Cooking vs Kitchen Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cooking
Simplify meal preparation by coordinating multiple dishes to be ready simultaneously. Input your desired mealtime and individual cooking durations, and the app generates a precise schedule for starting each item. Avoid juggling multiple timers and ensure perfectly cooked food for any occasion.
- Synchronize multiple dish cooking times
- Set desired meal completion time
- Input individual ingredient cooking durations
- Generate start/finish time plan
- Create custom alerts for each step
- Ideal for holidays and dinner parties
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Cooking multiple dishes for Christmas, a Sunday roast or a big family meal? CookingTimer takes the maths and stress out of meal preparation by ensuring all your food is ready at the same time. Add all your dishes in one place, set when you want to eat, and let the app tell you when to start each one. Perfect for: • Christmas dinner • Sunday roasts • Dinner parties • Meal prep and batch cooking Simply follow these 4 simple steps for a stress free evening of cooking: 1. Enter the time you want to eat. 2. Add all your ingredients and their cooking times. 3. Click the create time plan button to see the start/finish times for each ingredient. 4. Create alerts so you don't miss a thing! Never juggle multiple timers again - CookingTimer ensures perfectly timed meals every time! Download now and take control of your kitchen.
Kitchen Timer
This app provides a simple yet multifunctional kitchen timer with customizable alarms and notifications. It offers features like quick start, tenkey time input, and background operation, all for free.
- Quick start functionality
- Tenkey time input
- Customizable alarm sounds and volume
- Vibration and tactile feedback
- Background notifications
- Sleep disabled setting
- Dark mode
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It's a simple & multifunctional kitchen timer app. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Quick start - Time input by tenkey - Alarm sound, volume, repeat, automatic stop - Vibration - Background notifications, repeats, intervals - Button tap sound, volume, tactile feedback - Color (background, font) - Sleep disabled setting (timer is running) - Dark mode - Free URL scheme: kitchentimer://
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Kitchen Timer at 100% against Cooking's 64%. Kitchen Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Cooking's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Cooking sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Kitchen Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cooking ships an update every 2 months, Kitchen Timer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 1, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cooking | Kitchen Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.8 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alexander Richardson | FugaPiyo Inc. |
Customer experience
Cooking
Kitchen Timer
In-app purchases
Cooking
- Go Ad Free$0.991 Month
Kitchen Timer
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Cooking free?
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Do Cooking or Kitchen Timer have ads?
Which is updated more often, Cooking or Kitchen Timer?
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