Timer Machine vs Progress Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timer Machine
Manage your time effectively with three customizable timers. Set personalized alert sounds to suit your workflow for work, study, or personal projects. This app offers an intuitive interface for a more organized approach to your day.
- Three personalized timers
- Customizable alert sounds
- User-friendly interface
- Time management for work and study
- Intuitive design
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Discover the ease of time management with Timer Machine, an app offering three personalized timers in a user-friendly and intuitive interface. Customize each timer to fit your unique needs, complete with your preferred alert sounds. Ideal for efficiently tracking various activities, Timer Machine simplifies your daily routine, whether it's for work, study, or personal projects. Embrace a more organized approach to your time with this elegantly designed app. Download Timer Machine now and experience the simplicity of personalized timing!
Progress Timer
This app helps you manage timed tasks with visual progress bars and countdowns. You can set custom titles and durations, and repeat timer groups. It continues counting in the background and notifies you even when the screen is locked.
- Visual progress bars
- Customizable timer titles
- Repeatable timer groups
- Background operation
- Sound notifications
- Save and recall timer lists
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This is a timer to see all progress at a glance. You can give each timer a title of your choice, set the time, and sort it freely. When the timer starts, each bar will animate in order from the top, along with the countdown display. It notifies by sound from 3 seconds before the countdown ends. Repeat playback of the timer group is also possible. If you save the group you created in the list, you can call it immediately at any time. It counts even in the background and notifies you properly even when locked. Use it to create workout menus, manage the cooking process, and manage various other schedules.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Timer Machine at none against Progress Timer's shown. Timer Machine also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Progress Timer's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and rating (4.1 vs 3.8). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Progress Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Timer Machine's written reviews are positive against 75% of Progress Timer's.
Timer Machine ships an update every 5 months, Progress Timer every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timer Machine | Progress Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (20 ratings) | 4.1 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Montage App, Inc. | Yosuke Arasawa |
Customer experience
Timer Machine
Progress Timer
In-app purchases
Timer Machine
No in-app purchases
Progress Timer
No in-app purchases
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