Comparison

Gentle Timer vs Cavia Sync

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

Head to head
About

Gentle Timer

This app offers a visually appealing, ad-free timer for focus, productivity, and managing children's routines. It supports various timer types, including countdown, Pomodoro, and interval, with extensive customization options for backgrounds, music, and themes. It also includes helpful everyday tools like a calculator and breathing exercises.

Highlights
  • Visual countdown timers
  • Pomodoro focus sessions
  • Interval training timers
  • Multi timer support
  • Customizable backgrounds and music
  • Everyday utility tools
Features
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Gentle Timer turns ordinary waiting into a calm, happy little moment. Set a time, choose an adorable animated character, a dreamy background and soothing music — then relax and watch a friendly countdown carry you to the finish. Most timers feel cold and stressful. Gentle Timer is the opposite — warm, playful and beautifully animated, so brushing teeth, focusing, cooking, working out or winding down all feel a little better. THE MAIN EVENT: A TIMER YOU'LL ACTUALLY ENJOY • A big, friendly countdown with a cute character that glides across the screen as time ticks down — time you can SEE • Hundreds of animated characters, backgrounds and effects — dreamy scenes, sparkle trails and joyful completion celebrations • Calming music while it runs and a gentle chime when it ends — or play your own tracks from your music library, Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music or Amazon Music • Your pet turns up partway through to cheer you on — "You've got this!" … "Almost there!" • Dozens of pets to pick from — yours waits with you on the Lock Screen, in the Dynamic Island, on the timer, and through focus sessions. Poke it and the whole screen goes sparkly. • Add or remove time on the fly, pause anytime, and follow along on your Lock Screen with Live Activities SO MUCH MORE INSIDE • Pomodoro — focus-and-break cycles that help you get real work done • Interval — work/rest rounds for HIIT and workouts, with 3-2-1 countdown beeps • Focus — open-ended focus sessions with task names and a history of your time • Multi-Timer — run up to six timers side by side • Presets — one-tap timers for brushing teeth, screen time, tidying up and more • Stopwatch — clean and simple, with laps • Breathing — guided four-phase breathing to slow down and reset • Tools — a counter, dice / coin / spinner, and a full scientific calculator MAKE IT TRULY YOURS • Pick characters, backgrounds, music, effects for every mode • Draw your own characters and backgrounds — or turn any photo into one, right from your camera or library • Set your own encouragement messages, sounds and gentle haptics BUILT TO FEEL CALM No clutter. No pressure. No jarring alarms. Every detail is designed to lower stress instead of adding to it. LOVED BY • Parents & kids — brushing teeth, tidying up, screen-time limits, smooth transitions • Students — Pomodoro study sessions and focus tracking • Focused work — deep-work sprints and mindful breaks • Fitness — interval and HIIT training • Everyday life — cooking, naps, laundry, breathing and winding down FREE — NO ADS, NO SUBSCRIPTION Gentle Timer is free to download and use — every mode, plenty of characters, backgrounds and music, and no ads, ever. Love it and want more? One optional, one-time unlock adds the full collection plus the tools to create your own — pay once, keep it forever, never a subscription. Supports Family Sharing — one purchase covers your whole family. Download Gentle Timer on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch — and make your next minute a little more delightful.

About

Cavia Sync

This AI-powered assistant facilitates asynchronous team communication for daily standups, sprint updates, and retrospectives. It captures key updates via voice or text, generates summaries, and detects blockers, reducing meeting fatigue and saving valuable team time.

Highlights
  • Voice & Text Input
  • Ritual Templates
  • Smart Prompts
  • Summarized Updates
  • Blocker Detection
  • Private & Secure
  • AI-powered Summaries
Features
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Turn check-ins into momentum. Cavia Sync is an AI-powered voice and text assistant that helps teams run asynchronous daily standups, sprint updates, retrospectives, and more—across time zones, without the meeting fatigue. Whether you're an engineer, manager, or product leader, Cavia Sync helps you capture key updates before the meeting starts—so time together is spent making decisions, not repeating status. Key Features: - Voice & Text Input – Respond to daily prompts in your own style - Ritual Templates – Daily standups, sprint planning, retros, 1:1s, and more - Smart Prompts – Personalized based on your Jira/GitHub context - Summarized Updates – Clear AI summaries posted to Teams/Slack - Blocker Detection – Escalates issues to managers when needed - Private & Secure – No audio stored; anonymous feedback supported Cavia Sync Score – Private quality score with coaching tips to improve your async communication Benefits for Teams: - Save 30–50% of meeting time - Stay aligned across time zones - Boost focus, reduce burnout, and accelerate delivery - Capture sentiment and feedback over time - Build a historical record of team activity and blockers Perfect for: - Agile software teams, product management, sales etc. - Product and design squads - Distributed orgs working async - Managers seeking team health signals - Executives needing pulse insights Backed by the Cavia AI agent, Cavia Sync turns scattered updates into actionable summaries—enhancing the quality of every team sync, 1:1, or planning meeting. Get started in minutes: - Download and sign up - Choose your meeting type - Connect Slack, Jira, GitHub, or calendar Let Cavia guide the rest

Screenshots

Gentle Timer4 screens
Cavia Sync4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cavia Sync at none against Gentle Timer's 1. Cavia Sync also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Gentle Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (358 vs 5). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Gentle Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cavia Sync asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cavia Sync holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gentle Timer has 358 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gentle Timer ships an update every 3 days, Cavia Sync fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Gentle Timer versus Cavia Sync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGentle TimerCavia Sync
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (358 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings358 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size204 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJOHNNY LIVishwametrics

Customer experience

Gentle Timer

All ratings358 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral3.4%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Cavia Sync

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Gentle Timer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • No sound issues reported
  • Seconds not displayed on countdown
  • Landscape mode not working

Requested features

8 requests
  • More free options
  • Landscape mode support
  • Ability to set specific seconds
  • Toggle off motion on settings menu
  • Cat character option
Show 3 more
  • View of all timers set all time
  • Ability to create 'Goals' (e.g., set 40 hours)
  • Dinosaur character option

Cavia Sync

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Gentle Timer

One-time1
  • Go Premium$4.99
None

Cavia Sync

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gentle Timer free?
Gentle Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cavia Sync free?
Cavia Sync is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gentle Timer or Cavia Sync?
Cavia Sync is rated higher. Gentle Timer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 358 ratings, while Cavia Sync averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Gentle Timer or Cavia Sync have ads?
Neither Gentle Timer nor Cavia Sync shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gentle Timer or Cavia Sync?
Gentle Timer ships an update every 3 days, and Cavia Sync fortnightly. Most recently, Gentle Timer was updated on September 26, 2026 and Cavia Sync on September 9, 2026.

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