Visual Countdown Timer vs My School Bell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visual Countdown Timer
This app uses a visual countdown to help children understand time and complete tasks. A picture is revealed as time elapses, and an exciting animation and sound reward completion. It aims to turn daily struggles into fun and encourage quicker task completion.
- Visual countdown from green to red
- Picture revealed as time elapses
- Exciting sound and animation reward
- Customizable background images
- User-selected reveal images
- Adaptable for various tasks
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Is it a battle to get your child to do something quickly? This visual countdown App was designed for my 2 year old son to help him get his reward chart star for getting dressed quickly. Getting him dressed used to take forever with many stalling strategies being deployed. Now he runs upstairs asking for the "Countdown". Watch as the timer runs from green to amber to red, helping the child understand that time is running out. A fun picture is slowly revealed as the time runs down and when the time is up the child is rewarded with an exciting sound and the picture spins. Background image changes to match the time of day, so that your child is given subtle hints as to what time of day the task they are being asked relates to. Choose your own image to reveal from your iPhones photo library to really surprise your child. Endless possible uses: * Getting dressed * Getting out the door (shoes and coats on) * Tidying * Brushing teeth * Sharing toys Turns daily struggles into fun time!
My School Bell
Recreate the familiar structure of a school day with custom bell alarms. Set alerts for school start, breaks, and end times with various bell sounds. Ideal for children missing school routines.
- Set multiple school bell alarms
- Choose from 7 alarm sounds
- Customizable timings and days
- Fun and friendly interface
- Notifications for alarms
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With so many children unable to attend school during 2020, we created the 'My School Bell' app to help children who are missing their school routine and need the comfort and familiarity of the bells, timings, breaks, starts & finishes that they are used to, during a normal school day. My School Bell is a fun app that allows you to set a school bell to ring at chosen times on your device. Set alarms for the start of school, break times, lunch breaks, school finish or any other period during the day/week. You can choose the bell sound from many sounds, either a traditional school bell or a light 'ting-a-ling' school bell. FEATURES - Set as many School Bell alarms as required. - Select from 7 different alarm sounds. - Fun and friendly interface. SETUP - Turn on Notifications, to receive your School Bell alarms. - Ensure the sound is on, and volume turned up. - Create alarms for each school period. - Set the Time, Ringtone and Days for each alarm. We hope you enjoy using the My School Bell App with your children. Developed by UK Vehicle Data ©2020 www.ukvehicledata.co.uk
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Visual Countdown Timer at 81% against My School Bell's 10%. Visual Countdown Timer also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.2) and ratings volume (40K vs 22). My School Bell's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Visual Countdown Timer sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. My School Bell asks for nothing beyond the download.
Visual Countdown Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Countdown Timer has 40K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Visual Countdown Timer's written reviews are positive against 10% of My School Bell's.
| Parameter | Visual Countdown Timer | My School Bell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (40K ratings) — better | 1.2 (22 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.6% of reviews — better | 10.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40K — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 185 MB | 247 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fehners Software LLP | Uk Vehicle Data Ltd |
Customer experience
Visual Countdown Timer
My School Bell
Bugs and requests
Visual Countdown Timer
Reported bugs
2 issues- Custom pictures load rotated
- Timer stops working when app is in background
Requested features
5 requests- Option to set timer to countdown to a specific time
- Ability to adjust timer in smaller increments
- Option to keep picture displayed after timer ends
- Background timer functionality
- Custom sound/music options
My School Bell
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Visual Countdown Timer
- Ocean Pack$0.99
- Transport Pack$0.99
- Animal Pack$0.99
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- Cartoon Pack$0.99
- Mask Maker$0.99
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Premium Upgrade$3.99
My School Bell
No in-app purchases
Questions
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