Timer vs Timer App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timer
This advanced timer allows for precise time management across various activities. Set multiple special events with customizable triggers like sounds, messages, or screen flashing. It's ideal for games, workouts, cooking, meditation, and any task requiring accurate timing, even when the app is in the background.
- Multiple complex timers simultaneously
- Scheduled event triggers (sounds, messages, photos)
- Customizable display modes (textual, graphical)
- Background operation with sound/message alerts
- Looping timers
- Delayed start and flexible stop time entry
- Screen blocking and flashlight alerts
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Build timers that guide you through every step. Hear the next stretching instruction, follow a cooking sequence, or alternate activity and rest—with spoken announcements, sounds and clear visual progress. Start with a ready-made preset, then adapt it to your routine. From a simple countdown to a workout with several stages, choose your cues and preview the sequence before you begin. Try the Stretching preset for an example with spoken guidance. HEAR WHAT COMES NEXT Create cues such as “Hold the stretch” or “Round 3 of 5.” Combine your own text with timer and event names, round numbers, elapsed or remaining time, and the current clock time. Choose a voice and delay speech to let an alarm sound first. Use the same text and variables in on-screen messages and notifications. SET THE PACE OF YOUR ROUTINE Build intervals for HIIT, Tabata, stretching, meditation or study breaks. You can also time turns in board games. • Choose a duration or a specific finish time, with an optional preparation delay. • Repeat for a set number of rounds or indefinitely. • Schedule cues relative to the start or end, as a time or a percentage, or at regular intervals—for example, a gong 30 seconds before the end or a tick every second. • Run an event every round, only the first or last, or a range such as rounds 3–5. End actions can run every round or only after the final one. SAVE IT ONCE, USE IT AGAIN Run several timers at once. Add, reorder and hide timers to keep the ones you need within reach. Save your setups as presets, organize them, and import or export them to reuse or share. SEE YOUR PROGRESS AT A GLANCE Display remaining time, elapsed time, the clock or graphical progress in two customizable areas. Switch to full screen for a larger view, in portrait or landscape. Keep track of the current round, dim the display for a less intrusive screen, and lock the controls while keeping the time visible. Choose whether to stop at the end or keep showing the time elapsed since finishing. MAKE IT YOUR OWN Choose bells, gongs and other alarms, or import and record your own sounds. Try Shepard tones: sequences that seem to rise or fall endlessly in pitch. Play a song from your music library, choose a random track from a playlist, or schedule music to stop. Prefer silent cues? Use on-screen messages, vibrations or a flashing screen. Customize colors and backgrounds, and search over 1,800 icons. On supported devices, you can also schedule photos or use the flashlight as a visual cue. In the background, scheduled notifications can display messages and play notification sounds. Spoken announcements, photos and other interactive actions require Timer to stay open.
Timer App
This utility app allows you to create, manage, and monitor multiple timers for various tasks. Timers continue to run in the background even when the app is closed, and current values can be emailed for backup.
- Create and remove timers
- Start, pause, and reset timers
- Rename timers
- Background timer operation
- Email timer values for backup
- Icon badge shows running timers
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Create timers to monitor how long it takes to do your work, how long you make a pause or whatever you have to time. The timer keeps running even when you close the application. So there is no need to keep it open all the time. Timers can be - created and removed - started and paused - reset to 0 - renamed The current timer values can be emailed for backup and further processing. The icon badge shows the number of running timers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Timer at 80% against Timer App's 0%. Timer also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.4) and ratings volume (221 vs 5). Timer App's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $3.99). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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
Timer costs $3.99 and Timer App $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timer has 221 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Timer's written reviews are positive against 0% of Timer App's.
Timer ships an update every 7 months, Timer App every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timer | Timer App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (221 ratings) — better | 1.4 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 221 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francis Bonnin | Piet Jonas |
Customer experience
Timer
Timer App
Bugs and requests
Timer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timer randomly changing time during use
- Alarm not sounding when app is in background
- Screen dimming and locking issues
Requested features
4 requests- Multiple timers running concurrently
- Ability to save and share custom timer presets
- More vibration and sound alert options
- Improved background mode and iOS 4 support
Timer App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Timer
No in-app purchases
Timer App
No in-app purchases









