Comparison

Pause vs Let Be Timer

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

Head to head
About

Pause

This app offers a unique, interactive approach to mindfulness and stress relief. By guiding your fingertip across the screen, it aims to activate the body's relaxation response, helping you regain focus and find calm anytime, anywhere. It's based on ancient principles and validated with EEG technology.

Highlights
  • Interactive fingertip guidance
  • Stress release
  • Regain focus
  • Calming audiovisual feedback
  • Mindfulness minutes tracking
  • Scientifically validated with EEG
Features
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Based on the ancient principles of Tai Chi and mindfulness practice, PAUSE brings the act of focused attention to your mobile device. Using a patent-pending technique and a unique approach to modern technology, you can easily start the journey to relaxation – anywhere and anytime. By slowly and continuously moving your fingertip across the screen, PAUSE triggers the body’s ‘rest and digest’ response, quickly helping you regain focus and release stress within minutes. The calming audiovisual feedback in the app is designed to help you keep your attention and focus in the present moment. Throughout development of the application, PAUSE has been continuously tested and validated using EEG-technology. What is PAUSE? ∙ A new digital approach to ancient meditation practices ∙ An interactive tool to quickly regain focus and release stress ∙ Scientifically tested and validated with EEG-technology ∙ Available anywhere and anytime ∙ Using PAUSE now adds mindfulness minutes to Health App on iPhone iOS10+ devices. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Let Be Timer

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A quiet timer to pause, focus, and return. Let Be is a low-friction timer for meditation, reading, focused work, or simply stepping away for a quiet moment. Start without setup Choose 5, 10, 15, or 20 minutes, or set your own duration. Let Be remembers your recent times, and Home Screen shortcuts can start one immediately. Hear only what helps Stay quiet, choose an ambient sound, or import your own background audio. Interval cues are optional. At the end, choose no sound, a continuous alert, or one gentle chime. Let the screen go Follow the countdown on the Lock Screen and in Live Activities. Completed time settles into a private calendar. If you return later, you can record how long you actually stayed. Keep it personal Add a feeling or a few words, or write mindful minutes to Apple Health. No account, no ads, and no third-party tracking. Your records and imported audio stay on your device. One Mind Mode makes one simple promise: only time remains. If you leave the app or lock the screen for more than five seconds, the session ends without being recorded.

Screenshots

Pause4 screens
Let Be Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Let Be Timer at none against Pause's 4. Pause's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pause sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Let Be Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pause ships an update fortnightly, Let Be Timer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pause versus Let Be Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPauseLet Be Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (111 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews57.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings111 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size407 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPauseAble ApSShanghai Yetaixiong Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Bugs and requests

Pause

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Streak reset issue for meditation tracking
  • Inconsistent behavior when moving finger too fast
  • Audio cutting out during sessions

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add voice/audio instructions
  • Provide more color and sound options
  • Integrate with health/fitness tracking
  • Improve full-screen support for newer devices

Let Be Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Pause

Subscriptions2
  • Pause Premium (monthly)3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Pause Premium (yearly)7 Days trial$19.491 Year
One-time2
  • Soundtrack: Peaceful Mountain$0.99
  • Pause premium (life time)$54.99
None

Let Be Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pause free?
Pause is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Let Be Timer free?
Let Be Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pause or Let Be Timer have ads?
Neither Pause nor Let Be Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pause or Let Be Timer?
Pause ships an update fortnightly, and Let Be Timer every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pause was updated on October 15, 2026 and Let Be Timer on October 3, 2026.

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