Simple Egg Timer vs Egg Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Egg Timer
This app provides a straightforward timer to help you achieve perfectly boiled eggs. Simply select your egg size and desired doneness, and it will calculate the precise cooking time, eliminating guesswork for a hassle-free experience.
- Select egg size
- Choose desired doneness
- Automatic cooking time calculation
- Small and lightweight
- User-friendly interface
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Features: • Super small, lightweight and fast to download • No endless screens of configuration • No getting confused with hundreds of irrelevant settings Ever wanted to have a simple timer to tell you how to boil an egg? Well using this app you can select the size of your egg, how you would like it and it will do the rest! Perfect boiled eggs without the hassle of guesswork
Egg Timer
Easily set the perfect cooking time for your eggs. Customize by egg size, desired doneness, pot size, and water temperature. Receive notifications even when the app is closed.
- Customizable egg size
- Select cooking degree
- Adjust pot size
- Set water temperature
- Background notifications
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This is the easiest egg timer. You can choose: • Egg size • Cooking degree — hard-boiled, in a bag, soft-boiled • Pot size • Water temperature You will receive a notification when the eggs are boiled, even if you close the app!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Egg Timer at 100% against Simple Egg Timer's 50%. Egg Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). Simple Egg Timer's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Simple Egg Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Egg Timer has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Simple Egg Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Egg Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Simple Egg Timer ships an update every 13 months, Egg Timer every 19 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Egg Timer | Egg Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.4 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months — better | Every 19 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Cabot | Gregory Strigunov |
Customer experience
Simple Egg Timer
Egg Timer
In-app purchases
Simple Egg Timer
No in-app purchases
Egg Timer
No in-app purchases
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