Comparison

PublicTimer vs Haptica

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

Head to head
About

PublicTimer

Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

PublicTimer2 screens
Haptica3 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Haptica sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. PublicTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PublicTimer ships an update weekly, Haptica every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PublicTimer versus Haptica: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPublicTimerHaptica
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdvCakeForgio Technologies, LLC

In-app purchases

None

PublicTimer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Haptica

Subscriptions1
  • Haptica Pro (Annual)3 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time2
  • 2-Day Free TrialFree
  • Haptica Timer - Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is PublicTimer free?
PublicTimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Haptica free?
Haptica is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PublicTimer or Haptica have ads?
Neither PublicTimer nor Haptica shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PublicTimer or Haptica?
PublicTimer ships an update weekly, and Haptica every 11 days. Most recently, PublicTimer was updated on October 10, 2026 and Haptica on October 5, 2026.

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