Wait Timer Visual Timer Tool vs Gong Sounds!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wait Timer Visual Timer Tool
This app provides a visual and audio timer to help teach patience and waiting skills. It includes a social story to explain waiting strategies and a customizable timer that clearly shows remaining time. Designed to assist with transitions and build good behavior.
- Color-coded visual timer
- Customizable wait times
- Social story about waiting
- Clear visual representation of remaining time
- Aids in task transitions
- Runs in background
- One-click start
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Wait Timer is a visual and audio tool to help teach good waiting behavior. The app includes a social story about waiting, and an audio/visual timer that can be set to different times. Features: - Great color-coded visual timer that shows the time ticking away. - Settings to easily change the “wait” time. - Social story that talks about waiting and waiting strategies. - Wait time is the time of the whole clock (full circle), so users can always clearly see time remaining. - Helps students with transitions between tasks. - Timer does not re-set if device “goes to sleep.” - Set the timer to as little as one second to gradually introduce waiting! - No minimum or maximum times, the Wait Timer can time as little or as much time as you want. - App runs in the background and notifies you when time has elapsed, phone calls will not re-set your timer! - Start the timer with just one click so students and children can use it independently. The app opens up to a screen with a large timer on it and a “start” button.” Once the button is tapped the timer will start counting down the last time set in the “settings.” As the hand on the timer clock moves the clock face will go from colored to white, letting the waiter see how much time is remaining. The app also includes a social story about waiting and the Wait Timer. The social story talks about frustration that may happen with waiting, and how to wait for something you want. The settings and instructions screen allows you to choose the amount of time the timer is set for, and includes instructions for the parent or caregiver on how to introduce the Wait Timer.
Gong Sounds!
This application provides a collection of loud gong sounds for various uses. It's designed to help you simulate a gong, get attention, or for any situation where a loud sound is needed.
- 20 distinct gong sounds
- Simulate gong sounds
- Get attention with loud noise
- Various implementation uses
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This app contains various gong sounds that you can play whenever and wherever you need to. Need a gong sound to help you do something? Or do you just want to play a loud sound like the one a gong can give? You can use this "Gong Sounds!" application to help you with that. This app has 20 gong sounds that can be useful when the situation demands them. With this app, you can: - Simulate a gong when you need it - Get attention from people around you with loud noise - Any other implementations you can think of that can be helped by using the sound We hope this app can be a useful one for you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wait Timer Visual Timer Tool at 75% against Gong Sounds!'s 0%. Wait Timer Visual Timer Tool also leads on rating (1.8 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 8 months). Gong Sounds!'s advantage is price ($0.99 vs $2.99). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Wait Timer Visual Timer Tool costs $2.99 and Gong Sounds! $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Wait Timer Visual Timer Tool holds the better App Store score, 1.8 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Wait Timer Visual Timer Tool's written reviews are positive against 0% of Gong Sounds!'s.
Wait Timer Visual Timer Tool ships an update every 5 weeks, Gong Sounds! every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wait Timer Visual Timer Tool | Gong Sounds! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 1.8 (5 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Touch Autism | Daniel Agustinus |
Customer experience
Wait Timer Visual Timer Tool
Gong Sounds!
In-app purchases
Wait Timer Visual Timer Tool
No in-app purchases
Gong Sounds!
No in-app purchases
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