Comparison

Cool Multi Timer vs Announcement Useful Timer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Cool Multi Timer

Manage multiple timers simultaneously with a stylish and user-friendly interface. This tool offers a variety of timer types, including hourglass, kitchen timer, countdown, and stopwatch, with customizable durations and visual/sound notifications. It's designed for ease of use, even for children, and can run in the background.

Highlights
  • Up to 15 timers on 3 pages
  • Simultaneous start/stop
  • Stylish animated design
  • Visual and sound notifications
  • Background operation
  • Wide duration range (seconds to 100 hours)
Features
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A constellation of good looking timers. Timing tool that contains cool looking hourglass, elegant kitchen timer, a beautiful countdown timer and a reliable stopwatch. Set up to 15 timers of any type on 3 separate pages and work with any timer separately or start / stop your timers simultaneously using a single touch. Features: - Stylish design; - Animated time flow and backgrounds; - Visual and sound notifications; - Ability to fire even in device lock or sleep mode; - Wide range of time duration available—from as couple of seconds to 100 hours; - Counts time past timer completion; - User-friendly — even for kids! Cool Multi Timer has all your timing needs, so enjoy the process.

About

Announcement Useful Timer

This app provides spoken updates every minute for active timers, even when the screen is off. It supports custom countdowns and time-of-day alerts, with options for personalized sounds and voice announcements. Multiple timers can run simultaneously, with quick setup and management features.

Highlights
  • Spoken updates every minute
  • Custom countdown and time-of-day timers
  • Multiple timers simultaneously
  • Personalized alert sounds and music
  • Quick setup with shortcut buttons
  • Foreground voice announcements
Features
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Voice Timer! Spoken updates every minute. Even when you are not looking at the screen, this app tells you how much time is left. Announcement Useful Timer is available on iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. You can choose the free version or the paid, ad-free PRO version. Announcement Useful Timer can count down preset items and times, as well as your own custom items and times. It announces the remaining item and time every minute, gives a 10-second countdown before completion, and plays your selected music or sound when time is up. Use it as a cup noodle timer, kitchen timer, nap timer, and more. You can run multiple timers at the same time and quickly set them from the always-visible number input at the bottom of the screen. Shortcut buttons are available on the right (long-press to assign different items). Items are shown in a list, frequently used timers are ranked to the top, and you can start timers from history or favorites. Swipe left on a list item to delete it. You can cancel an active countdown from the top of the list. When end music is playing, you can stop it by swiping, tapping the stop button, or shaking your device. Each list item has a settings button on the left where you can configure timer values, labels, voice/music settings, and notification behavior. If you prefer, you can disable the every-minute voice announcements in settings. Pause, resume, and clear buttons are also available for all timers. You can use two timer types: - Countdown timer (set a duration) - Time-of-day timer (notify at the next specified time) *Voice announcements are available only while the app is in the foreground.* To prevent accidental taps in the foreground, a lock button is provided at the top-left of the right shortcut area. In the background, only the end notification is available. Note: Due to iOS API behavior, sounds may play even when Silent Mode is on (voice speech will not play). --- App Features --- ・Quick and easy timer setup using the buttons at the bottom of the main screen. ・Set timers simply by selecting from a list. ・Run multiple timers in parallel. ・Set labels and receive voice notifications. (Every minute, plus 30/15/10 seconds before completion. These can be toggled in settings.) ・Use your own music from iPhone/iPod/iPad for alerts and end sounds. (Foreground only) ・Set music to start from a specific point (for example, the chorus). ・Use two timer types: countdown and specific end time. ・Assign frequently used timers to the shortcut buttons on the right. ・Adjust voice pitch and speech rate. --- Free Version vs PRO Version --- This app is available in both Free and PRO (paid) versions. The PRO version is ad-free. The area used for ads in the Free version is replaced with more list and button space, providing a more comfortable experience. There is no difference in timer functionality.

Screenshots

Cool Multi Timer4 screens
Announcement Useful Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cool Multi Timer at 4.2 against Announcement Useful Timer's 3.0. Cool Multi Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Announcement Useful Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (73% vs 64%). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cool Multi Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cool Multi Timer has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Cool Multi Timer's written reviews are positive against 73% of Announcement Useful Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cool Multi Timer ships an update every 6 months, Announcement Useful Timer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Cool Multi Timer versus Announcement Useful Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCool Multi TimerAnnouncement Useful Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better3.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews72.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB91 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSerhii Simkovskyikatapu.net

Customer experience

Cool Multi Timer

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative21.4%

Announcement Useful Timer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

None

Cool Multi Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Announcement Useful Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cool Multi Timer free?
Cool Multi Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Announcement Useful Timer free?
Announcement Useful Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cool Multi Timer or Announcement Useful Timer?
Cool Multi Timer is rated higher. Cool Multi Timer averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Announcement Useful Timer averages 3.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Cool Multi Timer or Announcement Useful Timer have ads?
Announcement Useful Timer shows ads; Cool Multi Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Cool Multi Timer or Announcement Useful Timer?
Cool Multi Timer ships an update every 6 months, and Announcement Useful Timer every 3 weeks. Most recently, Cool Multi Timer was updated on August 27, 2026 and Announcement Useful Timer on September 26, 2026.

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