Comparison

Easy Cooking Timer vs Kitchen Timer

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

Head to head
About

Easy Cooking Timer

Plan your meals with precision by timing each component to finish simultaneously. Input your recipe steps and cooking durations, and the app calculates the optimal start time for each task. Receive timely alerts and manage multiple recipes with ease.

Highlights
  • Automatic start time calculation
  • Background timer operation
  • Audio and visual alerts
  • Store and manage multiple meals
  • Search meals by name or item
  • Today widget integration
  • Apple Watch app support
Features
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Easy Cooking Timer lets you time the items in your meal so that they all finish together. Simply enter the details of the steps and times for the items in your meal and the app will calculate when each step needs to start. FEATURES ======== You can start cooking immediately or choose a meal end time. The timers run in the background so you can turn off your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch or use other apps while your meal is cooking. Cooking timer: • Displays a timer for each step in your meal, showing when the step will start. • Quickly see when the meal will be ready and when the next step will start. • Audio and visual alerts warn you when a step needs to be performed. • Hands-free operation to avoid getting your screen dirty. Manage your meals: • Store the details for as many different meals as you want. • Need to eat by 6pm? View meal times as the time the meal will be ready if you start cooking now. • Hungry for chicken? Search meals by meal name, item name or both. • Duplicate meals/items or copy items/steps from other meals to quickly create combinations. Today widget: • Quickly see which step starts next and how long until the meal is ready. • Tap a step to open the main app. Apple Watch app: • View cooking timer and notifications. REVIEWS ======= ***** "Perfect for those big complicated meals where everything needs different cooking times or where there are many stages to a dish. I looked at several different apps which claimed to do similar kind of thing, but none had depth of functionality, nor the ease of use and streamlined interface of this one." — littlesquidge, UK. ***** "Best cooking timer I can find, with clear sequential steps throughout the whole process!" — Midamoor, UK. ***** "It does one thing and one thing well and is probably the best 'kitchen' timer on the App Store for cooking." — Orca1910, UK. ***** "Excellent app, very simple to set up and has multiple stages built in. Visually clear and perfect for a big meal like Christmas." — BT2203, Ireland. If you would like more information please visit https://hacknicity.com/easycookingtimer where you can read the User Guide and a Tutorial to get a feel for how the app works before you buy.

About

Kitchen Timer

This app provides a simple yet multifunctional kitchen timer with customizable alarms and notifications. It offers features like quick start, tenkey time input, and background operation, all for free.

Highlights
  • Quick start functionality
  • Tenkey time input
  • Customizable alarm sounds and volume
  • Vibration and tactile feedback
  • Background notifications
  • Sleep disabled setting
  • Dark mode
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It's a simple & multifunctional kitchen timer app. All features are completely free to use. Features: - Quick start - Time input by tenkey - Alarm sound, volume, repeat, automatic stop - Vibration - Background notifications, repeats, intervals - Button tap sound, volume, tactile feedback - Color (background, font) - Sleep disabled setting (timer is running) - Dark mode - Free URL scheme: kitchentimer://

Screenshots

Easy Cooking Timer4 screens
Kitchen Timer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Kitchen Timer at Free against Easy Cooking Timer's $1.99. Kitchen Timer also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Easy Cooking Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and chart position (#131 vs unranked). On ratings volume 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

Kitchen Timer is free to download; Easy Cooking Timer costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kitchen Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Easy Cooking Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Kitchen Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Easy Cooking Timer ships an update every 3 months, Kitchen Timer every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Easy Cooking Timer versus Kitchen Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEasy Cooking TimerKitchen Timer
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (17 ratings)4.8 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1723 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidAd-supported — better
Best chart rank#131 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeoff HackworthFugaPiyo Inc.

Customer experience

Easy Cooking Timer

All ratings17 ratings
Positive82.4%
Neutral5.9%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

Kitchen Timer

All ratings23 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Easy Cooking Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Kitchen Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Easy Cooking Timer free?
Easy Cooking Timer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kitchen Timer free?
Kitchen Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Easy Cooking Timer or Kitchen Timer?
Kitchen Timer is rated higher. Easy Cooking Timer averages 4.3 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Kitchen Timer averages 4.8 from 23 ratings.
Do Easy Cooking Timer or Kitchen Timer have ads?
Kitchen Timer shows ads; Easy Cooking Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Easy Cooking Timer or Kitchen Timer?
Easy Cooking Timer ships an update every 3 months, and Kitchen Timer every 6 weeks. Most recently, Easy Cooking Timer was updated on October 11, 2026 and Kitchen Timer on October 3, 2026.

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