Weekstack vs Better Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Weekstack
This minimalist weekly planner helps you organize your tasks and goals for the week. Its simple interface focuses on getting things done efficiently. Plan your schedule and track your progress with ease.
- Minimalist design
- Weekly planning
- Task organization
- Goal tracking
- Simple interface
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The original minimalist weekly planner.
Better Timer
This app allows you to run multiple timers simultaneously and build repeating routines. Customize each timer with colors, icons, and sounds. Start timers from Control Center or Siri without opening the app.
- Run multiple timers simultaneously
- Build repeating routines
- Customize timers with colors and sounds
- Start timers from Control Center and Siri
- Background timer support
- Cute pastel design
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Run several timers at once, chain steps into routines that repeat on their own, and give every timer its own pastel color, icon, and sound. Better Timer is made for cooking, workouts, study sessions, and daily routines. NEW IN 1.3 • Live Activities: follow your timers on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and pause or stop them right there • System alarms on iOS 26: finished timers ring and show on screen, even when a Focus is on • Notification actions: add a minute or start the next step without opening the app MULTIPLE TIMERS AT ONCE Pasta, garlic bread, and tea, all counting down side by side. Each countdown keeps its own time, color, and completion sound, and you can pause one or add a minute without touching the others. ROUTINES THAT REPEAT Chain steps like Focus and Break, or Sprint and Rest, and choose how many rounds to run. Better Timer moves to the next step for you, or waits for a tap if you turn on Pause Between Steps. • Pomodoro cycles for studying and deep work • HIIT, Tabata, and circuit rounds • Recipes with several stages • Morning and evening routines MADE FOR EVERY DAY • Quick Timer: start a 1, 5, 10, or 30 minute timer in one tap • 16 pastel colors, plus an icon and sound for every countdown and step • Light and dark mode • Control Center controls on iOS 18 and later • Siri and Shortcuts: "Start Pomodoro in Better Timer" • Repeat Alerts, so a finished timer keeps reminding you until you respond • Timers keep running when you close the app FREE AND PRIVATE No ads, no subscriptions, and no account. Better Timer doesn't collect any data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Better Timer at 4.8 against Weekstack's 3.3. Better Timer also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Weekstack's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (27 vs 6). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Better Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 27 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Weekstack's written reviews are positive against 100% of Better Timer's.
Weekstack ships an update every 3 days, Better Timer fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Weekstack | Better Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (27 ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 27 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zikurat Technologies, Inc. | Hung Nguyen |
Customer experience
Weekstack
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In-app purchases
Weekstack
No in-app purchases
Better Timer
No in-app purchases
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