Visual Countdown Timer vs First Words
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visual Countdown Timer
This app helps children transition between activities with a visual countdown. A picture slowly reveals as time elapses, and a fun animation and sound reward completion. It's designed to make daily tasks more engaging and less of a struggle.
- Visual time progression (green to red)
- Picture reveal as time counts down
- Customizable reveal images
- Time-of-day background changes
- Reward animation and sound
- COPPA and GDPR compliant
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This is the Educational Institution Edition of "Visual Countdown Timer". It has all the great features of the normal version but comes without any Ads or InApp purchases, and is opted into Apple's volume discount for educational institutions. COPPA and GDPR compliant. Is it a battle to get your child to do something quickly? This visual countdown App was designed for my 2 year old son to help him get his reward chart star for getting dressed quickly. Getting him dressed used to take forever with many stalling strategies being deployed. Now he runs upstairs asking for the "Countdown". Watch as the timer runs from green to amber to red, helping the child understand that time is running out. A fun picture is slowly revealed as the time runs down and when the time is up the child is rewarded with an exciting sound and the picture spins. Background image changes to match the time of day, so that your child is given subtle hints as to what time of day the task they are being asked relates to. Choose your own image to reveal from your iPhones photo library to really surprise your child. Endless possible uses: * Getting dressed * Getting out the door (shoes and coats on) * Tidying * Brushing teeth * Sharing toys Turns daily struggles into fun time!
First Words
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- More than 130 thousand downloads and hundreds of 5 Star Ratings! Do you want to introduce fruits, vegetables and common foods to your toddler, kid or baby? Developed by Androbaby, this app is great to teach foods to your babies, toddlers and kids! Food flashcards will help them to learn many of the common foods. It includes more than 90 carefully selected foods. - There are 6 food flashcard categories and more than 90 foods (fruits, vegetables, drinks, breakfast, meals, desserts ). - Colorful high quality pictures keep your babies' interest level high. - Professional pronunciation of words for child's correct learning. - Baby first foods has a simple and intuitive navigation with nice animations. - Your toddler will learn much faster with this unique app! - This app is designed for kids educational purposes. - Food flashcards can keep your kids entertained anywhere, anytime! This game is ideal for parents and children to play and enjoy together. Playing is so easy that even a baby can do it without the help of an adult.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Visual Countdown Timer at monthly against First Words's every 107 months. Visual Countdown Timer also leads on chart position (#80 vs unranked). First Words's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $3.99). On ads, in-app purchases, 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
Visual Countdown Timer costs $3.99 and First Words $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Visual Countdown Timer ships an update monthly, First Words every 107 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual Countdown Timer | First Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (256 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 256 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 107 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #80 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 165 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fehners Software LLP | erkay uzun |
In-app purchases
Visual Countdown Timer
No in-app purchases
First Words
No in-app purchases
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