Kitchen Timer vs LightsOut
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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This is a simple and easy-to-use kitchen timer app. Enjoy your daily cooking! Long Press Button Function: By long-pressing the button, you can quickly set the time. Background Notification Feature: Even when the app is in the background, it will notify you when the timer is finished.
LightsOut
Automatically turns off your phone's flashlight after a set time, preventing battery drain. Control it directly from your Lock Screen or Control Center with customizable timer options.
- Lock Screen & Control Center access
- Auto-off flashlight timer
- Preset and custom timer durations
- Widgets support
- Siri & Shortcuts integration
- Privacy-focused analytics
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LightsOut — Flashlight Timer Ever wake up to a dead battery because your flashlight stayed on? LightsOut shuts it off automatically. Use LightsOut right from your Lock Screen or Control Center — one tap to start a timed flashlight. Turn on the light, pick a time, and forget it. When the timer ends, LightsOut turns the flashlight off so you don’t drain your battery overnight. FEATURES One-tap Lock Screen + Control Center control Auto-off flashlight timer Presets: 2, 5, 15, and 30 minutes Custom timer up to 120 minutes Widgets Siri & Shortcuts support Four color themes Keeps your screen awake while the timer runs so the flashlight stays on (iOS requirement) Privacy-first: anonymized usage analytics only (theme changes + timer usage). No personal info. No account required No ads. Ever. PERFECT FOR Reading in bed Camping and outdoor use Power outages Anytime you might fall asleep mid-flashlight Set a timer and put your phone down — LightsOut will handle the rest.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Kitchen Timer at Free against LightsOut's $0.99. Kitchen Timer also leads on ratings volume (157 vs 7) and device support (3 vs 1). LightsOut's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment and update cadence 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
Kitchen Timer is free to download; LightsOut costs $0.99 up front. Kitchen Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LightsOut asks for nothing beyond the download.
LightsOut holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kitchen Timer has 157 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Kitchen Timer's written reviews are positive against 83% of LightsOut's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Kitchen Timer ships an update fortnightly, LightsOut every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kitchen Timer | LightsOut |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (157 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 157 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Focaccia, Inc. | Ryan Olson |
Customer experience
Kitchen Timer
LightsOut
In-app purchases
Kitchen Timer
- Kitchen timer Pro$3.99
LightsOut
No in-app purchases
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