Rainbowy vs MelodyTimer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rainbowy
A minimalist drawing application for all ages, featuring a simple interface and classical music for a relaxing creative experience. Users can draw on photos and save their colorful creations with or without the background.
- Minimalist drawing interface
- Classical music relaxation
- Draw on photos
- Save drawings with/without background
- Shake to save functionality
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This is a very simple but fascinating drawing app, suitable for kids and grown ups of all ages. Enjoy the revolutionary, ultrasimple minimalistic interface and relax with quality classical music while you create colorful rainbow drawings. When you are finished, simply shake the device and your work is saved. Rainbowy also lets you draw on photos and save your results with or without the background. It is so easy and entertaining to make colorful sketches with this app.
MelodyTimer
This app notifies you when your food is ready using music alerts. It provides scientifically timed cooking durations for various ingredients, preventing over or undercooking. Enjoy a clean, ad-free experience with a one-time purchase.
- Music alerts for food readiness
- Scientifically timed cooking durations
- Prevents over/undercooking
- Ad-free experience
- One-time purchase
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【Free Your Hands, Music Alerts When Food Is Ready】Tired of checking kitchen timers repeatedly? Unsure when your food is perfectly cooked? MelodyTimer lets you know exactly when cooking is done through music! 【Scientifically Timed, Fewer Mistakes】Each ingredient has precise cooking times based on USDA guidelines and professional chef experience - from soft-boiled eggs to pasta, never overcooked or undercooked again. 【One-time Purchase, No Ads】Unlike other timer apps, we show no ads, require no subscription, and offer permanent use with a single purchase for a clean cooking experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Rainbowy at every 6 days against MelodyTimer's every 11 months. Rainbowy also leads on price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Rainbowy costs $0.99 and MelodyTimer $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Rainbowy against 5.0 for MelodyTimer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rainbowy has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Rainbowy ships an update every 6 days, MelodyTimer every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rainbowy | MelodyTimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin Koppenhoefer | SeeOne Labs |
Customer experience
Rainbowy
MelodyTimer
In-app purchases
Rainbowy
No in-app purchases
MelodyTimer
No in-app purchases
