Comparison

Timer vs Timer App

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Create and remove timers
  • Start, pause, and reset timers
  • Rename timers
  • Background timer operation
  • Email timer values for backup
  • Icon badge shows running timers
Features
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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.

Screenshots

Timer4 screens
Timer App4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Timer costs $3.99 and Timer App $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Timer versus Timer App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimerTimer App
Price$3.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.8 (221 ratings) — better1.4 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews80.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings221 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 7 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFrancis BonninPiet Jonas

Customer experience

Timer

All ratings221 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral2.7%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews242 reviews
Positive80.2%
Neutral9.1%
Negative10.7%

Timer App

All ratings5 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

None

Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Timer App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timer free?
Timer costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Timer App free?
Timer App costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Timer or Timer App?
Timer is rated higher. Timer averages 4.8 out of 5 from 221 ratings, while Timer App averages 1.4 from 5 ratings.
Do Timer or Timer App have ads?
Neither Timer nor Timer App shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timer or Timer App?
Timer ships an update every 7 months, and Timer App every 8 months. Most recently, Timer was updated on October 2, 2026 and Timer App on October 1, 2026.

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