What is the best alternative to Apple Watch - Timer App & Alarm App?

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Insight Timer Meditation Timer

Top Pro

Able to engage with worldwide community

Insight Timer is used by over half a million users in over 140 countries and features a world map, discussion groups and the ability to share your progress with friends. See More

Top Con

Expensive in-app purchase for bell intervals

There's an in-app purchase of roughly $6 that will add an interval feature between bells, to let the user know how far they've progressed in a session. See More

Top Pro

Detailed metrics on your meditation activity

The application features a statistics section where you can view your past meditation activity. Metrics include amount of time spent and your overall statistics for a certain time period. It also is a good method to see how your meditation is evolving. See More

Top Con

Quickly drains battery

Insight Timer has some technical issues and the application won't close in the background in some cases. This causes your Android device to be quickly drained of its battery. See More

Top Pro

High sound quality

The meditation bells in Insight Timer have a very high sound quality which helps to bring a person into a meditative state. See More

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Built-in journal feature

When you're finished with a meditation session, the app allows you to write notes about that session. These notes are stored in a journal and can be exported. See More

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Notifications can be disabled while the timer is running

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Select the opening screen

You can choose from three options as the opening screen (the first thing you see when you open the app): Community map Timer Meditation library See More

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i-Qi clock & meditation timer

Top Pro

Reliable

While this app does not have the Background App Refresh feature, there have not been instances where the bell did not go off for a meditation session. See More

Top Con

Main screen is a menu

The main screen features a clock that only shows the quarter marks like the cardinal directions, largely useless for actually telling time. At the bottom are the links to playing with the bells, wake up alarm, meditation session presets, and settings. The meditation presets should be the main screen as that is the primary function for the app. Minor gripe/ con. See More

Top Pro

Gorgeous sounds

The sound engine which emulate the reverberation of the bells is impressive. Multiple strikes overlap, even the sounds of different bells can overlap as well. See More

Top Con

Infrequent updates

The app is simple enough that frequent updates are not necessary. However, the fact remains that the developer is not aggressive about improving the app. This is a blessing and a curse. See More

Top Pro

Easy to setup

You choose the bell, when the bell should play, how many times the bell should repeat, the volume by % and optionally you can give the event a name. Set it and forget it. See More

Top Con

No integration with Health Kit

Top Pro

Can be used as a wake up alarm

For the devout meditator, you can elect to wake up to bells. Two choices are available. The Golden Ratio alarm starts with distantly spaced bell strikes and over time the interval becomes shorter and shorter. Continuous Chimes which is in a fixed interval of your choosing defaulting at 10 seconds between bell strikes. See More

Top Con

No han instrument

A zen instrument comprised of a thick wooden board that is struck by a wooden mallet. It is struck at dawn, dusk and the end of the day. It is used to summon participants to the zendo (meditation hall) for daily zazen (meditation). The pattern of strikes always includes three roll downs. See More

Top Pro

Has reminder function

This app does not feature an explicitly stated "reminder" feature to do meditation session, but the wake-up alarm serves the same function. You can set multiple alarms for throughout the day if you wish. See More

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