Creative Timer vs Unrambler
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
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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Creative Timer | Unrambler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jonathan Diehl | Keaton McClure |
In-app purchases
Creative Timer
No in-app purchases
Unrambler
No in-app purchases









