IISCA+ vs Gentle Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
IISCA+
This app facilitates data collection for IISCA and SBT, which are intervention strategies for treating problem behaviors and developing social repertoires. It's designed to provide a baseline context for effective treatment and skill-building.
- IISCA data collection
- SBT intervention support
- Problem behavior treatment
- Social repertoire development
- Baseline context generation
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IISCA is an acronym for an interview-informed synthesized contingency analysis. A successful IISCA serves as an effective baseline context to treat problem behavior and develop important social repertoires. SBT is the acronym for Skill-Based Treatment, a type of intervention based on the principles of ABA used to reduce problem behaviors. Today, it appears to be one of the most effective interventions in the literature for the treatment of problem behaviors and the teaching of new skills in individuals with autism or disabilities.
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 review sentiment: Gentle Timer at 100% against IISCA+'s 33%. Gentle Timer also leads on price (Free vs $6.99) and rating (4.6 vs 3.1). IISCA+'s advantage is chart position (#87 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Gentle Timer is free to download; IISCA+ costs $6.99 up front. IISCA+ sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.49 per year and Gentle Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Gentle Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gentle Timer has 354 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of IISCA+'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Gentle Timer's.
IISCA+ ships an update every 6 weeks, Gentle Timer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | IISCA+ | Gentle Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.1 (14 ratings) | 4.6 (354 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 354 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #87 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 203 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Garage94 S.r.l. | JOHNNY LI |
Customer experience
IISCA+
Gentle Timer
Bugs and requests
IISCA+
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
IISCA+
- SBT Unlock$19.491 Year
Gentle Timer
- Go Premium$4.99
Questions
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