Visual Timer by Yong vs Gentle Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visual Timer by Yong
This app offers a customizable countdown timer with a visual indicator, ideal for various tasks and productivity boosts. It features kid-friendly options, multiple sound and color choices, and integration with voice assistants.
- Create multiple preset timers
- Pomodoro timer with repeat feature
- Customizable reminders with notes
- Multiple sound and completion effect options
- Gesture, button, and wheel duration controls
- Wide color options with dark mode
- Siri and Shortcuts support
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Visual Timer by Yong provides an awesome graphical indicator for measuring times. It contains wide configuration options so that the user can make their own timers for various occasions. Boost your productivity with a powerful timer! = Main Features = - Create Multiple Preset Timers. - Repeat features for Pomodoro timer. Boost your productivity! - Add reminders of the timers: so that you can easily check the remaining time by percentage, or by time. (e.g. alert 5 mins before it ends) - Multiple sound options (starting, during, ended) - Multiple adjusting options (classical buttons, gestures, wheels) - Wide color options with dark mode support. Choose your favorite color! - Siri and Shortcuts Support. You can control timer using your voice! - Kid-friendly Image Sets included (You can display the image sets on the ending screen!) = Highlights = - Various completion effects Set your favorite effects: Sounds, vibration, flashlight, images to reveal. (Kids friendly!) - Presets Prepare your preset for your task. Quick start leads to finish. - Reminders Add more reminders to handle complicated tasks. Add a note and sounds as breadcrumbs. - Repeat Repeat a whole timer as much as you want. - Landscape/Multitasking support Visual Timer is avilable to use on iPhone and iPad. The layout optmized for the both mode, landscape and portrait. - Title as a mini note Tap the title on presets screen. Add a note or inspirational quote easily. - Open preset or last timer Decide the first screen of the app: a list of timer or the last-used timer. - Styles You can change every color of the timer using a flexible color picker. - Change timer display Change timer display setting such as a direction of movement, size of display. - 3 types of duration control Visual Timer provides wheel, buttons, and gestures mode for duration control. - Quick action buttons You can quickly change certain settings such as brightness, sounds, vibrations. - Default templates provided Visual Timer comes with basic presets. Create the timer using templates. - Share the timer Share your timer setting with others using a QR code or a link.
Gentle Timer
This app offers a visually appealing, ad-free timer for focus, productivity, and managing children's routines. It supports various timer types, including countdown, Pomodoro, and interval, with extensive customization options for backgrounds, music, and themes. It also includes helpful everyday tools like a calculator and breathing exercises.
- Visual countdown timers
- Pomodoro focus sessions
- Interval training timers
- Multi timer support
- Customizable backgrounds and music
- Everyday utility tools
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Gentle Timer turns ordinary waiting into a calm, happy little moment. Set a time, choose an adorable animated character, a dreamy background and soothing music — then relax and watch a friendly countdown carry you to the finish. Most timers feel cold and stressful. Gentle Timer is the opposite — warm, playful and beautifully animated, so brushing teeth, focusing, cooking, working out or winding down all feel a little better. THE MAIN EVENT: A TIMER YOU'LL ACTUALLY ENJOY • A big, friendly countdown with a cute character that glides across the screen as time ticks down — time you can SEE • Hundreds of animated characters, backgrounds and effects — dreamy scenes, sparkle trails and joyful completion celebrations • Calming music while it runs and a gentle chime when it ends — or play your own tracks from your music library, Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music or Amazon Music • Your pet turns up partway through to cheer you on — "You've got this!" … "Almost there!" • Dozens of pets to pick from — yours waits with you on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, on the timer, and through focus sessions. Poke it and the whole screen goes sparkly. • Add or remove time on the fly, pause anytime, and follow along on your Lock Screen with Live Activities SO MUCH MORE INSIDE • Pomodoro — focus-and-break cycles that help you get real work done • Interval — work/rest rounds for HIIT and workouts, with 3-2-1 countdown beeps • Focus — open-ended focus sessions with task names and a history of your time • Multi-Timer — run up to six timers side by side • Presets — one-tap timers for brushing teeth, screen time, tidying up and more • Stopwatch — clean and simple, with laps • Breathing — guided four-phase breathing to slow down and reset • Tools — a counter, dice / coin / spinner, and a full scientific calculator MAKE IT TRULY YOURS • Pick characters, backgrounds, music, effects for every mode • Draw your own characters and backgrounds — or turn any photo into one, right from your camera or library • Set your own encouragement messages, sounds and gentle haptics BUILT TO FEEL CALM No clutter. No pressure. No jarring alarms. Every detail is designed to lower stress instead of adding to it. LOVED BY • Parents & kids — brushing teeth, tidying up, screen-time limits, smooth transitions • Students — Pomodoro study sessions and focus tracking • Focused work — deep-work sprints and mindful breaks • Fitness — interval and HIIT training • Everyday life — cooking, naps, laundry, breathing and winding down FREE — NO ADS, NO SUBSCRIPTION Gentle Timer is free to download and use — every mode, plenty of characters, backgrounds and music, and no ads, ever. Love it and want more? One optional, one-time unlock adds the full collection plus the tools to create your own — pay once, keep it forever, never a subscription. Supports Family Sharing — one purchase covers your whole family. Download Gentle Timer on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch — and make your next minute a little more delightful.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Gentle Timer at 354 against Visual Timer by Yong's 52. Visual Timer by Yong's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Visual Timer by Yong sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Gentle Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Visual Timer by Yong against 4.6 for Gentle Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gentle Timer has 354 ratings behind it against 52, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 99% of Visual Timer by Yong's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gentle Timer's.
Visual Timer by Yong ships an update every 4 days, Gentle Timer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual Timer by Yong | Gentle Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (52 ratings) — better | 4.6 (354 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 98.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 | 354 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 203 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yong Gyun Kim | JOHNNY LI |
Customer experience
Visual Timer by Yong
Gentle Timer
Bugs and requests
Visual Timer by Yong
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Gentle Timer
Reported bugs
3 issues- No sound issues reported
- Seconds not displayed on countdown
- Landscape mode not working
Requested features
8 requests- More free options
- Landscape mode support
- Ability to set specific seconds
- Toggle off motion on settings menu
- Cat character option
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- View of all timers set all time
- Ability to create 'Goals' (e.g., set 40 hours)
- Dinosaur character option
In-app purchases
Visual Timer by Yong
- Snack-Sized Tip$1.99
- Vehicle Image Set$1.99
- Vegetable Image Set$1.99
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- Animal Image Set$2.99
- Vintage Flowers Image Set$2.99
- Coffee-Sized Tip$3.99
- Lunch-Sized Tip$5.99
Gentle Timer
- Go Premium$4.99
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