Comparison

Forest vs Wane Timer

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

Head to head
About

Forest

Features
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Stay focus and be present. Plant a seed in lotus/cattail garden! A simple app to help you focus on your daily mediation/task and put down your phone. It notifies you return to the app with a bell sound. Write down all your thoughts in the note feature. It comes with a widget to view your water garden. As you stay focused, this seed will gradually grow into a flower. However, if you leave the app, your plant will wither. You get a sense of achievement when you see a pond full of beautiful lotus and cattail! Demo video: https://youtu.be/sJMiZN6ugn0 Instructions: 1. Swipe up/down to change plant. 2. Swipe left/right to change task. 3. Tap task to begin timer.

About

Wane Timer

Features
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Turn the passage of time into a single bar across your screen. Counting down the minutes shouldn't mean doing math in your head every time you check. With Wane, you just look at the bar โ€” and you know how much time is left, instantly. WHAT IT DOES - Switch between countdown and count-up - Set time by duration or by a specific end time - Save your go-to presets (5 min, 25 min, 1 hour, etc.) - Brown noise playback to help you focus - Toggle numbers on or off - Three bar sizes to fit your screen - Lock screen and home screen widgets - Live Activity support for at-a-glance tracking - Dynamic Island capsule shows your bar at all times GREAT FOR - Studying or deep focus sessions - Cooking and workout timing - Pomodoro-style work blocks - Keeping your social media or short-video scrolling in check - Anyone who prefers to feel the passage of time rather than read it Even with another app open, a glance at the Dynamic Island tells you exactly how much time is left. Perfect if "just five minutes" on social media keeps turning into an hour. Simple enough to use every single day.

Screenshots

Forest4 screens
Wane Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Forest at 3 against Wane Timer's 1. Forest also leads on iOS requirement (14.1 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Forest ships an update fortnightly, Wane Timer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Forest versus Wane Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForestWane Timer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly โ€” betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.1 โ€” better16.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size17 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeryong chong lohShun Okawa

In-app purchases

None

Forest

No in-app purchases

None

Wane Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Forest free?
Forest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wane Timer free?
Wane Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Forest or Wane Timer have ads?
Neither Forest nor Wane Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Forest or Wane Timer?
Forest ships an update fortnightly, and Wane Timer every 3 weeks. Most recently, Forest was updated on October 8, 2026 and Wane Timer on October 18, 2026.

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