Comparison

CalcuList vs Visual Multi Timer

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

Head to head
About

CalcuList

Easily create lists and assign numeric values to items. This app automatically calculates totals, averages, or quantities as you add or edit entries, offering a simple alternative to spreadsheets for tracking expenses, goals, and more.

Highlights
  • Create and manage numbered lists
  • Automatic calculation of totals and averages
  • Track progress with completion markers
  • Use negative numbers for balance tracking
  • Customizable number formatting
  • Duplicate lists and items
  • Sort lists and items
Features
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1. Create lists 2. Add numbers 3. Let CalcuList take care of the rest! CalcuList is an easy way to add together numbers in a list and store the results for future use. Simply add items to a list, assign a numeric value to each and CalcuList will automatically display the total or average list value. Quickly edit, duplicate, complete and delete items - CalcuList will continuously update the running total/average value for you. Try using CalcuList to keep track of: - Costs (e.g. budgets, gift lists, DIY projects, holiday expenses) - Goals (e.g. checklists, workout schedules, habit tracking) - Averages (e.g. exercise sessions, energy usage, bill splits) - Pros and Cons (e.g. positive and negative values to represent weighting) - Counts (e.g. TV watch lists, business mileage, party guest lists) - Time (e.g. cooking times, travel times, gig setlists) - Everything else (e.g. distance, area, mass, data capacity, temperature, speed) CalcuList was built with speed and simplicity in mind, adopting a clean, easy-to-use interface that provides an alternative to using cumbersome spreadsheet software for simple list creation. Features: - Quickly add together numbers in a list - Keep track of progress by marking items as complete - Use negative numbers to track balance - Optionally add quantities to items for easy multiplication calculations - Choose to display ‘Total’, ‘Average’ or 'Quantity' list values - Custom format numbers with decimal places, prefixes, suffixes and more - Easily duplicate lists and items - Sort lists and items alphabetically, numerically, by date or manually - Customise lists with a choice of over 100 icons and 10 colour themes - Beautiful, clean design - Dark mode fully supported - Choose from 40 home screen app icons - Use in both portrait and landscape orientations - No ads, no logins, just use freely without restrictions

About

Visual Multi Timer

This app helps you manage multiple tasks simultaneously with customizable timers. It offers pre-made templates for various activities like cooking, workouts, and productivity, along with extensive personalization options. Stay on track with features like Live Activities and widgets.

Highlights
  • Multiple timers running simultaneously
  • Multi-step timer creation
  • Extensive template gallery
  • Customizable timer appearance
  • Live Activities and Dynamic Island integration
  • Homescreen widgets
  • Shortcut Actions support
Features
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Manage your time better with Timus. Cook your favorite dish with the help of cooking timers, become more productive with a Pomodoro timer, stay healthy by working out with HIIT or Tabata timers or even create custom timers to help you throughout the day MULTIPLE TIMERS AND MULTIPLE STEPS Create separate timers for every task you need and run them all at once. Easily create timers with multiple steps, it can be useful for sport, cooking, productivity or some other types of tasks HUGE TEMPLATE GALLERY Speaking of types of tasks! We prepared 20 templates for you so it would be even easier to start managing your time in a better way. Sport, Productivity, Health, Parenting, Cooking – we have it all. EASY CUSTOMIZATION Give timers your own personal touch. Choose titles, icons, colors, signals. Reorder or delete timers with dragging or swiping APPLE FEATURES ON FULL POTENTIAL See active timers in Live Activities and Dynamic Islands, use Homescreen widgets to manage your timers and start timers with Shortcut Actions without even opening the app Meet Timus, your new buddy in the kitchen, your workout partner at the gym, your teammate on the field, and your sidekick at the office. With its quick timer settings, you can focus on what matters most, whether it's work, exercise, or your daily routines. Timus has your back! Download Visual multi timer: Timus today and start making everything on time.  Have any questions? Please contact us at support@happus.co Privacy Policy: https://happus.co/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://happus.co/terms-of-service

Screenshots

CalcuList4 screens
Visual Multi Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: CalcuList at none against Visual Multi Timer's 13. CalcuList also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). Visual Multi Timer's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (142 vs 10). On price and rating 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. Visual Multi Timer sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per 7 days. CalcuList asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for CalcuList against 4.7 for Visual Multi Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Multi Timer has 142 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of CalcuList's written reviews are positive against 83% of Visual Multi Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CalcuList ships an update every 8 months, Visual Multi Timer monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
CalcuList versus Visual Multi Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCalcuListVisual Multi Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (10 ratings) — better4.7 (142 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better83.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10142 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.2 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB102 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDouble 5 LtdHAPPUS LLC

Customer experience

CalcuList

All ratings10 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Visual Multi Timer

All ratings142 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.4%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive83.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative12.8%

Bugs and requests

CalcuList

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Visual Multi Timer

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • No vibration when set to silent

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add stopwatch
  • macOS app
  • Ability to view timer as progress bar on lock screen
  • More free programs
  • Visual and vibratory alerts separately or combined
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  • Mac OS version

In-app purchases

None

CalcuList

No in-app purchases

11 purchases

Visual Multi Timer

Subscriptions8
  • Weekly3 Days trial$0.497 Days
  • Weekly3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Monthly2 variants$2.991 Month
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  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Annual$4.991 Year
  • Quarterly3 Days trial$5.993 Months
  • Annual3 Days trial2 variants$9.991 Year
  • Annual$14.991 Year
One-time3
  • Lifetime$14.99
  • Lifetime$29.99
  • Lifetime v2$39.99

Questions

Is CalcuList free?
CalcuList is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Visual Multi Timer free?
Visual Multi Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CalcuList or Visual Multi Timer?
CalcuList is rated higher. CalcuList averages 4.8 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Visual Multi Timer averages 4.7 from 142 ratings.
Do CalcuList or Visual Multi Timer have ads?
Visual Multi Timer shows ads; CalcuList does not.
Which is updated more often, CalcuList or Visual Multi Timer?
CalcuList ships an update every 8 months, and Visual Multi Timer monthly. Most recently, CalcuList was updated on September 14, 2026 and Visual Multi Timer on September 30, 2026.

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