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More time is spent meditating with our free Timer than anywhere else. Set your duration, choose from authentic Tibetan bells and gongs, and start in seconds. Used by 32 million people, Insight Timer's meditation timer gives you customizable session lengths, gentle sounds, and a distraction-free interface. Whether you're meditating for 5 minutes or 30, it helps you show up consistently. Download our free app for the full Timer experience and access to the world’s largest free library of emotional health, sleep, and mental wellbeing content.

A meditation timer helps you time your practice without watching the clock. It uses gentle sounds like bells or gongs to mark the start and end of your session, so you can focus on your breath, not the time.

It removes the biggest distraction: checking how much time is left. You can go deeper, build consistency with set durations, and add structure to your practice. Features like interval chimes and calming sounds keep you present without breaking your focus. Insight Timer's meditation timer offers all of this with customizable durations and a clean, distraction-free interface.

A meditation timer uses soft bells or singing bowls that won't startle you. Plus, no notifications popping up mid-session. Insight Timer's meditation timer keeps you in the practice with gentle cues designed for meditation.

Start with 5 to 10 minutes if you're new. Consistency matters more than length. Meditating 5 minutes daily builds a stronger habit than 30 minutes once a week. Extend as your practice grows. Insight Timer's meditation timer has quick presets or lets you set custom times.

Totally up to you. Some people want total silence and just track time. Others find gentle bells helpful to mark the beginning, end, or intervals without feeling intrusive. Our timer supports both silence or customizable sounds.

It removes friction and decisions. Open the timer, pick your duration, press start. No decisions, no overthinking, no wondering "have I sat long enough?" You sit until the bill rings, and that's enough. A consistent cue (like opening a timer) can trigger a routine (meditation), which gets reinforced over time. The consistency builds the habit.

Set your time, choose a bell sound, and hit begin. For the full experience download our free app, which includes ambient sounds, customized ending bell, interval bells, saved presets, and much more.