Simple Timer vs Sequence
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Timer
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This simple and user-friendly timer app is a convenient time management tool for everyone. With a visual display that makes it easy to see time passing, this app helps users develop a sense of time. Designed with an intuitive and straightforward interface, it supports time management for everyday life, study, work, and various activities. Key Features - Visual Timer: Track time easily with a circular indicator that shows the countdown in real-time, shrinking as time passes, making it easy to manage time. - Simple and Intuitive Interface: The straightforward design makes it accessible for users of all ages. With clearly organized buttons and icons, the app is designed to be easy for anyone to use. - Customizable Alert Sounds: Set recorded sounds as alerts, allowing you to receive notifications with the voices of family members or loved ones, creating a friendly and familiar experience. - Customizable Backgrounds: Personalize the timerβs background with your favorite photos or memories, making each use of the timer an enjoyable experience. This timer app supports habit-building, focus improvement, and effortless time management in everyday life. Perfect for taking breaks, managing tasks, or simply relaxing. Start efficient time management with an app thatβs great for everyone!
Sequence
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Sequence is the timer for everything you do in steps. A workout, a pomodoro, a whole dinner on the stove. Build it exactly how you want, then let it run itself. Most timers give you one countdown. Sequence gives you stages that flow into each other, voice cues that tell you the next move, and as many timers running at once as your day needs. BUILD ANY TIMER YOU CAN PICTURE Stages, durations, colors, repeating blocks, and spoken cues. Set a round to count itself down eight times, drop in a halfway alert, name the cue in your own words. Your routine, exact to the second. IT JUST FLOWS HIIT, Tabata, run/walk. Every round counts itself down and rolls straight into the next. Set the intervals once and keep moving, eyes on your workout instead of your phone. Want a checkpoint? Turn on hold-to-confirm so a stage waits for you before it advances. RUN AS MANY AS YOU LIKE Steak searing, potatoes roasting, a sauce reducing. Sequence runs every timer at once and tells you exactly what fires next, so nothing gets missed and nothing burns. CUES ACROSS THE ROOM Every change calls out with a chime, a spoken word, and a full-screen cue you can read from the stove or the far end of the gym. Hands full? You will still know. LIVE ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN Every running timer shows up on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Glance, skip a stage, or pause without unlocking. READY THE MOMENT YOU OPEN IT Start with built-in presets for cooking, HIIT, pomodoro, run/walk, breathing, and more. Run them as they are, or use them as a starting point for your own. YOURS FOREVER One payment. No subscription, ever. Buy once to build and customize without limits, and keep everything you make. Cooking, training, focus, breathing, chores. If it happens in steps, Sequence times it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Sequence at none against Simple Timer's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Simple Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sequence sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Simple Timer ships an update every 5 days, Sequence every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Timer | Sequence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days β better |
| Ads | Yes | No β better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.1 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EGG STUDIO LIMITED LIABILITY CO | Matthias EΓ°vald |
In-app purchases
Simple Timer
- Pro Plan$2.99
Sequence
- Sequence Pro$4.99
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