uTime Universal vs iEventTimer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
uTime Universal
This utility app helps you track the time remaining until future events. It synchronizes timers across your devices, ensuring consistency between your iPhone and iPad. Easily add new timers and manage them from the main screen.
- Countdown to future events
- Cross-device synchronization
- Add and manage timers
- View current time and date
- In-app support access
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Welcome to uTime! uTime is a brand new App that will allow you to see how much time there is left until an event in the future. uTime syncs between devices so the timers on your iPhone are the same as they are on your iPad! Support can be found by hitting the support button in the information section. It is the best way to keep up to get support with either problems or upcoming features. To add another timer hit timers and then the plus button OR hit the add timer button on the main screen. The current time and date will be added to the list and then you can change it from the home-screen!
iEventTimer
This utility app helps you track upcoming events with customizable countdowns and notifications. It syncs across Apple devices and offers widgets for at-a-glance updates. Enjoy an ad-free experience with automatic event date loading from the web.
- Countdown timers for events
- Customizable notifications
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Live Activities support
- Automatic web event date loading
- iCloud sync across devices
- Ad-free experience
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Never miss an event with iEventTimer. iEventTimer is available for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac, so you can always check the countdown to the next event, wherever you are. Notifications: Receive daily and hourly notifications (optional, configurable) leading up to an event on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and more. Mute events that you don't want to receive notifications for. Widgets: Check the timer at a glance from your Home and Lock Screens and stay up-to-date with the latest event announcements. Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island are also supported. Automatic updates: iEventTimer loads event dates from the web, so you never have to remember to add an event. If you want, you can also add custom events to count down to, and sync them to all of your devices via iCloud. Customization: From the amount of notifications to the colors of app and widgets, you can customize iEventTimer to fit your preferences, adding your personal touch. Ad free experience. iEventTimer is not and never will be showing you ads in the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: uTime Universal at Free against iEventTimer's $0.99. uTime Universal also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). iEventTimer's advantage is device support (5 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
uTime Universal is free to download; iEventTimer costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
uTime Universal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.
uTime Universal ships an update every 2 months, iEventTimer every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | uTime Universal | iEventTimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | uApps | Anian Schleyer |
Customer experience
uTime Universal
iEventTimer
In-app purchases
uTime Universal
No in-app purchases
iEventTimer
No in-app purchases
