Good Timer vs Breaking Dawn Alarm
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Good Timer
This application functions as a straightforward countdown timer. It provides audible alerts as the set time draws near, ensuring you are aware of approaching deadlines or events.
- Countdown timer
- Voice alerts
- Approaching time notification
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Good Timer is a countdown timer. It inform that the time is approaching by voice.
Breaking Dawn Alarm
Set custom alarms for dawn, sunrise, sunset, and dusk with adjustable offsets and repetition options. Personalize alarm sounds and notification settings. The app uses location services to accurately calculate and update celestial times.
- Alarms for dawn, sunrise, sunset, dusk
- Adjustable time offsets
- Weekly repetition options
- Customizable alarm sounds
- Notification length and count settings
- App icon badge display
- Background time updates
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You can set alarms for dawn, sunrise, sunset, and dusk. Each alarm can have an offset, repetition, label, and sound. Offset allows you to adjust the time when the alarm sounds. I want to wake up by ringing 5 minutes before dawn. I want to ring it 30 minutes before sunset to get ready to go home. I want to ring it 16 hours after sunrise to signal bedtime. You can create alarms such as. You can repeat the alarm by specifying the day of the week. If you select Monday, the alarm will ring at the specified time every Monday. If you select all days of the week, the alarm will ring at the specified time every day. Labels can be used to name each alarm. The type of dawn, offset time, and repetition will be displayed without any special settings. You can select the sound or song for when the alarm sounds. On the sound selection screen, there are items for notification time and number of notifications. The notification time is the time the sound continues to play for up to 30 seconds. You can also set the length of each sound to be between 3 seconds and 30 seconds. If you select a song, it will be fixed at 30 seconds (maximum number of seconds for notification). The number of notifications is the number of times the alarm will be issued, up to 10 times. It can ring for up to 300 seconds with notification time of 30 seconds x number of notifications 10 times. Display the earliest notification time on the app icon badge. *Please allow location information. Uses location information to calculate time. By allowing “always” It is possible to update the time in the background. *Please allow notifications. While the app is in the background Update dawn, sunrise, sunset, and dusk times. *Please leave the app waiting in the background without forcing it to close. In this state, dawn, sunrise, sunset, and sunset times are updated daily. Or by launching the app, those times will also be updated.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Good Timer at 3.8 against Breaking Dawn Alarm's 3.5. Good Timer also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.4). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
Good Timer holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 67% and 67% positive.
Good Timer ships an update monthly, Breaking Dawn Alarm every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Good Timer | Breaking Dawn Alarm |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (5 ratings) — better | 3.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 99 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryosuke Sasaki | SK |
Customer experience
Good Timer
Breaking Dawn Alarm
In-app purchases
Good Timer
No in-app purchases
Breaking Dawn Alarm
No in-app purchases
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