Comparison

Toothbrush Timer vs Hygiene Helper

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Guided timers for brushing, flossing, and rinsing
  • Step-by-step voice instructions
  • Smart reminders
  • Detailed statistics
  • Health app integration
  • Customizable reminders (Premium)
Features
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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

About

Hygiene Helper

This app provides paced videos and gentle reminders for daily hygienic tasks like brushing teeth and washing hands. Users can create custom playlists for morning and night routines to ensure all necessary steps are completed for an appropriate duration.

Highlights
  • Paced instructional videos for hygiene tasks
  • Gentle reminders for all hygienic activities
  • Customizable day and night playlists
  • Breaks down tasks into smaller, manageable steps
  • Supports various hygiene routines including showering and shaving
  • Audio and visual stimulation for engagement
Features
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For Users that may have difficulty pacing themself through some of their daily Hygienic tasks, such as brushing their teeth or washing their hands, Hygiene Helper provides paced videos to keep users engaged with every facet of a task for an appropriate amount of time. For Users that may have difficulty remembering all the different hygienic activities they need to do, such as remembering to floss, or specific parts of hygienic activities, such as remembering to brush your gums, Hygiene Helper gently reminds users of all facets of a task. Hygiene Helper not only displays all of ones needed Hygienic activities but allows users to make Day and Night playlists so every day, they can simply click on a playlist which ensures they are reminded to do every task. Playlists can be easily set and changed by the user. Playlists allows users to choose which Hygienic activities they need more guidance with, as well as allows users to set their own order to these activities, so as to allow Hygiene Helper to seamlessly integrate itself into existing routines, something which many users are very attached to, and familiar with. Current Hygienic routines include: Brushing your Teeth, Flossing, Taking a Shower, Applying Deodorant, Washing your Hands, Shaving with a Manual Razor, and Shaving with an Electric Razor These videos demonstrate and narrate a Hygienic task by breaking it into many smaller parts. This is an evolution from common step-by-step visual schedule charts and PECS used in ABA. The videos constantly show and narrate each step, and provide stimulation during each step. By constantly stimulating users with audio and visuals to keep them on track with the hygienic activity, the videos ensure that users are not only engaging in these activities for an appropriate amount of time but also being productive with their time use.

Screenshots

Toothbrush Timer4 screens
Hygiene Helper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hygiene Helper at none against Toothbrush Timer's 7. Hygiene Helper also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). Toothbrush Timer's advantage is ratings volume (589 vs 4). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. Toothbrush Timer sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Hygiene Helper asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Hygiene Helper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Toothbrush Timer has 589 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Toothbrush Timer's written reviews are positive against 67% of Hygiene Helper's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Toothbrush Timer versus Hygiene Helper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToothbrush TimerHygiene Helper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (589 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings589 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB14 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperVolodymyr Yahenskyidwight koyner

Customer experience

Toothbrush Timer

All ratings589 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral5.1%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews75 reviews
Positive68.0%
Neutral10.7%
Negative21.3%

Hygiene Helper

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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

Hygiene Helper

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Toothbrush Timer

Subscriptions6
  • 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
One-time1
  • Lifetime plan$35.99
None

Hygiene Helper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Toothbrush Timer free?
Toothbrush Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hygiene Helper free?
Hygiene Helper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Toothbrush Timer or Hygiene Helper?
Hygiene Helper is rated higher. Toothbrush Timer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 589 ratings, while Hygiene Helper averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Toothbrush Timer or Hygiene Helper have ads?
Neither Toothbrush Timer nor Hygiene Helper shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Toothbrush Timer or Hygiene Helper?
Toothbrush Timer ships an update every 11 days, and Hygiene Helper every 11 days. Most recently, Toothbrush Timer was updated on October 31, 2026 and Hygiene Helper on October 30, 2026.

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