Gentle Timer vs All done! Visual Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gentle Timer
This app offers a visually engaging countdown timer with animated characters and customizable backgrounds. It's designed for various activities like homework, cooking, or breaks, and includes features like a stopwatch and Pomodoro timer. Personalize your experience with different characters, music, and animations.
- Animated character countdown
- Customizable characters, backgrounds, and music
- Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Dynamic Island integration
- Stopwatch and Pomodoro timer modes
- Multiple timers simultaneously
- Apple Watch support
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Gentle Timer is a cheerful timer with cute animated characters. Set a time, and a character walks across the screen as the timer counts down. When it reaches the other side, time is up. You can always see how much time is left. • Pick a cute character, an animated background, and calming music. • Your character can leave a trail of sparkles, rubber ducks, or baby chicks. • A race car can drive around the timer and finish when time is up. • Choose a pet to pop up and cheer you on. • Your pet also shows on your Lock Screen, Home Screen, and Dynamic Island. • Fun animations play when your timer starts and when it ends. Use it for brushing teeth, homework, cooking, reading, or a short break at work. It also has a stopwatch, breathing exercises, and a Pomodoro timer for work and breaks. You can run more than one timer at once, too. There is also a simple Apple Watch timer. Free to download, with no ads and no subscription. Unlock more characters, pets, backgrounds, and music with a one-time purchase.
All done! Visual Timer
This app helps parents manage children's expectations by visually representing time. A hidden picture gradually reveals as time passes, making waiting more concrete for young children. It offers customizable timers and a gentle chime to signal completion.
- Visual time representation
- Picture reveal as time passes
- Customizable timers
- Saved routines
- Parental controls
- Private by design
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"Five more minutes" means nothing to a three-year-old. All done! Visual Timer shows time instead of telling it. A parent sets the timer, and a hidden picture appears little by little as the minutes pass, so a child can watch the waiting get smaller and see for themselves when it's nearly over. No more surprise endings. No more negotiating from scratch every single time. HOW IT WORKS • Choose how long • Make a promise - "then we put on shoes" • Pick what appears: a friendly character, or one of your own photos • Start, and let your child watch When the picture is complete, the promise is complete. A gentle chime plays, a little confetti falls, and everyone already knows what happens next. TWO WAYS TO SEE TIME Classic reveal uncovers the picture from behind one playful color. Color journey warms from green through orange to coral as the time runs down (a second signal for a child who isn't watching closely). FOR THE MOMENTS THAT REPEAT Save the timers you use again and again: dinner, brush teeth, leaving the park, tidying up. One tap next time. SAFE FROM ACCIDENTAL TAPS Press-and-hold parent controls keep pause, restart and stop protected. The screen stays awake while a timer runs. A chime and a notification arrive even if you've put the phone down, and you can choose which sound it plays. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your routines, your promises and any photos you choose stay on your device, All done! Visual Timer never uploads them. Your account keeps your access and subscription connected to you, and you can delete it from inside the app whenever you like. WHAT THIS IS, AND ISN'T All done! Visual Timer is a parent-directed tool, made for you to set up and your child to watch. It isn't a substitute for supervision, and it isn't safety equipment. PREMIUM Optional Premium unlocks your own photos as reveal pictures, more characters, and unlimited saved routines. Prices are shown in the app before you buy, and subscriptions are managed through your Apple account. Questions or ideas? tinytimer.support@gmail.com Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms & Conditions: https://tinytimer.github.io/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://tinytimer.github.io/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Gentle Timer at every 2 days against All done! Visual Timer's monthly. Gentle Timer also leads on ratings volume (404 vs 1). All done! Visual Timer's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Gentle Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and All done! Visual Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
All done! Visual Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gentle Timer has 404 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Gentle Timer ships an update every 2 days, All done! Visual Timer monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gentle Timer | All done! Visual Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (404 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 404 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 212 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | JOHNNY LI | Florian Sarrazin |
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
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- View of all timers set all time
- Ability to create 'Goals' (e.g., set 40 hours)
- Dinosaur character option
All done! Visual Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gentle Timer
- All Pets, Characters & Scenes$4.99
All done! Visual Timer
- Tiny Timer Premium Monthly$0.991 Month
- Tiny Timer Premium Annual$7.991 Year
Questions
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