Creative Timer vs Timer of Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Creative Timer
Design custom timer sequences for various activities like sports, workouts, or workshops. Save unlimited timers with multiple steps and configure audio cues or voice announcements for each stage. The app runs in the background and offers sharing capabilities.
- Create and save unlimited custom timers
- Multi-step timers with varying durations
- Audio cues and voice announcements
- Background operation with notifications
- Timer sharing with friends
- Pre-set timers for common activities
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Create your own timer sequences for sports, activities, or workshops. - Create and save any number of timers with any number of steps of varying length. - Comes with several useful presets, such as timers for a Seven-Minute workout and the Design Sprint Crazy Eight exercise - Choose to play sounds at the end and half-way through - Let your device announce the current step to you as a reminder - Configure a pause between individual steps - Runs in the background with notifications shown on the device and your watch - Share timers with your friends - Fully animated and beautifully designed Use Creative Timer to... - guide you through your daily sports routine or interval training - timebox your workshops or other activities - quickly set a timer for recurring tasks
Timer of Time
This utility app helps you manage timed intervals with ease. Set custom durations for repetitions, receive cycle completion reminders, and track your estimated finish time. It offers a clean interface and live activity updates for seamless use.
- Customizable repetition times
- Estimated finish time display
- Pause and resume functionality
- Cycle completion reminders
- Live activities integration
- Improved user interface
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Timer of Time is easy to use, just select the time for each repetition and you are ready! Shows the estimated finish time. Pause your timer anytime and continue it when you feel you are on track again. Receive reminders on each cycle completes. NEW: - Improved UI - Added live activities - More accurate notification messages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Creative Timer at none against Timer of Time's 1. Timer of Time's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 8 months). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Timer of Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Creative Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Creative Timer ships an update every 8 months, Timer of Time every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Creative Timer | Timer of Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Diehl | Libardo Ramirez Tirado |
Customer experience
Creative Timer
Timer of Time
In-app purchases
Creative Timer
No in-app purchases
Timer of Time
- Premium$1.99
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