Timers Everywhere vs SmartDisplay X
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timers Everywhere
Manage multiple timers directly from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Dynamic Island. Set custom intervals, add labels with emojis, and receive reminders for completed tasks. Ideal for workouts, cooking, and daily organization.
- Home Screen widgets for timer control
- Lock Screen and Dynamic Island Live Activities
- Multiple customizable timers
- Label timers with emojis
- Pause, resume, and restart timers
- Reminders for completed timers
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Start and stop timers right from your Home Screen with widgets! Track & control timers from the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island with Live Activities! Multi-task like a pro with multiple, customizable timers! Just specify a time interval and label with emoji Pause, resume, and restart your timers as needed Get reminded of completed timers Keep your workout on target with precise active and resting periods Stay on top of baking and cooking Organize your day and unleash your productivity
SmartDisplay X
Transform an unused iPad or iPhone into a dynamic smart display. It cycles through useful information like the time, weather, calendar, and news, keeping essential details visible at a glance. Personalize your display with photos, websites, and even smart home controls.
- Customizable clock faces
- Weather forecasts with alerts
- Calendar and notes integration
- Photo frame functionality
- Smart home device control
- Website and news feeds
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SmartDisplay X turns an iPad or iPhone you aren't using into a smart display. The screen stays on and your views change by themselves: clock, weather, calendar, notes, news, your home and your favorite websites. Put it on the kitchen counter, your desk or the nightstand and keep what matters in view. EVERYTHING AT A GLANCE • Clock in four designs: classic, minimal, digital and flip, with an optional greeting • Weather with hourly and 10-day forecasts and severe weather alerts • Calendar: today, your next event and the next 7 days • Notes and a countdown to your next big day • Focus timer from 1 to 120 minutes (iPad) • Photo frame with up to 24 of your own photos (iPad) • 3D flights to 76 cities and their landmarks (iPad) • Quiz with 276 questions in 12 categories (iPad) • A website of your choice, live air traffic, a random encyclopedia article and your social feed EASY TO USE • Swipe to the next or previous view • Tap the screen to open the settings • Turn views on and off, each with a live preview • A short introduction shows you around • On iPhone, split views show two things at once SMARTDISPLAY X PRO • No ads • News: top headlines as a full view and, on iPad, as a news bar at the bottom of the screen • Your home: lights, switches, thermostats, locks, blinds, sensors, scenes, cameras and automations from the Home app • Your inbox from your webmail • Two more websites • Live views from around the world • Dashboards on iPad: Quattro, Dual and Trio show up to four views at once • Your own photo as the background • Your rhythm: your own order and 5 to 40 seconds for each view SmartDisplay X is free and shows an ad after each round. Pro is available as a monthly or yearly subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://twentysixcode.com/smartdisplay-x-end-user-license-agreement-eula Privacy Policy: https://twentysixcode.com/smartdisplay-x-privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Timers Everywhere at 5.0 against SmartDisplay X's 3.3. Timers Everywhere also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (16.2 vs 26.0). SmartDisplay X's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Timers Everywhere sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SmartDisplay X sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Timers Everywhere holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Timers Everywhere's written reviews are positive against 100% of SmartDisplay X's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Timers Everywhere ships an update fortnightly, SmartDisplay X every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timers Everywhere | SmartDisplay X |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Vision Pro | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.2 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Jakub Szulaczkowski | Torben Steen |
Customer experience
Timers Everywhere
SmartDisplay X
In-app purchases
Timers Everywhere
- Unlimited Timers$0.99
SmartDisplay X
- SmartDisplay X Pro Month$2.991 Month
- SmartDisplay X Pro Year$14.991 Year
Questions
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