Comparison

Egg Timer vs Best Kitchen Timer

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

Head to head
About

Egg Timer

This app simplifies cooking eggs to perfection. It offers pre-set timers for various egg styles and allows custom settings. Includes helpful videos and recipes for delicious egg dishes.

Highlights
  • Pre-set timers for soft, hard-boiled, and poached eggs
  • Custom timer for personalized cooking
  • Step-by-step how-to videos
  • Updated egg recipes
  • Modern, user-friendly design
Features
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Egg Timer – Perfect Eggs. Every Time! Cooking eggs just got easier! Our newly updated Egg Timer has a fresh new look and feel, making it more user-friendly than ever. Whether you love soft-boiled, hard-boiled, or perfectly poached eggs, we’ve got the perfect time for you. What’s New? • A modern, refreshed design for a better user experience • Step-by-step how-to videos to guide you • Updated recipes so you can make delicious egg dishes at home • Custom Timer set your own time for eggs cooked just the way you like them No more guesswork—just perfectly cooked eggs, every time! Download now and get cracking!

About

Best Kitchen Timer

This app provides a stylish and visual timer for cooking and other activities up to 60 minutes. It offers customizable alarm sounds and colors, and can notify you even when the app is not active or the device is locked. It's designed to be kid-friendly and visually engaging.

Highlights
  • Visual time indicators
  • Customizable alarm sounds
  • Background notifications
  • Repeat alarm option
  • Kid-friendly time visualization
  • Customizable color themes
Features
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Stylish timer for various cooking activities and not only for them. Turn your kitchen timer into attractive ultramodern fashion accessory! Everyone has it (or lacks it) - the kitchen timer. One need to know when the baking is finished, but you’re not very likely to hear the timer once you’ve left the kitchen and you probably do not want to constantly check the cooking progress while outside - that's where Best Kitchen Timer comes into play. This timer can be used to time anything up to 60 minutes. There are both a minute and a second visual indicator to quickly see how much time in minutes is left without reading the numbers. * 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. * KIDS FRIENDLY Timer visualizes time to kids and lets them feel the time. "Daddy, how long is 10 minutes?" This timer can answer the question. * 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. [+Retina graphics for iPad 3rd generation] * SEE ALSO: Best Timer Beautifully designed sand timer, stylish kitchen timer, countdown/up and powerful stopwatch All in one creatively combined Best Timer application to suit all your timing needs. Search "Best Timer" on iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/app/best-timer/id415656570) * Get bright timer for bright cooking! ***Important for iOS5+ devices: if there is no alarm played when the application is inactive 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

Screenshots

Egg Timer4 screens
Best Kitchen Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Egg Timer at 5.0 against Best Kitchen Timer's 2.4. Egg Timer also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 14 months). Best Kitchen Timer's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 2) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Egg Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Egg Timer's written reviews are positive against 38% of Best Kitchen Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Egg Timer ships an update every 4 months, Best Kitchen Timer every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Egg Timer versus Best Kitchen Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEgg TimerBest Kitchen Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better2.4 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews45.9% of reviews — better38.2% of reviews
Number of ratings29 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 14 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.18.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEgg Farmers of CanadaSerhii Simkovskyi

Customer experience

Egg Timer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews183 reviews
Positive45.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative46.4%

Best Kitchen Timer

All ratings9 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews68 reviews
Positive38.2%
Neutral11.8%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Egg Timer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Timer not working or resetting
  • App crashes or freezes
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

Requested features

3 requests
  • More customization options
  • Improved timer functionality
  • Better support for different devices

Best Kitchen Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Egg Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Best Kitchen Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Egg Timer free?
Egg Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Best Kitchen Timer free?
Best Kitchen Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Egg Timer or Best Kitchen Timer?
Egg Timer is rated higher. Egg Timer averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Best Kitchen Timer averages 2.4 from 9 ratings.
Do Egg Timer or Best Kitchen Timer have ads?
Neither Egg Timer nor Best Kitchen Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Egg Timer or Best Kitchen Timer?
Egg Timer ships an update every 4 months, and Best Kitchen Timer every 14 months. Most recently, Egg Timer was updated on September 21, 2026 and Best Kitchen Timer on September 17, 2026.

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