Comparison

Cool Kitchen Timer vs Kitchen Assistant

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

Head to head
About

Cool Kitchen Timer

An elegant kitchen timer with animated visuals for easy time tracking during cooking. It offers visual and sound notifications, works in lock mode, and supports durations from seconds to 100 hours. Designed for everyday use, it's user-friendly for all ages.

Highlights
  • Animated time flow
  • Visual and sound notifications
  • Works in lock/sleep mode
  • Wide time duration range
  • Counts time past completion
  • User-friendly design
Features
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Bright timer for bright cooking. Elegant kitchen timer designed for everyday use that has animated features on the hour, minute and second visual indicators to quickly overlook how much time in minutes is left. You can always glance at the display to check your time without reading the numbers. 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! This is one kitchen timer you won't want to do without!

About

Kitchen Assistant

This app helps you manage cooking times for various dishes, ensuring your food is perfectly prepared. It offers customizable timers, presets for common ingredients, and background notifications so you can multitask without worry.

Highlights
  • Customizable cooking timers
  • Background and lock screen notifications
  • Precise egg timer
  • Boiled potato presets
  • 15 cook time presets for various foods
  • 4 alarm sound options
Features
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When cooking in the kitchen, the most important thing you need is the right cooking time and to be reminded of it. This is exactly what "Kitchen Assistant Cooking Pro" offers you. Put the food on the stove, schedule it and take care of your other chores. We will remind you that your meal is ready at the right time. We have prepared an interface that you can fine-tune in order to find the exact consistency while boiling the egg. We have prepared a detailed menu for boiled potatoes. We offer you ready-made presets for chicken, lamb, peas, broccoli, artichokes, corn, carrots, fresh beans, cauliflower, fish fillets, shrimp, beans, celery, fowl and vegetable soup. Works on lock screen and background. So you can do whatever you want. You can choose from four alarm sounds. -Cooking Timer -Backround and Lock Screen Mode -Notifications -Easy to Use -Perfect Egg Timer -Boiled Potatoes Presets -15 Cook Time Presets -4 Alarm Sounds

Screenshots

Cool Kitchen Timer4 screens
Kitchen Assistant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cool Kitchen Timer at none against Kitchen Assistant's 1. Cool Kitchen Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16.0). Kitchen Assistant's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 months). On price 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. Kitchen Assistant sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cool Kitchen Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cool Kitchen Timer ships an update every 6 months, Kitchen Assistant every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Cool Kitchen Timer versus Kitchen Assistant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCool Kitchen TimerKitchen Assistant
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB58 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperSerhii SimkovskyiAltug Nuri ASLANTAS

Customer experience

Cool Kitchen Timer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Kitchen Assistant

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cool Kitchen Timer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Kitchen Assistant

One-time1
  • Kitchen Assistant$9.99

Questions

Is Cool Kitchen Timer free?
Cool Kitchen Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kitchen Assistant free?
Kitchen Assistant is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cool Kitchen Timer or Kitchen Assistant have ads?
Kitchen Assistant shows ads; Cool Kitchen Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Cool Kitchen Timer or Kitchen Assistant?
Cool Kitchen Timer ships an update every 6 months, and Kitchen Assistant every 10 days. Most recently, Cool Kitchen Timer was updated on September 26, 2026 and Kitchen Assistant on September 29, 2026.

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