PiTimer vs Visual Timers
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.
Visual Timers
This app allows you to manage multiple timers simultaneously with a visually appealing interface. It offers customization options and ensures alarms sound even when the app is in the background or closed. It respects silent mode and do not disturb settings.
- Simultaneous timer display
- Customizable timer names and durations
- Background timer operation
- Respects silent mode
- Respects Do Not Disturb
- Audible and vibration alerts
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One of the most visually stunning timers ever conceived for the App Store, Visual Timers allow you to see the progression of up to 6 timers simultaneously on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. The timers were carefully designed to be aesthetically pleasing and functional, making it to easy to start, pause, reset and customize them. Your timers will go off even if Visual Timers is in the background or has been completely terminated! It will vibrate once and sound the original Marimba iPhone tune once a timer has expired. Silent Mode and Do Not Disturb (both are respected) Silent Mode - Visual Timers will respect your desire to have your iOS device silenced and no audible alarm will be heard when this is on. This is great for when you are in a movie theater or when you are around a sleeping baby, for example, and you forgot to turn off a running timer. Do Not Disturb - Visual Timers will respect your desire to not be disturbed and no audible alarm will be heard when your iOS device is set to Do Not Disturb and turned off (including when you are in the locked screen). This is great for when you have gone to bed and wish to not be disturbed regardless of any timers you may have left running. CUSTOMIZING A TIMER • Tap and hold one of the timers. The Timer Setup page will appear, and prompt for the timer name and duration. When you are finished, tap Done. STARTING A TIMER • To start a timer, simply tap it. PAUSING A TIMER • To pause a timer that is currently running, simply tap it. RESETTING A TIMER • Tap and hold one of the timers. The Timer Setup page will appear. Tap the Done button to close the Timer Setup page. This will also reset the timer. AUDIBLE ALARMS • To hear audible alarms from Visual Timers, please do not have your iOS device set to Silent Mode or Do Not Disturb.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Visual Timers at 80% against PiTimer's 36%. Visual Timers also leads on rating (3.6 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 6). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. PiTimer sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Visual Timers asks for nothing beyond the download.
Visual Timers holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 36% of PiTimer's written reviews are positive against 80% of Visual Timers's.
PiTimer ships an update every 5 months, Visual Timers every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PiTimer | Visual Timers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 3.6 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.7% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mark Descalzo | SinSoft, Inc. |
Customer experience
PiTimer
Visual Timers
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
Visual Timers
No in-app purchases









