Comparison

Mokurai vs Still Flowing Timer

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

Head to head
About

Mokurai

Features
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Mokurai — "silent thunder" — is a focused meditation timer designed in the Sanbo Zen tradition. It does one thing: helps you sit, with the bells that mark the rhythm of practice. Plan a session in seconds. Choose the number of rounds, your zazen length, and kinhin (walking meditation) — between rounds as usual, or opening and closing the sitting. Pick from six authentic bell sounds — keisu, rin, inkin, meditation, temple, and Tibetan — and two wooden han clappers used to time kinhin. Then make it match how your sangha actually practises. Set how many strikes open zazen, how many close it before kinhin, and how many end the sitting. Set every pause in between — standing after the closing gongs, walking back to your seat, settling before the next round — down to the second. Mokurai ships with the Sanbo Zen pattern and will return to it whenever you want. Sitting where someone else rings the real bell? Switch the signal to vibration. The phone stays silent and the timekeeper feels each cue — three pulses for a bell, one for the han — so nothing but the real keisu is heard in the room. A lights-out mode dims the screen for sitting in a dark zendo — a single tap, and the only thing left is the bell. The timer runs quietly in the background, so you can lock your phone or place it face-down and just sit. Your setup is remembered, so the next sit starts where the last one left off. Your session history is recorded locally so you can see the consistency of your practice over weeks and months. No accounts, no logins, no ads, no trackers, no analytics. Nothing leaves your device. Just a timer, bells, and your sit. Features: • Rounds, zazen length, and kinhin — between rounds, or opening and closing the sitting • Set the bell counts to your lineage: opening zazen, closing before kinhin, ending the sitting • Every pause adjustable, down to the second — with the Sanbo Zen defaults one tap away • Six bell sounds and two han clappers rooted in real practice traditions • Vibration-only mode for retreats, when someone else rings the real bell • Lights-out mode for sitting in a dark zendo • Local session history — see your practice over time • Background audio so bells play even when the screen is locked • Your setup remembered between sits • Dark, distraction-free interface • No tracking, no accounts, no data collection For sitters at any level — beginning, returning, or longstanding.

About

Still Flowing Timer

This app offers a straightforward meditation timer designed for simplicity. It features customizable bells for opening, closing, and intervals, along with the ability to save favorite sessions. The app aims to provide a distraction-free experience to support mindfulness.

Highlights
  • Customizable opening and closing bells
  • Interval bell marking
  • Save favorite meditation sessions
  • Distraction-free interface
  • One-time purchase option
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No subscriptions. No advertisements. No banners, and no notifications distracting you away from what matters. Meditation timers used to be simple, just like the practice they support. Somewhere along the way, wellness became something to sell, and the path to peace was stripped of a foundational teaching: simplicity throughout life as a way to build stillness and centeredness in the mind. Still Flowing Timer returns to that. Set a duration. Choose a bell to open and close your sit — singing bowls, gongs, or a clear chime. Mark the time with interval bells. Save the sessions you return to. If you are still using this app in 21 days, choose whether or not to continue for a one time payment of $4.99. Let's get back to simplicity, starting with a straightforward meditation timer.

Screenshots

Mokurai4 screens
Still Flowing Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mokurai at none against Still Flowing Timer's 1. 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. Still Flowing Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mokurai asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mokurai versus Still Flowing Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMokuraiStill Flowing Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSooties LLCNorthmark Technologies INC

In-app purchases

None

Mokurai

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Still Flowing Timer

One-time1
  • Full Access$4.99

Questions

Is Mokurai free?
Mokurai is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Still Flowing Timer free?
Still Flowing Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mokurai or Still Flowing Timer have ads?
Neither Mokurai nor Still Flowing Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mokurai or Still Flowing Timer?
Mokurai ships an update fortnightly, and Still Flowing Timer fortnightly. Most recently, Mokurai was updated on October 31, 2026 and Still Flowing Timer on October 31, 2026.

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