Comparison

Rings vs Tiny Runner

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

Head to head
About

Rings

Features
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Rings is a timer, a journal and a tracker for people who meditate on their own. No audio guides, no feed, no account — a bell, silence and an honest record of your time. Every session is a ring Instead of bar charts, Rings draws a tree slice. You sat for twenty minutes — a new growth ring appears. The longer the session, the thicker the ring; morning sessions are paler, evening sessions denser; today's ring is red. A week is a twig, a month is a slice, a year is a trunk — something you want to keep growing. Timer • Presets from 5 to 30 minutes, a custom duration up to 3 hours, or an open-ended session • A warm-up before the start, a bell at the start and the end, interval bells • Works with the screen locked; a pause leaves a visible mark on the ring • Save your own presets Journal • A note, a technique tag and how you felt before and after — shown as a line, not a number • Search, filters by tag and period, manual entries for sessions without the app • Export to CSV Rings • The slice for the month, the year and all time; tap a ring to open its entry • Totals, averages, streaks with one rest day a week so a single miss does not break it • Share your slice as a picture for your feed or stories Lessons • The Basics course: ten short chapters — posture, breath, the wandering mind, body scan, metta, habit • Each lesson ends with a "Practise" button that starts the timer with the right settings Also • Apple Health: mindful minutes are written after each session, with your consent • Gentle reminders: a daily one at your time and an evening one if you have not sat today • iCloud sync across your devices; your data never leaves your Apple account • Light and dark "paper and ink" themes Rings Pro unlocks all sounds and interval bells, presets, the year and all-time slices, sharing, full statistics with tags and search, all ten lessons and CSV export. Free users keep a fully working timer and journal. Rings is a tool for habit and practice, not a medical product. Privacy Policy: https://grigorev-indi.tech/en/apps/rings-meditation-timer/privacy Terms of Use: https://grigorev-indi.tech/en/apps/rings-meditation-timer/terms

About

Tiny Runner

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Meet Tiny Runner, the cheerful little coach that lives on your Apple Watch and gets you from the couch to your first 5K. Nine weeks. Three short runs a week. Gentle run/walk intervals that grow a little each time, until one day you're running a full 5K without stopping. HOW IT WORKS • Wrist vibrations tell you when to run and when to walk, so you never have to check the screen • See your interval, time left, heart rate and distance at a glance • Your tiny runner jogs, walks and cheers right along with you • Every run is saved to Apple Health and counts toward your Activity rings MAKE THE RUNNER YOURS Customize your character! Pick a skin tone, hairstyle and hair color, then mix and match shirts, shorts and shoes in lots of fun colors. MADE FOR BEGINNERS Never run before? Perfect. The classic 9-week beginner plan starts with 1-minute jogs after a 5-minute warm-up walk, so it's easy to start and hard to quit. RUNS ON YOUR WRIST Tiny Runner works on its own on Apple Watch. Leave your phone at home. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your data stays in Apple Health. Free, that's it! No ad no subscription!

Screenshots

Rings4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tiny Runner at none against Rings's 2. 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. Rings sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Tiny Runner asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Rings versus Tiny Runner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRingsTiny Runner
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander GrigorievFlorian Sabatier

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Rings

Subscriptions2
  • Rings Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Rings Pro Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
None

Tiny Runner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rings free?
Rings is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tiny Runner free?
Tiny Runner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rings or Tiny Runner have ads?
Neither Rings nor Tiny Runner shows ads.

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