Timefully Is Now on Android

After years of building Timefully one careful detail at a time on iOS, today we are finally available on a second platform: Timefully is now on Android, available on Google Play.

This is a quiet release more than a loud one. We did not want to put a half-finished port into the world. We wanted the Android version to feel like Timefully — same calm, same simplicity, same respect for your practice.

If you have been waiting, the link is right here: Get it on Google Play. If you want the deeper version of the news, read on.

Why this took the time it took

Timefully started as a one-person Swedish project on iOS. For a long time, going to Android was the obvious thing we deliberately did not do.

The reason was simple: meditation timers are judged by what they get right, not by what they technically support. A bell that fires 200ms late on a backgrounded process, a haptic that fails to wake a wrist, a session that loses ten seconds to a sleeping CPU — these are not edge cases for a meditation app. They are the entire product.

So we waited until we had time to do Android the way we did iOS: every bell tested, every transition timed, every screen designed instead of templated. The result is an app that should feel familiar if you have used the iOS version, and clean if Timefully is your first meditation timer.

What is the same on Android

If you have been using Timefully on iOS, the heart of the app comes with you:

• The timer itself. Segment-based sessions with warm-up, main meditation, and cool-down phases. Count up, count down, or open-ended sits. Down-to-the-second accuracy.
• Bells and sounds. The same curated bell library — singing bowls, gongs, chimes, traditional and modern — with the same volume and fade controls. Pro unlocks the full 28+ sound set.
• Mood and reflection. The post-session mood wheel and optional notes are there exactly as they are on iOS. The shape of your practice is the same shape, regardless of platform.
• Tree growth and consistency. The forest grows on Android too. Trees, achievements, gentle streaks, daily and weekly goals — without the punishing reset behavior some habit apps fall into.
• Statistics and AI insights. Weekly, monthly, and yearly charts, calendar heatmaps, complete session history, and the same AI-assisted reflections.
• Free tier, fair pricing. The free version is fully usable with no account and no trial countdown. Pro is the same $2.99/month, $11.99/year, or $24.99 lifetime — paid through Google Play instead of the App Store, but the same product.

What is different on Android

We chose to be honest about this rather than pretend the platforms are identical. A few things ship today on iOS that Android does not have at launch — and one important thing Android has that iOS does not.

iOS-only at launch:

• Apple Watch. The full Watch app, haptic bells on the wrist, heart rate and HRV tracking, complications, and Always-On Display support all live in the Apple ecosystem.
• iCloud sync. The cross-device sync that ties iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch together is iCloud-based and stays iOS/macOS-only.
• Mac and iPad. Native iPad and Mac surfaces are part of the Apple build.
• Live Activities, Siri shortcuts, Home Screen widgets. These remain iOS-platform features.

Android-specific:

• Health Connect. On Android, Timefully integrates with Health Connect so your meditation minutes show up alongside the rest of your health data — readable by other apps you already trust.

If you live on Apple devices and want everything synced across them, iOS is still the deepest experience. If your phone is Android, you now have a serious meditation timer that respects the platform's conventions and integrates with the health data you already keep.

Why this matters for the practice

We make a meditation timer because we think most people do not need another app to sit. They need a quiet container — a clean bell, a steady silence, a small record of what they did — and that container should not depend on which phone they happen to own.

For the past few years, the answer to "I'd love to use Timefully but I am on Android" was I am sorry, not yet. Today it is yes.

If you have a friend you have been wanting to share Timefully with — and they have been on the wrong platform for it — this is the message worth forwarding.

What is coming next for Android

A few things we are explicitly working on for the Android side, in rough priority order:

• Wear OS. A Wear OS companion is the most-requested feature already. We want haptic bells on the wrist on Android the same way they exist on Apple Watch on iOS. It is on the roadmap, but we will not ship it until it is honest.
• Cross-platform sync. iCloud is iOS-only by design, but a more universal sync layer that lets people who switch phones bring their practice with them is something we want to figure out. No promises on timing yet.
• Widgets. Android widgets, then a Material You-aware Lock Screen complement for the lock screen surface where Android users actually look.

The shape of the iOS-only feature list will shrink over time. We are not going to fake parity, and we are not going to abandon the iOS version while we work on Android. Both apps should keep getting better.

How to get it

The simplest path:

• Android: Get Timefully on Google Play.
• iOS: Download Timefully on the App Store.
• Or just visit /get — the page detects your device and sends you to the right store.

If you want to try the experience without installing anything, our free online meditation timer runs in any modern browser, no account required.

Conclusion

Today does not change what Timefully is. It changes who can use it.

If you have been waiting, thank you. If you are new — welcome. The bell is the same on both phones.

Sit. Breathe. Begin.