Classroom Fluency Timer vs CloudLabs Converging Lens
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Classroom Fluency Timer
This educational tool offers a flexible timer for classroom use, allowing educators to adjust time discreetly during activities. It features both a standard countdown mode and a specialized fluency timer designed for structured speaking exercises.
- Fudgeable timer for flexible time adjustments
- Gesture controls for discreet time modification
- Standard countdown timer mode
- Specialized Fluency Timer for 4/3/2 activity
- Customizable segment number and length
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Fully fudgeable classroom timer! Timers are arbitrary by definition, and they will go off when they go off, which may not be when you want then to go off. But you can control thiss. Use gestures to discretely add or remove time to clock while it is active. This is very useful for classroom management. This timer has two modes: Standard Timer and Fluency Timer. The Fluency Timer was specifically designed for faciltating Paul Nation's 4/3/2 fluency activity where speakers repeat their ideas under progressively shorter time constraints. - Fully customisable for both the number and length of each segment. - Also functions as a standard countdown timer. - Allows you to add or remove time from the clock while the timer is active to facilitate classroom management. - Won't go to sleep while timer is active.
CloudLabs Converging Lens
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This simulator recreates an optical table with a converging lens and two test objects. The goals of this lab are to experimentally find the focal length, radius of curvature, and power of the lens, as well as find the magnification of the image and determine whether or not it is inverted. During the laboratory development you will be able to observe the changes in the size of the formed image, as the distance between the object and the lens is varied.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Classroom Fluency Timer at every 5 months against CloudLabs Converging Lens's every 21 months. On price, ads, 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.
Classroom Fluency Timer ships an update every 5 months, CloudLabs Converging Lens every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Classroom Fluency Timer | CloudLabs Converging Lens |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jeff Holtzkener | Jiovany Orozco |
In-app purchases
Classroom Fluency Timer
No in-app purchases
CloudLabs Converging Lens
No in-app purchases
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