French Fries Timer vs MetroMonkey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
French Fries Timer
This playful utility app offers a unique potato-themed timer experience with fun animations. It provides background notifications and allows users to temporarily remove ads by watching video ads.
- Potato-themed animations
- Intuitive interface
- Background notifications
- Ad-free option via video ads
- Stackable ad-free time
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Tired of your usual kitchen timer? "French Fries Timer" is a playful app designed to bring a little extra fun to your daily wait times. While simple to use, you can enjoy unique potato-themed animations while the timer is running. ◆ Key Features ・Intuitive Operation: A simple interface that anyone can use right away. ・Background Notifications: Even if you close the app or put your device to sleep, it will reliably notify you when time is up, just like an alarm clock. ・Ad-Free Feature: By watching a video ad, you can hide ads for 24 hours. Watching multiple ads allows you to stack the ad-free time. ◆ Perfect for... ・Waiting for cup noodles or cooking. ・Managing short breaks during study or work. ・Adding a touch of playfulness to your daily routine. Bring some fun to your smartphone with Potato Timer!
MetroMonkey
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MetroMonkey is a metronome app designed to be as simple for musicians and artists as possible. “Just work and no distraction” is basic principle. You can set tempo, beat count and accent beats. All super fast and with no hassle. All other things can be distractions. App allows to set unusual time signature from 1/4 up to 32/4 and also quick set up of accent beats making it easy to learn music in exotic rhythms. Improve your skills, follow the rhythm.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: MetroMonkey at none against French Fries Timer's shown. French Fries Timer's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 24 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases 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. French Fries Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MetroMonkey sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
French Fries Timer ships an update monthly, MetroMonkey every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | French Fries Timer | MetroMonkey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHINYA KAKIHANA | Mikhail Vyrtsev |
In-app purchases
French Fries Timer
- Remove Ads (Support)$4.99
MetroMonkey
- Unlock full app$0.99
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