A free, distraction-free meditation timer with a warm-up, interval bells, and a soft singing-bowl chime. No signup, no ads — just press start.
Tip: keep this tab open while you meditate — the timer pauses if your device sleeps.
The hardest part of meditation isn't the sitting — it's not peeking at the clock. A dedicated timer fixes that: you set a length, close your eyes, and trust a soft bell to tell you when you're done. This one adds two small touches that make sessions smoother — an optional warm-up so you can settle before the count begins, and interval bells that gently mark time without pulling you out of the practice.
The chime is a soft sine-wave tone generated in your browser with the Web Audio API — nothing is downloaded, streamed, or tracked. If your device has audio muted or blocks autoplay, the timer simply runs silently while the on-screen progress ring and countdown keep you oriented.
Decades of mindfulness research point to the same conclusion: consistency beats duration. A daily five-minute sit builds the habit and delivers measurable drops in perceived stress; marathon sessions you only do occasionally don't. If you're new, start at 5 minutes, keep the warm-up at 10 seconds, and skip the interval bells. As focus grows, work toward 10–20 minutes and experiment with a bell every few minutes as a cue to re-center.
The benefits of meditation compound with repetition, which is exactly where a habit tracker helps. Once your session ends, log it in HabitBox with a single tap — free, on-device, no account — and watch the streak grow. The visible streak becomes its own cue, nudging you back to the cushion tomorrow.
Start with 5 to 10 minutes a day. Research on mindfulness consistently finds that consistency matters far more than length — a daily 5-minute sit beats an occasional 30-minute one. Once 10 minutes feels easy, nudge it up toward 15 or 20.
The warm-up gives you a few quiet seconds to get comfortable, close your eyes, and take a breath before the session officially begins — so you're not scrambling when the bell rings. A 10 to 30 second buffer is plenty.
Interval bells gently mark the passage of time without you opening your eyes to check a clock. Some people use a bell every few minutes as a cue to re-center their attention; others prefer just the start and end bells. Set it to None for a single uninterrupted sit.
Yes. If you turn the chime off (or your browser blocks audio), the timer still runs and shows your remaining time and a progress ring. The sound is a soft sine-wave bell generated in your browser — nothing is downloaded or streamed.
Completely. It runs entirely in your browser with no account, no ads, and no data leaving your device. If you want to keep a daily meditation streak, the free HabitBox app lets you log each session in one tap on iOS and Android.
A timer is only half the battle — showing up every day is the rest. HabitBox puts a one-tap meditation streak on your home screen, so the cue does the remembering for you. Free, on-device, iOS and Android.
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