Comparison

(Not Boring) Timer vs Widgetik

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

Head to head
About

(Not Boring) Timer

This app offers a visually engaging and intuitive timer experience, inspired by simple egg timers. It features a unique overshoot function, a game-like interface with 3D animations, and customizable skins. Widgets provide quick access to timers for daily routines.

Highlights
  • Overshoot and stopwatch modes
  • Game-like 3D interface
  • Large, readable display
  • Customizable skins
  • Home screen widgets
  • Screen always on option
Features
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"Just astonishingly fun." — John Gruber A BETTER EVERYDAY TIMER I dreamt of a timer I could use every day that would simplify time and make the most of every moment it counted. Inspired by the simple egg timer, Timer more honestly represents time as a single dimension. No hours or seconds—just minutes. There's nowhere to get lost. Scroll to set. Tap to start. Get back to life. STOPWATCH & OVERSHOOT When time expires, it doesn't stop at 0. Timer flips and begins to count up. This turns out to be pretty useful if you missed the alarm and don't know how much time has elapsed or if you cook and just need another minute without the hassle of setting another timer. Or scroll down to 0, tap, and it becomes a stopwatch ready to measure any length of time. PLAYS LIKE A GAME, WORKS LIKE AN APP Next generation user interface designed and built in 3D with animation and sounds inspired by video games. BIG & READABLE Time you can read from across the room. Optional setting to keep your screen on during countdowns. SKINS Skins change the whole look and feel of the app. New skins and collaborations every season so you can keep it fresh. WIDGETS Drop a custom timer on your home screen for fast, one tap access to daily timers for coffee brewing, workouts, and other daily routines. SUPER!BORING Become a Super!Boring member and get all 5 Not Boring apps + skins + extras. We are 100% member-supported. No ads, no data gathering, no tracking. Just beautiful apps that make everyday life a little less boring. Plans: https://andy.works/plans Support: https://andy.works/support

About

Widgetik

Personalize your iPhone Home and Lock Screens with a wide array of aesthetic and interactive widgets. Track habits, monitor progress, display photos, and stay organized with customizable designs that match your style.

Highlights
  • Interactive widgets for daily routines
  • Log progress directly from widgets
  • Apple Health integration
  • Advanced customization options
  • Lock Screen widgets
  • Variety of widget types
Features
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Beautiful, interactive widgets for your Home Screen, Lock Screen and iPad. Log water, check off habits and tasks, start a focus session or feed your aquarium fish right from the widget, without opening the app. Then make every widget your own with colors, gradients and fonts, or let your wallpaper show through. HABITS & WELLNESS • Habit Tracker: tick off daily habits with a tap and keep your streak going. • Habit Streak: your current streak and this week at a glance. • Habit Counter (Premium): count sets, reps or any daily goal, one tap at a time. • Hydration: log water in one tap and follow your daily goal. • Mindfulness: track meditation, breathing and mindful minutes. • Focus Timer (Premium): start, pause and reset focus sessions from the widget. • Step Counter: your daily steps from Apple Health. PLAN YOUR DAY • Agenda & Day Planner (Premium): see what's on now, how long until your next event, and the days ahead. • Daily Dashboard: time, your next countdown, steps, water and mindfulness in one widget. • Interactive Checklist: keep tasks, routines and groceries on your Home Screen and check them off there. • Event Countdown: count down to trips, birthdays, exams and big moments. • Upcoming Birthdays (Premium): upcoming birthdays, ages and days remaining. • Month Calendar and Week Strip: the month or the current week at a glance. • Progress Tracker: see how far through the week, month, season or year you are, or follow a step or personal goal. CLOCKS • Digital Watch, Analog Watch and Emoji Clock: a clock face in your style. • World Clock: the time in the cities you care about. JUST FOR FUN • Aquarium: a small tank of fish to feed and keep clean. • Zen Garden (Premium): water your plant and watch it grow. • Daily Quote and Daily Inspiration: a fresh quote every day. • Photo: pin a favorite photo or rotate through a collection. • Moon Phase: follow the current lunar phase. • Battery: your battery level at a glance. LOCK SCREEN, CONTROL CENTER & IPAD • Lock Screen widgets for the date, calendar, progress, steps, water, battery and world time. • Control Center controls to log water, check off a habit or start a focus session. • Extra Large widgets on iPad for Agenda, Aquarium and Daily Dashboard. MAKE IT YOURS Choose solid colors or gradients, themes, fonts and text colors, and see every change in a live preview. With Transparent Backgrounds (Premium), Agenda, Daily Quote and Battery blend into your wallpaper: take two screenshots and Widgetik lines each widget up with the wallpaper behind it. APPLE HEALTH Widgetik uses HealthKit to show your steps and, if you turn it on, to save water you log in Widgetik to Apple Health. WIDGETIK PREMIUM Widgetik is free to download and includes ads. A one-time Premium purchase removes ads and unlocks Agenda, Upcoming Birthdays, Habit Counter, Focus Timer, Zen Garden, extra fonts, custom text colors and Transparent Backgrounds. No subscription. Your habits, health data, calendar and photos stay on your device.

Screenshots

(Not Boring) Timer4 screens
Widgetik4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: (Not Boring) Timer at none against Widgetik's shown. (Not Boring) Timer also leads on ratings volume (2.6K vs 63) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Widgetik's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly) and review sentiment (86% vs 68%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. (Not Boring) Timer sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Widgetik sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

(Not Boring) Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: (Not Boring) Timer has 2.6K ratings behind it against 63, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of (Not Boring) Timer's written reviews are positive against 86% of Widgetik's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

(Not Boring) Timer ships an update monthly, Widgetik every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
(Not Boring) Timer versus Widgetik: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter(Not Boring) TimerWidgetik
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (2.6K ratings) — better4.6 (63 ratings)
Positive reviews68.3% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2.6K — better63
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018 — better
Further details — not scored
Size217 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNot Boring Software LLCANDREI RUSTI

Customer experience

(Not Boring) Timer

All ratings2,648 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews164 reviews
Positive68.3%
Neutral11.0%
Negative20.7%

Widgetik

All ratings63 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral6.3%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral7.1%
Negative7.1%

Bugs and requests

(Not Boring) Timer

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Widget doesn't always start the timer correctly
  • Sound doesn't work when phone is on silent mode

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for longer timers (over 90 minutes)
  • Implement seconds option for more precise timing
  • Integrate with Dynamic Island on newer iPhones
  • Add alarm functionality
  • Allow users to set custom timer intervals

Widgetik

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

(Not Boring) Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Super !Boring Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Super !Boring Yearly2 variants$29.991 Year
One-time7
  • Andy Skin$4.99
  • Chroma Skin$4.99
  • Monsters Skin$4.99
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  • Opal Skin$9.99
  • Karat Skin$9.99
  • Cedar Skin$9.99
  • !Timer Plus Lifetime$14.99
1 purchases

Widgetik

One-time1
  • Premium version$1.99

Questions

Is (Not Boring) Timer free?
(Not Boring) Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Widgetik free?
Widgetik is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, (Not Boring) Timer or Widgetik?
(Not Boring) Timer is rated higher. (Not Boring) Timer averages 4.8 out of 5 from 2.6K ratings, while Widgetik averages 4.6 from 63 ratings.
Do (Not Boring) Timer or Widgetik have ads?
Widgetik shows ads; (Not Boring) Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, (Not Boring) Timer or Widgetik?
(Not Boring) Timer ships an update monthly, and Widgetik every 6 days. Most recently, (Not Boring) Timer was updated on October 13, 2026 and Widgetik on October 14, 2026.

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