Timer ٞ vs Kitchen Timer
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
Kitchen Timer
A straightforward kitchen timer designed for everyday cooking. It offers customizable patterns and colors, with a convenient long-press function for quick time setting. Receive notifications even when the app is running in the background.
- Easy-to-use interface
- Long press for quick time setting
- Background notifications
- Customizable patterns and colors
- Simple cooking aid
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This is a simple and easy-to-use kitchen timer app. Enjoy your daily cooking! Long Press Button Function: By long-pressing the button, you can quickly set the time. Background Notification Feature: Even when the app is in the background, it will notify you when the timer is finished.
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Verdict
Timer ٞ and Kitchen Timer both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of Kitchen Timer's written reviews are positive against 36% of Timer ٞ's. Kitchen Timer also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 16 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.1). Timer ٞ's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 157). 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. Kitchen Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Timer ٞ asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Timer ٞ against 4.5 for Kitchen Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timer ٞ has 1.2K ratings behind it against 157, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 36% of Timer ٞ's written reviews are positive against 88% of Kitchen Timer's.
Timer ٞ ships an update every 16 months, Kitchen Timer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timer ٞ | Kitchen Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.2K ratings) | 4.5 (157 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.4% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 157 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UniCom Technology | Focaccia, Inc. |
Customer experience
Timer ٞ
Kitchen Timer
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
Kitchen Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Timer ٞ
No in-app purchases
Kitchen Timer
- Kitchen timer Pro$3.99
