Comparison

Creative Timer vs Unrambler

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Unrambler

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Unrambler allows you to display a timer on one device and control it with another. It's perfect for scheduled events and meetings, allowing speakers to be aware of their time without distracting the audience. Customizable timer presets allow countdown timers that don't need to be reconfigured between parts, and that visually notify speakers when they're going over-time. A high focus on flexibility and compatibility makes Unrambler useful in a variety of contexts and setups. Features: - Control a timer from one device, and display it on any number of other devices. - Easy and straightforward setup and pairing. No complicated account management, just enter a simple controller ID. - Customizable timer schedules, so that controlling the timer during the event is as simple as possible. - When a timer is running low, or has gone over, the display will change colors in a way that is designed to catch the speaker's attention. - Unrambler works on a variety of devices, so you can use it however works best with your set up. Unrambler runs on the web, PCs, phones, and tablets, and any device can be used as either a controller or a display.

Screenshots

Creative Timer4 screens
Unrambler4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Unrambler at 4 against Creative Timer's 2. Unrambler also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Creative Timer versus Unrambler: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCreative TimerUnrambler
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonathan DiehlKeaton McClure

In-app purchases

None

Creative Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Unrambler

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Creative Timer free?
Creative Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Unrambler free?
Unrambler is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Creative Timer or Unrambler have ads?
Neither Creative Timer nor Unrambler shows ads.

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