Comparison

Best Timer vs MultiTimer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

MultiTimer

This app provides both a timer and a stopwatch with a classic design. It allows for unlimited timers, a lap feature for the stopwatch, and clear displays for easy tracking of any activity. The interface is designed for simple operation with large numbers and audible alerts.

Highlights
  • Unlimited timers
  • Lap feature for stopwatch
  • Audible alerts
  • Flashing display
  • Progress bar
  • Large, clear display
Features
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Timer Plus - is a timer and stopwatch app, with a beautiful classic design and reliable functionality that is incredibly easy to use. The two essential features to this app are the timer, which allows you to add unlimited timers, and the stopwatch, which offers a lap feature with a clear display, so you can track or time just about anything you need. - Easy to start - just set time and press play! - Add unlimited timers - Quickly delete a timer with 'X' button - Timer makes noise when it ends - no need to watch your phone! - Flashing display at end of time - Timer displays in hours, minutes and seconds - Stopwatch displays in minutes, seconds and milliseconds - Progress bar for elapsed time - Full lap display - Just one tap to switch between Timer and Stopwatch - Display has large numbers and scrolling, so operating is easy Do you have feedback for us? Please let us know by contacting us at timerplus@digitalchemy.us

Screenshots

Best Timer4 screens
MultiTimer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MultiTimer at Free against Best Timer's $0.99. MultiTimer also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (82% vs 60%). Best Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

MultiTimer is free to download; Best Timer costs $0.99 up front. MultiTimer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Best Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MultiTimer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 76 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Best Timer's written reviews are positive against 82% of MultiTimer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Best Timer ships an update every 7 months, MultiTimer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Best Timer versus MultiTimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBest TimerMultiTimer
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (22 ratings)4.8 (76 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.1% of reviews82.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2276 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSerhii SimkovskyiDigitAlchemy LLC

Customer experience

Best Timer

All ratings22 ratings
Positive68.2%
Neutral13.6%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews218 reviews
Positive60.1%
Neutral9.6%
Negative30.3%

MultiTimer

All ratings76 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral1.3%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews85 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral3.5%
Negative14.1%

Bugs and requests

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

MultiTimer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Best Timer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

MultiTimer

One-time1
  • Timer & Stopwatch - Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Best Timer free?
Best Timer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MultiTimer free?
MultiTimer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Best Timer or MultiTimer?
MultiTimer is rated higher. Best Timer averages 3.9 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while MultiTimer averages 4.8 from 76 ratings.
Do Best Timer or MultiTimer have ads?
MultiTimer shows ads; Best Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Best Timer or MultiTimer?
Best Timer ships an update every 7 months, and MultiTimer every 2 months. Most recently, Best Timer was updated on September 28, 2026 and MultiTimer on September 27, 2026.

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