Comparison

iEventTimer vs Haptic Pen

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

Head to head
About

iEventTimer

This utility app helps you track upcoming events with customizable countdowns and notifications. It syncs across Apple devices and offers widgets for at-a-glance updates. Enjoy an ad-free experience with automatic event date loading from the web.

Highlights
  • Countdown timers for events
  • Customizable notifications
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Live Activities support
  • Automatic web event date loading
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Never miss an event with iEventTimer. iEventTimer is available for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac, so you can always check the countdown to the next event, wherever you are. Notifications: Receive daily and hourly notifications (optional, configurable) leading up to an event on your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and more. Mute events that you don't want to receive notifications for. Widgets: Check the timer at a glance from your Home and Lock Screens and stay up-to-date with the latest event announcements. Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island are also supported. Automatic updates: iEventTimer loads event dates from the web, so you never have to remember to add an event. If you want, you can also add custom events to count down to, and sync them to all of your devices via iCloud. Customization: From the amount of notifications to the colors of app and widgets, you can customize iEventTimer to fit your preferences, adding your personal touch. Ad free experience. iEventTimer is not and never will be showing you ads in the app.

About

Haptic Pen

Create and test custom tactile feedback patterns for app interfaces. Generate haptics from audio, draw patterns, and build a library of reusable presets to refine user interactions before release.

Highlights
  • Design haptic patterns by drawing
  • Generate haptics from audio
  • Record and transform sound to haptics
  • Explore 80+ haptic presets
  • Adjust playback strength and sensitivity
  • Save patterns for future projects
Features
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Haptic Pen is a focused haptic feedback editor for developers, designers and makers who want to prototype tactile interactions faster. Create custom haptic patterns from scratch, generate haptics from audio, record sounds, preview feedback instantly and build a reusable library of tactile presets. Whether you're designing button taps, alerts, success states, warnings, impacts or micro-interactions, Haptic Pen helps you test how feedback actually feels before you ship. What you can do: Design haptic patterns by drawing on a touch pad Generate haptics from audio, clicks, beats and voice Record and transform sound into haptic samples Explore 80+ ready-made haptic presets Adjust playback strength, sensitivity and preview behavior Save your favorite patterns for future projects Quickly test feedback ideas directly on your device Made for: iOS developers UI/UX designers Product designers Indie makers Anyone building tactile app experiences Haptic feedback is a small detail that can make an interface feel more polished, responsive and alive. Haptic Pen gives you a simple place to create, test and refine that feeling. Design. Preview. Fine-tune. Make every interaction feel right.

Screenshots

iEventTimer4 screens
Haptic Pen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Haptic Pen at Free against iEventTimer's $0.99. Haptic Pen also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4). iEventTimer's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and device support (5 vs 1). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Haptic Pen is free to download; iEventTimer costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Haptic Pen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iEventTimer has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iEventTimer versus Haptic Pen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriEventTimerHaptic Pen
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnian SchleyerVladimir Krasilnikov

In-app purchases

None

iEventTimer

No in-app purchases

None

Haptic Pen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iEventTimer free?
iEventTimer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Haptic Pen free?
Haptic Pen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iEventTimer or Haptic Pen?
Haptic Pen is rated higher. iEventTimer averages 4.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Haptic Pen averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do iEventTimer or Haptic Pen have ads?
Neither iEventTimer nor Haptic Pen shows ads.

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