Comparison

Mind Timer vs MindTime

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Meditation intervals
  • 5 chime sounds
  • 5 timer backgrounds
  • Easy-to-use interface
  • Meditation instructions
  • Link to guided meditations
Features
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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

About

MindTime

This app offers a customizable meditation timer with various bell sounds and session types. Track your progress, build daily streaks, and reflect with an optional journal. Enjoy a distraction-free experience designed to support your mindfulness practice.

Highlights
  • Customizable timer durations
  • Choice of 8 meditation bells
  • Interval bells with adjustable volume
  • Four session types (Meditation, Sleep, Focus, Relaxation)
  • Daily streaks and practice tracking
  • Optional journaling feature
  • Cloud sync across devices
Features
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A silent meditation timer that gets out of the way. No guided voices, no feed, no ads — just a bell, your breath, and the time you choose. Most meditation apps want your attention. MindTime gives it back. Set a duration, pick a bell, and sit. When you finish, your streak, your stats and your journal are waiting — and nothing else is. Built for a real practice MindTime is the timer, not a content library. It is made for people who already sit: vipassana and insight meditation, zen and zazen, mindfulness and MBSR, samatha and anapanasati, metta, breathwork, yoga nidra — or simply sitting quietly for ten minutes a day. Silent by design • No voices, ever: nothing talks over your session. No guided tracks, no teacher, no feed to scroll. • Vibration-only mode: feel your interval bells instead of hearing them — made for retreats, shared rooms, offices, dorms and late nights beside a sleeping partner. • Fully silent mode: or switch every sound off and let the session simply end. • No ads, no interruptions: nothing appears while you are sitting. Your timer, your way • Any duration: from seconds to hours — or endless mode with no time limit at all. • Warm-up phase: settle in before the session really begins. • Presets: save your usual sit and start it with a single tap. • Four session types: Meditation, Sleep, Focus and Relaxation, each with its own statistics. Six interval bells that bring you back • Six recorded bells: three Tibetan singing bowls (Manipuri, Jambati, Thadobati), a crystal bowl, a Hanchi gong and Koshi chimes. • Start, interval and end bells: set each one separately — ring every 5 minutes, every 10, or at any interval you like. • Independent volumes: every bell has its own level, so nothing ever jolts you out of a sit. • Or no bell at all: vibration only, or complete silence. 31 soundscapes — entirely optional • Noise: brown noise, light brown and intense brown noise, white noise, pink noise, green noise and blue noise. • Rain and nature: gentle rain, heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, rain on a van, ocean waves, a mountain river, forest birds and crackling fire. • Ambient and frequency: zen garden stream, choir pad, cosmic space, 174 Hz, 285 Hz and 528 Hz. • Silence is the default: mix a soundscape under your session only when you want one. Build the habit • Daily streaks: see your consistency at a glance. • Real statistics: total sessions, total minutes and average session length, broken down by type. • Weekly view: the days you actually practiced. • Gentle reminders: stay on track without being nagged. Reflect with a journal • Session notes: capture what came up while it is still fresh. • History: browse back through weeks and months to notice patterns. • Optional: turn journaling off in Settings and never see it again. Distraction-free by design • Hide the clock: show or hide the countdown and the progress circle — some people focus better without a number. • Screen stays on: your phone never interrupts a sit. • Gentle fade-out: eases you out of the session instead of cutting it off. • Cloud sync: presets, history and streaks stay in step across your devices. • No sign-up needed: open the app and start. The timer and all six bells work offline. Available in 38 languages. Website: https://mindtime.app Terms: https://mindtime.app/terms Privacy: https://mindtime.app/privacy

Screenshots

Mind Timer4 screens
MindTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: MindTime at 100% against Mind Timer's 36%. MindTime also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). Mind Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (7.1 vs 15.3). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Mind Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MindTime sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MindTime holds the better App Store score, 4.8 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 MindTime's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mind Timer ships an update monthly, MindTime weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Mind Timer versus MindTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMind TimerMindTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (8 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better6
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS7.1 — better15.3
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB150 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppSimple LLCChristian Krueger

Customer experience

Mind Timer

All ratings8 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive35.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative64.3%

MindTime

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mind Timer

One-time1
  • Premium Features$1.99
2 purchases

MindTime

Subscriptions1
  • MindTime Premium Subscription$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • MindTime Premium$19.99

Questions

Is Mind Timer free?
Mind Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MindTime free?
MindTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Mind Timer or MindTime?
MindTime is rated higher. Mind Timer averages 3.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while MindTime averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Mind Timer or MindTime have ads?
Neither Mind Timer nor MindTime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mind Timer or MindTime?
Mind Timer ships an update monthly, and MindTime weekly. Most recently, Mind Timer was updated on September 10, 2026 and MindTime on September 20, 2026.

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