Time’s Up! vs Glint Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Glint Mobile
Access AI-generated visual supports created by educators and therapists. Scan QR codes to instantly save and use schedules, communication boards, and more offline. Supports multiple languages with text-to-speech functionality.
- Scan and save visual supports
- Offline access to saved visuals
- Text-to-speech for symbols
- Organize visuals with folders
- Customizable display options
- Dual language mode
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Glint Mobile is the companion app for Glint, the AI-powered visual supports platform. Educators and therapists create materials in Glint—students and clients access them instantly on their own devices. HOW IT WORKS 1. An educator or therapist creates a visual support in Glint (web platform) 2. They share it via QR code or link 3. The student scans the QR code in Glint Mobile 4. The visual is saved to their device and works offline VISUAL SUPPORTS YOU CAN ACCESS • Visual schedules • Communication boards • Social stories • Token boards and reward systems • Choice boards • Task analysis sequences • Checklists • First/Then boards • And more KEY FEATURES Scan & Save Scan QR codes to instantly add visual supports to your library. All images download automatically so everything works without internet. Text-to-Speech Tap any symbol to hear it spoken aloud. Supports 20+ languages including English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Mandarin, Hindi, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, and more. Perfect for multilingual classrooms and families. Works Offline Once a visual is saved, it works completely offline. No WiFi needed—essential for consistent access at school, home, therapy sessions, or in the community. Organize Your Library Create folders to keep visuals organized. Move, rename, and delete boards as needed. Customizable Display Adjust for individual needs with high contrast mode, fit-to-screen or scroll options, and support for different board layouts. Dual Language Mode Hear symbols spoken in two languages—helpful for English language learners and bilingual communication support. WHO IS THIS FOR? • Students using visual supports created by their teachers or therapists • Clients working with speech-language pathologists • Families accessing visuals shared by school staff • Anyone who needs portable, offline access to their visual supports Glint Mobile is designed as an assistive technology tool for accessing visual supports—not for creating them. To create visual schedules, communication boards, and social stories, visit nerchat.com to use the full Glint platform. ABOUT GLINT Glint is an AI visual supports generator that helps educators, therapists, and school staff create high-quality instructional and communication visuals in seconds. Instead of manually designing, printing, and laminating materials, staff describe what they need and Glint generates ready-to-use visuals. Learn more at nerchat.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glint Mobile at none against Time’s Up!'s 1. Glint Mobile also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). Time’s Up!'s advantage is ratings volume (435 vs 6) and device support (5 vs 3). On price, ads 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. Time’s Up! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Glint Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.
Glint Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time’s Up! has 435 ratings behind it against 6, 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 Glint Mobile's.
Time’s Up! ships an update every 6 weeks, Glint Mobile fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Time’s Up! | Glint Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (435 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 435 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Overdesigned, LLC | Ner Chat Inc. |
Customer experience
Time’s Up!
Glint Mobile
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
Glint Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Time’s Up!
- Time’s Up! Unlimited$5.99
Glint Mobile
No in-app purchases









