ToastBuster Timer vs OnStage Timer Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ToastBuster Timer
This app is a dedicated timer for Toastmasters meetings, offering visual cues and customizable settings for various speaking roles. It allows for on-the-fly adjustments and provides a history of timed sessions, ensuring accurate timekeeping for speeches.
- Preset and custom role timers
- Full-screen color alerts with buzzing
- Background timer with Live Activity
- On-the-fly role switching
- Time correction features
- Speaker name tagging
- Automatic session history
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ToastBuster is a timer built for Toastmasters. Time any speech — Table Topics, Evaluations, long-form — with clear green, yellow, and red signals. Made by a Toastmaster. Features: • Preset and Custom Roles: Use built-in roles or create your own with custom green, yellow, and red times. • Switch Roles Mid-Timer: Forgot to change the role? Switch on the fly without losing the session. • Full-Screen Colour Alerts: The whole screen changes colour and the phone buzzes at each milestone. Watch the speaker, not the timer. • Background Timer: Leave the app and the timer keeps running. A Live Activity shows the current time and milestones from your Lock Screen and Home Screen. • Time Travel: Forgot to press start? Add 10s, 30s, or 1m to catch up instantly. • Speaker Names: Tag each session so you know whose time was whose. • Session History: Every speech is saved automatically with speaker, role, and final time. Your timekeeper's secretary, built in.
OnStage Timer Pro
This app provides a professional countdown timer for speakers and presenters, featuring large, readable displays with smart color cues. It includes templates for various speech types, rehearsal tools with delivery scores, and external display options.
- Large, readable countdown display
- Smart stage color cues (green, yellow, red)
- Ready-to-use templates for various speeches
- Rehearsal and speech coaching with delivery score
- Podium mode for landscape viewing
- Apple Watch and Live Activities integration
- External display support
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OnStage Timer Pro — Professional Stage Timer + Speech Coach The all-in-one timer for speakers, presenters, and performers. Plan it, rehearse it, then nail your timing on stage. LARGE, READABLE COUNTDOWN A full-screen countdown visible from across the room — minutes, seconds, and percentage remaining at a glance. SMART STAGE COLORS Green, yellow, and red cues keep you on pace without thinking about it. READY-TO-USE TEMPLATES (NEW) One tap to set up the right timing for Toastmasters speeches, TED-style talks, sermons, panels, webinars, and lightning talks. REHEARSAL & SPEECH COACH (NEW) Practice your talk and get a Delivery Score — pace (words per minute), filler words, and timing — with progress trends so you improve every session. PODIUM MODE (NEW) Turn your phone to landscape, set it on the lectern, and glance down at a clean, giant countdown. APPLE WATCH & LIVE ACTIVITIES Control the timer from your wrist with haptic cues. See it on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. EXTERNAL DISPLAY Show the timer on a connected screen or iPad for the whole room. ALSO INCLUDED - Custom presets and themes - Overtime tracking - Sound and haptic alerts - Encouraging stage messages Perfect for keynotes, Toastmasters, sermons, conferences, classrooms, and performances. Privacy Policy: https://andyarevalo.com/privacy.html Terms of Service: https://andyarevalo.com/terms.html Support: https://andyarevalo.com/support.html — — — Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://andyarevalo.com/privacy.html Support: https://andyarevalo.com/support.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: ToastBuster Timer at free against OnStage Timer Pro's freemium. ToastBuster Timer also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 1). OnStage Timer Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. ToastBuster Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and OnStage Timer Pro sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $14.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ToastBuster Timer against 5.0 for OnStage Timer Pro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ToastBuster Timer has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
ToastBuster Timer ships an update every 2 months, OnStage Timer Pro every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ToastBuster Timer | OnStage Timer Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tanin Rojanapiansatith | Andy Arevalo |
Customer experience
ToastBuster Timer
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In-app purchases
ToastBuster Timer
- Pro$4.99
OnStage Timer Pro
- OnStage Timer Pro3 Days trial$14.991 Year
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