Best Banner vs MultiTimer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Best Banner
Create custom animated or static text banners and messages with various effects, fonts, and colors. Ideal for personal expression, events, or educational purposes.
- Animated and static message creation
- Multiple animation effects (typewriter, scrolling, etc.)
- Customizable fonts, sizes, and LED appearance
- Adjustable animation speed
- Full device orientation support
- Repeat message option
- Vibration feedback
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Express your emotions or your civic attitude, use it to meet someone at the airport or cheer on your favorite team, or just help your kid to learn letters Best Banner allows creating nice looking animated or static messages, banners, presentations and visual chats. It uses different animation effects, customizable speed, selectable fonts and sizes, configurable LED size, shape and color, flow control and full support for all device orientations. 6 animation effects: - Typewriter: the text is "typed" letter by letter; - Creeping line: scrolling text; - Bottom-up: one page of the text is rotated into the next one by moving up. - Manual: scrolling line - just drag and move the message horizontally with your finger to show someone a static text or control the flow manually - Multi lines - the message is wrapped into multiple lines and scrolled vertically - Manual: multi lines - drag and move multiline message vertically and each line horizontally with your finger to show someone multi lined static text. Message look and feel: - Message text: a text to be displayed. Can be as long as you need; - Animation effect: select one of 4 animation effects here; - Animation speed: set up how fast the text to be scrolled, moved, typed, etc; - Font name: you can use any font that your device supports; - Font size: set up how large you want the message to be. - LED size: the smaller the led size is the more LEDs are used for one letter - the smaller the LED is the more detailed the letter is, so the larger the LED is the rougher the letters are. - LED color: just select any color you like here. - LED shape: customize a single LED look here. - Background color: display color - Repeat: set up here if the program should repeat the message again after displaying it once - Vibrate when done: the application can use vibration to bring your attention that the message is already displayed (if your device supports vibration) - Start delay: if you want to make some delay before displaying the message just set it up here. ****** Best LED Machine ****** For more functions and messages management please check the parent application - "Best LED Machine". There you can also create the same messages or banners and set up their look and feel, but you can also save them to use later, pre-create a number of messages and play them just in one tap when the right moment comes. VISIT US: smartphoneware.com LIKE US: facebook.com/smartphoneware FOLLOW US: twitter.com/smartphoneware
MultiTimer
Manage multiple countdowns and count-ups simultaneously with customizable timers for any task. Organize your time with flexible layouts, personalized alerts, and easy sharing options. Optimize productivity for work, study, or daily activities.
- Multiple timer creation
- Customizable layouts
- Personalized labels, colors, icons
- Timer history tracking
- Web sharing of timers
- iCloud sync
- Apple Watch support
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MultiTimer – Unlock New Productivity and Time Management Opportunities! **NO ADS** Whether it’s daily tasks, cooking, studying, or workouts, MultiTimer offers customizable timers for any situation. With options like task timers, kitchen timers, Pomodoro timers, and many other features, you'll always be organized and efficient. **VERSATILE TIMERS FOR ANY SITUATION Create multiple timers for any purpose. Choose from: - Countdown - Quick Start - CountUp - Pomodoro - Interval Timer - Stopwatch - Counter - Clock - Buttons - Container **FLEXIBLE LAYOUT FOR YOUR NEEDS Customize timer boards the way you like. Choose between adaptive and flexible layouts. Copy, delete, and move timers at your discretion. Create multiple boards to place different timers side by side and manage them effortlessly. **PERSONALIZE YOUR TIME Give your timers and counters a personal touch with numerous labels, colours, icons, alert styles, custom sounds, and notifications. **MAXIMUM CONTROL & CUSTOMIZATION Full control over your timers. Set timer start delays, add or subtract time from running timers, and choose the "Auto-repeat" option for automatic timer restart. **SAVE TIME WITH EASE Track and save the entire history of your timers and counters. **SHARE TIMERS Use the web feature to share a link with friends, family, or colleagues to track ongoing or upcoming events or tasks. **AND MANY OTHER GREAT FEATURES - Place timers on separate screens (boards) or manage them in fullscreen mode. - Sync timer data across devices using iCloud. - Use all available types of widgets. - Check out Siri integration, shortcuts, and x-callback-URL support. - Try 3D Touch for quick timer management through the pop-up menu. - Use MultiTimer on your Apple Watch. - Export boards and timers to another device. - Use the built-in tools to run and manage multiple timers at the same time. MultiTimer is your indispensable assistant, whether in the kitchen, gym, at work, or in the office. Focus on what really matters with quick timer settings, optimize your time management, and achieve your goals faster and more efficiently. Download MultiTimer and start managing your time today with unlimited boards, timers, and various features (some features are part of the Pro upgrade). We love feedback! Send your suggestions and ideas to support@persapps.com or use the "Feedback" option in the app settings. **ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Terms of Use: http://persapps.com/terms/ Standard Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Icons by icons8: https://icons8.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Best Banner at none against MultiTimer's 4. Best Banner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). MultiTimer's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 18 months) and ratings volume (16K vs 2). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. MultiTimer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Best Banner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Best Banner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MultiTimer has 16K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Best Banner's written reviews are positive against 82% of MultiTimer's.
Best Banner ships an update every 18 months, MultiTimer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Best Banner | MultiTimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.7 (16K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.5% of reviews — better | 81.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 16K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 96 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Serhii Simkovskyi | Sergey Astakhov |
Customer experience
Best Banner
MultiTimer
Bugs and requests
Best Banner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
MultiTimer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Interval timers not playing sounds consistently
- Timers not syncing properly between iPhone and Apple Watch
- Timers continuing to countdown after being reset
Requested features
5 requests- Allow custom timer durations
- Add ability to copy/duplicate timers
- Implement text-to-speech for alert tones
- Improve Apple Watch app to match iPhone app functionality
- Add option to automatically repeat timers
In-app purchases
Best Banner
No in-app purchases
MultiTimer
- MultiTimer Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- MultiTimer Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Year
- MultiTimer Pro7 Days trial$8.991 Year
- MultiTimer Pro$17.99
Questions
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