French Fries Timer vs ReminDown
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!
ReminDown
This app helps you track important dates and events with customizable countdowns. It offers home and lock screen widgets for quick access and smart notifications to ensure you never miss a moment. Personalize your countdowns with photos, notes, and colors for a delightful experience.
- Home screen widgets
- Lock screen widgets
- Smart notifications
- Customizable countdowns
- Display time in seconds
- Archive past events
- Light and Dark Mode
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Remindown is a free, easy-to-use countdown timer and reminder app for the important events and dates in your life. From birthdays and vacations to exams and big milestones, Remindown helps you stay organized and never miss what matters. Features • Home Screen widgets to see your countdowns at a glance • Lock Screen widgets for quick access to upcoming events • Smart notifications and reminders • Powerful editor to fully customize your countdowns • Display remaining time in days, hours, minutes, and seconds • Add photos, notes, colors, and icons to your countdowns • Sort countdowns by time, name, or distance • Archive past countdowns and revisit them anytime • Light and Dark Mode support • Create unlimited countdowns • Clean, distraction-free experience • No ads Use Remindown For Vacation • Birthday • Anniversary • Exam • Holiday • Wedding • Trip • Deadline • Event • Launch • Graduation • Goals • Concert • Party • Memories and more Simple. Free. Thoughtfully Designed. Remindown is built to feel fast, clear, and delightful — so you can focus on your moments, not managing apps. Download Remindown and start counting what matters today. Support: ishanapps@protonmail.com Privacy: https://ishanapps.onrender.com/ReminDown/privacy.html EULA: https://ishanapps.onrender.com/ReminDown/eula.html Terms: https://ishanapps.onrender.com/ReminDown/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: ReminDown at none against French Fries Timer's shown. French Fries Timer's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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 ReminDown sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for French Fries Timer against 5.0 for ReminDown. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
French Fries Timer ships an update monthly, ReminDown every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | French Fries Timer | ReminDown |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SHINYA KAKIHANA | Ishan Nandwal |
Customer experience
French Fries Timer
ReminDown
In-app purchases
French Fries Timer
- Remove Ads (Support)$4.99
ReminDown
- Montly Subscription$0.991 Month
- Annual Subscription3 Days trial$4.991 Year
- Lifetime Access$14.99
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