Comparison

TimerTools vs Virtual Essential Newborn Care

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

Head to head
About

TimerTools

This app offers a powerful suite of easy-to-use timers for various needs. It includes countdown, stopwatch, turn, seconds up/down, and interval timers with presets for frequent uses. The large display is optimized for visibility from a distance.

Highlights
  • Countdown timer
  • Stopwatch
  • Turn timer
  • Seconds up/down timer
  • Interval timer
  • Preset times
  • Large display
Features
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Kagan’s famous TimerTools software is now available as an app. You get a suite of powerful timers that are super easy to use. Timers include: Countdown, Stop Watch, Turn Timer, Seconds Up, Seconds Down, and Interval Timer. Access and set any timer with just a few clicks. All the most frequent times teachers use are available as presets. Timer display size is maximized to see from a distance. More attractive and teacher-friendly than any other timer apps available.

About

Virtual Essential Newborn Care

This immersive VR simulation trains healthcare professionals in essential newborn care. It presents various patient scenarios, requiring users to assess, classify, and manage conditions from pre-birth through discharge.

Highlights
  • Immersive VR training
  • Newborn patient scenarios
  • Condition recognition and management
  • Pre-birth to discharge care
  • Screen-based mode available
  • Low-cost VR viewer compatible
Features
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This application is intended only for healthcare professionals who have already been trained in essential newborn care according to the standards of the World Health Organization. Keep your skills fresh in this immersive training simulation that will take you through a series of patient scenarios involving a number of different possible conditions. Scenarios include the period immediately before birth through either discharge or referral to a facility with a higher level of care, excluding the birth itself. You will need to recognize the patient's status throughout each scenario, classify the patient, and react appropriately with the correct actions. Possible conditions include, but are not limited to: Low Birth Weight Fast Breathing Chest Indrawing Apnea Poor Muscle Tone Seizures Jaundice Fever Hypothermia Congenital Anomalies Feeding Difficulty Virtual Essential Newborn Care is a mobile virtual reality (VR) application that you can use with or without a low cost VR viewer such as Google Cardboard. If you do not have a VR viewer, tap on the X in the top left corner to switch to the screen-based mode.

Screenshots

TimerTools1 screens
Virtual Essential Newborn Care4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Virtual Essential Newborn Care at Free against TimerTools's $2.99. TimerTools's advantage is rating (3.5 vs 3.0) and review sentiment (13% vs 0%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Virtual Essential Newborn Care is free to download; TimerTools costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TimerTools holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of TimerTools's written reviews are positive against 0% of Virtual Essential Newborn Care's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TimerTools versus Virtual Essential Newborn Care: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimerToolsVirtual Essential Newborn Care
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.5 (2 ratings) — better3.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews13.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 15 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB124 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperKagan PublishingRachel Umoren

Customer experience

TimerTools

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive13.2%
Neutral28.9%
Negative57.9%

Virtual Essential Newborn Care

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

TimerTools

No in-app purchases

None

Virtual Essential Newborn Care

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TimerTools free?
TimerTools costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Virtual Essential Newborn Care free?
Virtual Essential Newborn Care is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TimerTools or Virtual Essential Newborn Care?
TimerTools is rated higher. TimerTools averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Virtual Essential Newborn Care averages 3.0 from 3 ratings.
Do TimerTools or Virtual Essential Newborn Care have ads?
Neither TimerTools nor Virtual Essential Newborn Care shows ads.

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