Comparison

Clocks vs Better Timer

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

Head to head
About

Clocks

Transform your device into a beautiful clock and weather display. Offers customizable clocks, animated backgrounds, and font options for a personalized experience. It's a private, ad-free alternative to standby modes, with optional matching screensavers for macOS.

Highlights
  • Animated backgrounds
  • Customizable clock variations
  • Font and color options
  • Private and ad-free
  • MacOS screensaver sync
  • Shortcuts support
Features
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The Clocks app transforms your phone, tablet, or mac into a beautiful clock display, perfect for any home office, bedroom, or studio. It's perfect as an alternative to Standby Mode with even more options: ◎ 28+ gorgeous and intentionally designed animated backgrounds ◎ 15+ variations of clocks you can pair in any combination ◎ Some font and font color options for more personalization ◎ Private, no ads. Designed to be simple and stunning. ◎ Pro Park includes a download for matching screen savers on MacOS so your display can match across your entire work setup. ◎ Three clocks and three backgrounds are usable for free! ◎ Best used on a MagSafe charger, but also works on phones without it. ◎ Shortcuts support to allow Clocks to open automatically when connected to a charger Does Clocks open automatically? Not by default, but within Settings there's a tutorial on how to set it up using Shortcuts. Does Clocks replace Standby mode? We think Clocks is better fitted for daytime use and the official Standby for night time. Will you release more packs in the future? Yes! I plan on designing more backgrounds and clocks in future updates, some which will be free some which will be paid (but affordable). Roadmap - Coming soon: - Timers - More font options and settings

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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Run multiple timers at once, build repeating routines, and customize everything with a cute pastel design. The multi timer app for cooking, workouts, focus sessions, and more. WHAT MAKES BETTER TIMER DIFFERENT Unlike basic countdown apps, Better Timer is a full-featured multi timer and routine builder: • Run multiple timers simultaneously — time your eggs, pasta, and tea all at once • Build repeat and loop routines — Pomodoro cycles, HIIT rounds, morning routine • Customize every timer with 16 cute pastel colors, icons, and completion sounds • Start any timer from Control Center, Siri, or Shortcuts — no need to open the app PERFECT FOR Egg timer & cooking — run multiple kitchen timers side by side Round timer & workouts — build HIIT, Tabata, and circuit training rounds Repeat timer & focus — Pomodoro study sessions with automatic loop Morning & evening routines — chain steps with custom durations Meditation & nap timer — preset timers with calming sounds Stretch & break reminders — loop through work-rest intervals KEY FEATURES - Multi Timer — Run unlimited countdown timers at the same time - Routine Builder — Chain multiple steps with drag-and-drop reordering - Repeat & Loop — Set per-step repeats or loop entire routines automatically - Round Timer — Perfect for workout rounds, intervals, and circuits - Egg Timer & Presets — Save your favorites with custom name, color, icon, and sound - Quick Timer — Tap to start 1, 5, 10, or 30 minute timers instantly - Cute Pastel Design — 16 soft colors with beautiful ring animations - Dark Mode — Gorgeous in light and dark - Control Center Widget — Start any preset directly from Control Center (iOS 18+) - Siri Shortcuts — "Start Pomodoro in Better Timer" - Smart Notifications — Repeated alerts so you never miss a timer - Background Safe — Timers keep running accurately when the app is closed FREE & PRIVATE No ads. No subscriptions. No account required. No data collected. Just a beautifully simple timer app.

Screenshots

Clocks4 screens
Better Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Better Timer at 100% against Clocks's 60%. Better Timer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Clocks's advantage is ratings volume (435 vs 2) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, device support 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. Clocks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Better Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Better Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clocks has 435 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Clocks's written reviews are positive against 100% of Better Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Clocks ships an update every 3 days, Better Timer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Clocks versus Better Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClocksBetter Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (435 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings435 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.417.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel DestefanisHung Nguyen

Customer experience

Clocks

All ratings435 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative6.9%
Written reviews86 reviews
Positive60.5%
Neutral16.3%
Negative23.3%

Better Timer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Clocks

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Infinite loop of pop-up ads when trying to use the app

Requested features

3 requests
  • Timer with start/stop functionality
  • Numbered screen savers for easier selection
  • Widget support

Better Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Clocks

One-time1
  • Clocks Pro Pack$3.99
None

Better Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clocks free?
Clocks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Better Timer free?
Better Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Clocks or Better Timer?
Better Timer is rated higher. Clocks averages 4.6 out of 5 from 435 ratings, while Better Timer averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Clocks or Better Timer have ads?
Neither Clocks nor Better Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Clocks or Better Timer?
Clocks ships an update every 3 days, and Better Timer every 2 weeks. Most recently, Clocks was updated on October 15, 2026 and Better Timer on October 3, 2026.

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