Comparison

Time’s Up! vs pinkYgadget

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

Head to head
About

Time’s Up!

This app offers a fun and engaging way to track time with visually appealing countdowns. It's perfect for managing tasks, study sessions, or bedtime routines for both children and adults. Choose from unique visual styles or traditional clocks, and customize alerts for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Visual countdown styles (Reveal, Pixelate, Puzzle)
  • Customizable alert sounds and colors
  • iCloud timer syncing across devices
  • Live Activities for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
  • Guided Access for child lock
  • AirPlay and tvOS support for TV display
  • Minute-by-minute audio updates
Features
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Time’s Up! is a fun, visual timer that you’ll actually want to use. Whether it’s for you, your kids, or someone else, Time’s Up! will make counting down much more engaging. Timers can be used at work and at home, whether you’re making sure you take a break or telling kids it’s bedtime.  Timers exist everywhere, but none of them are fun and visually appealing — and that can be important when you’re dealing with kids big and small! Time’s Up! has the features you need to make time fun again — try it for free, NO ADS. Time’s Up! isn’t just for kids and workaholics, though. The possibilities are endless: • Adults who need to set timers to stop them from working for too long without a break. • Kids who don’t want to do their homework but can be convinced to work in smaller chunks. • Setting reading or other activity timers before bed time. • Helping bigger kids focus on an activity for a set amount of time. • Setting timers for exercises — put Time’s Up! on your TV screen using AirPlay and turn a timer into the focal point for your exercise group. • Anything that’s based on a specific amount of time! What makes a timer fun? Time’s Up! has 5 fun styles to choose from, including:  • “Reveal” a photo from your Photo Library as the seconds tick down.  • “Pixelate” makes a photo more clear as a timer gets closer to completion. • “Puzzle” breaks a photo into jigsaw puzzle pieces and then puts the pieces into their places as time progresses. Alternatively, there are more traditional clock faces if you just want a simple timer. Timers can be customized with their own alert sound and color, too. Other key features include: • Sync your timers between iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV using iCloud. • See your timers on your Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and Apple Watch with Live Activities (requires iOS 18). • Guided Access to prevent kids from switching apps and changing timers, making sure only you have the power to control time. • Airplay and tvOS support so you can put a timer up on a TV screen. • Get audio updates each minute or countdown the last 10 seconds. • On macOS, you can float the timer window above other apps so it’s always visible. Time’s Up! is a free download with a trial limit of five countdowns. After that, there is a small one-time purchase that unlocks the app on all your devices, forever. ——————— What’s the difference between “Time’s Up! — Visual Timer” and “Time’s Up! Timer (VPP)”? You are looking at the free-to-download version of Time’s Up! that lets you try the app five times before upgrading via in-app purchase. “Time’s Up! Timer (VPP)” is the same app but available paid-upfront with no limits in the app itself. “Time’s Up! Timer (VPP)” exists so educators can purchase the app through Apple’s Volume Purchase Program (VPP) for Education. ——————— Time’s Up! has no ads or data trackers. We believe your data is your own and we don’t collect any of it.

About

pinkYgadget

This utility app allows you to set timers up to 24 hours with a stylish and cute interface. Customize alert sounds and utilize background operation with notification alerts. Pause and restart your timers with ease.

Highlights
  • 24-hour timer setup
  • Stylish and cute design
  • Customizable alert sounds
  • Background operation
  • Pause and restart functionality
Features
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Features: ⁃ setup timer up to 24 hours; ⁃ stylish and cute design; ⁃ specific sounds list for alert; ⁃ works in background mode (Notifications Alert to be allowed). ⁃ pause and restart feature. Some icons downloaded from https://icons8.com Some pictures designed by Freepik and downloaded from: http://www.freepik.com Sounds were downloaded from www.freesoundeffects.com and http://www.freesfx.co.uk Term of use: https://all-app-policy-tou.firebaseapp.com Private policy: https://all-app-policy-pp.firebaseapp.com Feedback and support: If you have any questions or suggestions, please email us at rustan.co.ltd@gmail.com. Any of your suggestions are very welcomed.

Screenshots

Time’s Up!4 screens
pinkYgadget4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Time’s Up! at none against pinkYgadget's shown. Time’s Up! also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (435 vs 15). pinkYgadget's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 84%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). 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. Time’s Up! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and pinkYgadget sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

pinkYgadget holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time’s Up! has 435 ratings behind it against 15, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Time’s Up!'s written reviews are positive against 100% of pinkYgadget's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time’s Up! ships an update every 6 weeks, pinkYgadget every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Time’s Up! versus pinkYgadget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime’s Up!pinkYgadget
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (435 ratings)4.8 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings435 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.413.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB69 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOverdesigned, LLCRustam Nasredinov

Customer experience

Time’s Up!

All ratings435 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral3.9%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews121 reviews
Positive84.3%
Neutral6.6%
Negative9.1%

pinkYgadget

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Time’s Up!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Hotkey functionality broken after update
  • Timer not working after app update
  • No sound at the end of timer

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow longer timer durations
  • Add ability to set multiple timers
  • Improve customization options
  • Provide more sound/alert options
  • Add child-proof timer lock feature

pinkYgadget

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Time’s Up!

One-time1
  • Time’s Up! Unlimited$5.99
10 purchases

pinkYgadget

Subscriptions5
  • Basic: All Bugs Qty - 1 months$0.991 Month
  • Basic: All Bugs - 1 month$1.991 Month
  • Basic: All Bugs Qty - 6 months$6.996 Months
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  • Basic: All Bugs - 6 months$9.996 Months
  • Basic: All Bugs Qty - 1 year$9.991 Year
One-time5
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • 30 bugs$5.99
  • 40 bugs$6.99
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  • 50 bugs$9.99
  • Premium+: AllAccess - Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is Time’s Up! free?
Time’s Up! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is pinkYgadget free?
pinkYgadget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Time’s Up! or pinkYgadget?
pinkYgadget is rated higher. Time’s Up! averages 4.6 out of 5 from 435 ratings, while pinkYgadget averages 4.8 from 15 ratings.
Do Time’s Up! or pinkYgadget have ads?
pinkYgadget shows ads; Time’s Up! does not.
Which is updated more often, Time’s Up! or pinkYgadget?
Time’s Up! ships an update every 6 weeks, and pinkYgadget every 11 months. Most recently, Time’s Up! was updated on October 20, 2026 and pinkYgadget on October 13, 2026.

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