Comparison

ColorTimer vs Meve

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ColorTimer

This app offers a visually engaging countdown timer with customizable themes, animations, and lock screen functionality. Personalize your timing experience with various cartoon-style floating island designs and unique hourglass appearances.

Highlights
  • Personalized countdowns
  • Multiple clock themes
  • Cartoon floating island themes
  • Dynamic floating island animation
  • Lock screen timing
  • Widget support
Features
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The colorful timer uses a variety of color combinations, along with multiple cartoon themed pattern options, up to 70 main images, and the appearance of a random hourglass, giving the timing process a new experience and a pleasant mood. ---Main functions--- 1. Personalized Countdown: You can add multiple countdown items, each with a unique floating island theme and a dedicated hourglass, making your timing more personalized. 2. Multiple Fashionable Clock Themes, which can be added to widgets. 3. Diverse Theme Experience: We have prepared tens of cartoon-style floating island theme images for you, which will switch randomly to ensure a brand-new visual experience every time you start the timer. 4. Dynamic Floating Island Animation: When the timing starts, the floating island animation will be activated, providing you with an enjoyable visual feast during the timing process. 5. Lock Screen Timing Function: Supports timing in the lock screen state. Even if you are using other applications, you can easily keep track of the timing progress, making your time management more efficient and convenient.

About

Meve

Enhance your daily life with practical widgets for tracking time, jotting notes, managing goals, and exploring. Discover fun tools for entertainment and interaction.

Highlights
  • Count-up and count-down timers
  • Quick note-taking
  • Life bucket list and goals
  • Travel compass
  • Fun tools (e.g., cyber wooden fish, cat simulator)
Features
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Practical widgets. Life RPG. 1. Time memorial, stopwatch and countdown, full of a sense of ritual 2. Life bucket list, annual flags 3. Meve Jarvis, enabling Siri to connect to custom AI models 4. Travel compass, explore the world around you 5. Desktop notes, quick and handy recording 6. Fun tools, such as: cyber electronic wooden fish to accumulate merit, cat language to interact with pets, and more Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

ColorTimer4 screens
Meve3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Meve at weekly against ColorTimer's every 6 weeks. ColorTimer's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ColorTimer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Meve sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ColorTimer ships an update every 6 weeks, Meve weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
ColorTimer versus Meve: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorTimerMeve
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer仲辉 黄圣臣 刘

Customer experience

ColorTimer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Meve

Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

ColorTimer

One-time3
  • 特惠会员$0.99
  • Unlock all themes$1.99
  • 永久会员$2.99
1 purchases

Meve

One-time1
  • Function unlocking$1.99

Questions

Is ColorTimer free?
ColorTimer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Meve free?
Meve is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ColorTimer or Meve have ads?
Neither ColorTimer nor Meve shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ColorTimer or Meve?
ColorTimer ships an update every 6 weeks, and Meve weekly. Most recently, ColorTimer was updated on September 25, 2026 and Meve on October 12, 2026.

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