PublicTimer vs Haptica
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PublicTimer
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Минималистичный секундомер, хорошо подходящий для небольших презентаций и докладов. Таким образом, он подходит для использования не только на конференциях, но и в школах/университетах. Перевод телефона в горизонтальный режим позволяет показывать докладчику оставшееся время.
Haptica
This app provides silent, vibration-based timing for your Apple Watch. It helps you stay on schedule with subtle haptic cues, ideal for meetings, presentations, workouts, and focus sessions without disruptive alarms.
- Silent, vibration-based time cues
- Discreet timing without sound
- Reduced screen checking
- Fast timer setup
- Ideal for professional and personal use
- Supports focus sessions and workouts
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Haptica is a silent Apple Watch timer that helps you feel time without sound, alarms, or constant screen checks. Stay on schedule with subtle haptic cues on your wrist, so you can manage time discreetly while staying focused, present, and professional. Use Haptica when a loud alarm would be distracting, awkward, or disruptive. It is built for meetings, presentations, patient visits, clinical workflows, focus sessions, workouts, intervals, and Pomodoro-style timing. Feel time without interrupting the moment Most timers demand attention. Haptica is designed to keep you aware of time without pulling you away from what you are doing. Use it to: • Stay on time without checking your phone • Feel quiet time cues through Apple Watch • Avoid disruptive alarms in professional settings • Keep meetings, visits, and presentations moving • Stay focused during deep work or study sessions • Time workouts, intervals, circuits, and rest periods • Manage Pomodoro sessions without breaking flow Built for professional and personal use Haptica is especially helpful when timing matters, but sound is not the right answer. Perfect for: • Clinicians managing patient visits • Presenters and public speakers • Professionals in meetings • Teachers, coaches, and trainers • Students and deep work sessions • Fitness, intervals, and Tabata-style workouts • Anyone who wants a quiet, discreet timer Why people use Haptica • Silent Apple Watch timer • Haptic and vibration-based time cues • Discreet timing without sound • Less screen checking • Simple, fast timer setup • Useful for work, health, fitness, and focus • Designed for moments where normal alarms do not fit A better way to stay on time Haptica helps you stay aware without looking distracted, interrupting a room, or breaking your concentration. Whether you are seeing a patient, leading a meeting, giving a presentation, studying, working out, or managing focused work blocks, Haptica gives you a quiet way to stay on track. Feel time. Stay present. Keep moving. Apple watch should remain in Silent Mode when using Haptica Timer
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PublicTimer at none against Haptica's 3. PublicTimer also leads on iOS requirement (15.2 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Haptica sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. PublicTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.
PublicTimer ships an update weekly, Haptica every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PublicTimer | Haptica |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.2 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AdvCake | Forgio Technologies, LLC |
In-app purchases
PublicTimer
No in-app purchases
Haptica
- Haptica Pro (Annual)3 Days trial$4.991 Year
- 2-Day Free TrialFree
- Haptica Timer - Lifetime$9.99








