Comparison

Timer ٞ vs Random Timer Generator

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Apple Watch support
  • Today Widget support
  • Synchronized timer control
  • Simple and elegant design
  • Easy setup
  • Sound and vibration notifications
Features
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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

About

Random Timer Generator

This app generates random countdown timers within a specified time range. It's versatile for games, meditation, exercise, studying, and more. Customize sounds, vibrations, and looping modes for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Configurable random countdowns
  • Adjustable time ranges (0 seconds to 24 hours)
  • Background operation support
  • Customizable sound and vibration alerts
  • Upload custom alarm sounds
  • Looping mode with break periods
  • Progress tracking for loops
Features
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Random Timer Generator is a random countdown timer that allows you to input a Minimum and Maximum time, and then it will start a random timer somewhere within that range. Random Timer Generator allows you to create random timer countdowns, which makes it great as an exercise timer, a meditation timer, a random timer for studying, a Musical Chairs timer, or as a timer for Hot Potato style games like Catch Phrase, The Last Word, Pass The Bomb... or Hot Potato. ************************************ FEATURES * Fully configurable random countdowns with adjustable seconds, minutes, and hours * Supports timer durations from 0 seconds to 24 hours * The timer and alarm will still run properly even if your screen is locked or you have another app open * Enable or disable countdown noise options * Enable or disable vibrations when the timer ends * Enable or disable showing how much time is left while the random timer is going * Sounds an alarm when the timer hits 0. Choose from different alarm noise options, or go silent with vibrate-only option * Upload your own sound or song as the countdown sound, the sound when timer ends, or the sound when break period ends * Animates and vibrates when going off, so you'll notice the timer expiring in a noisy situation * Looping mode - set a random timer to go off repeatedly, so the next random timer starts again after one ends. You can even add a "break period between random timers", where you can set how many seconds you'd like as a break between random timers when Loop mode is on. * If Looping mode is on, it will tell you how many loops you have completed ************************************ Random Timer Generator is great for: * Games There are many Hot Potato style games where you don't want to be the person holding the ball (or potato) when the random timer goes off. Random Timer Generator works great for these Hot Potato style games, such as Catch Phrase, The Last Word, Pass The Bomb... or Hot Potato. Also great for board games where you need a random timer * Meditation When meditating, you may want to set a timer... but not know exactly when that timer will end (for example, a random timer that will go off somewhere between 10 and 30 minutes). Random Timer Generator works great for that. * Exercise While exercising, you may want to have a random timer for doing certain exercises, but not know exactly how long you will need to do it for. For example, you could set a minimum of 15 seconds and a maximum of 60 seconds while holding a forearm plank. * Musical Chairs With Random Timer Generator, you can set a random timer (for example between 5 seconds and 30 seconds) to go off for playing Musical Chairs. You can even have it playing songs while the timer is counting down. * Studying Andrew Huberman has popularized the Gap Effect or Spacing Effect method of studying, where you have a random timer go off every now and then while studying, to give yourself a short break. During that break, your brain replays what you were just learning at hyper speed.

Screenshots

Timer ٞ4 screens
Random Timer Generator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Random Timer Generator at 83% against Timer ٞ's 36%. Random Timer Generator also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months). Timer ٞ's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Random Timer Generator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Timer ٞ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timer ٞ holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timer ٞ has 1.2K ratings behind it against 56, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 36% of Timer ٞ's written reviews are positive against 83% of Random Timer Generator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timer ٞ ships an update every 16 months, Random Timer Generator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Timer ٞ versus Random Timer Generator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimer ٞRandom Timer Generator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (1.2K ratings) — better3.8 (56 ratings)
Positive reviews36.4% of reviews82.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.2K — better56
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.115.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUniCom TechnologyOneUp App LLC

Customer experience

Timer ٞ

All ratings1,153 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral4.9%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive36.4%
Neutral12.1%
Negative51.5%

Random Timer Generator

All ratings56 ratings
Positive67.9%
Neutral5.4%
Negative26.8%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive82.9%
Neutral4.9%
Negative12.2%

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

Random Timer Generator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Timer ٞ

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Random Timer Generator

One-time1
  • Lifetime access$7.99

Questions

Is Timer ٞ free?
Timer ٞ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Random Timer Generator free?
Random Timer Generator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timer ٞ or Random Timer Generator?
Timer ٞ is rated higher. Timer ٞ averages 4.4 out of 5 from 1.2K ratings, while Random Timer Generator averages 3.8 from 56 ratings.
Do Timer ٞ or Random Timer Generator have ads?
Timer ٞ shows ads; Random Timer Generator does not.
Which is updated more often, Timer ٞ or Random Timer Generator?
Timer ٞ ships an update every 16 months, and Random Timer Generator every 2 months. Most recently, Timer ٞ was updated on September 21, 2026 and Random Timer Generator on September 12, 2026.

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