Widget Timer vs Stopwatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Widget Timer
Create and manage unlimited timers directly on your home screen with customizable widgets. Set repeating timers, personalize themes, and receive local notifications for alerts. Supports Siri and Shortcuts for enhanced control.
- Home screen timer widgets
- Interactive widget controls
- Lock screen widgets
- Customizable widget themes
- Theme gallery
- Repeating timers
- Siri and Shortcuts support
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Widget Timer puts beautiful, customizable timers right on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Pick the timer type that fits the moment, style it to match your setup, and keep it only a glance away. Every timer type, in one app: - Countdown: count down the days to a birthday, holiday, wedding, or trip, and let it roll over automatically every year. - Count Up: track the time since an anniversary, a milestone, or the day you started something new. - Progress: see how far through the week, month, quarter, or year you are. - Stopwatch: count elapsed time up from zero, starting and stopping as you go. - Standard: a simple one-shot timer that counts down (or up) to a set duration. - Repeat: a timer that repeats a set number of times, or infinitely, for periodic reminders like stretching or drinking water. Widgets, done right: - add timer widgets to your Home Screen and Lock Screen - interactive widgets, so you can start and stop your timers without opening the app - customize the theme of each widget, or pick one from a gallery of over 50 themes More to love: - run as many timers as you like, all at once - name every timer (emoji supported) - lots of alert sounds to choose from - multiple finished modes - local notifications alert you when the app is in the background (no network required) - long press to re-order the timers on the main screen - works with Siri and Shortcuts Some features require a purchase of either a Premium Subscription or a Premium Lifetime Unlock. Widget Timer Premium Subscription Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your account settings on the App Store after purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Stopwatch
A straightforward and visually appealing stopwatch application designed for ease of use. Its interface adapts to any screen orientation, offering a clean experience without advertisements or unnecessary features.
- Simple interface
- Easy to use
- Large display
- Adaptive screen orientation
- No ads
- No bloat
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This stopwatch is simple, easy-to-use, and beautiful. The interface resizes to perfectly fit your display, no matter the orientation. No ads, no bloat: it's just a stopwatch.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stopwatch at none against Widget Timer's 3. Stopwatch also leads on review sentiment (67% vs 45%). Widget Timer's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 60 months) and rating (4.1 vs 3.7). On price, ads, device support 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. Widget Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Stopwatch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Widget Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Widget Timer has 185 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 45% of Widget Timer's written reviews are positive against 67% of Stopwatch's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Widget Timer ships an update fortnightly, Stopwatch every 60 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Widget Timer | Stopwatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (185 ratings) — better | 3.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 45.5% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 185 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 60 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Foobar Creative | EduKits International Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Widget Timer
Stopwatch
In-app purchases
Widget Timer
- Widget Timer Pro - Monthly$2.991 Month
- Widget Timer Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Premium Lifetime$49.99
Stopwatch
No in-app purchases
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