Pop Out Timer Stopwatch Clock vs Better Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pop Out Timer Stopwatch Clock
This app offers an always-on-screen floating timer, stopwatch, Pomodoro timer, and clock using picture-in-picture. It's ideal for tasks requiring precise timing while using other full-screen applications, allowing for easy window manipulation.
- Picture-in-picture floating windows
- Always-on-screen timer
- Stopwatch functionality
- Pomodoro timer
- Floating clock
- Adjustable window position and size
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Pop Out Timer uses picture-in-picture to provide an always on-screen, floating timer, stopwatch, pomodoro, or clock. Perfect for presentations, workouts, cooking, studying, or any task that needs precise timing while using a full-screen app. While in picture-in-picture you can move the window around to any corner, flick it off screen, or resize with a pinch. Customize colors, aspect ratios, sounds, and display options to fit the way you work. If you choose to purchase a subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store after purchase. Terms of use: https://thinktapwork.com/tos.html
Better Timer
This app allows you to run multiple timers simultaneously and build repeating routines. Customize each timer with colors, icons, and sounds. Start timers from Control Center or Siri without opening the app.
- Run multiple timers simultaneously
- Build repeating routines
- Customize timers with colors and sounds
- Start timers from Control Center and Siri
- Background timer support
- Cute pastel design
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Run several timers at once, chain steps into routines that repeat on their own, and give every timer its own pastel color, icon, and sound. Better Timer is made for cooking, workouts, study sessions, and daily routines. NEW IN 1.3 • Live Activities: follow your timers on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and pause or stop them right there • System alarms on iOS 26: finished timers ring and show on screen, even when a Focus is on • Notification actions: add a minute or start the next step without opening the app MULTIPLE TIMERS AT ONCE Pasta, garlic bread, and tea, all counting down side by side. Each countdown keeps its own time, color, and completion sound, and you can pause one or add a minute without touching the others. ROUTINES THAT REPEAT Chain steps like Focus and Break, or Sprint and Rest, and choose how many rounds to run. Better Timer moves to the next step for you, or waits for a tap if you turn on Pause Between Steps. • Pomodoro cycles for studying and deep work • HIIT, Tabata, and circuit rounds • Recipes with several stages • Morning and evening routines MADE FOR EVERY DAY • Quick Timer: start a 1, 5, 10, or 30 minute timer in one tap • 16 pastel colors, plus an icon and sound for every countdown and step • Light and dark mode • Control Center controls on iOS 18 and later • Siri and Shortcuts: "Start Pomodoro in Better Timer" • Repeat Alerts, so a finished timer keeps reminding you until you respond • Timers keep running when you close the app FREE AND PRIVATE No ads, no subscriptions, and no account. Better Timer doesn't collect any data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Better Timer at none against Pop Out Timer Stopwatch Clock's 3. Better Timer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Pop Out Timer Stopwatch Clock's advantage is ratings volume (323 vs 6) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Pop Out Timer Stopwatch Clock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. Better Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Better Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pop Out Timer Stopwatch Clock has 323 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Pop Out Timer Stopwatch Clock's written reviews are positive against 100% of Better Timer's.
Pop Out Timer Stopwatch Clock ships an update weekly, Better Timer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pop Out Timer Stopwatch Clock | Better Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (323 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 323 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Think Tap Work | Hung Nguyen |
Customer experience
Pop Out Timer Stopwatch Clock
Better Timer
In-app purchases
Pop Out Timer Stopwatch Clock
- Pop Out Premium Monthly$0.491 Month
- Pop Out Premium Yearly$3.991 Year
- Pop Out Premium$11.99
Better Timer
No in-app purchases
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