Timer vs OrthoPMS Photos
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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Timer is an advanced timer for performing various tasks at specific times that you set. It is your perfect companion for board games, sport workouts, cooking, zen meditation or whatever activity that needs a precision and powerful timer. Timer allows to define multiple special events that will be triggered when the timer is running. Sounds, messages, photos, screen flashing and more actions can be triggered at any time thanks to a complex time scheduling system (that can be easily previewed). The majority of these actions can be done when the application is open, but it is still possible to play sounds and display messages when the application is closed. Here are some events you'll be able to create (and combine) : * "Play a Gong sound 30 seconds before end" * "Every 10 seconds during 1 minute, produce a sound with an increasing pitch" * "Play a tic tac sound every seconds" * "Once One-half the time is elapsed, play an iPod song and show a custom message on the screen" * "While in background, plays a Tibetan bell sound 4 times (every 25%) until 6PM" * "Take a photo every minute" Here are the main features : - 9 complex timers with time scheduled events can be used at the same time. - The timer can be looped forever or for a specific number (the number of loops being displayed). - Elapsed time, remaining time, current time can be either displayed. Various display modes are available (including textual or graphical ones). - The time is displayed in full screen, in the biggest possible way. Two different areas can be customized. - The timer start can be delayed, allowing to have a short preparation time before the timer is automatically started. - The stop time can be entered as a relative duration or as an absolute hour value. - Portrait and Landscape visualization modes are handled in all application screens. - The timer can be used when silence is needed (thanks to a flashing screen, vibrations and a dimmed display). - When the timer is done, the time is still displayed, allowing to know since how long the timer elapsed. - The screen can be blocked, keeping the timer visible, in order to avoid pressing accidentally the buttons. - Different dedicated alarm sounds can be used (Bell, Cooking timer, Watch, Gong, Danger, Lama Bell...) - Shepard tones can also be used : those tones creates the auditory illusion of a tone that continually ascends or descends in pitch. - Import custom sounds or record them directly. Use them as audio alerts when the application is opened. Play a random iPod song. - Custom musics/sounds can be selected from the iPod library to be used as internal alarms. The iPod music can also be stopped. - Automatically take pictures at given times. Use the flashlight as a visual alert. - Load, save, import and export your settings, allowing you to share and have multiple configurations ready to be used. - Customize the look of each timer to your taste.
OrthoPMS Photos
This application provides orthodontic practice management tools for staff and patients. It allows staff to view office schedules and doctors to upload patient photos directly to their charts. Users can also easily access and view clinical orthodontic images.
- Practice schedule access by location
- Patient photo capture and upload
- View clinical ortho photos
- Patient chart integration
- Staff and patient access
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OrthoPMS is an innovative orthodontic practice management software for staff and patients. This application lets staff access office schedule based on practice location and also allows doctor to easily take patient photos and quickly upload them to the respective patients’ chart. This app also easily allows user to view clinical ortho photos.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: OrthoPMS Photos at Free against Timer's $3.99. OrthoPMS Photos also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 7 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Timer's advantage is ratings volume (218 vs 4) and iOS requirement (12 vs 14). On ads, 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
OrthoPMS Photos is free to download; Timer costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
OrthoPMS Photos holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timer has 218 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Timer ships an update every 7 months, OrthoPMS Photos every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timer | OrthoPMS Photos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (218 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 218 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12 — better | 14 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francis Bonnin | OrthoPMS |
Customer experience
Timer
OrthoPMS Photos
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
OrthoPMS Photos
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Timer
No in-app purchases
OrthoPMS Photos
No in-app purchases
Questions
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