Comparison

Centering Prayer vs LastTimer

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

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About

Centering Prayer

This app guides users through Centering Prayer, a silent contemplative prayer practice. It offers a customizable timer, opening and closing prayers, and a selection of sounds and backgrounds to create a peaceful environment for deepening one's relationship with God. Includes instructions for learning the method.

Highlights
  • Adjustable prayer timer
  • Opening and closing prayer options
  • Customizable sounds and backgrounds
  • Instructions for learning Centering Prayer
  • Support for daily prayer practice
Features
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“God’s first word is silence.” -Thomas Keating Centering Prayer is a method of silent prayer that prepares us to receive the gift of contemplative prayer, prayer in which we experience God's presence within us, closer than breathing, closer than thinking, closer than consciousness itself. This method of prayer is both a relationship with God and a discipline to foster that relationship. Centering Prayer is not meant to replace other kinds of prayer; rather it casts a new light and depth of meaning on them. Centering Prayer is an ancient method of Christian prayer adapted for modern times by Fathers Thomas Keating, William Meninger and Basil Pennington. The Centering Prayer application will support your daily prayer practice commitment. Beautiful and peaceful, the app includes an adjustable timer, as well as opening and closing prayer options that you may read before and after your silent prayer time. An assortment of sounds and backgrounds allow you to choose the type of environment you want to create for your prayer time. Brief instructions for learning Centering Prayer are also included. It is recommended you practice being in relationship with God through Centering Prayer twice a day for 20 minutes to begin with.

About

LastTimer

This interval timer app helps you maximize workout efficiency by guiding your training sessions. Create custom timers with prep time, exercise intervals, rest periods, and audio cues. Track progress visually with widgets and live activities.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval timers
  • Prep time and rest periods
  • Multiple exercises per cycle
  • Up to 10 cycles per workout
  • Audio cues
  • Home screen widgets
  • Live Activities integration
Features
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A timer keeps you honest. No more rushing through sets or resting too long between rounds. You set the work, the rest, and the pace, and LastTimer holds the line so you can focus on training, not on watching the time. Built for rounds, tuned for everything. LastTimer runs jiu jitsu, boxing, MMA, Muay Thai, and wrestling rounds with a clean bell that cuts through a noisy room, and it is just as at home with HIIT, Tabata, circuits, yoga, meditation, or a Pomodoro block. NEW IN 1.4.0 - ON YOUR WRIST, IN SYNC, ONE SCAN AWAY - Apple Watch app: a real timer on your wrist that runs on its own, with no iPhone nearby. Start a round, drop your wrist, and it keeps running and taps you at every change. - Your timers, everywhere: iCloud keeps saved timers and workout history in sync across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Build a timer on the phone and it is already on your wrist. - Scan to run: hand someone a workout with a scan. It opens the timer instantly, with nothing to install. - Every built-in preset is on the Watch too, ready without saving a thing. ONE TIMER, EVERY SCREEN - A full native iPad app with a coaching dashboard: the whole session at once, a big ring beside a board of every round, session stats, and what is up next. - Presentation Mode: a full-screen room display for a TV or projector over AirPlay or a USB-C to HDMI cable, so the whole class reads the timer from across the mat. - Lock Screen and Dynamic Island controls: pause, resume, and skip a round without unlocking. - Interactive Home Screen widget: start a saved timer with one tap; pause, resume, or skip the running one. - Voice announcements: spoken round call-outs, a 3-2-1 countdown, and "Workout complete." - Named, colored rounds: label each slot (Warm-up, Guard Passing, Sparring) and the ring tints to match, everywhere the round shows. - Round presets: boxing, MMA, Muay Thai, wrestling, per-belt IBJJF match times, Tabata, and EMOM, ready in one tap. - Session history and streaks: every finished workout logged with a daily streak. - Share a timer: send any timer (rounds, names, colors) as a link a training partner imports. - Siri and Shortcuts: "Hey Siri, start Boxing Rounds in LastTimer." BUILD YOUR PERFECT TIMER - Prep, exercise, and rest periods - Multiple exercises per cycle, up to 10 cycles - A bell that mixes over your music and plays even on silent - Accurate in the background when you switch apps WORKS FOR - Jiu Jitsu, boxing, MMA, Muay Thai, wrestling - HIIT and Tabata - Circuit and strength training - Yoga and stretching - Meditation - Pomodoro study sessions - Cooking (yes, really) PRIVACY No account. No ads. The developer collects no data. Your timers and history live on your device and sync privately through your own iCloud, where only you can see them. LastTimer costs less than that 12 oz can of sugar water. Download it and take control of your training.

Screenshots

Centering Prayer4 screens
LastTimer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Centering Prayer at Free against LastTimer's $0.99. Centering Prayer also leads on ratings volume (18K vs 11). LastTimer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 18) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). On rating, review sentiment, 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

Centering Prayer is free to download; LastTimer costs $0.99 up front. Centering Prayer sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. LastTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Centering Prayer against 5.0 for LastTimer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Centering Prayer has 18K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Centering Prayer's written reviews are positive against 100% of LastTimer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Centering Prayer ships an update every 3 months, LastTimer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Centering Prayer versus LastTimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCentering PrayerLastTimer
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.9 (18K ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews97.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18K — better11
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#200 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperContemplative Outreach Ltd.Matthew weppler

Customer experience

Centering Prayer

All ratings17,668 ratings
Positive98.6%
Neutral0.9%
Negative0.5%
Written reviews328 reviews
Positive97.6%
Neutral1.2%
Negative1.2%

LastTimer

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Centering Prayer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Compatibility issues with iOS 13
  • Occasional crashes or freezes

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add ability to save custom prayers
  • Include option to track meditation history
  • Integrate with health/fitness apps

LastTimer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

18 purchases

Centering Prayer

One-time18
  • Active Prayer: Pray Without Ceasing$9.99
  • Attention/Intention, the One Thing Needed$9.99
  • Centering Prayer, Prayer of Consent$9.99
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  • Practicing the Holy Spirit$9.99
  • Discipline of Prayer, Intimacy with God$9.99
  • Lectio Divina: The Ancient Practice of Praying the Scriptures$9.99
  • Simplicity: Let Your Eye Be Single$9.99
  • Spirituality of Money: In God We Trust$9.99
  • Welcoming Prayer: Consent on the Go$9.99
  • Paschal Mystery, A Journey into Redemption and Grace$9.99
  • Contemplative Service, Prayer in Action$9.99
  • Faith: An Advent Companion$9.99
  • Hospitality: The Dance Between Guest and Host$9.99
  • Silence & Solitude: Wherein Wisdom Dwells$9.99
  • Forgiveness: A Growth in Love$11.99
  • Three Main Practices$23.99
  • Life as Practice$54.99
  • Complete Contemplative Life Program$109.99
None

LastTimer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Centering Prayer free?
Centering Prayer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LastTimer free?
LastTimer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Centering Prayer or LastTimer?
LastTimer is rated higher. Centering Prayer averages 4.9 out of 5 from 18K ratings, while LastTimer averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Centering Prayer or LastTimer have ads?
Neither Centering Prayer nor LastTimer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Centering Prayer or LastTimer?
Centering Prayer ships an update every 3 months, and LastTimer every 3 weeks. Most recently, Centering Prayer was updated on October 12, 2026 and LastTimer on October 9, 2026.

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