Calming Bottle vs Timebirds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Calming Bottle
This app offers a digital calming tool for children, particularly those on the autism spectrum, to manage emotions during timeouts. Users can customize glitter colors and settling times, signaling the end of a timeout when the glitter settles.
- Customizable glitter colors
- Adjustable glitter settling time
- Visual cue for timeout end
- Alternative to DIY calming bottles
- Emotion regulation tool
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Calming Bottles can be used by children on the autism spectrum to regulate their emotions during a timeout period. This App provides a useful alternative to making your own, and allows you to set the colour of the glitter and the time that the glitter takes to settle on the bottom. When the glitter has settled, the timeout is over. Instructions for building your own Calming Bottle can be found here: http://blog.theautismsite.com/calmingbottle/ Please note that the developers of this App are in no way affiliated with the blog linked to above.
Timebirds
Control and customize your Timebirds timers with this app. Save favorite settings, sync multiple timers, and receive over-the-air updates for the latest features. Future integration with third-party apps is planned.
- Control Timebirds products
- Customize settings
- Save favorite workout settings
- Sync multiple timers
- Independent timer operation
- Over-the-air updates
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Pair your Timebirds products to your device and connects to Timebirds's new ecosystem which provides a number of benefits: (1) The flexibility to control your Timebirds unit with either the Timerbirds app or the user-friendly Timebirds remote. (2) Customize multiple settings to tailor your unit to your specific needs. (3) Save and easily recall your favorite workout settings. (4) Synch multiple timers to start and run at the same time. (5) Make a remote control linked specifically to one timer, enabling independent operation of each timer even when they are in the same space. Receive over-the-air updates to keep your timer up to date with the latest functionality and innovations. (6) Connect your unit to third-party apps (coming soon).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Timebirds at 5.0 against Calming Bottle's 2.3. Timebirds also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 33%) and device support. Calming Bottle's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 18.6). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Timebirds holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Calming Bottle's written reviews are positive against 50% of Timebirds's.
| Parameter | Calming Bottle | Timebirds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | — | Monthly |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | eSolution | Timebirds Australia Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Calming Bottle
Timebirds
In-app purchases
Calming Bottle
No in-app purchases
Timebirds
No in-app purchases
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