADHI TIME: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStillnoteSAMADHI TIME
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size8 MB334 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTakafumi KawanoKenta Nakano

In-app purchases

None

Stillnote

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SAMADHI TIME

One-time1
  • Premium$3.99

Questions

Is Stillnote free?
Stillnote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SAMADHI TIME free?
SAMADHI TIME is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stillnote or SAMADHI TIME have ads?
Neither Stillnote nor SAMADHI TIME shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stillnote or SAMADHI TIME?
Stillnote ships an update monthly, and SAMADHI TIME every 5 days. Most recently, Stillnote was updated on September 28, 2026 and SAMADHI TIME on October 5, 2026.

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