Comparison

ABTimers vs (Not Boring) Timer

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

Head to head
About

ABTimers

This utility app offers multiple customizable timers designed to assist with various tasks, including gaming. It features advanced options like adjustable running times, auto-looping, and silent modes, with iCloud sync for cross-device use.

Highlights
  • Restart timers without leaving games
  • Set quiet times
  • Adjust running timer
  • Auto-looping timers
  • iCloud Sync
  • Send timers to other devices
Features
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Lots of timers, lots of features, and fast to use! Features - Restart, snooze or pause a timer right from its alert, without leaving your game - Swipe a timer to restart, pause, snooze or put it away - Time calculator: set a timer for "25 × 5 minutes" without doing the math - Set Quiet Times to not disturb your family - Saved timers, ready to start with one touch - Timer groups, each with its own alert sound - Lots of timers - It's free - Adjust the time while the timer is running - Finished timers keep reminding you until you deal with them - One touch copy and start - Back up your timers and send them to your other devices - Dark Mode and larger text sizes ABTimers helps you play Message from the author: I play iPhone games. A lot. Many of them make you wait. I wrote ABTimers to help me play. I use it every day. Every time I think "It would be really cool if ABTimers did this or that", I add it as a feature. That's why there are so many settings and options for what should be a simple timer app. If you use ABTimers and you find it doesn't do something, please let me know. I will try to add it.

About

(Not Boring) Timer

This app offers a visually engaging and intuitive timer experience, inspired by simple egg timers. It features a unique overshoot function, a game-like interface with 3D animations, and customizable skins. Widgets provide quick access to timers for daily routines.

Highlights
  • Overshoot and stopwatch modes
  • Game-like 3D interface
  • Large, readable display
  • Customizable skins
  • Home screen widgets
  • Screen always on option
Features
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"Just astonishingly fun." — John Gruber A BETTER EVERYDAY TIMER I dreamt of a timer I could use every day that would simplify time and make the most of every moment it counted. Inspired by the simple egg timer, Timer more honestly represents time as a single dimension. No hours or seconds—just minutes. There's nowhere to get lost. Scroll to set. Tap to start. Get back to life. STOPWATCH & OVERSHOOT When time expires, it doesn't stop at 0. Timer flips and begins to count up. This turns out to be pretty useful if you missed the alarm and don't know how much time has elapsed or if you cook and just need another minute without the hassle of setting another timer. Or scroll down to 0, tap, and it becomes a stopwatch ready to measure any length of time. PLAYS LIKE A GAME, WORKS LIKE AN APP Next generation user interface designed and built in 3D with animation and sounds inspired by video games. BIG & READABLE Time you can read from across the room. Optional setting to keep your screen on during countdowns. SKINS Skins change the whole look and feel of the app. New skins and collaborations every season so you can keep it fresh. WIDGETS Drop a custom timer on your home screen for fast, one tap access to daily timers for coffee brewing, workouts, and other daily routines. SUPER!BORING Become a Super!Boring member and get all 5 Not Boring apps + skins + extras. We are 100% member-supported. No ads, no data gathering, no tracking. Just beautiful apps that make everyday life a little less boring. Plans: https://andy.works/plans Support: https://andy.works/support

Screenshots

ABTimers4 screens
(Not Boring) Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ABTimers at 100% against (Not Boring) Timer's 68%. ABTimers also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). (Not Boring) Timer's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 56 months) and ratings volume (2.6K vs 2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ABTimers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and (Not Boring) Timer sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

(Not Boring) Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: (Not Boring) Timer has 2.6K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of ABTimers's written reviews are positive against 68% of (Not Boring) Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ABTimers ships an update every 56 months, (Not Boring) Timer monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
ABTimers versus (Not Boring) Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterABTimers(Not Boring) Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings)4.8 (2.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better68.3% of reviews
Number of ratings22.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 56 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB217 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperICNCNot Boring Software LLC

Customer experience

ABTimers

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

(Not Boring) Timer

All ratings2,648 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews164 reviews
Positive68.3%
Neutral11.0%
Negative20.7%

Bugs and requests

ABTimers

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

(Not Boring) Timer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Widget doesn't always start the timer correctly
  • Sound doesn't work when phone is on silent mode

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for longer timers (over 90 minutes)
  • Implement seconds option for more precise timing
  • Integrate with Dynamic Island on newer iPhones
  • Add alarm functionality
  • Allow users to set custom timer intervals

In-app purchases

1 purchases

ABTimers

One-time1
  • ABTimers Remove Ads$0.99
9 purchases

(Not Boring) Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Super !Boring Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Super !Boring Yearly2 variants$29.991 Year
One-time7
  • Andy Skin$4.99
  • Chroma Skin$4.99
  • Monsters Skin$4.99
Show 4 more
  • Opal Skin$9.99
  • Karat Skin$9.99
  • Cedar Skin$9.99
  • !Timer Plus Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is ABTimers free?
ABTimers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is (Not Boring) Timer free?
(Not Boring) Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ABTimers or (Not Boring) Timer?
(Not Boring) Timer is rated higher. ABTimers averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while (Not Boring) Timer averages 4.8 from 2.6K ratings.
Do ABTimers or (Not Boring) Timer have ads?
Neither ABTimers nor (Not Boring) Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ABTimers or (Not Boring) Timer?
ABTimers ships an update every 56 months, and (Not Boring) Timer monthly. Most recently, ABTimers was updated on October 8, 2026 and (Not Boring) Timer on October 13, 2026.

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