Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch vs Best Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch
Manage multiple timers and stopwatches simultaneously for various activities like cooking, workouts, and daily routines. Build complex interval timers with custom segments and receive voice announcements. Save and reuse timer templates for efficient time management.
- Multiple timers and stopwatches
- Multi-step interval timers
- Customizable timer segments
- Voice announcements
- Timer templates (HIIT, Pomodoro)
- Lock Screen and Dynamic Island integration
- Home Screen widgets
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Set multiple timers and stopwatches at once. Build multi-step and interval timers for workouts, cooking, and daily routines. Adjust time on the fly without stopping. Timer+ handles everything you throw at it. Downloaded over 9 million times! Get the top timer app that’s repeatedly rated 5-stars by users. Create, label and reuse timers for anything – yoga stretches, cooking rice, workouts, timed quizzes, therapeutic treatments or remembering to take your pills. Perfect for busy people, multi-taskers, and forgetful folks. Loved by parents, athletes, chefs, teachers and students… TIMERS Great for laundry, cooking, naps, meetings, and study sessions. + Count down for a set duration (up to 99 days) + Repeat up to 64 times + Add or remove time while a timer is running + Pause, resume, and skip repeated runs + Count up after a timer ends so you can extend it or see when it finished + Show eligible non-repeating timers on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island STOPWATCHES Great for workouts, speeches, meditation, therapy, and timing between medications. + Track elapsed time from the moment you start + Pause and resume anytime + Record laps and assign custom names so they are easy to identify in history + Show eligible running stopwatches on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island COUNTDOWNS Best for birthdays, deadlines, appointments, travel days, and other important events. + Count down to a specific date and time + Count up after the target time passes CUSTOM AND INTERVAL TIMERS Ideal for Tabata, HIIT, yoga flows, breathing exercises, baking bread, and other multi-step routines. + Build multi-segment timers with as many steps as you need + Set a custom name, duration, color, and sound for each segment + Hear voice announcements at the start, halfway point, and with 10 or 3 seconds left + Add Countdown To Start, Warmup, and Cooldown segments + Add rest intervals between rounds + Repeat full routines for a set number of rounds, with optional time between sets TIMER TEMPLATES + Tabata and HIIT templates for work and rest intervals + Pomodoro and Focus templates for work and break cycles + EMOM templates for every-minute-on-the-minute training TIMER HISTORY + Save each timer run so you can review it later WIDGETS + Add Home Screen widgets for any timer + Start, stop, and reset timers from a widget + Use the Active Timers widget to see all running timers APPLE WATCH + Start timers on Apple Watch + See running timers on Apple Watch APP INTENTS & SHORTCUTS + Create, start, stop, and reset timers with App Intents and Shortcuts QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q: Why use Timer+ instead of the built-in Clock app? A: Use Timer+ when the built-in Clock app is too limited for the way you actually time things. It is better for workouts, cooking with multiple dishes, productivity sessions, medications and daily routines because you can save reusable timers, run multiple stopwatches, repeat timers automatically, adjust time while a timer is running, run very long timers up to 99 days, and keep timing after a timer ends so you can see how late it is or keep going without starting over. Q: What is included in Timer+ Pro? A: Timer+ Pro is a paid tier that enables unlimited timers, unlocks the full timer history, unlocks advanced voice announcements and timer segments like Warmup and Cooldown, and removes all ads. www.timerplusapp.com/privacy www.timerplusapp.com/terms
Best Timer
This app offers a versatile suite of timekeeping tools, including a sand timer, kitchen timer, countdown, and stopwatch. It visually represents time, making it easy to understand for all ages, and provides customizable alarm sounds and color themes.
- Digitized sand timer with artistic design
- Kitchen timer with visual minute indicator
- Futuristic countdown/count up timer
- Powerful stopwatch with lap/split modes
- Kid-friendly time visualization
- Customizable alarm sounds and repeat options
- Multiple color themes
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Great way to measure and visualize time. Beautifully designed sand timer, stylish kitchen timer, countdown and powerful stopwatch to enjoy counting time, feel time or visualize time to kids. Turn your timer to attractive ultramodern fashion accessory! * ALL-IN-ONE CREATIVELY COMBINED TIMER APPLICATION: - Sand timer is a digitized hourglass with artistic design which can be used to time anything for up to 60 minutes. It's an elegant visualization of the time flow. - Kitchen timer can also be used to time your activities up to 60 minutes. It has both a minute and a second visual indicator to quickly see how much time is left (in minutes) without having to know the numbers. - Ultramodern countdown (or count up) timer with futuristic design can be set up to 100 hours. Excellent visual indicator for your activities - it shows graphically the ratio of time spent and time remaining. - Powerful stopwatch to measure elapsed time in lap and split time modes. It is great for timing sport events and contests (it is accurate to 1/100 of a second) as well as just timing your activities or measuring an event duration. * KIDS FRIENDLY Timer visualizes time to kids and lets them feel the time. Without reading or even knowing the numbers one can look at the visualized time flow, feel it and understand how long to wait or whether to hurry up. * STAY NOTIFIED It lets you set the alarm sound that will play when the timer is finished. You can choose from 16 unique alarm sounds, melodies and loops. You’ll be notified when your time is up even if you’re using another app or your device is locked. It can also repeat the sound alarm (up to 3 times) at the given interval if it was missed/snoozed. * COLOR YOUR TIME You can easily change the timer color to fit your personal lifestyle. There are 5 color themes: turquoise, red, green, amber and pink. Just pick the one you like in the application settings. * UNIVERSAL APP Timer works both on your iPhone/iPod and iPad, contains HD graphics for retina and iPad displays and supports all screen orientations for all devices. * Your girlfriend says she'll be ready in 2 minutes? Just check how long it really takes :) ***Important for iOS5+ devices: if there is no alarm played please go to system Settings / Notifications, select the application name and configure the timer's alarms, whether they perform sound and if they're to appear on lock screen. VISIT US: smartphoneware.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch at Free against Best Timer's $0.99. Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 7 months). Best Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment 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+ Countdown & Stopwatch is free to download; Best Timer costs $0.99 up front. Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Best Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch has 41K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch's written reviews are positive against 60% of Best Timer's.
Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch ships an update every 10 days, Best Timer every 7 months. Both last shipped on September 28, 2026.
| Parameter | Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch | Best Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (41K ratings) — better | 3.9 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.5% of reviews — better | 60.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41K — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 211 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Minima Software | Serhii Simkovskyi |
Customer experience
Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch
Best Timer
User reviews
Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch
From 41K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Convenient for multiple timers
- 💡 Customizable alarm sounds
- 👍 Helpful for cooking and productivity
- 👍 Reliable and works as expected
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional issues with timers not updating correctly
- 🔋 Potential battery drain
- 🔍 Ads can be intrusive
- 🔒 Inconsistent Apple Watch integration
Best Timer
From 22 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🌟 Elegant design
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🕰️ Versatile timer options
- 🔊 Nice selection of alarm sounds
Room to improve
- 🐛 Sound issues (no sound, alarm not working)
- ⏱️ Limited timer duration (e.g. hourglass max 12 mins)
- 🎨 Limited color/theme options
- 🔍 Lack of high-contrast mode
Bugs and requests
Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timers not always triggering notifications
- Issues with timer display when locked or in background
- Ads reappearing after purchasing pro version
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to chain/sequence multiple timers
- Improve sorting and organization of timers
- Allow more customization options for timers
- Implement sync across devices
- Add a 'days' counter for long timers
Best Timer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Stopwatch lap timer bug
- Compatibility issues with iOS updates
- Freezing/crashing on certain devices
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to use custom music/sounds for alarms
- Interval/workout timer mode
- Vibration option for alerts
- More color/theme customization
- Larger/full-screen timer display
In-app purchases
Timer+ Countdown & Stopwatch
- Pro$0.997 Days
- Pro$1.991 Month
- Pro3 Days trial$3.991 Month
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- Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Pro1 Year trial$9.991 Year
- Pro1 Year trial$19.991 Year
- Pro7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Pro$29.99
- Timer+ Pro$44.99
Best Timer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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