Kneady vs Kitchen Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kneady
Discover over 600 top-rated bread and baking recipes from professional bakers. This app offers step-by-step guidance, community features, and helpful tools like timers and unit conversion to elevate your home baking experience.
- 600+ award-winning recipes
- Step-by-step guidance
- Global baking community
- Save favorite recipes
- Baking timers
- Metric/imperial unit toggle
- Distraction-free Baking Mode
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Kneady is the #1 home-baking app, made for bakers of all levels. Discover 600+ award-winning recipes from professional bakers, save your favourite recipes, join a passionate global community & much more. ** About Kneady ** - The #1 home-baking app, suitable for bakers of all levels - Professional recipes perfected for home cooking, with clear step-by-step guidance - Join a buzzing community, share your culinary masterpieces and learn from others! - Save your favourite recipes for easier repeat bakes - Set handy timers for rise phases, kneading time, oven time and more - Toggle between metric/imperial measures for all recipes - Distraction-free Baking Mode - Use advanced filters to narrow your search ** Our Mission ** We’re on a mission to help you take your home baking to the next level. Many people love bread and love baking, but bread recipes are often unnecessarily complex and buried deep in recipe books. Kneady combines inspiring, time-tested recipes with simplicity and convenience. Follow step-by-step instructions on your smartphone, from the comfort of your home kitchen. ** Collaboration & Support ** Looking to collaborate, or have a question or suggestion? Pop us a message at team@kneady.io and we'll be in touch as soon as possible. ** About Kneady Pro ** In addition to a free plan, Kneady offers two auto-renewing subscription options. Subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can go to your iTunes Account settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. Read the terms and conditions here: https://kneady.io/terms Read the privacy policy here: https://kneady.io/privacy
Kitchen Timer
Easily manage cooking times with custom, named timers. Features a simple interface, adjustable button functions, and a variety of sound options. Personalize your experience with colorful themes and helpful pre-alarms.
- Custom named timers
- Adjustable button roles
- 15 timer sound options
- 10 colorful themes
- Pre-alarm notifications
- Keep screen on option
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[Custom timer] You can save custom timer and name it like "07:00 (pasta)”, "09:00 (pizza)". [Simple design] Large button and simple design enable to operate quickly. [Change button role] You can choose button role from “10min/1min/10sec/1sec”, “10min/1min/10sec/5sec”, and “1min/10sec/5sec/1sec”. [Timer sound and volume] You can choose timer sound from 15 kinds of sound and adjust the volume. [Colorful themes] You can choose the accent color from 10 colors. And dark theme is also available. [Other settings] ・Pre-alarm You can ring pre-alarm 10 minutes and 5 minutes before count zero if necessary. ・Keep screen on You can keep screen on while using this app if necessary.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kitchen Timer at none against Kneady's 10. Kitchen Timer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 85%). Kneady's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 months). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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. Kneady sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Kitchen Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Kitchen Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kneady has 731 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Kneady's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kitchen Timer's.
Kneady ships an update every 3 days, Kitchen Timer every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kneady | Kitchen Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (731 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 731 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Quillbound Studios Ltd | UT app |
Customer experience
Kneady
Kitchen Timer
Bugs and requests
Kneady
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatibility with older devices
- Recipes not displaying properly in baking mode
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to save custom recipes
- Printing option for pro users
- More free recipes and less locked content
- Improved search and recipe organization
Kitchen Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kneady
- Kneady Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Kneady Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$3.491 Month
- Kneady Pro - Monthly$3.991 Month
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- Kneady Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
- Kneady Pro - Monthly$6.991 Month
- Kneady Pro - Quarterly7 Days trial$12.993 Months
- Kneady Pro - Annual7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Kneady Pro - Annual14 Days trial$21.991 Year
- Kneady Pro - Annual7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- Kneady Pro - Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Kitchen Timer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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