BrushNow vs Brush · Toothbrush Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BrushNow
This app helps you improve your dental hygiene by providing a guided brushing experience. It features a customizable timer, visual guides for where to brush, and motivational elements like badges and music.
- User-set brushing timer
- Detailed brushing illustrations
- Unlockable badges and themes
- Customizable brushing reminders
- Chiptune music playback
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Are you constantly forgetting when to brush your teeth or find the recommended 2 minute requirement for brushing a drag? Not to worry, for this is the app for you! BrushNow - Toothbrush Timer helps you to significantly improve your dental hygiene and your overall brushing experience. OUR FEATURES INCLUDE - • User-set timer to increase brushing efficiency. • Detailed illustration informing the user of exactly where to brush at any given time • Badges that could be unlocked by accomplishing various milestones in the app, granting the user fun themes for their timer • Reminders that notify the user to brush their teeth at a set time • A wide selection of groovy chiptune music tracks that could be played while brushing Brushing your teeth had never been so fun!
Brush · Toothbrush Timer
This app helps you track your tooth-brushing sessions and build healthy habits. It integrates with Apple Health, offers haptic feedback, and allows for customizable timers and streaks.
- Track brushing sessions
- Integrates with Apple Health
- Haptic feedback
- Streak tracking
- Customizable timer goals
- Optional mouthwash timer
- Complication support
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Brush is a lightweight toothbrush timer for watchOS that lets you save and track all your tooth-brushing into Apple's Health app. Keep a streak going to form a healthy habit of proper teeth brushing. — Features — - Saves and reads from HealthKit for nice progress inside the Health App - watchOS only app - Shows your current streak of good sessions and keep a high score - Get haptic feedback when you hit your mark and every 30 seconds to know when to switch - Complication support shows your active timer or best streak. - Automatically save the session once the timer has hit the mark (optional) - Set your brush goal however you like (120 seconds recommended) - Optional mouthwash timer for after brushing your teeth - Always-on display will always show a timer during an active session
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: BrushNow at Free against Brush · Toothbrush Timer's $0.99. BrushNow also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Brush · Toothbrush Timer's advantage is review sentiment (85% vs 67%) and chart position (#52 vs unranked). On rating, update cadence, ads 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
BrushNow is free to download; Brush · Toothbrush Timer costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for BrushNow against 4.5 for Brush · Toothbrush Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Brush · Toothbrush Timer has 60 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of BrushNow's written reviews are positive against 85% of Brush · Toothbrush Timer's.
BrushNow ships an update monthly, Brush · Toothbrush Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BrushNow | Brush · Toothbrush Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (8 ratings) | 4.5 (60 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 85.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 60 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #52 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tinkercademy Community Showcase | Modum B.V. |
Customer experience
BrushNow
Brush · Toothbrush Timer
In-app purchases
BrushNow
No in-app purchases
Brush · Toothbrush Timer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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