Colored Timer vs ToastBuster Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Colored Timer
This utility app allows users to set up multiple timers that visually change color as time progresses. Define custom "Timer events" to associate specific colors with different time intervals. A pro version offers more timers and color options.
- Color-changing background
- Configurable timer events
- Multiple simultaneous timers
- Pro version for more timers
- Customizable colors
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Colored Timer is a configurable timer that changes its background color as time passes. The colors can be defined as "Timer events". Up to three timers can be used at the same time in Colored Timer. Use Colored Timer Pro for up to 10 timers with unlimited colors.
ToastBuster Timer
This app is a dedicated timer for Toastmasters meetings, offering visual cues and customizable settings for various speaking roles. It allows for on-the-fly adjustments and provides a history of timed sessions, ensuring accurate timekeeping for speeches.
- Preset and custom role timers
- Full-screen color alerts with buzzing
- Background timer with Live Activity
- On-the-fly role switching
- Time correction features
- Speaker name tagging
- Automatic session history
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ToastBuster is a timer built for Toastmasters. Time any speech — Table Topics, Evaluations, long-form — with clear green, yellow, and red signals. Made by a Toastmaster. Features: • Preset and Custom Roles: Use built-in roles or create your own with custom green, yellow, and red times. • Switch Roles Mid-Timer: Forgot to change the role? Switch on the fly without losing the session. • Full-Screen Colour Alerts: The whole screen changes colour and the phone buzzes at each milestone. Watch the speaker, not the timer. • Background Timer: Leave the app and the timer keeps running. A Live Activity shows the current time and milestones from your Lock Screen and Home Screen. • Time Travel: Forgot to press start? Add 10s, 30s, or 1m to catch up instantly. • Speaker Names: Tag each session so you know whose time was whose. • Session History: Every speech is saved automatically with speaker, role, and final time. Your timekeeper's secretary, built in.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ToastBuster Timer at 5.0 against Colored Timer's 3.8. Colored Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. ToastBuster Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Colored Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
ToastBuster Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 10 respectively.
Colored Timer ships an update monthly, ToastBuster Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Colored Timer | ToastBuster Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sven Bergmann | Tanin Rojanapiansatith |
Customer experience
Colored Timer
ToastBuster Timer
In-app purchases
Colored Timer
No in-app purchases
ToastBuster Timer
- Pro$4.99
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