Comparison

Gentle Timer vs ABA Fieldwork Flow

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 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.

About

ABA Fieldwork Flow

This app streamlines the process for BCBA trainees to log fieldwork hours, track progress, and generate essential documentation. It offers quick session logging, organization by fieldwork site, and detailed tracking of various hour categories. Users can easily export monthly spreadsheets and verification forms.

Highlights
  • Quick session logging
  • Progress tracking
  • Documentation export
  • Organize by fieldwork site
  • Track restricted/unrestricted hours
  • Track supervised/independent hours
Features
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Fieldwork Flow helps BCBA trainees log fieldwork hours quickly, track progress, and export documentation without spreadsheet chaos. Log common sessions in seconds. Flow learns your usual inputs by day of the week, so repeat hours are easier to add with less tapping. Organize hours by fieldwork site, whether you work with one individual BCBA or multiple supervisors at the same organization. Track the categories that matter: - Restricted and unrestricted hours - Supervised and independent hours - Standard and concentrated fieldwork - Client observations and supervision totals - Previously documented carryover hours When you need records, export clean monthly spreadsheets and Fieldwork Verification Forms for review, signatures, and your own files. Fieldwork Flow is designed to feel calm, fast, and practical: open the app, log the session, and keep moving.

Screenshots

Gentle Timer4 screens
ABA Fieldwork Flow3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ABA Fieldwork Flow at 5.0 against Gentle Timer's 4.6. ABA Fieldwork Flow also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Gentle Timer's advantage is ratings volume (376 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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 and ABA Fieldwork Flow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ABA Fieldwork Flow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gentle Timer has 376 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gentle Timer ships an update every 2 days, ABA Fieldwork Flow every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Gentle Timer versus ABA Fieldwork Flow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGentle TimerABA Fieldwork Flow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (376 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings376 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size209 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJOHNNY LIRiley Williams

Customer experience

Gentle Timer

All ratings376 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral3.2%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews41 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ABA Fieldwork Flow

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
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

ABA Fieldwork Flow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Gentle Timer

One-time1
  • Go Premium$4.99
2 purchases

ABA Fieldwork Flow

Subscriptions2
  • Fieldwork Flow Pro14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Fieldwork Flow Pro14 Days trial$23.991 Year

Questions

Is Gentle Timer free?
Gentle Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ABA Fieldwork Flow free?
ABA Fieldwork Flow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gentle Timer or ABA Fieldwork Flow?
ABA Fieldwork Flow is rated higher. Gentle Timer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 376 ratings, while ABA Fieldwork Flow averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Gentle Timer or ABA Fieldwork Flow have ads?
Neither Gentle Timer nor ABA Fieldwork Flow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gentle Timer or ABA Fieldwork Flow?
Gentle Timer ships an update every 2 days, and ABA Fieldwork Flow every 4 days. Most recently, Gentle Timer was updated on October 10, 2026 and ABA Fieldwork Flow on October 8, 2026.

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