Cool Countdown vs 3D Hourglass Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cool Countdown
This app provides a visually engaging countdown and count-up timer with an authentic design. It's ideal for managing time for various activities, from children's tasks to personal projects, offering animated visuals and customizable durations.
- Stylish design with animated time flow
- Visual and sound notifications
- Works in device lock or sleep mode
- Wide range of time durations (seconds to 100 hours)
- Counts time past completion
- User-friendly interface
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Countdown timer with an authentic design. This perfectly shaped timer is a great way to measure and visualize time. Counts time up and down. It's perfect for when you need your kids to wait patiently for a few minutes or to do homework for a certain length of time. 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! If you want an excellent visual time indicator for your activities, try the Cool Countdown.
3D Hourglass Timer
Experience a moment of luxury and tranquility with a beautifully designed app featuring 3D hourglasses. Enhance meditation, relaxation, and focus with customizable timers, soothing sounds, and calming music.
- Beautifully designed 3D hourglasses
- 360° sand flow visualization
- Timer from 1 to 180 minutes
- Soothing sand and background sounds
- Focus-boosting study timer
- Elegant and luxurious design
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Escape the hustle and bustle of daily life and enjoy a blissful reset for your mind and body. 3D Hourglass HD is a beautifully designed app featuring six stunning hourglasses, rendered with sophisticated 3D graphics. Enjoy the mesmerizing flow of sand from any angle in 360°, creating a perfect atmosphere for meditation, relaxation, and mindfulness practice. With a timer function ranging from 1 to 180 minutes, soothing sand sounds, and calming background music (or rain sounds), this app enhances your precious moments of tranquility. It also serves as a focus-boosting study timer, supporting productivity and relaxation. Designed with luxury and elegance in mind, 3D Hourglass HD brings a touch of refinement to your daily routine. Recommended for: - Those who practice meditation and mindfulness to find inner balance - Those seeking moments of relaxation and reset in their busy lives - Students and professionals looking for a stylish timer to improve focus during study or work - Those who appreciate elegant design and wish to create a premium relaxation space - Those who want to relieve stress and refresh their mind and body Enhance your daily life with a touch of ultimate relaxation and improved focus. Terms of Use: https://hosono-note15.web.app/policy/terms_en.html Privacy Policy: https://hosono-note15.web.app/policy/privacy_en.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cool Countdown at none against 3D Hourglass Timer's 2. Cool Countdown also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). 3D Hourglass Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (28 vs 4). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. 3D Hourglass Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Cool Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Cool Countdown against 4.7 for 3D Hourglass Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 3D Hourglass Timer has 28 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Cool Countdown's written reviews are positive against 73% of 3D Hourglass Timer's.
Cool Countdown ships an update every 6 months, 3D Hourglass Timer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cool Countdown | 3D Hourglass Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better | 4.7 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 72.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 177 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Serhii Simkovskyi | Kyohei Hosono |
Customer experience
Cool Countdown
3D Hourglass Timer
In-app purchases
Cool Countdown
No in-app purchases
3D Hourglass Timer
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