Parrot Timer vs Big Colorful Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Big Colorful Timer
A large, vibrant timer designed for full-screen display, perfect for social gatherings and game nights. It features a loud alarm and vibration to ensure you never miss a time limit.
- Full-screen display
- Large, bold visuals
- Loud alarm sound
- Vibration alerts
- Ideal for social events
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This timer is big, bold, and colorful. It fills the entire screen and is ideal for game nights and social events. The alarm sound is loud and the phone vibrates so you're sure to know when time's up!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Parrot Timer at every 4 days against Big Colorful Timer's every 2 months. Parrot Timer also leads on ratings volume (33 vs 1). Big Colorful Timer's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Big Colorful Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Parrot Timer has 33 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Parrot Timer ships an update every 4 days, Big Colorful Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Parrot Timer | Big Colorful Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (33 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.3 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | hidekazu seto | Hockey Labs, Inc. |
Customer experience
Parrot Timer
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In-app purchases
Parrot Timer
No in-app purchases
Big Colorful Timer
No in-app purchases
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