Comparison

Best Countdown vs Cyclic Timer

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

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About

Best Countdown

Create visual countdowns or countups for any duration, from minutes to 100 hours. Features customizable colors, 16 alarm sounds, and notifications even when the app is closed. Ideal for kids to understand time visually.

Highlights
  • Countdown and countup timers
  • Visual time representation
  • Customizable colors and themes
  • 16 unique alarm sounds
  • Background notifications
  • Kids friendly interface
Features
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Ultramodern countdown timer with futuristic design and demonstrative functionality. You can set countdown or countup timer for as long as 100 hours or as little as a couple of minutes. It's an excellent visual time indicator for your activities. * 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. [+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 the timer with the artistic design. Enjoy timing! ***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

About

Cyclic Timer

This app provides a repeating countdown timer that keeps your screen active. It can silently alert you when the timer reaches zero and automatically restart based on your settings. Ideal for timed work, workouts, or gaming sessions.

Highlights
  • Repeating countdown timer
  • Keeps screen light up
  • Silent alerts
  • Automatic restart
  • Customizable intervals
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Do you ever want a timer that repeats itself? Cyclic Timer keeps your screen light up and count down silently. When the timer reaches zero, it fires and repeats (upon your setting). The alert sound can be muted so it does not disturb your important work. This could be useful during workout, gaming, or any work that you do need to be notified in every certain time frame. *This is not a timer that supposed to run in the background.

Screenshots

Best Countdown4 screens
Cyclic Timer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Cyclic Timer at 5.0 against Best Countdown's 4.3. Best Countdown's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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

Cyclic Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Best Countdown has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Best Countdown ships an update every 14 months, Cyclic Timer every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Best Countdown versus Cyclic Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBest CountdownCyclic Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 12 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSerhii SimkovskyiYuantong Lu

Customer experience

Best Countdown

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive53.2%
Neutral9.7%
Negative37.1%

Cyclic Timer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Best Countdown

No in-app purchases

None

Cyclic Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Best Countdown free?
Best Countdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cyclic Timer free?
Cyclic Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Best Countdown or Cyclic Timer?
Cyclic Timer is rated higher. Best Countdown averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Cyclic Timer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Best Countdown or Cyclic Timer have ads?
Neither Best Countdown nor Cyclic Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Best Countdown or Cyclic Timer?
Best Countdown ships an update every 14 months, and Cyclic Timer every 12 months. Most recently, Best Countdown was updated on October 6, 2026 and Cyclic Timer on September 20, 2026.

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