Timer ٞ vs Second Timers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timer ٞ
This application provides a clean, simple, and reliable timer for various timing needs, including cooking, sports, and work. It offers seamless integration with Apple Watch and Today Widgets, allowing for synchronized control and notifications.
- Apple Watch support
- Today Widget support
- Synchronized timer control
- Simple and elegant design
- Easy setup
- Sound and vibration notifications
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This application counts your time like never before. The perfect Timer-beautifully clean, simple and reliable. Perfect for every timing situation (sports, games, work and of course cooking). Features: * Apple watch support * Today Widget support * Synchronize work with apple watch:You can start timer on app and follow on your watch or vice versa * Simple and elegant design * Easy setup by rotating timer or keyboard * Notification by Sound and vibration when time is over
Second Timers
This utility app helps manage multiple countdown timers simultaneously, with options for second-by-second precision and repeatable notification sounds. It supports multitasking views on iPads and hands-free alert dismissal on iPhones.
- Multiple simultaneous timers
- Second-level timer precision
- Repeatable notification sounds
- SlideOver and Split View support (iPad)
- Hands-free alert dismissal (iPhone)
- Bilingual support (English/Japanese)
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Manage Time with Second Timers. When cooking, taking a nap, making a cup of tea, Second Times help you. Features: - Multiple timers - Second Timers is enable to count down multi-timers simultaneously. -timers by second- each timer is set by second. - Repeatable notification sound - Set whether each timer repeat notification sound - SlideOver, Split View(iPad mini4, iPad Air2, iPad Pro only) - Use in a secondary view - Bilingual - Use in English or Japanese - Without touching(iPhone only) - Close alert and stop notification ring with holding up things in front of camera and removing.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Second Timers at 100% against Timer ٞ's 36%. Second Timers also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and ads (none vs shown). Timer ٞ's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Second Timers holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timer ٞ has 1.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of Timer ٞ's written reviews are positive against 100% of Second Timers's.
Timer ٞ ships an update every 16 months, Second Timers every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timer ٞ | Second Timers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.2K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UniCom Technology | Yuu Ogasawara |
Customer experience
Timer ٞ
Second Timers
Bugs and requests
Timer ٞ
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timer doesn't work consistently
- Timer doesn't ring or make sound when done
- App crashes
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to change alarm sounds
- Set up multiple timers
- Countdown timer that counts up after reaching zero
Second Timers
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Timer ٞ
No in-app purchases
Second Timers
No in-app purchases
