Comparison

Still Flowing Timer vs Zen

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

Head to head
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.

About

Zen

Features
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Just Sit. Your Way. Nothing Else. A silent meditation timer with traditional bells. The sit is free. Optional short guided sits when just sitting is hard. Then silence. No ads, no streaks, no account. JUST SIT Sit on a cushion or chair. Eyes barely open, soft gaze. Feel your body, breath, and posture. No mantra, no goal. When thoughts come and go, just return to sitting. The benefits are real — a calm mind, more focus, more clarity, better sleep, less stress, more presence. They show up when you stop chasing them. YOUR WAY Just sit. Easier said than done. Just sitting can be brutal. Most people need a little guidance, and that detour is fine. Optional short guided sits — the Just Sit course, one idea at a time — then sit in silence. Or leave every optional feature off. Not a library of courses. Discover your way to just sit. NOTHING ELSE Everything you need to just sit is included, and stays free. A timer, bells, Watch, widgets. No ads, no streaks, no account to sit. The sit stays free. Always. Native on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Focus on what matters: just sit. HOW IT WORKS Open the app · pick a duration · sit. Beautiful bells, soundscapes, intervals, warmup and cooldown. If you want to look around: Welcome on first launch, then short guided sits for ordinary life. Nothing required. Explore at your own pace. WHY THIS EXISTS Hi, I'm Francis, a longtime Apple developer. I discovered regular meditation about 15 years ago. I suffer from PTSD, and meditation has helped me survive — more than once — when things fall apart. Meditation only clicked for me with a Zen just-sit practice. To get there I had to put in the time: other practices, sampling, trial and error, year after year of showing up to sit. I needed those 10,000 minutes on apps before I could stop searching and, in the end, just sit. Zen : Your Way is my way of giving back. A quiet timer. Optional guidance to nudge you toward just sitting. Nothing in the way of the sit itself. ON IPHONE AND IPAD • Apple Watch companion — start sits and complications on your wrist • Home Screen widgets and Live Activities

Screenshots

Still Flowing Timer4 screens
Zen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zen at none against Still Flowing Timer's 1. Zen also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs fortnightly) and device support (6 vs 2). Still Flowing Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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. Zen asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Still Flowing Timer ships an update fortnightly, Zen every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Still Flowing Timer versus Zen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStill Flowing TimerZen
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNorthmark Technologies INCFrancis Dierick

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Still Flowing Timer

One-time1
  • Full Access$4.99
None

Zen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Still Flowing Timer free?
Still Flowing Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zen free?
Zen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Still Flowing Timer or Zen have ads?
Neither Still Flowing Timer nor Zen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Still Flowing Timer or Zen?
Still Flowing Timer ships an update fortnightly, and Zen every 2 days. Most recently, Still Flowing Timer was updated on October 31, 2026 and Zen on October 31, 2026.

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