Recipe Timer by Zafapp vs Kitchen Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Recipe Timer by Zafapp
This app helps you cook perfectly with a variety of meal timers, a kitchen calculator for unit conversions, and a specialized roast timer for different meats and cooking styles. You can also create custom timers and track your cooking history.
- Timers for various meals
- Kitchen unit converter
- Customizable roast timer
- Create custom recipe timers
- Cooking history tracking
- Celsius/Fahrenheit and kg/lb conversion
- Dark and Light mode
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RECIPE TIMER • Browse through timers for different meals from eggs, pasta, vegetables to fish, steaks, pizza and dessert. KITCHEN CALCULATOR • Convert volume, weight or temperature units with easy-to-use interface. ROAST TIMER • Take advantage of Roast Timer’s customized settings. • Choose meat between beef, lamb, pork, chicken, duck or turkey; select your cut; finish it by setting your cooking style. CREATE RECIPE TIMERS • Adjust the recipe timer to your needs or create your own recipe timer. COOKING HISTORY • See your cooking history for the week, month or the year. CUSTOMIZE • Choose between Celsius and Fahrenheit • Use either kg or lb/oz for fine adjustment • Choose your oven type DARK & LIGHT MODE • Experience the app either in Dark Mode or Light Mode, all at one click!
Kitchen Timer
This app provides a simple yet multifunctional kitchen timer with customizable alarms and notifications. It offers features like quick start, tenkey time input, and background operation, all for free.
- Quick start functionality
- Tenkey time input
- Customizable alarm sounds and volume
- Vibration and tactile feedback
- Background notifications
- Sleep disabled setting
- Dark mode
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It's a simple & multifunctional kitchen timer app. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Quick start - Time input by tenkey - Alarm sound, volume, repeat, automatic stop - Vibration - Background notifications, repeats, intervals - Button tap sound, volume, tactile feedback - Color (background, font) - Sleep disabled setting (timer is running) - Dark mode - Free URL scheme: kitchentimer://
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kitchen Timer at none against Recipe Timer by Zafapp's 3. Kitchen Timer also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Recipe Timer by Zafapp's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Recipe Timer by Zafapp sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Kitchen Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Kitchen Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kitchen Timer has 35 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Recipe Timer by Zafapp's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kitchen Timer's.
Recipe Timer by Zafapp ships an update every 3 months, Kitchen Timer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Recipe Timer by Zafapp | Kitchen Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cuneyt Zafer | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Recipe Timer by Zafapp
Kitchen Timer
In-app purchases
Recipe Timer by Zafapp
- Unlock Premium Version$2.99
- Unlimited Custom Timers$3.99
- Remove All Advertisements$3.99
Kitchen Timer
No in-app purchases
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