Creative Timer vs Simple Stop Timer
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
Simple Stop Timer
This minimalist timer app helps you stay focused on tasks like work, study, or relaxation. It offers customizable session durations and breaks with subtle visual and sound cues, all within a clean, distraction-free interface.
- Minimalist and elegant interface
- Customizable session durations
- Subtle visual and sound cues
- Neon gradient design
- Ideal for work, study, and mindfulness
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Stay focused and make every minute count with NeonFocus — a sleek, minimal timer designed to help you work, study, or relax with intention. Whether you’re using the Pomodoro technique, deep-work sessions, or just need a clean way to track time, NeonFocus keeps you in the zone without distractions. Features: • Simple, elegant interface — no clutter, no ads • Custom session durations and breaks • Subtle visual and sound cues • Neon gradient design for a modern look • Perfect for work, study, or mindfulness Focus smarter. Finish stronger.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Creative Timer at 100% against Simple Stop Timer's 0%. Creative Timer also leads on rating (2.0 vs 1.0) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Creative Timer holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Creative Timer's written reviews are positive against 0% of Simple Stop Timer's.
Creative Timer ships an update every 8 months, Simple Stop Timer every 33 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Creative Timer | Simple Stop Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 33 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Diehl | Paulius Petrusauskas |
Customer experience
Creative Timer
Simple Stop Timer
In-app purchases
Creative Timer
No in-app purchases
Simple Stop Timer
No in-app purchases
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