Handwashtimer vs Calmaria
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handwashtimer
This app helps you remember to wash your hands by setting customizable notifications. It also includes a 20-second timer with watch vibration to ensure proper handwashing duration.
- Customizable notification intervals
- 20-second handwashing timer
- Watch vibration alerts
- Simple one-tap start for timer
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Let this app help you to remember to wash your hands. This app allows you to set up notifications in between a time window of your choosing. The app will then notify you and tell you to wash your hands. The app also features a big button you can tap when you start to wash your hands. This triggers a timer for 20seconds, and your watch will vibrate or notify you when those 20seconds have gone by.
Calmaria
This app guides you through mindful breathing exercises to promote focus, relaxation, and balance. It offers personalized themes, detailed progress tracking, and syncs seamlessly between iPhone and Apple Watch.
- Mindful breathing exercises
- Personalized themes
- Detailed statistics
- HealthKit integration
- iPhone and Apple Watch sync
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Take a moment. Follow your breath. Calmaria brings guided breathing to iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch with a simple, expressive design. Choose a breathing pattern, follow the animation, and make space for a pause in your day. FIND YOUR RHYTHM Choose from 4–7–8 breathing, 5–5–5–5 box breathing, 5–0–5–0 breathing, or 7–11 breathing. Create custom presets with your own phase durations and repetitions. MAKE IT YOURS Explore five visual themes. Turn sound cues and haptic feedback on or off to suit your surroundings. KEEP TRACK Record how you feel after a session and review your breathing history. With your permission, save completed sessions to Apple Health as mindful sessions. BREATHE ON YOUR WATCH Practice from your wrist, with a companion app that can run independently of your iPhone. Keep presets, settings, and session history in sync across your devices. A MOMENT AT A GLANCE Home-screen and accessory widgets show recent session information and follow your selected theme. Calmaria means calmness and tranquility in Portuguese. Just breathe and relax.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Calmaria at 88% against Handwashtimer's 0%. Calmaria also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.6) and ratings volume (48 vs 14). Handwashtimer's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Calmaria holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 48 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Handwashtimer's written reviews are positive against 88% of Calmaria's.
| Parameter | Handwashtimer | Calmaria |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (14 ratings) | 4.7 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 88.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Bror Brurberg | Steale LLC |
Customer experience
Handwashtimer
Calmaria
In-app purchases
Handwashtimer
No in-app purchases
Calmaria
No in-app purchases
