Comparison

Holiday Rush Timer vs Board Games Timers

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

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About

Holiday Rush Timer

This app serves as a timer and scorekeeper for a holiday-themed search and find game. Players race to collect points by finding ornaments on a Christmas tree game board. It supports using official game ornaments, family ornaments, or a combination of both.

Highlights
  • Timer functionality
  • Scorekeeping
  • Supports official ornaments
  • Supports family ornaments
  • Supports mixed ornaments
Features
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The Holiday Rush Timer is the timer and score keeper for the popular holiday game: Holiday Rush - The Game of The Season. Holiday Rush is a search and find game where your Christmas Tree is the game board and ornaments are the game pieces. Find the right ornament and be the first to collect enough points to win the game. The game can be played using the Holiday Rush ornaments, your family ornaments, or both Holiday Rush and family ornaments. The Holiday Rush Timer is the perfect digital companion to this exciting family game.

About

Board Games Timers

Experience classic board game timers with realistic digital recreations. Enjoy authentic visuals, sounds, and haptic feedback for an immersive game night. Features 20 iconic timers with custom animations and smooth performance.

Highlights
  • 20 iconic board game timers
  • Realistic sand, flip, and mechanical animations
  • Authentic sound effects
  • Haptic feedback for tactile feel
  • Screen stays on during gameplay
  • Smooth 60 FPS performance
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BoardGame Timers brings your favorite classic board games to life with the most realistic digital timer recreations ever built for iPhone and iPad. Whether you're mid-game and your sand timer is nowhere to be found, or you just want the full tactile experience without the physical pieces, BoardGame Timers has you covered. Every timer is painstakingly recreated to match the look, feel, sound, and behavior of the original physical timer — right down to the color of the sand, the style of the frame, and the exact duration. 20 ICONIC BOARD GAME TIMERS - Boggle (1972) — Classic 3-minute amber sand hourglass with flowing grain animation - Pictionary (1985) — Bold 60-second LCD display with flip-digit countdown - Taboo (1989) — Warm wood-frame hourglass, 60 seconds of white sand - Scattergories (1988) — Egg-shaped blue sand timer, 3 full minutes - Perfection (1965) — 60-second mechanical wind-up with spinning gear cluster and satisfying tray-pop at the end - Outburst (1986) — Chunky 60-second digital display, high energy - Perquackey (1955) — Slim gold sand hourglass, 3 minutes - Mad Gab (1996) — Wide-body 2-minute sand timer - Alias (1994) — Sleek teal hourglass, 60 seconds - Cranium (1998) — Deep purple sand hourglass, 60 seconds - Articulate! (1992) — Bold red wide-body hourglass, 3 minutes - Time's Up! (1999) — Quick green sand timer, 30 seconds - 30 Seconds (1994) — Classic egg-timer silhouette, 30 seconds - Pass the Bomb (1994) — Bomb-shaped timer with a RANDOM fuse length (10–60 seconds), animated burning fuse, and a full explosion when time runs out - Wits & Wagers (2005) — Casino-green hourglass, 30 seconds - Ubongo (2003) — Earth-tone African-style hourglass, exactly 2 minutes 30 seconds - Super Big Boggle (2004) — Oversized amber hourglass, 4 full minutes - Guesstures (1992) — Action-style flip display, 60 seconds of pressure - Stare! (2003) — Intense strobe-flash digital display, 20 seconds - 5 Second Rule (2008) — Pressure meter and giant 5-second countdown with shake feedback BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED Every timer is rendered with custom animations built from the ground up. Sand grains fall and accumulate with realistic physics. Fuses burn down grain by grain with a glowing spark. Gears spin, needles sweep, and displays flip — all at a silky-smooth 60 frames per second. SOUNDS THAT TAKE YOU BACK Authentic sound effects for every timer type: hissing sand, mechanical ticking, digital beeps, wind-up clicks, alarm bells, and — for Pass the Bomb — a satisfying explosion when the fuse hits zero. FEEL EVERY SECOND Haptic feedback is woven throughout: a firm tap when you start, gentle pulses every 10 seconds, a warning buzz with 5 seconds to go, and a strong rumble when time's up. Playing on a physical device has never felt more like holding the real thing. BUILT FOR GAME NIGHT The screen never dims while a timer is running — no more tapping to keep it awake mid-game. A clear Start / Pause / Reset control sits at the bottom of every timer screen, and an optional 5-second early warning beep gives players a heads-up before time expires. DESIGNED TO LAST Clean home screen grid shows all 20 timers at a glance, each with a live animated preview. Search by name or decade. Full iPhone and iPad support. Looks stunning in dark mode. No subscriptions. No ads. No accounts. Just timers.

Screenshots

Holiday Rush Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Holiday Rush Timer at 5.0 against Board Games Timers's 1.0. Holiday Rush Timer also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 1) and device support. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Holiday Rush Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Holiday Rush Timer has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Holiday Rush Timer versus Board Games Timers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoliday Rush TimerBoard Games Timers
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 22 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHachisoft CorporationIan SMITH

In-app purchases

None

Holiday Rush Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Board Games Timers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Holiday Rush Timer free?
Holiday Rush Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Board Games Timers free?
Board Games Timers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Holiday Rush Timer or Board Games Timers?
Holiday Rush Timer is rated higher. Holiday Rush Timer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Board Games Timers averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.

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