Comparison

Smooth Countdown Lite vs ABTimers

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

Head to head
About

Smooth Countdown Lite

This utility app provides a visually appealing countdown timer with a smoothly animated background. It offers customizable alarm options and supports both 12 and 24-hour time formats, making it a handy reminder tool.

Highlights
  • Smoothly animated background
  • Day and night mode toggle
  • Customizable alarm (none, one, repeated)
  • 12 and 24 hour format support
  • Ideal for device docks
Features
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Countdown the time with a smoothly animated background. It is the perfect reminder while the device waits in the dock. Features: - toggle between day and night mode - choose between no alarm, one alarm or repeated alarm sound - supports the 12 and 24 hour format

About

ABTimers

This utility app offers multiple customizable timers designed to assist with various tasks, including gaming. It features advanced options like adjustable running times, auto-looping, and silent modes, with iCloud sync for cross-device use.

Highlights
  • Restart timers without leaving games
  • Set quiet times
  • Adjust running timer
  • Auto-looping timers
  • iCloud Sync
  • Send timers to other devices
Features
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Lots of timers, lots of features, and fast to use! Features - Restart, snooze or pause a timer right from its alert, without leaving your game - Swipe a timer to restart, pause, snooze or put it away - Time calculator: set a timer for "25 × 5 minutes" without doing the math - Set Quiet Times to not disturb your family - Saved timers, ready to start with one touch - Timer groups, each with its own alert sound - Lots of timers - It's free - Adjust the time while the timer is running - Finished timers keep reminding you until you deal with them - One touch copy and start - Back up your timers and send them to your other devices - Dark Mode and larger text sizes ABTimers helps you play Message from the author: I play iPhone games. A lot. Many of them make you wait. I wrote ABTimers to help me play. I use it every day. Every time I think "It would be really cool if ABTimers did this or that", I add it as a feature. That's why there are so many settings and options for what should be a simple timer app. If you use ABTimers and you find it doesn't do something, please let me know. I will try to add it.

Screenshots

Smooth Countdown Lite4 screens
ABTimers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ABTimers at 100% against Smooth Countdown Lite's 13%. Smooth Countdown Lite's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and update cadence (every 13 months vs every 56 months). On price, ratings volume, 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. Smooth Countdown Lite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ABTimers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smooth Countdown Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of Smooth Countdown Lite's written reviews are positive against 100% of ABTimers's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Smooth Countdown Lite ships an update every 13 months, ABTimers every 56 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Smooth Countdown Lite versus ABTimers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSmooth Countdown LiteABTimers
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 months — betterEvery 56 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS6.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiet JonasICNC

Customer experience

Smooth Countdown Lite

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.5%

ABTimers

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Smooth Countdown Lite

One-time1
  • Smooth Countdown Upgrade$0.99
1 purchases

ABTimers

One-time1
  • ABTimers Remove Ads$0.99

Questions

Is Smooth Countdown Lite free?
Smooth Countdown Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ABTimers free?
ABTimers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Smooth Countdown Lite or ABTimers?
Smooth Countdown Lite is rated higher. Smooth Countdown Lite averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while ABTimers averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Smooth Countdown Lite or ABTimers have ads?
Neither Smooth Countdown Lite nor ABTimers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Smooth Countdown Lite or ABTimers?
Smooth Countdown Lite ships an update every 13 months, and ABTimers every 56 months. Most recently, Smooth Countdown Lite was updated on October 9, 2026 and ABTimers on October 8, 2026.

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