Comparison

Tappy Meter vs Timer

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

Head to head
About

Tappy Meter

This app allows users to create and manage simple counters for tracking habits, goals, and collections. It offers customization options for icons and colors, with data stored locally for privacy. The interface is designed to be simple and visually appealing.

Highlights
  • Unlimited custom counters
  • Organize counters into groups
  • Set reset schedules
  • View historical data
  • Light and dark themes
  • Local data storage
Features
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Tappy lets you create simple counters for anything you want to track. WHY TAPPY? • Habits — coffee cups, workout reps, books read • Goals — set targets and track progress with visual feedback • Collections — count anything that matters to you FEATURES • Create unlimited counters with custom icons and colors • Organize counters into groups (Habits, Health, etc.) • Set daily, weekly, or monthly reset schedules • View history of all changes • Light and dark theme • English and Russian language support • All data stored locally on your device — no account required Simple. Beautiful. Free. No ads, no subscriptions.

About

Timer

Track your time with ease by clocking in and out of tasks. This app allows for multiple concurrent timers and provides detailed reports on how your hours are spent weekly, monthly, and yearly. It offers a private iCloud sync and a native dark interface.

Highlights
  • Concurrent timers
  • One-tap start/stop
  • Categorization with custom colors
  • Weekly, monthly, yearly reports
  • Full history with edits
  • Trim idle time
  • Private iCloud sync
Features
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Timer is a time tracker for days when you do more than one thing at once. Tap to start a task, tap to stop, and run as many timers side by side as you need. Week, month and year reports show exactly where your hours went. Free, with no ads, no account and no subscription. MADE FOR iPhone Duo Half-fold it on a desk: your running timers sit large on top, and your tasks with Clock In and Clock Out sit below. Open it flat: tasks on one side and your weekly report or history on the other, with a swap button right on screen. ON YOUR APPLE WATCH Start and stop tasks from your wrist, see today's total, and add a complication to your watch face. A Smart Stack card shows up while a timer runs, with a Stop button. Everything stays in sync with your iPhone. WHY TIMER Most time trackers make you pick one thing at a time. Real work is not like that: you start a deep work block, a build kicks off, and you read docs while it runs. Timer tracks overlapping tasks the way your day actually goes. WHAT YOU GET - Multiple timers running at the same time - One tap to start, one tap to stop - Categories with your own colors, so reports read at a glance - Week, month and year reports with stacked bars and per-task totals - History grouped by day, with quick edits and past entries you can add by hand - Trim idle time from a running entry without losing its start - Notes on any entry - Archive tasks you are done with - Private sync between your iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud account GOOD FOR Client and freelance hours, deep work, study, side projects, and anyone who wants an honest look at their week. PRIVATE No account. No ads. No analytics. Your data lives on your devices and in your own private iCloud database. In 18 languages. Made by Agentic Quarks, a small independent studio.

Screenshots

Tappy Meter4 screens
Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Timer at every 3 months against Tappy Meter's every 40 months. On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Tappy Meter against 5.0 for Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tappy Meter ships an update every 40 months, Timer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Tappy Meter versus Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTappy MeterTimer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 40 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexey KoshkidkoAgentic Quarks LLC

Customer experience

Tappy Meter

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Timer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tappy Meter

No in-app purchases

None

Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tappy Meter free?
Tappy Meter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Timer free?
Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tappy Meter or Timer?
Tappy Meter and Timer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Tappy Meter or Timer have ads?
Neither Tappy Meter nor Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tappy Meter or Timer?
Tappy Meter ships an update every 40 months, and Timer every 3 months. Most recently, Tappy Meter was updated on November 11, 2026 and Timer on November 13, 2026.

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