Color Timer vs ClockKeepers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Color Timer
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See how much time is left at a glance. Color Timer is a visual timer with a full screen countdown. As time passes, the colored area shrinks, giving you a clear sense of the time remaining. Set it on your desk for a study session, glance over while cooking, or keep your next presentation on time. A clear screen for your countdown Large numbers and vivid color fill the timer screen. There are no ads on the countdown screen and no full screen ads to wait through before starting. Keep the timer open and your screen stays awake while the countdown runs. Save it once. Start with one tap. Save your favorite timers with a name, duration and color, then start them directly from the home screen. Choose 1, 5, 10 or 25 minutes with quick duration buttons, reuse a recent duration, or set your own hours, minutes and seconds. Big numbers, in portrait or landscape Use your phone or tablet upright on your desk or sideways for a meeting, presentation or class. Choose from 18 color themes. Turn on the finishing-soon cue for a change in color and an on-screen message as time runs low. Pause, adjust and keep going Pause and resume, add a minute, or restart when you need to. Lock the controls to avoid accidental taps. Adding a minute to a running countdown leaves your saved timer's duration unchanged. Choose how your timer ends Preview and choose from 8 built-in alarm sounds. Switch sound and vibration on or off separately. In a quiet space, turn both off and use the visual display. Time for everyday moments • Study and work: set aside time for one task. • Cooking and tea: check the time with a quick glance while your hands are busy. • Presentations, meetings and classes: share an easy-to-see countdown. • Stretching and breaks: make room for a few minutes away from your desk. For a simple Pomodoro routine, start a 25-minute focus timer, then start a 5-minute timer for your break. No account is needed. The timer itself works offline. The app interface follows your device language, with Korean and English supported. Ads appear only on the home screen. Allow notifications to receive an end-of-timer alert while the app is in the background. Sounds and vibration depend on device capabilities and system settings.
ClockKeepers
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Put the workout clock on the gym TV. ClockKeepers runs your Tabata, HIIT, EMOM or boxing rounds on your phone and shows the same clock, live, on every TV, tablet and phone in the room. Start a countdown, stopwatch or interval program, tap Broadcast, and every phone, tablet or TV browser that opens your link shows the same clock, in sync, with the phase colour and round count. No mirroring, no cables, no app needed on the big screen: open clockkeepers-app.netlify.app on any TV browser and type the 5-letter code. BUILT FOR REAL ROOMS • Gyms and studios: Tabata, HIIT, EMOM, AMRAP, boxing and MMA rounds, "For time" with a cap. Work and rest flood the screen green and red so nobody has to squint. • Classrooms: 5, 10, 15 and 20-minute periods, focus sessions, a speech timer that turns amber and red as time runs out. Control it from your phone while you walk the room. • Courts and tournaments: round clocks with changeover breaks, "Round 3 of 8", one board for every court. • Home: kids' turns, cooking, board games. WHY COACHES AND TEACHERS SWITCH • Broadcast to any screen with a link, QR code or short code. Viewers never install anything. • Sound that actually plays: 3-2-1 beeps, segment tones, a spoken 10-second countdown and a finish alarm that keeps ringing until you tap, even with the silent switch on. • The screen never sleeps while a timer runs, and a notification fires if the app is in the background when time is up. • Let others control the clock (optional): pass the link to an assistant coach and either of you can pause. • Custom interval builder: up to 12 segments per round, 99 rounds, a get-ready period, labels and colours. • Presets for the programs people actually run. One tap and go. • Session log of what you ran and for how long. • On an iPad, run the timer and the controls side by side, or tap Present to fill the screen. • AirPlay or plug into a TV: the board fills the screen and the controls stay on your device. • No ads. No subscription. No account. CLOCKKEEPERS PRO (one-time purchase, no subscription, shown in your own currency) • Up to 8 timers on one board: stations, courts or groups, with Start all / Pause all, laid out automatically on the TV. • Your gym, class or event name, colours and logo on every screen. • A permanent code (like "ironworks") so the TV bookmarks one link forever. • Nine more display themes: LED, Stadium, Neon, Chalk, Minimal, Sunset, Aurora, Dot Matrix, Blueprint. • Sound packs: gym horn, ring bell, whistle, arcade. • Unlimited viewers, saved presets and session history. No watermark. From the makers of ScoreKeepers, RankKeepers, PickKeepers and QuizKeepers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Color Timer at none against ClockKeepers's 1. ClockKeepers's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. ClockKeepers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Color Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Color Timer ships an update every 5 months, ClockKeepers every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Color Timer | ClockKeepers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seulki Eom | Joseph Ting |
In-app purchases
Color Timer
No in-app purchases
ClockKeepers
- ClockKeepers Pro$7.99
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