Kitchen Timer vs Parrot Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kitchen Timer
A straightforward kitchen timer designed for everyday cooking. It offers customizable patterns and colors, with a convenient long-press function for quick time setting. Receive notifications even when the app is running in the background.
- Easy-to-use interface
- Long press for quick time setting
- Background notifications
- Customizable patterns and colors
- Simple cooking aid
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A simple kitchen timer for everyday cooking. Kitchen Timer makes it quick and easy to keep track of cooking time, whether you're boiling eggs, baking, preparing pasta, using the oven, or making your favorite meal. With a clear display and simple controls, you can set your timer and get back to cooking. Perfect for: • Boiling eggs and pasta • Baking and oven cooking • Meal prep • Roasting and grilling • Making bread and desserts • Everyday cooking at home Features: • Long press buttons to set the time quickly • Quickly reuse recently used timer settings • Background notifications when your timer finishes • Customize the timer with colors and patterns Simple, practical, and easy to use. Keep track of your cooking time and enjoy a smoother kitchen routine.
Parrot Timer
A charming timer app featuring cute, dancing parrots that celebrate when your countdown ends. Unlock new parrot friends through regular use, adding fun to everyday time management tasks.
- Parrot-themed timer interface
- Dancing parrot celebrations
- Unlockable parrot characters
- Simple and effective time management
- Versatile for kitchen or general use
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Discover the adorable Parrot Timer app, a delightful timer with a parrot theme. It's designed to add a dash of fun to your time management. Features include: - Engaging visuals where cute parrots grace the timer screen. As the countdown ends, these parrots celebrate by dancing. - Initially, you have access to 5 charming parrots. Frequent use of Parrot Timer rewards you with the addition of new parrot friends. - Beyond its adorable appeal, Parrot Timer offers simplicity and effectiveness for all your timing needs. *While primarily envisioned as a kitchen timer, Parrot Timer's versatility allows it to function perfectly as a general timer too.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Parrot Timer at none against Kitchen Timer's 1. Parrot Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). Kitchen Timer's advantage is ratings volume (204 vs 37). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Kitchen Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Parrot Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Parrot Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kitchen Timer has 204 ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Kitchen Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Parrot Timer's.
Kitchen Timer ships an update fortnightly, Parrot Timer every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.
| Parameter | Kitchen Timer | Parrot Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (204 ratings) | 4.8 (37 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 204 — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Focaccia, Inc. | hidekazu seto |
Customer experience
Kitchen Timer
Parrot Timer
In-app purchases
Kitchen Timer
- Kitchen timer Pro$3.99
Parrot Timer
No in-app purchases
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