Insight Timer
Unguided timer
Customize a silent or ambient timer with interval and ending bells. This does not produce a new guided script and recording.
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Source checked . Availability can change.
Custom practice formats · 3-app comparison
Minimal guidance and extended silence: Insight Timer vs Manai vs Waking Up
Create a guided recording with fewer spoken cues and intentionally extended periods of silence.
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| Features1 selected | Insight Timer MemberPlus |  Manai Plus |  Waking Up Waking Up membership |
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| Minimal guidance and extended silence |
Minimal guidance and extended silence: details
Manai
Yes
Creates an original guided script and narrated recording from your instructions. Generation allowance and available voices depend on your plan. Requested quiet periods count toward the overall session length.
- Plan
- Within creation allowance
- Platform
- iOS and supported connected assistants
Supporting sources:
Source checked . Availability can change.
Waking Up
Extend recorded sessions
Daily Meditations can insert up to 20 added minutes throughout a recording and append further time at the end. Other Practice sessions support added time at the end. This changes silence/duration, not the teacher's script or arbitrary pause placement.
Supporting sources:
Source checked . Availability can change.
Sources and plan details
Sources for 1 features across Insight Timer, Manai, Waking Up. Annual prices show the full yearly charge in USD. “Limited” includes conditions. “No listed support” means the feature was not found in the reviewed official documentation.
Insight Timer 1 researched
- Minimal guidance and extended silence: Unguided timer
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Customize a silent or ambient timer with interval and ending bells. This does not produce a new guided script and recording.
Checked . Sources: [1]
Insight Timer sources
- Insight Timer meditation timer · Checked 2026-10-09
Manai 1 researched
- Minimal guidance and extended silence: Yes
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Creates an original guided script and narrated recording from your instructions. Generation allowance and available voices depend on your plan. Requested quiet periods count toward the overall session length.
Plan: Within creation allowance · Platform: iOS and supported connected assistants
Checked . Sources: [1]
Manai sources
- Minimal guidance and extended silence · Checked 2026-10-09
Waking Up 1 researched
- Minimal guidance and extended silence: Extend recorded sessions
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Daily Meditations can insert up to 20 added minutes throughout a recording and append further time at the end. Other Practice sessions support added time at the end. This changes silence/duration, not the teacher's script or arbitrary pause placement.
Waking Up sources
- Customize the Daily Meditation length · Checked 2026-10-09
- Extend other Waking Up practices · Checked 2026-10-09