ColorTimer vs Meve
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Personalized countdowns
- Multiple clock themes
- Cartoon floating island themes
- Dynamic floating island animation
- Lock screen timing
- Widget support
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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.
Meve
Enhance your daily life with practical widgets for tracking time, jotting notes, managing goals, and exploring. Discover fun tools for entertainment and interaction.
- 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)
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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/
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Verdict
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
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.
ColorTimer ships an update every 6 weeks, Meve weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ColorTimer | Meve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 仲辉 黄 | 圣臣 刘 |
Customer experience
ColorTimer
Meve
In-app purchases
ColorTimer
- 特惠会员$0.99
- Unlock all themes$1.99
- 永久会员$2.99
Meve
- Function unlocking$1.99









