Zen: Meditation Timer
Not on the App Store since 2026-11-07. It stays in its lists at F tier, below every app still on sale, and gets its tier back automatically if the app returns.
What is Zen: Meditation Timer?
A silent meditation timer with traditional bells, optional short guided sits, and no ads, streaks, or account.
Zen: Meditation Timer is a Health & Fitness app for silent meditation sits, with a timer and traditional bells. Optional short guided sits are included, and the listing says every optional feature can be left off. It runs natively on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch and includes widgets, with no ads, streaks, or account needed.
Pricing. Zen: Meditation Timer is free, with no in-app purchases on the App Store.
Good for
- Sitting silently with a timer and bells
- Beginners who find unguided sitting hard
- Short sits on iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch
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Why this app is in F tier
F tier follows from that score within this list. The full explanation, as data.
Zen: Meditation Timer scores 25 out of 100: rating 0, rating count 0, App Store search rank 0, update recency 100. The four parts are averaged and F tier follows from that score within this list.
Description
Just Sit. Your Way. Nothing Else.
A silent meditation timer with traditional bells. The sit is free. Optional short guided sits when just sitting is hard. Then silence. No ads, no streaks, no account.
JUST SIT
Sit on a cushion or chair. Eyes barely open, soft gaze. Feel your body, breath, and posture. No mantra, no goal. When thoughts come and go, just return to sitting.
The benefits are real - a calm mind, more focus, more clarity, better sleep, less stress, more presence. They show up when you stop chasing them.
YOUR WAY
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Just sit. Easier said than done. Just sitting can be brutal. Most people need a little guidance, and that detour is fine.
Optional short guided sits - the Just Sit course, one idea at a time - then sit in silence. Or leave every optional feature off. Not a library of courses. Discover your way to just sit.
NOTHING ELSE
Everything you need to just sit is included, and stays free. A timer, bells, Watch, widgets. No ads, no streaks, no account to sit. The sit stays free. Always.
Native on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Focus on what matters: just sit.
HOW IT WORKS
Open the app · pick a duration · sit. Beautiful bells, soundscapes, intervals, warmup and cooldown.
If you want to look around: Welcome on first launch, then short guided sits for ordinary life. Nothing required. Explore at your own pace.
WHY THIS EXISTS
Hi, I'm Francis, a longtime Apple developer. I discovered regular meditation about 15 years ago. I suffer from PTSD, and meditation has helped me survive - more than once - when things fall apart.
Meditation only clicked for me with a Zen just-sit practice. To get there I had to put in the time: other practices, sampling, trial and error, year after year of showing up to sit.
I needed those 10,000 minutes on apps before I could stop searching and, in the end, just sit. Zen : Your Way is my way of giving back. A quiet timer. Optional guidance to nudge you toward just sitting. Nothing in the way of the sit itself.
ON IPHONE AND IPAD
- Apple Watch companion - start sits and complications on your wrist
- Home Screen widgets and Live Activities
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Questions about Zen: Meditation Timer
Does the app cost anything?
The description says the sit stays free.
Are there ads or an account required?
The description says there are no ads, no streaks, and no account needed to sit.
Do I have to use guided sits?
No. Guided sits are optional and short. You can leave every optional feature off and sit in silence.
Is Zen: Meditation Timer free?
Yes. Zen: Meditation Timer is free on the App Store, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zen: Meditation Timer right for me?
Zen: Meditation Timer is built for sitting silently with a timer and bells, beginners who find unguided sitting hard, short sits on iPhone, iPad, or apple watch. It sits in the meditation timer list on AppTierList.
Is Zen: Meditation Timer worth it?
Zen: Meditation Timer is F tier, ranked #111 of 40 meditation timer apps with a score of 25 out of 100. 110 apps rank above it in the same list.
How does Zen: Meditation Timer compare to Meditating Dot?
Zen: Meditation Timer is F tier at 25; Meditating Dot is F tier at 36. Meditating Dot ranks higher. Zen: Meditation Timer is free, with no in-app purchases, Meditating Dot is free to download.
How often is Zen: Meditation Timer updated?
Zen: Meditation Timer was last updated on 2026-09-25, 50 days ago.
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Ranking
- Lists
- Meditation Timer (F tier, #111) · Meditation (F tier, #224)
- Tier
- F (Avoid)
- Score
- 25 / 100
- Rank in list
- #111 of 42
- Ranking certainty
- early: few ratings or search ranks so far
Ratings
- App Store rating
- not yet rated
- Ratings
- 0
App
- Price
- Free download
- App Store category
- Health & Fitness
- Current version
- (50 days ago)
- Size
- 26 MB
- Requires
- iOS 17.0 or later
- Age rating
- 4+
- Languages
- 1
- Runs on
- iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Apple TV, Apple Vision Pro
Links
- Developer pages
- Website · Support · Privacy policy
- Maker
- not verified
- As data
- JSON · why it ranks here
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