Mind Timer vs Zenti Meditation Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mind Timer
This app provides a straightforward timer for meditation sessions. It offers customizable intervals, various chime sounds, and background options to enhance your practice. It also includes instructions and a link to guided meditations.
- Meditation intervals
- 5 chime sounds
- 5 timer backgrounds
- Easy-to-use interface
- Meditation instructions
- Link to guided meditations
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Mind Timer is a simple app that keeps track of the time while you meditate. FEATURES ・Meditation intervals ・5 high quality chime sounds ・5 timer backgrounds ・Easy-to-use interface ・Instructions on how to use the app to meditate ・Link to the Guided Mind app's library of guided meditations
Zenti Meditation Timer
This app offers a streamlined approach to meditation, allowing users to quickly set up custom timers with interval sounds and vibrations. It integrates with Apple Health and supports custom shortcuts for easy access. Focus on your practice without unnecessary distractions.
- Customizable meditation timers
- Interval sounds and vibrations
- Apple Health integration
- Apple Shortcuts support
- Home screen widgets
- Progress tracking
- Privacy-focused design
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Zenti strikes a balance between simplicity and control. Need a 10 minute meditation timer with an interval sound halfway through? With Zenti, that's one screen and three easy taps. Many meditation apps force you to deal with long lists of guided mediations, news feeds, and complex settings just to start a meditation. Zenti gets out of your way so you can jump straight to what's important. Features: - Meditation Links: Create links that can be saved anywhere. Tap them to start a custom meditation. You can now start meditations from third party widgets, save meditations in your notes or reminders, and share meditations with friends. - Apple Shortcuts support: Make custom meditations, play your favorite music, control focus modes, and more - Apple Health support: save your mindful minutes to the Health App - Widgets that put your stats right on the home and lock screens - Quick tap duration and interval times with custom duration and intervals for when you need more control - A stat view for tracking your trends and progress - Customizable start, interval, and end sounds - Vibrations for when you want to meditate in silence - Countdown timer before meditation starts - Ability to finish a meditation early or extend past original timer duration - Prevent the screen from sleeping during meditation - 11 themes all supporting light and dark mode - Privacy focused. No data sharing, your data remains yours. Find your balance with Zenti. --- Zenti does not collect any user information. View the policy at https://zenti.app/privacy Zenti uses Apple’s Standard License Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Zenti Meditation Timer at 100% against Mind Timer's 36%. Zenti Meditation Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0). Mind Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (7.1 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Mind Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Zenti Meditation Timer sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Zenti Meditation Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Mind Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Zenti Meditation Timer's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mind Timer | Zenti Meditation Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AppSimple LLC | The Web Workers |
Customer experience
Mind Timer
Zenti Meditation Timer
In-app purchases
Mind Timer
- Premium Features$1.99
Zenti Meditation Timer
- Full Access$3.991 Year
- Tip Level 1$1.99
- Zenti Pro$3.99
- Tip Level 2$4.99
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- Tip Level 3$9.99
- Zenti Pro 2$12.99
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