Comparison

Flow Timer vs Chrono Planner

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

Head to head
About

Flow Timer

This app uses calming animations to help you focus and track time for various activities. Set custom durations, choose themes and sounds, and create interval timers for study or workouts. It offers a distraction-free experience for mindful timing.

Highlights
  • Peaceful countdown animations
  • Customizable timer durations
  • Named timers for specific uses
  • Calming background and timer sounds
  • Themed visual preferences
  • Interval timers for Pomodoro/HIIT
  • Timer session tracking and badges
Features
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Water climbs. Sand falls. A picture appears. Flow Timer is a visual timer: it shows you time instead of telling you. Water that climbs the glass as you go, a sand timer whose grains really fall, or a picture that paints itself while you work. Glance at it and you know how long is left — no numbers to read, no arithmetic. BUILT FOR TIME BLINDNESS When minutes feel invisible — as they often do for people with ADHD — a shape you can watch beats a number you have to interpret. That is the whole design. Nothing flashes, nothing nags, nothing demands a decision. The timer simply keeps being visible until it is done. A TIMER WORTH LOOKING AT Most timers are ugly because nobody expects you to watch them. This one is made to be watched: hand-drawn scenes, five colour palettes, an hourglass with real falling sand, calming sounds, and a zen mode that clears away everything but the time. Leave it running on a desk or a second screen and it earns its place. IN THE CLASSROOM AND AT HOME Big enough to read from the back row, clear enough for a child who cannot read a clock yet. Transitions, tests, quiet reading, toothbrushing, screen time, bedtime wind-down. A visual countdown ends the "how long left?" question without anyone having to answer it. ALSO A GOOD STUDY TIMER Set any duration, name it, start it in one tap. Build interval sessions for pomodoro study blocks, workouts or circuits. Streaks, badges, a heatmap and monthly trends record where your focus actually went, from your very first session. OFFLINE, AND STAYS THAT WAY No account, no sign-in, no analytics, no ads. Flow Timer collects nothing about you because it has nowhere to send it — everything stays on your device unless you export a backup yourself. Available in 15 languages. ONE PURCHASE, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION Free covers the liquid mode, the sand timer, intervals, every duration, most sounds and your daily statistics. Flow Timer Pro is an optional one-time purchase — never a subscription — adding canvas timers with your own photos, binaural beats and focus tones, your complete history, and backup export. Buy it once and it is yours for good. Built by one person who wanted a timer worth looking at.

About

Chrono Planner

Features
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Chrono is built on a simple idea: planning your life should lower your stress, not add to it. No red badges shouting at you. No guilt over yesterday's unfinished list. Just a calm, focused space where your tasks, calendar, and goals live together — with an AI planner that doesn't just talk about your day. It acts on it. Plan. Focus. Achieve. AN AI PLANNER THAT ACTUALLY DOES THINGS (PRO) Tell Chrono what's on your mind in plain language and watch the plan take shape. In one chat, the AI Planner can: • Create new tasks, move them to better times, and mark them complete • Delete what no longer matters • Create and update goals as your priorities shift No copying suggestions back and forth. You ask, Chrono does — like a thoughtful assistant tidying your week while you talk. A CALENDAR YOU'LL ACTUALLY ENJOY • Day, multi-day, month, and year views — zoom from this afternoon to the whole year • Drag to move or resize anything, so replanning takes seconds • Overlay your Apple Calendar and see everything in one place Planning your week becomes a quiet two-minute ritual instead of a chore. TASKS THAT DON'T NAG • Capture everything in seconds, then let it go • Recurring tasks for the things that come back every day, week, or month • Priorities and categories that keep your list tidy In Chrono, an unfinished task is a plan to adjust — never a failure. GOALS THAT MOVE FORWARD Big ambitions become doable when they're connected to daily action. Link tasks to your goals and watch progress build steadily — small steps, clearly visible. FOCUS WITHOUT FRICTION Start a Pomodoro focus session and follow it right from your Lock Screen with Live Activities. Put your phone face down and stay in flow. A CALM WEEKLY RESET (PRO) Close each week with gentle insights into what you accomplished and what to carry forward. Reflection, not judgment — so every week starts with a clear head. EVERYWHERE YOU NEED IT • Home screen widget for a glanceable view of your day • Siri shortcuts to add tasks hands-free • Face ID app lock to keep your plans private • Works fully offline — your plans are always with you CHRONO PRO The AI Planner and Weekly Review are part of Chrono Pro, available as a monthly or yearly subscription. Everything else — tasks, calendar, goals, focus timer, widget, and Siri shortcuts — is included from the start. Payment is charged to your App Store account, and subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel anytime in your App Store settings. Productivity tools often borrow their energy from anxiety — streaks to protect, alarms to silence, red numbers to clear. Chrono takes the opposite path. Calm is the whole point: when your plan feels lighter, you actually follow it. Learn more at getchrono.app Terms of Use (EULA): https://getchrono.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://getchrono.app/privacy.html

Screenshots

Flow Timer4 screens
Chrono Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Flow Timer at none against Chrono Planner's 2. 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. Chrono Planner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Flow Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Flow Timer versus Chrono Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlow TimerChrono Planner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCodejuno LtdLuc Boreas

In-app purchases

None

Flow Timer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Chrono Planner

Subscriptions2
  • Chrono Pro7 Days trial$8.991 Month
  • Chrono Pro7 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Flow Timer free?
Flow Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chrono Planner free?
Chrono Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flow Timer or Chrono Planner have ads?
Neither Flow Timer nor Chrono Planner shows ads.

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