Break Timer vs Cyclic Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Break Timer
This app helps improve work efficiency by setting customizable work and break intervals. A cute tiger character notifies you when it's time to switch tasks or take a rest.
- Customizable work and break timers
- Alarm notifications
- Cute tiger character
- Improves work efficiency
- Simple interface
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This is a simple timer app. The cute tiger informs to repeats your break time and working hours by an alarm! For example, you can set working hours for 45 minutes and break time for 15 minutes.
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cyclic Timer at 5.0 against Break Timer's 4.4. Cyclic Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Break Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cyclic Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Break Timer has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Break Timer ships an update every 6 weeks, Cyclic Timer every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Break Timer | Cyclic Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HARASHOW Interactive | Yuantong Lu |
Customer experience
Break Timer
Cyclic Timer
In-app purchases
Break Timer
No in-app purchases
Cyclic Timer
No in-app purchases
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