Serenity vs Less
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Serenity
This app provides a customizable timer for guided meditation sessions. It features a collection of high-definition soundscapes and allows users to set specific durations for preparation, meditation, intervals, and cool-down periods. The app also offers reminders and tracks progress.
- Customizable session timers
- 16 HD meditation tones
- Vibrational alerts
- Daily/weekly meditation reminders
- Meditation progress statistics
- Apple Health compatibility
- Apple Music integration
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Serenity is a beautifully crafted Meditation Timer, perfect for quiet contemplation, stillness and defined focus. • Featured on the App Store Homepage. • Top 10 Meditation & Mindfulness App, US and Canada. Take a deep breath, relax, and allow Serenity to guide you through your daily meditation. Chiming gently throughout your session at times chosen by you. Tibetan Chimes, Singing Bowls, Gongs, Bells and even Didgeridoos form part of your 16-tone collection. Recorded in an HD studio with the utmost of care, these tones sound just incredible. Tempting you into a deeper state of relaxation with every chime. * FEATURES * • Define your Preparation, Meditation, Interval and Cool down times. • Automatically save your selection in one of six customisable presets. • Choose from a collection of 16 HD meditation tones • Assign the tone to chime once, twice or thrice on command. • Adjust your Interval tone, allowing it to repeat or chime at a chosen time. • Enjoy a silent meditation with *vibrational alerts. • Set a daily, weekly or weekend reminder to meditate. • A statistics page, keeping a silent record of your meditation progress. • Apple Health compatible. Sync your meditation data. • Apple Music compatible. Add your own music and have it play behind your selected tones. Although minimal and elegant by design, Serenity really has all you need to create the perfect environment for the ultimate mindful meditation. Allowing you to concentrate on your inner self, rather than the passing time. Its the only meditation timer you'll ever need! *Vibration not available on iPad
Less
This app provides a simple and elegant timer for self-guided meditation sessions, featuring high-quality sound bells. An optional in-app purchase unlocks features like streak tracking, meditation history, and customizable themes.
- Minimal meditation timer
- High-quality meditation bells
- Streak tracking
- Meditation history
- Customizable themes
- HealthKit integration
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Less is a minimal meditation timer with high-quality meditation bells—perfect for a hassle-free, self-guided meditation experience. A small in-app purchase for Less+ offers the ability to track your streaks and meditation history*, and includes many beautiful themes to choose from. Begin your mindfulness journey with Less. *When permitted, Less writes meditation data to HealthKit and allows the user to import their meditations for usage in the stats page. Terms of Use: https://beginwithless.ca/terms-of-use/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Less at Free against Serenity's $2.99. Less also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 66%). Serenity's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). On 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
Less is free to download; Serenity costs $2.99 up front. Less sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Serenity asks for nothing beyond the download.
Serenity holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Serenity has 210 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of Serenity's written reviews are positive against 100% of Less's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Serenity ships an update monthly, Less every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Serenity | Less |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (210 ratings) — better | 4.2 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 210 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zenoki Ltd | New Ancients |
Customer experience
Serenity
Less
Bugs and requests
Serenity
Reported bugs
11 issues- App quits during meditation
- Statistics are inaccurate or not recorded
- Interval bells only ring for sessions under 9 minutes
- App does not work in the background
- Soundtrack feature not working
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- Statistics become negative after 600 hours
- Playlist restarts on new meditation
- Settings are not saved
- Horrible truck horn sound interrupts
- Deep ringing bell tone ends abruptly
- Tuner not functioning
Requested features
24 requests- Ability to set more than one reminder
- Apple Watch version
- Sync between iPhone and iPad
- More presets
- Save settings
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- Ability to continue meditation after timer ends and count extra time
- Stopwatch feature that counts time and sounds at set intervals
- Connect with Spotify
- Add default meditation sound tracks
- Incorporate music into the app itself
- HealthKit integration to record throughout the session, not just at the end
- Random playback from playlist
- Play or pause through Apple Watch
- Allow background meditation soundtrack purchase directly in app
- Fix abrupt ending of deep ringing bell tone
- More control over interval sounds and timing
- Ability to manage number of repetitive chimes and time between intervals
- Fix bug where interval bells only ring for sessions under 9 mins
- Fix bug where app doesn't work in background
- Fix bug where statistics become negative after 600h
- Fix bug where app quits during meditation
- Fix bug where playlist restarts on new meditation
- Add more sound options
- Improve sound quality of chimes and bells
Less
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Serenity
No in-app purchases
Less
- Less+ Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Less+7 Days trial$2.991 Year
- Less+ Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Unlock Mala Features$2.99
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