Comparison

Five Minute Mystery Timer vs Oasis Mate

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

Head to head
About

Five Minute Mystery Timer

This timer app supports a real-time, cooperative tabletop game. It tracks remaining time for solving mysteries and offers encouraging reminders from the museum's curator.

Highlights
  • Real-time timer
  • Cooperative game support
  • Mystery solving countdown
  • Encouraging reminders
  • Curator character interaction
Features
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This timer is a companion app for 5-Minute Mystery, the real-time, co-operative tabletop game set in the fanciful Museum of Everything. This app keeps track of the time you have left to solve each mystery, while providing helpful reminders and encouragement from Scrubbles McBubbledy, the eccentric curator of the museum.

About

Oasis Mate

Features
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With Oasis Mate, users can control products developed by Astroasis such as Oasis Focuser through mobile phones or other mobile devices.  By using the application on mobile device, it will be more convenient for users to perefrom equipment operations (such as manual focusing, etc) that traditionally need to be performed on personal computers.

Screenshots

Five Minute Mystery Timer4 screens
Oasis Mate3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Oasis Mate at every 2 months against Five Minute Mystery Timer's every 10 months. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Five Minute Mystery Timer ships an update every 10 months, Oasis Mate every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Five Minute Mystery Timer versus Oasis Mate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFive Minute Mystery TimerOasis Mate
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (18 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings18 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWiggles 3DSuzhou Astroasis Vision Technology Co., Ltd.

In-app purchases

None

Five Minute Mystery Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Oasis Mate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Five Minute Mystery Timer free?
Five Minute Mystery Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Oasis Mate free?
Oasis Mate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Five Minute Mystery Timer or Oasis Mate have ads?
Neither Five Minute Mystery Timer nor Oasis Mate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Five Minute Mystery Timer or Oasis Mate?
Five Minute Mystery Timer ships an update every 10 months, and Oasis Mate every 2 months. Most recently, Five Minute Mystery Timer was updated on October 20, 2026 and Oasis Mate on October 10, 2026.

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