Comparison

Meditation Timer Stillness vs Kala Yoga Timer

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

Head to head
About

Meditation Timer Stillness

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Meditation Timer Stillness is a distraction-free meditation timer and tracker with gentle bells, session history, and practice insight for beginner or advanced practices. It is built for people who do not need guided meditations, voice instructions, social features, streak pressure, or unnecessary clutter. Just set your time, choose gentle bells, begin your session, and return to silence. The basic meditation timer remains free. Use Stillness for: • Silent meditation • Mindfulness practice • Vipassana-style sitting • Zen practice • Breath awareness • Focus sessions • Quiet reflection • Daily sitting practice Core features: • Simple meditation timer • Gentle start, interval, and end bells • Bell sounds can be silenced • Adjustable session duration • Optional interval bells • Calm, minimal interface • Designed for silent practice • No ads • No social features • No guided content Premium unlocks: • Saved meditation sessions • Session history with edit and delete • Session notes — personal reflections attached to every session • Reflection tags — one-tap mood log (Deep Ā· Calm Ā· Neutral Ā· Restless Ā· Difficult) • Closing and background ambience sounds (Rain Ā· Birdsong Ā· Forest Ā· Ocean Ā· Wind Ā· Bell only) • Meditation insights • Saved app settings Stillness is designed to feel like a quiet tool, not a noisy platform. Open the app, set your timer, and sit. Whether you meditate for 5 minutes or 60 minutes, Stillness helps you keep the structure of your practice while leaving the practice itself undisturbed. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://meditationtracker.replit.app/privacy

About

Kala Yoga Timer

Features
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Kala is a yoga timer. Build a sequence of intervals, press start, and the session runs hands-free. A gong, bell, bowl, or chime sounds at the end of each timer, and the next one begins on its own. Pause whenever you need to. After the last interval the clock counts upward, so a long savasana is never cut short. Sequences are made of blocks. A block holds one timer or several, and it can repeat. Three minutes nine times, then a five-minute rest, is two blocks. Three minutes and one minute, five times, is one block with two timers. Tap any bar to change its name, length, and color. Bar widths match the durations, so you can see the shape of the practice before you start. Save a sequence as a routine and load it the next time. A few starter routines are included. Choose from nine sounds, or silence. Set the volume, play a sound when the session starts, and play a triple sound when the whole sequence finishes. The screen stays awake while you practice. Fourteen themes set the background, from northern lights to a quiet beach. Reduce background motion if you want them still. Kala works offline. Sequences and settings stay on your phone. There is no account.

Screenshots

Meditation Timer Stillness4 screens
Kala Yoga Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kala Yoga Timer at none against Meditation Timer Stillness's 1. Kala Yoga Timer also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Meditation Timer Stillness sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Kala Yoga Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meditation Timer Stillness ships an update every 3 weeks, Kala Yoga Timer every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Meditation Timer Stillness versus Kala Yoga Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeditation Timer StillnessKala Yoga Timer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB37 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJANOS KEREKESSTEVEN DONALD NEWMAN

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Meditation Timer Stillness

Subscriptions1
  • Premium$1.991 Month
None

Kala Yoga Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meditation Timer Stillness free?
Meditation Timer Stillness is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kala Yoga Timer free?
Kala Yoga Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Meditation Timer Stillness or Kala Yoga Timer have ads?
Neither Meditation Timer Stillness nor Kala Yoga Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meditation Timer Stillness or Kala Yoga Timer?
Meditation Timer Stillness ships an update every 3 weeks, and Kala Yoga Timer every 9 days. Most recently, Meditation Timer Stillness was updated on November 5, 2026 and Kala Yoga Timer on November 10, 2026.

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