Start vs SIMTA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Start
Easily track elapsed and remaining time for daily tasks. Register time entries with start and end reservations, receive notifications, and categorize activities. Visualize ongoing tracks and search past records to improve life quality.
- Time tracking registration
- Ongoing track visualization
- End reservation and push notifications
- Category classification
- Search past records
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Have you ever thought, "How much time has passed?" in your daily life? 'Start-End' is an app developed to provide a little help in such questions. When time tracking is needed, you can easily register and visualize elapsed time and remaining time with just a few settings. Through repeated records, pattern recognition is possible, contributing to improving the quality of life. [ Key Features ] 1. Time Tracking Registration - Easily register with just a few settings such as name (required), start and end reservation time, and notification preference. 2. Ongoing List - Easily visualize all ongoing tracks in a list format. 3. End Reservation & Push Notifications - Specify the end reservation time to check the remaining time and receive notifications at the end time. 4. Category Classification - Provides 10 categories for easy classification according to your preferences. (Name changes can be made through settings) 5. Search - Provides a search function to easily find past records. [ App Permissions ] * Required Permissions - None * Optional Permissions - App Tracking: User data is used for providing personalized advertisements. - Notifications (Push): Receive notifications when registered items end. [ Contact/Feedback ] * Email Inquiry: lawtinapps@gmail.com [ License ] * Image : https://lawtinapps.blogspot.com/2024/01/start-end-image-license.html
SIMTA
This app offers a minimalist timer experience with a clear visual countdown. It allows for quick setup with a single tap and provides reliable alerts for various activities like cooking, studying, or exercising.
- One-tap timer setup
- Visual countdown display
- Minimalist interface
- Reliable alerts
- Versatile use cases
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SIMTA is a timer you read at a glance. Set a time and the whole screen fills with color. As the seconds run out the color drains away, so you can tell how much is left from across the room without reading a number. SIMPLE BY DESIGN • Spin the dial, press start. That is the whole setup. • No accounts and no subscriptions. • Red is free, with nine more colors in SIMTA Pro. SIMTA PRO — ONE PURCHASE, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION • Nine more colors, with the home screen icon to match. • Every time you have run, kept in Recent. • No ads. MADE TO BE GLANCED AT • Horizon Lock keeps the color level with the room as you tip the phone or prop it in a stand. • The controls fade away once the timer is running, so nothing sits on top of the color. • Hide the digits entirely if you only want the color. • Keep the screen awake while a timer runs. RELIABLE • The countdown stays accurate after you switch apps or lock the phone. • A running timer survives the app being closed. • The alarm is audible even with the silent switch on. Good for cooking, focus sprints, workouts, study blocks, and anything where you would rather feel time pass than watch a number.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SIMTA at daily against Start's every 6 months. SIMTA also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Start's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Start against 5.0 for SIMTA. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Start ships an update every 6 months, SIMTA daily. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Start | SIMTA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BeomSeok Chae | OurBeom |
Customer experience
Start
SIMTA
In-app purchases
Start
No in-app purchases
SIMTA
No in-app purchases









