Comparison

Smart Kitchen Timer vs Big Roast Timer

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

Big Roast Timer

Features
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Big Roast Timer is a little app for timing your roast dinners. Select the meat, select the weight, and when you want to be done by and the app will do the rest. Well, okay, not quite the rest. You'll still have to do the cooking, and the putting things in, and taking stuff out bits. In fact, all it'll really do is let you know when you have to do something; but if that sounds helpful then this is the app for you. If you're wondering why 'Big', it's because there's a tiny version for your wrist too.

Screenshots

Smart Kitchen Timer4 screens
Big Roast Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Smart Kitchen Timer at Free against Big Roast Timer's $0.99. Smart Kitchen Timer also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.0). Big Roast Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). 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; Big Roast Timer 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, Big Roast Timer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Smart Kitchen Timer versus Big Roast Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmart Kitchen TimerBig Roast Timer
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdward HeskethIAN CLARK

In-app purchases

None

Smart Kitchen Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Big Roast Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Smart Kitchen Timer free?
Smart Kitchen Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Big Roast Timer free?
Big Roast Timer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Smart Kitchen Timer or Big Roast Timer have ads?
Neither Smart Kitchen Timer nor Big Roast Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smart Kitchen Timer or Big Roast Timer?
Smart Kitchen Timer ships an update every 5 weeks, and Big Roast Timer every 5 days. Most recently, Smart Kitchen Timer was updated on October 25, 2026 and Big Roast Timer on October 30, 2026.

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