3D Hourglass Timer vs Loop Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
3D Hourglass Timer
Experience a moment of luxury and tranquility with a beautifully designed app featuring 3D hourglasses. Enhance meditation, relaxation, and focus with customizable timers, soothing sounds, and calming music.
- Beautifully designed 3D hourglasses
- 360° sand flow visualization
- Timer from 1 to 180 minutes
- Soothing sand and background sounds
- Focus-boosting study timer
- Elegant and luxurious design
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Escape the hustle and bustle of daily life and enjoy a blissful reset for your mind and body. 3D Hourglass HD is a beautifully designed app featuring six stunning hourglasses, rendered with sophisticated 3D graphics. Enjoy the mesmerizing flow of sand from any angle in 360°, creating a perfect atmosphere for meditation, relaxation, and mindfulness practice. With a timer function ranging from 1 to 180 minutes, soothing sand sounds, and calming background music (or rain sounds), this app enhances your precious moments of tranquility. It also serves as a focus-boosting study timer, supporting productivity and relaxation. Designed with luxury and elegance in mind, 3D Hourglass HD brings a touch of refinement to your daily routine. Recommended for: - Those who practice meditation and mindfulness to find inner balance - Those seeking moments of relaxation and reset in their busy lives - Students and professionals looking for a stylish timer to improve focus during study or work - Those who appreciate elegant design and wish to create a premium relaxation space - Those who want to relieve stress and refresh their mind and body Enhance your daily life with a touch of ultimate relaxation and improved focus. Terms of Use: https://hosono-note15.web.app/policy/terms_en.html Privacy Policy: https://hosono-note15.web.app/policy/privacy_en.html
Loop Timer
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A simple interval timer that loops work and rest. Works with Apple Watch and the Dynamic Island. Set your times, tap start, and it loops automatically — for Tabata, HIIT, circuit training, stretching, or timing sets at the gym. ■ Always visible in the Dynamic Island and on the Lock Screen See the remaining time and current phase even while using other apps. The timer keeps running with the screen locked and alerts you with sound and vibration. ■ Apple Watch, right on your wrist Start, pause and skip from your Apple Watch while your iPhone stays in your bag. Phases are signalled by haptics. Both devices stay in sync and show the same remaining time. Live heart rate appears on the Watch, the iPhone and the Dynamic Island. ■ Apple Health Sessions are saved as HIIT workouts. With Apple Watch, heart rate and calories are recorded too. Review your history in the app: duration, energy, average and maximum heart rate. ■ Three counter styles • Digits — just a big number • Ring — the remaining time shrinks clockwise • Bars — a bar chart you can read at a glance Switch styles while running. Landscape is supported. ■ Sounds you can choose Three volume levels and three sounds (beep, chime, wood). Preview each one with a tap. ■ Fine control Adjust times in steps of 1, 5, 10 or 30 seconds — 23 seconds is no problem. ■ Two looks, nine languages Choose the gray or pastel theme. Available in English, Japanese, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Korean, Spanish, German, French and Portuguese. ■ Ready-made presets • Tabata 20s/10s × 8 rounds • HIIT 30s/30s × 10 rounds • 4020 40s/20s × 8 rounds × 2 sets • EMOM 50s/10s × 10 rounds ■ Free and unlocked The free version runs all four presets, lets you switch counter styles and shows the Dynamic Island. A one-time purchase (no subscription) unlocks: • Changing every duration • Saving your own named presets • Volume and sound choice • Apple Watch app with heart rate • Apple Health recording and workout history
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Loop Timer at every 3 days against 3D Hourglass Timer's every 6 weeks. 3D Hourglass Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. 3D Hourglass Timer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Loop Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
3D Hourglass Timer ships an update every 6 weeks, Loop Timer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 3D Hourglass Timer | Loop Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (28 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 28 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 177 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kyohei Hosono | YOSHIYUKI UEMATSU |
In-app purchases
3D Hourglass Timer
- Moon Timer$1.99
- Jellyfish Hourglass$1.99
Loop Timer
- Unlock custom timing$2.99
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