Metta Timer

Metta Grove

About this app

Metta Timer — train, sit, brew.
A beautifully crafted interval timer for physical training, meditation, and mindful daily rituals. Whether you're pushing through a HIIT circuit, holding a kung fu stance, sitting in stillness, or waiting for your tea to steep — Metta Timer keeps time so you can stay present.

TRAIN
Build custom interval sequences with groups and rounds. Chain phases together — warm up, work, rest, cool down — each with its own repeat count. Type custom spoken cues in your own words and hear them at exactly the right moment. Keep your eyes on your practice, not your phone.

SIT
Gentle temple bells mark your meditation transitions. No jarring alarms. Enter Zen Mode and let the incense burn or the candle flicker in total darkness. Swipe to change visuals without breaking your session.

BREW
A mindful bell when your patience is rewarded. Set it and forget it.

SIX VISUAL STYLES
Breathing Circle, Spiral Incense, Vertical Incense, Diagonal Incense, Hourglass, and Burning Candle. Each animated with care. Set a default visual per timer, or override on individual intervals — incense during meditation, hourglass during exercise, all in one timer.

ZEN MODE
Tap the fullscreen icon for true fullscreen — just the visual on a black screen. Swipe left or right to cycle through all six styles mid-session. Tap anywhere to restore.

TEXT-TO-SPEECH
Type any phrase and hear it spoken at the start or end of any interval. Customize voice, speed, and pitch. Works with any installed voice pack.

SOUNDS
Built-in sounds: Bell, Chime, Gong, Beep, Singing Bowl, Temple Brass Bell, Temple Bell, Temple Chime, Wooden Fish (1x and 3x), Big Temple Bell, Giant Temple Bell. Import your own MP3, M4A, WAV, or AIFF files.

TIMER BUILDER
Unlimited timers and intervals. Groups organize intervals into phases with independent round counts. Set name, duration, color, sounds, and announcements per interval. Duplicate intervals or entire presets with one tap. Reorder with drag and drop.

STREAKS AND HISTORY
Every completed timer is recorded automatically. Track your streak of consecutive practice days, total completions, and total time. Stay motivated. Delete individual records anytime.

SHARE
Send any preset to a friend, student, or training partner via email or messaging apps. Recipients preview before importing.

PRESETS
One Minute of Silence, Chan Meditation, Green Tea Brew, Horse Stance, Kung Fu Stances, HIIT Training. Ready out of the box. Set any preset as your default — it loads automatically when you open the app.

BACKUP
Export presets and completion history as JSON. Save to Files, email, or clipboard. Import on any device.

PRIVACY
All data stays on your device. No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Ever.

PERFECT FOR
Meditation, mindfulness, breathwork, yoga, HIIT, circuit training, tabata, interval running, martial arts, tea ceremony, cooking, kung fu, qi gong, taiji, Chan, Zen, Pomodoro, and any practice that deserves your full attention.

Made with love and care by Metta Grove.

What’s new

Export for presets before update. New features and fixes.