Comparison

Smart Kitchen Timer vs Cook kitchen timers

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

Head to head
About

Smart Kitchen Timer

Easily manage multiple cooking timers simultaneously. Track when to start each dish to ensure your entire meal is ready at the same time. Features beautiful food imagery and allows for temperature and time adjustments.

Highlights
  • Simultaneous multi-dish timing
  • Meal readiness synchronization
  • Visual meal representation
  • Adjustable cooking temperatures/times
  • Edit timers mid-cook
  • Save favorite meals
Features
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Cooking multiple things at once? Simply add the food items you want to cook, press start and Smart Kitchen Timer will take care of the rest: • Keep informed of when you need to cook each food item to ensure all elements of your meal finish cooking at the same time. • See your meal represented by food photography from professional and amateur photographers. • Optionally adjust cooking temperatures and times when cooking different foods in the same oven. • Edit/Add cooking times, even after the timer has started. • Save your favourite meals so they can be easily timed next time you cook them.

About

Cook kitchen timers

Manage multiple cooking timers simultaneously with adjustable durations. Track title, set time, remaining time, and readiness for each dish. Functions independently on your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Run multiple timers simultaneously
  • Adjust timer duration while running
  • Display dish title, set time, and remaining time
  • Set timers for hours, minutes, and seconds
  • Preset customization for favorite dishes
  • Apple Watch functionality
Features
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With this kitchen timer app you can run multiple timers simultaneously and independently of each other. You can also easily shorten or prolong the timer while cooking. For each dish Cook will display the title, set time, remaining time and at what time the dish will be ready. Functions independently from your iPhone, so that you can set your Timers directly on your Watch! Cook is so easy and fast! • Tap a Preset or Recent and your timer starts running. • Customise the Presets with your favourite dishes. • Easily pause, resume, shorten or prolong the timer while cooking. • Cook displays the title, set time, remaining time and at what time the dish will be ready. • Set hours, minutes, seconds. Privacy Policy: https://www.devart.nl/cook/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Smart Kitchen Timer4 screens
Cook kitchen timers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Smart Kitchen Timer at Free against Cook kitchen timers's $0.99. Smart Kitchen Timer also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 36 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Smart Kitchen Timer is free to download; Cook kitchen timers costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smart Kitchen Timer ships an update every 5 weeks, Cook kitchen timers every 36 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Smart Kitchen Timer versus Cook kitchen timers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart Kitchen TimerCook kitchen timers
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 36 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdward HeskethDevart B.V.

Customer experience

Smart Kitchen Timer

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

Cook kitchen timers

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Smart Kitchen Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Cook kitchen timers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Kitchen Timer free?
Smart Kitchen Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cook kitchen timers free?
Cook kitchen timers costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Smart Kitchen Timer or Cook kitchen timers have ads?
Neither Smart Kitchen Timer nor Cook kitchen timers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Kitchen Timer or Cook kitchen timers?
Smart Kitchen Timer ships an update every 5 weeks, and Cook kitchen timers every 36 months. Most recently, Smart Kitchen Timer was updated on September 22, 2026 and Cook kitchen timers on September 10, 2026.

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