Timer App vs Beautiful Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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
Read full descriptionHide full description
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.
Beautiful Timer
This utility app offers three distinct timer types: a simple elapsed time tracker, a countdown alarm, and a date timer for past or future events. Its unique visual design features intricate spinning gears to enhance the user experience.
- Elapsed time tracking
- Countdown alarm
- Date timer
- Spinning gear visuals
- Supports iPhone, iPad, iPod
Read full descriptionHide full description
Beautiful Timer will mesmerize you with it's intricate spinning gears while you watch it track one of three different types of timers: (1) A simple timer (counting upwards to track elapsed time) (2) A count-down alarm (set hours, minutes, seconds) (3) A Date timer (set any date/time in the past or future)
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Beautiful Timer at 50% against Timer App's 0%. Beautiful Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.4). Timer App's advantage is update cadence (every 8 months vs every 39 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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 App costs $0.99 and Beautiful Timer $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Beautiful Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Timer App's written reviews are positive against 50% of Beautiful Timer's.
Timer App ships an update every 8 months, Beautiful Timer every 39 months. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timer App | Beautiful Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 1.4 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months — better | Every 39 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piet Jonas | Paul Nettle |
Customer experience
Timer App
Beautiful Timer
In-app purchases
Timer App
No in-app purchases
Beautiful Timer
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Timer App free?
Is Beautiful Timer free?
Which has better reviews, Timer App or Beautiful Timer?
Do Timer App or Beautiful Timer have ads?
Which is updated more often, Timer App or Beautiful Timer?
Other comparisons
