Comparison

Timers vs MustDo

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

Head to head
About

Timers

Manage your time effectively with this interval timer app. Create and run multiple timers in sequence, with options to repeat groups of timers for structured routines. Receive notifications, speech, and countdowns to stay on track during focused sessions.

Highlights
  • Run multiple timers in sequence
  • Repeat timer groups
  • Notifications and speech alerts
  • Timer templates and duplication
  • Background operation
  • Dark Mode support
Features
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Workout, rest, repeat. Focus, break, repeat. Timers runs multiple timers automatically in sequence. Save them as a group, set how many times to repeat, and reuse your routine. Core features are free; ad removal is a one-time purchase. ■ Run timers in sequence Combine intervals such as 20 seconds of exercise and 10 seconds of rest, or 25 minutes of focus and a 5-minute break. Set a repeat count for each group. ■ Save your everyday routines Reuse groups for studying, workouts, stretching, or cooking. Templates and duplication help you set up another routine without starting from scratch. ■ Notifications, speech, and countdowns While the app is open, sounds, speech, and countdowns help you follow your routine. In the background or with the screen locked, notifications alert you. Notifications must be enabled in your device settings. Notification sounds depend on your device settings. ■ Make it your own Set durations, names, repeat counts, and sounds. Advance notices, auto-lock control, active timer badges, and Dark Mode are also available. ■ Remove ads with a one-time purchase Core features are free. Premium removes ads with a single purchase, not a subscription. Restore your purchase using the Apple Account you used to buy it. Keep your daily routine together, one group at a time.

About

MustDo

Features
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"I'll do it later." Later never came. The notification came and went while your phone was face down on the table. MustDo is for the things you cannot let slide. Add a to-do and a time. At that time, a real alarm rings and keeps ringing until you stop it. Stopping it means you did it. Not yet? Snooze until you do. ■ A real alarm, not a notification MustDo uses AlarmKit, the same system behind the Clock app's alarms. It rings full screen. It rings through Silent mode and Focus. It keeps ringing until you reach over and stop it. A notification you can swipe away is not a reminder. ■ Stop it when it's done Stopping the alarm marks the to-do as done, and it moves to Completed in the Today tab. Tapped Done by mistake? Swipe left to undo. ■ Not yet? Snooze until you do it "10 min", "1 hour" and "Tomorrow" are right on the alarm screen and in the Live Activity on the Lock Screen. It comes back and rings again, as many times as it takes. Tomorrow rings at the same time, or at a fixed morning time if you set one. ■ Repeats Daily, or weekly on the days you pick. The medicine at 9 PM, the bins on Tuesday, the report every Friday. Snoozing a repeating to-do to Tomorrow skips today's occurrence only. ■ Your to-dos stay in your iCloud Everything is stored in your own iCloud (CloudKit private database) and synced across your devices by Apple. MustDo has no servers of its own. No account, no sign-in. We never see your to-dos. ■ Add to-dos from AI (MCP) A small MCP server for your Mac lets Claude and other AI clients read and add your to-dos, straight into your iCloud. Tell your assistant what needs doing; MustDo rings until it's done. ■ Make it yours 25 alarm sounds, or vibrate only. Light, dark, or match your device. Optional Face ID lock: alarms still ring and can be stopped while the app is locked. ■ Free for 30 days, then a subscription Try everything for 30 days. After that, a subscription (monthly or yearly, auto-renewing) is needed to add new to-dos. To-dos you have already added keep ringing without one, and you can still stop, snooze and delete them. An app like this should never go quiet because of billing. Requires iOS 26 or later. Website and user guide: https://ltng.jp/mustdo Privacy Policy: https://ltng.jp/mustdo/privacy Terms of Use: https://ltng.jp/mustdo/terms

Screenshots

Timers4 screens
MustDo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: MustDo at none against Timers's shown. Timers's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Timers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MustDo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Timers versus MustDo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimersMustDo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (49 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews73.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings49 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKoji ItoLightning LLC.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Timers

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$6.99
2 purchases

MustDo

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Yearly$7.901 Year

Questions

Is Timers free?
Timers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MustDo free?
MustDo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Timers or MustDo have ads?
Timers shows ads; MustDo does not.

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