Comparison

CusTimer vs Kitchen Timer

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

Head to head
About

CusTimer

This highly customizable timer app offers speech reminders, second-by-second beeps, and custom "time's up" messages. It features a large display, elegant fonts, cool animations, and supports timer, stopwatch, and clock modes in four languages.

Highlights
  • Customizable timer settings
  • Speech reminders and messages
  • Second-by-second beep sounds
  • Countdown in last few seconds
  • Large, full-screen time display
  • Timer, Stopwatch, and Clock modes
  • Multi-language speech support
Features
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Want a timer that reminds you, with speech, how much time is left? Or a timer that produces little "beep" sounds every second? Maybe one that can do a countdown in the last few seconds? Or a timer that, instead of playing a sound effect when it finishes, verbalize a custom "time is up" message? Then this is the app for YOU! CusTimer, as the name suggests, is a highly customizable timer app. You can customize your own timer settings in numerous ways: - Whether or not to start a countdown during the last few seconds of the timer - Whether or not to produce beep sounds every second - When time is up, verbalize a message or play a sound - Custom "time is up" messages - Set (regular or not) reminders that reminds you how much time is left - Custom reminder messages Other than the customizations mentioned above, CusTimer has various other features too: - The remaining time is written in a super large font that fills the screen of your device - Highly customisable - 3 modes: Timer, Stopwatch, and Clock - Supports speech in four languages: English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese - Elegant fonts! - Cool animations

About

Kitchen Timer

A straightforward kitchen timer designed for everyday cooking. It offers customizable patterns and colors, with a convenient long-press function for quick time setting. Receive notifications even when the app is running in the background.

Highlights
  • Easy-to-use interface
  • Long press for quick time setting
  • Background notifications
  • Customizable patterns and colors
  • Simple cooking aid
Features
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This is a simple and easy-to-use kitchen timer app. Enjoy your daily cooking! Long Press Button Function: By long-pressing the button, you can quickly set the time. Background Notification Feature: Even when the app is in the background, it will notify you when the timer is finished.

Screenshots

CusTimer4 screens
Kitchen Timer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Kitchen Timer at 4.5 against CusTimer's 4.0. Kitchen Timer also leads on ratings volume (157 vs 1). CusTimer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. Kitchen Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. CusTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kitchen Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kitchen Timer has 157 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of CusTimer's written reviews are positive against 88% of Kitchen Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CusTimer ships an update every 2 weeks, Kitchen Timer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
CusTimer versus Kitchen Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCusTimerKitchen Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.5 (157 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1157 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperXiu ChengFocaccia, Inc.

Customer experience

CusTimer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Kitchen Timer

All ratings150 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral3.3%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

CusTimer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Kitchen Timer

One-time1
  • Kitchen timer Pro$3.99

Questions

Is CusTimer free?
CusTimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kitchen Timer free?
Kitchen Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CusTimer or Kitchen Timer?
Kitchen Timer is rated higher. CusTimer averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Kitchen Timer averages 4.5 from 157 ratings.
Do CusTimer or Kitchen Timer have ads?
Kitchen Timer shows ads; CusTimer does not.
Which is updated more often, CusTimer or Kitchen Timer?
CusTimer ships an update every 2 weeks, and Kitchen Timer fortnightly. Most recently, CusTimer was updated on June 24, 2026 and Kitchen Timer on September 28, 2026.

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