Progress Timer vs Timers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Progress Timer
This app helps you manage timed tasks with visual progress bars and countdowns. You can set custom titles and durations, and repeat timer groups. It continues counting in the background and notifies you even when the screen is locked.
- Visual progress bars
- Customizable timer titles
- Repeatable timer groups
- Background operation
- Sound notifications
- Save and recall timer lists
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This is a timer to see all progress at a glance. You can give each timer a title of your choice, set the time, and sort it freely. When the timer starts, each bar will animate in order from the top, along with the countdown display. It notifies by sound from 3 seconds before the countdown ends. Repeat playback of the timer group is also possible. If you save the group you created in the list, you can call it immediately at any time. It counts even in the background and notifies you properly even when locked. Use it to create workout menus, manage the cooking process, and manage various other schedules.
Timers
Manage your time effectively with this interval timer app. Create and run multiple timers in sequence, with options to repeat groups of timers for structured routines. Receive notifications, speech, and countdowns to stay on track during focused sessions.
- Run multiple timers in sequence
- Repeat timer groups
- Notifications and speech alerts
- Timer templates and duplication
- Background operation
- Dark Mode support
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Workout, rest, repeat. Focus, break, repeat. Timers runs multiple timers automatically in sequence. Save them as a group, set how many times to repeat, and reuse your routine. Core features are free; ad removal is a one-time purchase. ■ Run timers in sequence Combine intervals such as 20 seconds of exercise and 10 seconds of rest, or 25 minutes of focus and a 5-minute break. Set a repeat count for each group. ■ Save your everyday routines Reuse groups for studying, workouts, stretching, or cooking. Templates and duplication help you set up another routine without starting from scratch. ■ Notifications, speech, and countdowns While the app is open, sounds, speech, and countdowns help you follow your routine. In the background or with the screen locked, notifications alert you. Notifications must be enabled in your device settings. Notification sounds depend on your device settings. ■ Make it your own Set durations, names, repeat counts, and sounds. Advance notices, auto-lock control, active timer badges, and Dark Mode are also available. ■ Remove ads with a one-time purchase Core features are free. Premium removes ads with a single purchase, not a subscription. Restore your purchase using the Apple Account you used to buy it. Keep your daily routine together, one group at a time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Timers at 4.7 against Progress Timer's 4.1. Timers also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (49 vs 11). Progress Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.2 vs 17.6). On price, review sentiment, 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. Timers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Progress Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Timers holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 49 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Progress Timer's written reviews are positive against 73% of Timers's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Progress Timer ships an update every 8 months, Timers every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Progress Timer | Timers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (11 ratings) | 4.7 (49 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 73.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 49 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yosuke Arasawa | Koji Ito |
Customer experience
Progress Timer
Timers
In-app purchases
Progress Timer
No in-app purchases
Timers
- Remove Ads$6.99
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