Time vs Repeating Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time
This app provides repeating interval-based notifications for various activities, including workouts, experiments, and timed tests. It offers customizable sound or vibration alerts and allows users to queue multiple timers sequentially for complex tasks.
- Repeating interval notifications
- Customizable sound or vibration alerts
- Background operation on Apple Watch
- Sequential timer queuing
- HealthKit integration for workout pacing
- Syncs daily stats with Health app
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Note: The app uses HealthKit to enable pacing a workout session by running in the background and it connects with the Health app to sync your daily stats. When used on the apple watch, it can be used for repeating, haptic, inaudible alerts at user-specified intervals. *NEW FEATURE*: Companion Apple Watch app is now here and can work in the background! TimeMinder is a repeating interval-based app that sends users notifications (either via Sound or Vibration-only notifications) at every interval specified by the user. It is excellent for use in activities where the user needs some reminder every so often: interval focused or timed exercise, science lab experiments requiring measurements to be taken at specified intervals, standardized testing where time on questions is limited, etc. The app also has an advanced feature, allowing the user to "queue" up several timers before pressing "Start" to fire up several repeating interval-based timers back-to-back (successively). This can be useful in tasks that require differing repeating interval-based timers, such as timed presentation where you want to send different amounts of time on different slides.
Repeating Timer
This utility app provides a simple and efficient way to set repeating timers with a clear display of remaining time. It offers an Apple Watch app and home screen widgets for quick access and control.
- Repeat timer with remaining time display
- Apple Watch app integration
- Home screen widgets for quick access
- Ad-free experience (paid feature)
- Supports iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch
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Simple repeat timer. Free Features: * Repeat timer. Remaining time at a glance. * Apple Watch app * Widget to start and check timers on home screen. Paid Features: * No ads Terms of use：https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Time at Free against Repeating Timer's $1.99. Time also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). Repeating Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 21 months). On 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
Time is free to download; Repeating Timer costs $1.99 up front. Repeating Timer sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.49 per month. Time asks for nothing beyond the download.
Time ships an update every 21 months, Repeating Timer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time | Repeating Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akhil Sharma | Yohei Tamura |
Customer experience
Time
Repeating Timer
In-app purchases
Time
No in-app purchases
Repeating Timer
- Premium Plan$0.491 Month
Questions
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