Comparison

zeitweise vs InSight Countdown

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

Head to head
About

zeitweise

A full-screen timer designed for schools and meetings to help users focus on tasks. It offers intuitive controls, customizable presets, and visual cues for the end of a session. The pro version unlocks all features.

Highlights
  • Full-screen display
  • Adjustable time and start/pause
  • Customizable preset buttons
  • Visual 'Last Section' indicator
  • On-the-fly digit changes
  • Custom sound support (iPad only)
Features
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Time in sight. Distractions out. zeitweise is the fullscreen timer for classrooms, presentations, focused work, and anywhere else you need to see the time at a glance. The display makes the most of your screen: landscape by design, truly fullscreen, with no distracting controls. Just the time – big, clear, and easy to see. TAP INSTEAD OF HUNTING FOR BUTTONS No unnecessary buttons. The timer itself becomes the interface. • Tap the timer to start or stop. • Pinch out on the timer to enter true fullscreen mode. • Running out of time? Simply swipe to add extra minutes while the timer is running. MORE THAN A COUNTDOWN A one-time upgrade to zeitweise Pro adds features including: • Stopwatch • Interval timer with customizable work and break phases • Last Section to highlight the final phase of a countdown • Quick-access buttons for frequently used times That makes zeitweise just as useful for classroom activities and presentations as it is for studying, focus sessions, Pomodoro, or custom intervals. YOUR TIMER. YOUR DESIGN. A timer can look good, too. With a clean design, custom colors, and different fonts, zeitweise adapts to your style and your surroundings. • Color themes and custom colors • Different fonts • Adjustable timer size • Sounds for the end of the timer and the last section • Your own songs and audio files • Background music and ticking sounds A FREE TIMER – MAKE IT YOURS WITH PRO The classic fullscreen timer is free to use and always ad-free. zeitweise Pro adds the stopwatch, interval timer, advanced timer features, and the full range of customization and audio options. zeitweise Pro is a one-time purchase. No subscription. No ads. Whether you're in the classroom, giving a presentation, or working at your desk, zeitweise makes time visible – big, clear, and distraction-free.

About

InSight Countdown

Features
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Keep what matters in sight. InSight Countdown turns the wait for what matters into something you look forward to seeing. Set a countdown to an exact date and time — your flight, an exam, a birthday, a deadline — not just a vague duration. A huge, glanceable countdown fills your screen, ticking down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds to the precise moment. FEATURES • Count down to an exact date & time Pick the exact calendar date and time of your event — or a simple duration when that's all you need. The closest event is always front and center. Add a note — flight number, gate, address — shown in small type under the name. • Synced across your devices Your countdowns stay in sync between iPhone, iPad, and Mac through your private iCloud — the same events, each keeping its own visualization, follow you everywhere. Your countdowns are yours — their content is never sent to us. • Choose how time looks Watch time melt away in a draining hourglass, a progress ring, a rounded bar, a Time-Timer-style shrinking disc, a dot grid, a dot dial, a solar eclipse, an unwinding spiral, or a sun along its day arc — plus themed styles: a Christmas tree lighting up branch by branch, a birthday cake whose candles flicker on, a beach parasol opening as the sun rises, a juice glass that fills, a dumbbell loading up plate by plate, a car climbing a mountain road, a plane arcing around a globe, and lit-up landmarks (the Eiffel Tower, Burj Khalifa). Pick a look that fits the occasion — a parasol for a trip, a cake for a birthday — so a glance tells you what's coming. Swipe to switch right on the countdown; each remembers its own. Landscape keeps a linear bar. • Make it yours Pick a digit font — from a clean system face to a retro seven-segment LCD — and tint the whole app with a preset accent color or any color you choose. • Many countdowns, one glance The nearest event takes the main screen; the rest sit in a quick-access bottom bar. Choose per countdown when it takes the main screen — always, only when it's near, only on its day, or never — so a far-off event doesn't crowd out nearer ones. Or watch several at once on any device: Duo fits two to your screen, and a large grid shows four. iPad and Mac add a denser small grid and a zoomed layout that enlarges the nearest event. Called off? Archive it instead of deleting — it waits until you set a new date. • Daily & weekly repeats Set a countdown to repeat every day, or on the weekdays you choose (say Mon/Wed/Fri), and it rolls forward automatically after it finishes — great for routines, classes, standups, and recurring reminders. • Beat procrastination — and have fun doing it A deadline you can see is harder to ignore. Keep the countdown in front of you — full screen or on the Lock Screen — and watch the remaining time melt away. Better yet, the task you kept putting off becomes a screen you want to watch. • Lock Screen & Dynamic Island Show your countdowns as Live Activities on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Choose per countdown when it appears. • Doubles as an alarm across your devices The instant a countdown hits zero, an alert breaks through silent mode and Focus — and on iOS 26 it rings until you dismiss it — or snooze it for five more minutes — so any countdown works as a full alarm. Add an early reminder (from 10 seconds to a day before), or ring the alarm up to 3 minutes ahead. Because your countdowns sync through iCloud, the same alarm can ring on whichever device is with you. • iPhone, iPad & Mac The full-screen countdown adapts to any size and rotation — a phone in your pocket, an iPad propped up as an always-on display, or a resizable Mac window. The controls fade away when you're not touching the screen, leaving just the countdown. • Stays awake when you want Optional screen-lock control keeps the display on — always or only while charging — so your countdown stays in sight. Free. No account needed. Your countdowns are yours.

Screenshots

zeitweise4 screens
InSight Countdown4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: InSight Countdown at none against zeitweise's 1. InSight Countdown also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months). zeitweise's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. zeitweise sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. InSight Countdown asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

zeitweise ships an update every 3 months, InSight Countdown every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
zeitweise versus InSight Countdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterzeitweiseInSight Countdown
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKreismedienzentrum Rems-MurrAliaksandr Harbavets

In-app purchases

1 purchases

zeitweise

One-time1
  • zeitweise Pro$3.99
None

InSight Countdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is zeitweise free?
zeitweise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is InSight Countdown free?
InSight Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do zeitweise or InSight Countdown have ads?
Neither zeitweise nor InSight Countdown shows ads.
Which is updated more often, zeitweise or InSight Countdown?
zeitweise ships an update every 3 months, and InSight Countdown every 4 weeks. Most recently, zeitweise was updated on November 6, 2026 and InSight Countdown on October 31, 2026.

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