Comparison

Multi Timer vs The Time Is

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

Head to head
About

Multi Timer

Easily manage multiple countdown timers simultaneously with this intuitive and clean app. Perfect for multitasking in the kitchen or managing various tasks with precise timing.

Highlights
  • Multiple countdown timers
  • Intuitive UI
  • Clean design
  • Multitasking support
  • Easy to read from a distance
Features
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Multi Timer turns every countdown into a living national park scene, so you can track several timers at once without staring at a plain list of numbers. Start a timer and open a park. The sky changes as time passes. The sun crosses the scene. The moon rises over night parks. When the countdown ends, your visit is stamped into your Park Passport. Use Multi Timer for: - Cooking multiple dishes at once - Focus sessions and study blocks - Workouts, stretches, and recovery intervals - Morning and evening routines - Reminders that need a clear countdown - Any moment where one timer is not enough Key features: - Run multiple countdown timers at the same time - Give each timer a name, duration, sound, and park - See living visual scenes that progress with each timer - Get alerts when timers finish - Use Live Activities for glanceable timer status - Collect completed park visits in your Park Passport - Choose from four free parks - Unlock all 12 national park scenes with MultiTimer Pro Multi Timer is built for people who want a timer board that is practical, quick, and easier to read at a glance. Whether you are cooking, working, studying, exercising, or managing a routine, each countdown gets its own place on the map. MultiTimer Pro is a one-time purchase that unlocks all 12 parks.

About

The Time Is

This utility app announces the time with real human voices and classic chimes, offering customizable hourly and half-hourly alerts. It operates offline, respects user privacy, and provides a one-time purchase for full access.

Highlights
  • Real human voice announcements
  • Multiple chime styles
  • Customizable hourly alerts
  • Half-hour chime option
  • Offline functionality
  • No data collection or tracking
  • One-time purchase
Features
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The Time Is. Not a notification. Not an alarm. Not another app demanding your attention. Just time — spoken clearly, on your schedule, exactly the way you want it. The Time Is announces the hour and half-hour using real human voices and classic chimes. No robotic text-to-speech. No gimmicks. Just a clean, reliable reminder that keeps you anchored in your day without ever pulling you out of it. You set the rules. Choose which hours you want to hear. Skip the ones you don't. Pick a voice that feels right. Select a chime that doesn't make you flinch. Enable the half-hour chime when you need tighter awareness. Mute it all when you need silence. The app bends to your day — not the other way around. — VOICES — Multiple real human voices to choose from. Darren. Lamin. Lucy. Suzanne. Evan. Karen. Zoe. Pick the one that fits your vibe and let it ride. — CHIMES — 6 chime styles built for every mood and setting: · Air Plane — clean and modern · Big Ben — classic and commanding · Bright — cheerful and light · Fun — playful and upbeat · Cuckoo — charming and nostalgic · Grandfather — warm and timeless — HOURLY CONTROL — Full hour-by-hour selection. Enable every hour. Select just your work hours. Or dial it down to a handful of checkpoints that actually matter. Select All or Select None — total flexibility, zero friction. — HALF-HOUR CHIME — Need finer awareness between the hours? Turn on the half-hour chime and stay even more in tune with your day. — BUILT FOR REAL LIFE — The Time Is works completely offline. No internet connection required — ever. It runs quietly in the background, respects your focus, and never phones home. No data collection. No analytics. No tracking. What happens on your device stays on your device. — ONE-TIME PURCHASE — No subscriptions. No ads. No feature tiers. No paywalls hiding the good stuff. You buy it once and it's yours — fully featured, forever. That's the deal and it isn't changing. — VERSION 2 — This isn't a patch. It's a full rebuild from the ground up. Cleaner architecture, smoother experience, more voices, more chimes, and a level of polish that version 1 was just warming up for. If you used v1, you'll feel the difference immediately. — ONE MORE THING — For the curious, the adventurous, and the ones who like to poke around in the corners of an app... there are Easter eggs hidden in this version. Unlock them and you may just find yourself hearing the time announced in a language that doesn't exactly exist on this planet. Or one that predates most of the ones that do. We'll say no more. You'll know it when you find it. Built out of necessity. Designed with care. Yours to keep.

Screenshots

Multi Timer4 screens
The Time Is4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: The Time Is at 100% against Multi Timer's 45%. The Time Is also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Multi Timer's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and ratings volume (59 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Multi Timer is free to download; The Time Is costs $1.99 up front. Multi Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Time Is asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Time Is holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Multi Timer has 59 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Multi Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Time Is's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Multi Timer ships an update fortnightly, The Time Is every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 11, 2026.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Multi Timer versus The Time Is: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMulti TimerThe Time Is
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.1 (59 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews44.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings59 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBarakah Digital LLCDonald Fredrick

Customer experience

Multi Timer

All ratings59 ratings
Positive76.3%
Neutral8.5%
Negative15.3%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive44.8%
Neutral17.2%
Negative37.9%

The Time Is

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Multi Timer

One-time1
  • Multi Timer Pro$12.99
None

The Time Is

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Multi Timer free?
Multi Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Time Is free?
The Time Is costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Multi Timer or The Time Is?
The Time Is is rated higher. Multi Timer averages 4.1 out of 5 from 59 ratings, while The Time Is averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Multi Timer or The Time Is have ads?
Neither Multi Timer nor The Time Is shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Multi Timer or The Time Is?
Multi Timer ships an update fortnightly, and The Time Is every 2 months. Most recently, Multi Timer was updated on October 11, 2026 and The Time Is on October 11, 2026.

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