Insight Timer vs ScrollCop
Which is better in 2026? Five scores, side by side.
Insight Timer is the better app overall, scoring 8.8 to 8.6. Insight Timer wins on 3 of the 5 scores, ScrollCop on 1, with 1 tied.
Meditators who want endless free variety and a good silent timer
iPhone users who keep turning off their own app limits
Score by score
The details
| Feature | Insight Timer | ScrollCop |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Mind & Focus | Mind & Focus |
| Category rank | #2 of 9 | #4 of 9 |
| Developer | Insight Network Inc. | The Big Head |
| Pricing | Free + paid plans | Free |
| Usable for free | Yes | Yes |
| iPhone & iPad | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android | ✓ | — |
| Web | ✓ | — |
Strengths and weaknesses
Insight Timer
- Most of the library is free
- Customizable timer with interval bells
- Wide variety of teachers, traditions and lengths
- Quality varies a lot between teachers
- Busy interface with frequent upsells
Insight Timer is the best free meditation app by a wide margin. Its library holds a huge range of guided meditations, sleep tracks and talks from teachers around the world, and a customizable timer with bells serves people who sit in silence. The variety is also the weakness: quality is uneven and you have to find your own path. Member Plus adds courses and offline listening.
Full Insight Timer review
ScrollCop
- A friend can hold the key, so blocks actually stick
- Free with no subscription, no ads and no account
- Blocks whole categories and websites, not just apps
- iPhone only, with no Android or desktop version
- Fewer stats and reports than Opal
ScrollCop blocks the apps and sites that eat your time using Apple's Screen Time, so blocked apps really disappear. Its best idea is the key: when you start a block you can let a friend hold a one-time PIN, so you can't quietly end it at midnight. Daily schedules, an SOS button for cravings and short boredom exercises round it out. It is iPhone-only, but free with no subscription.
Full ScrollCop review
