Comparison

Kitchen Timer vs Meeting Timer / Church Timer

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Easy-to-use interface
  • Long press for quick time setting
  • Background notifications
  • Customizable patterns and colors
  • Simple cooking aid
Features
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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.

About

Meeting Timer / Church Timer

This utility app provides a simple countdown timer with visual cues for time elapsed. It's designed for various events requiring time tracking, such as meetings, church services, fitness sessions, and managing screen time for children.

Highlights
  • Simple countdown timer
  • Visual background color changes
  • Flashing alerts for final minutes
  • Ideal for meetings and church
  • Suitable for fitness and screen time
Features
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One of the easiest Timer apps ever. Set your time, and the countdown will start counting down. When it reaches 15 minutes the background turns Yellow. Once it hits 5 minutes it turns Red, and then it will start counting in minutes and it flashes once every minute. Great for Meetings, Church, Fitness Activities, and Kids' Screen Time. Simply, it is for every event that requires time tracking. Enjoy it.

Screenshots

Kitchen Timer3 screens
Meeting Timer / Church Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Kitchen Timer at 4.6 against Meeting Timer / Church Timer's 2.0. Kitchen Timer also leads on ratings volume (201 vs 1). Meeting Timer / Church Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Kitchen Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Meeting Timer / Church Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Kitchen Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kitchen Timer has 201 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Kitchen Timer versus Meeting Timer / Church Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitchen TimerMeeting Timer / Church Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (201 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings201 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.2
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFocaccia, Inc.Michael Fahim

Customer experience

Kitchen Timer

All ratings201 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral3.5%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

Meeting Timer / Church Timer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Kitchen Timer

One-time1
  • Kitchen timer Pro$3.99
None

Meeting Timer / Church Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kitchen Timer free?
Kitchen Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Meeting Timer / Church Timer free?
Meeting Timer / Church Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kitchen Timer or Meeting Timer / Church Timer?
Kitchen Timer is rated higher. Kitchen Timer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 201 ratings, while Meeting Timer / Church Timer averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Kitchen Timer or Meeting Timer / Church Timer have ads?
Kitchen Timer shows ads; Meeting Timer / Church Timer does not.

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