Comparison

Best Timer vs Disco Timer

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

Disco Timer

This app provides a visually intuitive countdown timer for various tasks, from cooking to presentations. Its unique rotary gesture for setting time and large display make it easy to use and read from a distance. Customize alerts and colors for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Rotary gesture time setting
  • Large, high-contrast display
  • Glanceable from a distance
  • Disable auto-lock option
  • Customizable color combinations (Premium)
  • Variety of exclusive alert tones
Features
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Boiling an egg, timing a presentation, or starting your next Pomodoro – Disco Timer is a universal countdown clock for all sorts of tasks. Setting the timer duration is based on 60-minute circle of traditional analog watches – you just wind it up with a single rotary gesture. Then tap the display to run, pause, or reset the timer. Large, high-contrast representation of the remaining time makes it glanceable from quite a distance. And an option to disable the Auto-Lock can keep the device awake while the timer is running. This comes in very handy when keeping an eye on the progress is as important as the finishing time itself. The face of the timer can be customized by choosing from a variety of color combinations (Premium feature). And for the completion alert – you can select from a dozen great-sounding tones, all of which are crafted exclusively for Codulis apps. Give Disco Timer a try, and let us know what you think!

Screenshots

Best Timer4 screens
Disco Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Disco Timer at Free against Best Timer's $0.99. Disco Timer also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.9) and review sentiment (89% vs 61%). Best Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.4). On update cadence, ads 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Disco Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 97 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Best Timer's written reviews are positive against 89% of Disco Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Best Timer ships an update every 7 months, Disco Timer every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Best Timer versus Disco Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBest TimerDisco Timer
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (22 ratings)4.7 (97 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.8% of reviews89.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2297 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better15.4
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSerhii SimkovskyiCodulis

Customer experience

Best Timer

All ratings22 ratings
Positive68.2%
Neutral13.6%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews260 reviews
Positive60.8%
Neutral10.4%
Negative28.8%

Disco Timer

All ratings97 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral2.1%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.3%

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

Disco Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Best Timer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Disco Timer

One-time1
  • Disco Timer Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Best Timer free?
Best Timer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Disco Timer free?
Disco Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Best Timer or Disco Timer?
Disco Timer is rated higher. Best Timer averages 3.9 out of 5 from 22 ratings, while Disco Timer averages 4.7 from 97 ratings.
Do Best Timer or Disco Timer have ads?
Neither Best Timer nor Disco Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Best Timer or Disco Timer?
Best Timer ships an update every 7 months, and Disco Timer every 5 months. Most recently, Best Timer was updated on October 15, 2026 and Disco Timer on October 16, 2026.

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