Comparison

Zazn Meditation vs Zen Timer.

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

Head to head
About

Zazn Meditation

This app offers guided and customizable meditation sessions for all experience levels. Explore various techniques like breathing exercises and body scans, and receive daily inspirational quotes. Enhance your practice with personalized chime settings and preparation times.

Highlights
  • Customizable meditation settings
  • Guided breathing exercises
  • Body scan meditations
  • Mindfulness practices
  • Headache relief sessions
  • Daily inspirational quotes
Features
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Make room for yourself with Zazn. Simple, practical meditation for a few minutes between things or a longer moment of quiet. Follow a guided session, set your own timer, or settle in with nature sounds and music. START FREE Seven guided meditations, five nature sounds and five music tracks are free forever. The meditation timer and optional bells are free too. No trial, no time limit and no account to create. 29 GUIDED MEDITATIONS Explore sessions from 3 to 20 minutes across seven collections: • Start Here: get comfortable with meditation and noticing your breath. • Small Resets: take a short pause during a busy day. • Sleep & Wind Down: let the day go and settle into the evening. • Be Kinder to Yourself: practice a gentler response to difficult moments. • Quiet Practice: sit with your breath and leave more room for silence. • Loving Kindness: offer goodwill to yourself and others. • Body Scan: move your attention through the body and notice how it feels. The first meditation in each collection is free. The guidance is secular and practical, with no experience needed. YOUR TIME, YOUR WAY Set a timer from 1 to 90 minutes. Sit in silence or choose background audio. Add a bell, singing bowl or chime at the beginning, halfway point or end of your session. MAKE YOUR OWN MIX Choose from 10 nature sounds and 10 music tracks. Combine a nature sound with music, adjust their volumes separately, and save your favorite mixes. Guided sessions can include background sounds or just the voice. KEEP YOUR FAVORITES CLOSE Bookmark guided meditations and save sound mixes so they are easy to find next time. LISTEN OFFLINE Audio lives on your iPhone, so you can listen offline. Buying or restoring a purchase requires an internet connection. UNLOCK ZAZN FOREVER Get all 29 guided meditations, all 10 nature sounds, all 10 music tracks and dark mode with one optional purchase. $4.99 USD, with local pricing shown in the app. No subscription. One payment. Zazn is yours to keep. Guided meditations use original scripts and prerecorded AI narration. No audio is generated while you listen. Questions or feedback? Email hellopalumbo@gmail.com.

About

Zen Timer.

This app helps you focus on meditation and mindfulness with customizable timers. Set preparation, meditation, interval, and cool-down times with various alert sounds and background music. Track your progress and maintain logs for a more peaceful practice.

Highlights
  • Create unlimited custom timers
  • Adjust preparation, meditation, and interval times
  • Select from 18 free interval sounds
  • Choose background music
  • Supports background and lock screen operation
  • Meditation log and report tracking
  • Multiple profiles and reminders
Features
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Zen Timer is a handy app to help you focusing on zen/meditation/insight, you can totally relax without worrying about time. It has four default timers and you can create and custom your own timers. You can custom the preparation time, meditation time, interval number & interval time (each interval time can be different), cool down time. 18 free sounds are available to be chosen as switch interval alert sound. Start the timer and enjoy the peace... Key Features: ⁃ Custom and create unlimited timers. ⁃ Custom preparation time, meditation time, interval number, interval time, cool down time and background picture. ⁃ Each interval time can be set as different duration. ⁃ Choose background music to be played from device. ⁃ Supports running in background and lock screen. ⁃ 18 free interval switch sounds. ⁃ Set switch sounds to be played one, two or three times. ⁃ Keep and share meditation logs. ⁃ Meditation time reports. ⁃ Multiple profiles. ⁃ Create unlimited reminders. ⁃ Passcode protection. ⁃ Dropbox backup and restore. ⁃ Supports transferring to Health app. ⁃ Supports Today Widget. ⁃ Supports Apple Watch version. ⁃ Supports universal version (available on both iPhone and iPad). If you have any question or suggestion, please email to linklinksapp@tom.com.

Screenshots

Zazn Meditation4 screens
Zen Timer.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Zazn Meditation at 4.7 against Zen Timer.'s 3.4. Zazn Meditation also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 11 months). Zen Timer.'s advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price 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. Zazn Meditation sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Zen Timer. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 6 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zazn Meditation holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 51 and 13 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Zazn Meditation's written reviews are positive against 65% of Zen Timer.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zazn Meditation ships an update fortnightly, Zen Timer. every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Zazn Meditation versus Zen Timer.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZazn MeditationZen Timer.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (51 ratings) — better3.4 (13 ratings)
Positive reviews91.4% of reviews — better65.2% of reviews
Number of ratings51 — better13
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB76 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperThomas Palumbo, LLCLINKLINKS LTD

Customer experience

Zazn Meditation

All ratings51 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral2.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative5.7%

Zen Timer.

All ratings13 ratings
Positive46.2%
Neutral23.1%
Negative30.8%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive65.2%
Neutral4.3%
Negative30.4%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Zazn Meditation

One-time1
  • Unlock Zazn Forever$4.99
2 purchases

Zen Timer.

Subscriptions1
  • Premium - 6 months14 Days trial$4.996 Months
One-time1
  • Pro Version$49.99

Questions

Is Zazn Meditation free?
Zazn Meditation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zen Timer. free?
Zen Timer. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Zazn Meditation or Zen Timer.?
Zazn Meditation is rated higher. Zazn Meditation averages 4.7 out of 5 from 51 ratings, while Zen Timer. averages 3.4 from 13 ratings.
Do Zazn Meditation or Zen Timer. have ads?
Zen Timer. shows ads; Zazn Meditation does not.
Which is updated more often, Zazn Meditation or Zen Timer.?
Zazn Meditation ships an update fortnightly, and Zen Timer. every 11 months. Most recently, Zazn Meditation was updated on November 6, 2026 and Zen Timer. on November 2, 2026.

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