(Not Boring) Timer vs Widgetik
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
(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.
- Overshoot and stopwatch modes
- Game-like 3D interface
- Large, readable display
- Customizable skins
- Home screen widgets
- Screen always on option
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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
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.
- Interactive widgets for daily routines
- Log progress directly from widgets
- Apple Health integration
- Advanced customization options
- Lock Screen widgets
- Variety of widget types
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Transform your Home Screen and Lock Screen with aesthetic, interactive widgets. Widgetik gives you a powerful collection of customizable iPhone widgets for time, planning, wellness, habits, photos, motivation, and everyday progress. Build a personal dashboard that looks beautiful, stays useful, and matches your style. Widgetik integrates with Apple Health using HealthKit to show step progress and, when you enable it, save water intake logged in Widgetik to Apple Health. INTERACTIVE WIDGETS FOR DAILY ROUTINES Log progress directly from your widgets with quick actions for habits, hydration, mindfulness, focus sessions, and checklists. Track the small things that shape your day without opening the app. ALL AVAILABLE WIDGETS • Daily Dashboard: combine time, your next countdown, steps, hydration, and mindfulness progress in one glanceable widget. • Interactive Checklist: keep tasks, routines, groceries, or reminders visible and check items off from the Home Screen. • Habit Tracker: build streaks and complete daily habits with a tap. • Habit Counter: count sets, reps, tasks, or any daily goal with tap-to-increment tracking. • Hydration Tracker: log water intake quickly and follow your daily goal. • Mindfulness Widget: track meditation, breathing, and mindful minutes. • Focus Timer: start, pause, reset, and track focused work sessions. • Step Counter: view daily step progress with Apple Health integration. • Event Countdown: count down to vacations, birthdays, anniversaries, exams, launches, and big moments. • Birthday Widget: see upcoming birthdays, ages, and days remaining. • Progress Tracker: visualize week, month, season, or year progress. • Month Calendar: view the full month at a glance. • Week Strip: keep the current week visible in a clean compact layout. • Digital Watch: add a modern digital clock widget with date and style options. • Analog Watch: choose an elegant classic watch face. • Emoji Clock: personalize a clock with your favorite emoji. • Daily Quote: get an inspirational quote every day. • Daily Inspiration: enjoy a fresh gradient and motivating quote. • Photo Widget: pin your favorite photo, memory, or aesthetic image. • Moon Phase: follow the current lunar phase. • Battery Widget: monitor your device battery level. LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS Keep essential information visible with dedicated Lock Screen widgets: • Calendar Inline: see today's weekday and date in a compact line. • Calendar Rectangular: show the current month and date at a glance. • Progress Inline: view percent complete for your selected period. • Progress Circular: check progress in a clean circular indicator. • Progress Rectangular: see week, month, season, or year progress in a wider Lock Screen layout. ADVANCED CUSTOMIZATION Make every widget feel like yours with curated colors, modern gradients, transparent glass-style backgrounds, custom photos, designer textures, live previews, theme controls, and layout options. WHY WIDGETIK • Aesthetic widgets for iPhone Home Screen and Lock Screen • Interactive widgets for habits, water, mindfulness, focus, and tasks • Apple Health and HealthKit support for steps and hydration • Custom themes, colors, gradients, photos, and backgrounds • Privacy-minded design with personal data kept on your device • Easy setup for beginners, with deep customization for power users Download Widgetik today and create the aesthetic, productive, and personalized iPhone widget setup you have always wanted.
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Verdict
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 57) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). Widgetik's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). 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
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.
(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 57, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of (Not Boring) Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Widgetik's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
(Not Boring) Timer ships an update monthly, Widgetik every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | (Not Boring) Timer | Widgetik |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.6K ratings) — better | 4.6 (57 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 67.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | 57 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 217 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Not Boring Software LLC | ANDREI RUSTI |
Customer experience
(Not Boring) Timer
Widgetik
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
(Not Boring) Timer
- Super !Boring Monthly$7.991 Month
- Super !Boring Yearly2 variants$29.991 Year
- 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
Widgetik
- Premium version$1.99





