Comparison

Simple Timer & Stopwatch vs Flow Timer

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Simple Timer & Stopwatch

Features
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A no-fuss timer and stopwatch that stays live on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Big countdown display with quick +/- time adjustments, so you always see time at a glance. Live Activity tracking for both timer and stopwatch, plus full session history. FEATURES - Large 280pt circular countdown display with +30s / +1m / +5m quick adjustments - Stopwatch with Live Activity and Dynamic Island support - Session history for both timer and stopwatch - Sound, haptics and mute controls - Light, dark and system appearance - No accounts, no tracking

About

Flow Timer

This app uses calming animations to help you focus and track time for various activities. Set custom durations, choose themes and sounds, and create interval timers for study or workouts. It offers a distraction-free experience for mindful timing.

Highlights
  • Peaceful countdown animations
  • Customizable timer durations
  • Named timers for specific uses
  • Calming background and timer sounds
  • Themed visual preferences
  • Interval timers for Pomodoro/HIIT
  • Timer session tracking and badges
Features
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Water climbs. Sand falls. A picture appears. Flow Timer is a visual timer: it shows you time instead of telling you. Water that climbs the glass as you go, a sand timer whose grains really fall, or a picture that paints itself while you work. Glance at it and you know how long is left — no numbers to read, no arithmetic. BUILT FOR TIME BLINDNESS When minutes feel invisible — as they often do for people with ADHD — a shape you can watch beats a number you have to interpret. That is the whole design. Nothing flashes, nothing nags, nothing demands a decision. The timer simply keeps being visible until it is done. A TIMER WORTH LOOKING AT Most timers are ugly because nobody expects you to watch them. This one is made to be watched: hand-drawn scenes, five colour palettes, an hourglass with real falling sand, calming sounds, and a zen mode that clears away everything but the time. Leave it running on a desk or a second screen and it earns its place. IN THE CLASSROOM AND AT HOME Big enough to read from the back row, clear enough for a child who cannot read a clock yet. Transitions, tests, quiet reading, toothbrushing, screen time, bedtime wind-down. A visual countdown ends the "how long left?" question without anyone having to answer it. ALSO A GOOD STUDY TIMER Set any duration, name it, start it in one tap. Build interval sessions for pomodoro study blocks, workouts or circuits. Streaks, badges, a heatmap and monthly trends record where your focus actually went, from your very first session. OFFLINE, AND STAYS THAT WAY No account, no sign-in, no analytics, no ads. Flow Timer collects nothing about you because it has nowhere to send it — everything stays on your device unless you export a backup yourself. Available in 15 languages. ONE PURCHASE, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION Free covers the liquid mode, the sand timer, intervals, every duration, most sounds and your daily statistics. Flow Timer Pro is an optional one-time purchase — never a subscription — adding canvas timers with your own photos, binaural beats and focus tones, your complete history, and backup export. Buy it once and it is yours for good. Built by one person who wanted a timer worth looking at.

Screenshots

Simple Timer & Stopwatch4 screens
Flow Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Flow Timer at monthly against Simple Timer & Stopwatch's every 4 months. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Simple Timer & Stopwatch ships an update every 4 months, Flow Timer monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Simple Timer & Stopwatch versus Flow Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple Timer & StopwatchFlow Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCong LeCodejuno Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Simple Timer & Stopwatch

No in-app purchases

None

Flow Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Timer & Stopwatch free?
Simple Timer & Stopwatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flow Timer free?
Flow Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple Timer & Stopwatch or Flow Timer have ads?
Neither Simple Timer & Stopwatch nor Flow Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Simple Timer & Stopwatch or Flow Timer?
Simple Timer & Stopwatch ships an update every 4 months, and Flow Timer monthly. Most recently, Simple Timer & Stopwatch was updated on August 26, 2026 and Flow Timer on September 16, 2026.

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