Toothbrush Timer vs BrushBuddy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Toothbrush Timer
This app guides you through a complete dental care routine, ensuring each tooth receives proper attention. It offers step-by-step instructions for brushing, flossing, and rinsing, with smart reminders and detailed statistics to help you build and maintain healthy oral hygiene habits.
- Guided timers for brushing, flossing, and rinsing
- Step-by-step voice instructions
- Smart reminders
- Detailed statistics
- Health app integration
- Customizable reminders (Premium)
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Toothy helps you build a simple, effective dental care routine — without thinking about time. Brushing, flossing, and rinsing are more effective when done evenly and consistently. Toothy guides you step by step, so every tooth gets the attention it deserves. Why Toothy? • Guided timers for brushing, flossing, and rinsing • Clear, step-by-step voice instructions • Smart reminders that fit your schedule • Detailed statistics to track your habit • Health app integration to save brushing time • Clean, distraction-free design Whether you’re building a new habit or improving your routine, Toothy makes daily dental care simple, calm, and consistent. Toothy Premium subscription benefits: • Reminders: Daily, toothbrush replacement & dentist visit reminders • Floss & Rinse Timers: Effective way to keep your teeth and gums healthy If you decide to get a Toothy PRO subscription, your purchase will be charged to your iTunes account. One month costs $2.99 and 1 year costs $23.99. Active subscriptions will be auto-renewed 24 hours before the expiry date. You can manage subscriptions from Account in iTunes after subscribing, and you’ll also be able to cancel the auto-renewing subscription from there at any time. Any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription to Toothy PRO before your trial expires. Terms & Conditions: https://yahenskyi.dev/terms-conditions/ Privacy Policy: https://yahenskyi.dev/privacy-policy/ Optional permission request: • Health app to record tooth brushing time • Notifications to remind you to clean your teeth
BrushBuddy
This app helps you maintain a consistent dental hygiene routine with a guided brushing timer and personalized reminders. Track your progress with streaks and statistics, and receive helpful dental health tips.
- Guided brushing timer
- Customizable reminders
- Progress tracking with streaks
- Dental health tips
- Sound feedback
- Dark Mode
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Brushing your teeth has never been easier! Follow along Capy, your personal Brush Buddy, and keep a consistent dental hygiene routine! With BrushBuddy, you can: - Receive dental health tips - Set custom reminders to brush whenever you like! - Keep track of your progress with streaks and statistics - Follow along the brushing timer to know what teeth regions to brush - Receive sound feedbacks during your brushing - Customize your experience with Dark Mode!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BrushBuddy at none against Toothbrush Timer's 7. BrushBuddy also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 11 days) and review sentiment (82% vs 68%). Toothbrush Timer's advantage is ratings volume (589 vs 22). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Toothbrush Timer sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. BrushBuddy asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Toothbrush Timer against 4.5 for BrushBuddy. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Toothbrush Timer has 589 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of Toothbrush Timer's written reviews are positive against 82% of BrushBuddy's.
Toothbrush Timer ships an update every 11 days, BrushBuddy daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Toothbrush Timer | BrushBuddy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (589 ratings) — better | 4.5 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.6% of reviews | 82.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 589 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 14.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Volodymyr Yahenskyi | Nicolas Godoy de Almeida |
Customer experience
Toothbrush Timer
BrushBuddy
Bugs and requests
Toothbrush Timer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timer issues (inaccurate, stops when watch dims)
- Inability to delete manual brush records
- Incompatibility with older devices
Requested features
4 requests- Add lifetime payment option
- Allow manual brushing entry without timer
- Implement Spotify integration
- Provide more voice options
BrushBuddy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Toothbrush Timer
- Toothy PRO - Monthly plan$2.991 Month
- Monthly plan7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Monthly plan3 Days trial$4.991 Month
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- Toothy PRO - Yearly plan$11.991 Year
- Yearly plan7 Days trial$17.991 Year
- Annual plan1 Year trial$23.991 Year
- Lifetime plan$35.99
BrushBuddy
No in-app purchases
