Comparison

Paine vs DBB timer

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

Head to head
About

Paine

Features
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Your one stop pain sharing app. Share your pain experiences with your closets ones and perhaps some medical advisors. So I think it’s about time that I share my story and my why. Back in September 2022 I suffered a hard attack, a minor one, but it still was a major life changer, a serious wakeup call. I went through medical treatment at the hospital, I got a balloon dilatation and 2 stents and then after a while I went through rehabilitation in the hospital, that consists of partly some teaching and a lot of exercising, and now on the other side I feel much better in all possible ways, I have dropped about 12 kg and I am good shape now. But it took about 6 months getting back in shape, physically and mentally and a long the way I had some heart / chest pain and because of that I was advised to write down when it was hurting, how, where etc like writing it all down “it gives us something to talk about when meet at the next appointment”, so I did and actually I decided to make an app for that, an Apple Watch app. Always available on the wrist also during night. The app is very simple and very effective, register when you feel pain, scale it, describe, basically answer all the questions and the pain is saved for later. You can see a list of registered pains and they’re editable, so please feel free to add more details later when you up to it. Those pains are shareable, either automatically or through individually sharing, add contacts and mark them as instant receivers or not, if a contact is marked as instant receiver, it means that if you register a severe pain, the app will automatically notify these contacts. Very important, because these contacts can then take action or help you take action or at least be there for you and probably help you make a decision about how to proceed. Register you pain and is it severe you will notify people about it. Regarding you entries, your data, it is saved within the Apple Private iCloud database, which means its very safe and only this app and on your behalf have acces to the data, and you can choose delete it all igen, its just fine, but the data is safe and is not like never been shared or viewed by any other. If you decide to add contacts to share the data with, it's up to you and only then will you data be shared. You as a user isn’t being monitored, you’re not part of any statistics. This is very important to me, you can trust Paine, this is true privacy. So as you can understand this app is close to my heart and my closest ones.

About

DBB timer

This application functions as a personalized stopwatch for Apple Watch users, meticulously recording task data into a statement format. It offers a streamlined way to track specific activities directly from your wrist.

Highlights
  • Customizable stopwatch for specific tasks
  • Data recording in statement form
  • Apple Watch integration
  • iPhone and iPod compatibility
  • Task-specific timing
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The App works as a customized stopwatch for specific tasks of an Apple Watch user that also records the data in a statement form.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DBB timer at none against Paine's 1. Paine's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Paine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DBB timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paine ships an update weekly, DBB timer every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Paine versus DBB timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaineDBB timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDennis SchmidtEgor Bezukladnikov

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Paine

One-time1
  • Instant pain sharing$4.99
None

DBB timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paine free?
Paine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is DBB timer free?
DBB timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Paine or DBB timer have ads?
Neither Paine nor DBB timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paine or DBB timer?
Paine ships an update weekly, and DBB timer every 3 months. Most recently, Paine was updated on October 6, 2026 and DBB timer on October 6, 2026.

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