Comparison

Bell vs FlowTimer

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

Head to head
About

Bell

Features
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Bell is a calm interval timer for repeated practice sessions. Choose an interval, pick a gentle bowl-style chime, and start. Bell keeps the screen awake during a session and plays the selected sound each time the interval completes. Use it for meditation, breathwork, stretching, mobility work, journaling, focused work blocks, or any practice where you want a soft repeating cue instead of a loud alarm.

About

FlowTimer

Features
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FlowTimer is a yoga and meditation session timer designed for teachers and practitioners โ€” free, with no ads. Build your own activities with custom prep, duration, and rest times. Chain them into full sessions, add transition sounds, background music, and your own voice guidance, then flow through your practice hands-free. FEATURES: - Create and save activities with precise prep, duration, and rest timing - Build full sessions from a sequence of activities - Transition sounds between activities โ€” bells, Tibetan and singing bowls, and gongs - Built-in optional metronome for any activity, with steady timing even in the background or with the screen locked - Background music โ€” meditation, ambient, piano, flute, bowls, and more - Add your own audio from your phone, for background music or guidance - Record your own voice guidance for each activity - Track your streaks and practice time - Share sessions with friends - Available in 13 languages - Free, with no ads

Screenshots

Bell3 screens
FlowTimer4 screens

Verdict

The call

Bell and FlowTimer are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Bell versus FlowTimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBellFlowTimer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details โ€” not scored
Size30 MB113 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCorwin CheungBoaz Levy

In-app purchases

None

Bell

No in-app purchases

None

FlowTimer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bell free?
Bell is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FlowTimer free?
FlowTimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bell or FlowTimer have ads?
Neither Bell nor FlowTimer shows ads.

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