Donut timer vs Karui Notifications
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Donut timer
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Donut Presentation Timer An intuitive timer app designed for smart time management in presentations, speeches, seminars, classes, cooking, cleaning, and more. With a beautiful donut-shaped visual, you can see your time allocation for each section at a glance. Key Features ■ Intuitive Donut-Shaped Timer Visualize your entire schedule with a color-coded donut chart. See which section you are currently in and how much time remains—instantly and clearly. ■ Flexible Section-Based Timing Create multiple sections to match the flow of your presentation. Assign a name, duration, and color to each section for precise control. ■ Lap Time Tracking Record actual presentation times with the built-in lap time feature. Compare planned time and actual progress in real time to stay on track. ■ Save Timer Presets Save frequently used timer setups with custom names. Quickly reuse the same configuration for recurring presentations or meetings. ■ Customizable Design Choose from over 10 color themes. Customize the look of your timer to match your style or the occasion. ■ Completion Notifications Get notified with sound and vibration when a section ends or the timer finishes. Stay aware of time even when you’re not looking at the screen. Perfect For Presenters and public speakers Teachers and instructors running classes or seminars Meeting and workshop facilitators Students and anyone who wants better time awareness People who want to time cleaning sessions efficiently Anyone who keeps burning their stew Anyone giving presentations with multiple sections Even if time management isn’t your strong suit, this app helps you stay focused and confident. Upgrade your presentations with a functional and elegant donut-shaped timer—and deliver like a professional.
Karui Notifications
This app provides a unified notification history for all your applications, allowing you to view deleted messages and filter out spam. It offers VIP contact prioritization, emergency alarms, and auto-replies for specific situations. The app processes notifications privately on your device, ensuring your data remains secure.
- View unsent messages
- Unified notification history
- VIP contact prioritization
- Emergency alarm feature
- Spam and promotion filtering
- Auto-reply functionality
- Notification translation
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Read unsent messages: when someone takes a message back, it’s still in Karui. Takes about a minute to set up. Every app’s notifications in one searchable history. Your VIP contacts always get through your Focus, from any app. Wake Me: people you choose can ring an alarm in an emergency, even when your iPhone is silenced. Spam and promotions are silenced, judged by the actual message, not the app. One-time codes are never silenced. Several quick messages from one person arrive as one notification. Auto Reply: tells your VIPs you’re driving, in a meeting, or asleep, and that you’ll reply later. Automatically translate notifications into your language. Deadline reminders: when a notification asks for something by a certain day, Karui reminds you the day before. How it works: Karui evaluates notifications privately on your iPhone, using your important contacts and calendar info, and decides whether to show them or hide them. Setup: you add the Karui Shortcut from a link, which takes about a minute and is all you need to read unsent messages. To filter spam, you also choose a Focus that keeps your other apps quiet. Karui guides you through both. Spam filtering and deadline reminders require Apple Intelligence to be supported and turned on. Viewing unsent messages works without it. Privacy: Karui runs privately on your iPhone with Apple Intelligence, using Apple’s on-device model, so your notifications stay on your device. The optional Second Opinion feature, off by default, sends a notification’s text to Apple’s Private Cloud Compute when you turn it on. Karui has no server, does not require an account, and sends zero analytics.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Karui Notifications at none against Donut timer's 1. Karui Notifications also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). Donut timer's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 27.0). On price 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. Donut timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Karui Notifications asks for nothing beyond the download.
Donut timer ships an update every 5 days, Karui Notifications daily. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Donut timer | Karui Notifications |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiroyuki Kako | Justin Henry Garcia |
In-app purchases
Donut timer
- 広告永久削除$2.99
Karui Notifications
No in-app purchases
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