Comparison

Random Timer Generator vs ScoreAid

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

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About

Random Timer Generator

This app generates random countdown timers within a specified time range. It's versatile for games, meditation, exercise, studying, and more. Customize sounds, vibrations, and looping modes for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Configurable random countdowns
  • Adjustable time ranges (0 seconds to 24 hours)
  • Background operation support
  • Customizable sound and vibration alerts
  • Upload custom alarm sounds
  • Looping mode with break periods
  • Progress tracking for loops
Features
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Random Timer Generator is a random countdown timer that allows you to input a Minimum and Maximum time, and then it will start a random timer somewhere within that range. Random Timer Generator allows you to create random timer countdowns, which makes it great as an exercise timer, a meditation timer, a random timer for studying, a Musical Chairs timer, or as a timer for Hot Potato style games like Catch Phrase, The Last Word, Pass The Bomb... or Hot Potato. ************************************ FEATURES * Fully configurable random countdowns with adjustable seconds, minutes, and hours * Supports timer durations from 0 seconds to 24 hours * The timer and alarm will still run properly even if your screen is locked or you have another app open * Enable or disable countdown noise options * Enable or disable vibrations when the timer ends * Enable or disable showing how much time is left while the random timer is going * Sounds an alarm when the timer hits 0. Choose from different alarm noise options, or go silent with vibrate-only option * Upload your own sound or song as the countdown sound, the sound when timer ends, or the sound when break period ends * Animates and vibrates when going off, so you'll notice the timer expiring in a noisy situation * Looping mode - set a random timer to go off repeatedly, so the next random timer starts again after one ends. You can even add a "break period between random timers", where you can set how many seconds you'd like as a break between random timers when Loop mode is on. * If Looping mode is on, it will tell you how many loops you have completed ************************************ Random Timer Generator is great for: * Games There are many Hot Potato style games where you don't want to be the person holding the ball (or potato) when the random timer goes off. Random Timer Generator works great for these Hot Potato style games, such as Catch Phrase, The Last Word, Pass The Bomb... or Hot Potato. Also great for board games where you need a random timer * Meditation When meditating, you may want to set a timer... but not know exactly when that timer will end (for example, a random timer that will go off somewhere between 10 and 30 minutes). Random Timer Generator works great for that. * Exercise While exercising, you may want to have a random timer for doing certain exercises, but not know exactly how long you will need to do it for. For example, you could set a minimum of 15 seconds and a maximum of 60 seconds while holding a forearm plank. * Musical Chairs With Random Timer Generator, you can set a random timer (for example between 5 seconds and 30 seconds) to go off for playing Musical Chairs. You can even have it playing songs while the timer is counting down. * Studying Andrew Huberman has popularized the Gap Effect or Spacing Effect method of studying, where you have a random timer go off every now and then while studying, to give yourself a short break. During that break, your brain replays what you were just learning at hyper speed.

About

ScoreAid

This app keeps score for various card and dice games, handling arithmetic, dealer rotation, and rule disputes. It offers dedicated scorecards for 14 games, player management, game history, and an offline rules library. Save progress and track win statistics for all your gaming sessions.

Highlights
  • Dedicated scorecards for 14 games
  • Player management and merging
  • Game history and win statistics
  • Offline rules library
  • Automatic game saving
  • Customizable game creation
  • Undo entry feature
Features
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ScoreAid is a scorekeeper for the games your table already plays. Pick a game, add the players, and it handles the arithmetic, the dealer rotation, and the argument about the rules. FOURTEEN GAMES, EACH SCORED PROPERLY Every game gets the scorecard it actually needs, not one generic grid of numbers. • 145: twelve hands, chips, and three champions, with the red chips awarded to the right player at the end • Spades: partnership or two-player bids, nils, blind nils, bags, and a target score • Hearts: points, the queen, and shooting the moon • Oh Hell: exact-bid scoring, with blind bids and screw-the-dealer when your group plays them • Bid Whist: jokers, the kitty, uptown or downtown • Farkle: race to 10,000, with a scoring cheat sheet for every combination • Golf: four or six cards, lowest total wins • Gin Rummy, Rummy and Whist: flexible scoring that bends to your house rules • A five-dice category card that adds up its own upper bonus, lower section and extra bonuses, and refuses any score the dice could not have produced • A ten-phase rummy variant that tracks phases and points side by side • A partnership bidding game with a fifth suit • Build your own: name the rounds, set the scoring, add a round timer, and ScoreAid keeps the totals SAVE THE PEOPLE YOU PLAY WITH Your Player Deck remembers everyone at your table, so setting up the regular game is four taps instead of four names typed out again. Two Sarahs? ScoreAid asks which is which, and only shows last names when it actually needs to. Entered someone twice by accident? Merge them, and their games come with them. SEE WHO ACTUALLY WINS Every finished game is recorded, so the stats can settle it. Win records and win rates, for each game and overall. Who you win with as a partner, and who keeps beating you. Longest winning streak. Best and average score in every game, counted the right way round for the ones where a low score wins. NEVER LOSE A GAME IN PROGRESS Up to five games save themselves as you play. Force-quit the app, take a call, or put the phone down for a week. The game is still waiting on the main screen, marked in progress, exactly where you left it. THE RULES, FOR WHEN SOMEONE DISPUTES THEM A rules library covering every game, readable mid-hand without losing your place in the scorecard. DETAILS THAT MATTER AT A REAL TABLE • Change the dealer mid-game when you started someone in the wrong seat • Edit player names without restarting the game • Undo any entry • A round timer for your own games, with an alarm that still sounds on silent • Light and dark, or just follow your phone • Works entirely offline. No account, no sign-in, nothing to create PRIVACY No accounts. No analytics. Player names, scores and your whole game history stay on your device and never leave it. The free version shows a single banner ad at the bottom of the screen, with no interstitials and nothing between you and the score. A one-time purchase removes the banner for good. Game names are used only to identify the game being scored. ScoreAid is an independent app from RedMont Labs and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any game publisher.

Screenshots

Random Timer Generator4 screens
ScoreAid4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ScoreAid at 5.0 against Random Timer Generator's 3.8. ScoreAid also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). Random Timer Generator's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (56 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Random Timer Generator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ScoreAid sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ScoreAid holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Random Timer Generator has 56 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Random Timer Generator ships an update every 2 months, ScoreAid daily. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Random Timer Generator versus ScoreAid: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRandom Timer GeneratorScoreAid
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (56 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings56 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOneUp App LLCWilliam Montgomery

Customer experience

Random Timer Generator

All ratings56 ratings
Positive67.9%
Neutral5.4%
Negative26.8%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive82.9%
Neutral4.9%
Negative12.2%

ScoreAid

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Random Timer Generator

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App consumed most battery without usage
  • Counter freezes at random times
  • Notifications (sound/iWatch) stop working after a short period
  • Custom sounds are cut off when looping and using breaks
  • Alarm always includes vibrate, no sound alone option
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  • App forces portrait mode, removing split view support
  • Volume changes on its own
  • Alarm sound plays something different than selected

Requested features

10 requests
  • Make counts/reps font bigger
  • Allow setting 'active hours' for timer
  • Option for 'weekdays only' timer scheduling
  • Save and name various timers and settings
  • Upload, delete, and select among multiple sounds
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  • Display completed time until next timer starts
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Dark mode option
  • Improve sound cutting off with custom sounds and looping
  • Option for sound alone alarm without vibrate

ScoreAid

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Random Timer Generator

One-time1
  • Lifetime access$7.99
1 purchases

ScoreAid

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Random Timer Generator free?
Random Timer Generator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScoreAid free?
ScoreAid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Random Timer Generator or ScoreAid?
ScoreAid is rated higher. Random Timer Generator averages 3.8 out of 5 from 56 ratings, while ScoreAid averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Random Timer Generator or ScoreAid have ads?
ScoreAid shows ads; Random Timer Generator does not.
Which is updated more often, Random Timer Generator or ScoreAid?
Random Timer Generator ships an update every 2 months, and ScoreAid daily. Most recently, Random Timer Generator was updated on October 7, 2026 and ScoreAid on September 26, 2026.

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