PiTimer vs Promise
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PiTimer
This app offers a clear, visual countdown timer. It's ideal for situations requiring a visual representation of remaining time, particularly helpful for managing children's activities at home or in educational settings.
- Visual time representation
- Simple countdown timer
- Useful for children
- Clean interface
- Ideal for home and class
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PiTimer is a clean and simple visual timer. It is useful for any situation where you want a visual representation of time remaining. This is especially useful for timing children at home or in class.
Promise
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Promise Alarm helps you wake up with a reminder that matters. Instead of waking up to a generic alarm tone, record your own voice with the promises and goals you made to yourself. Whether it's a commitment to wake up early, study, exercise, or build better habits, your own words become your motivation every morning. Features: • Record your own motivational alarm messages • Create and manage alarms easily • Repeat alarms on selected days • Customize snooze duration • Simple, clean, distraction-free design • Reliable alarm experience Your voice is more powerful than any ringtone. Wake up with purpose. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://promise.eslamelsadawy.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Promise at every 3 weeks against PiTimer's every 5 months. PiTimer's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. PiTimer sells 6 one-off in-app purchases and Promise sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PiTimer ships an update every 5 months, Promise every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PiTimer | Promise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 35.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mark Descalzo | Eslam Elsadawy |
In-app purchases
PiTimer
- Chocolate Bar$0.99
- Cup of Coffee$1.99
- Doughnut$2.99
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- Coffee-themed Beverage$4.99
- Bag of Coffee$14.99
- Sack of Coffee$29.99
Promise
- Promise Alarm Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
- Promise Alarm Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
