Comparison

TimerBar vs Visual Timer

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

Head to head
About

TimerBar

This app provides a clean, visual timer with a progress bar, ideal for presentations, meetings, or focused work sessions. Customize its appearance and control the timer with simple gestures. An optional premium version offers advanced themes and fonts.

Highlights
  • Live progress bar
  • Fullscreen clock
  • Quick start, pause, restart, stop
  • Remaining-time display option
  • Always-on display support
  • Premium themes and fonts
Features
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TimerBar is a minimal, beautiful clock with a live progress bar. It is perfect for presentations, meetings, focus sessions, and any timed workflow. Features: - Set a timer by duration or end time - Fullscreen clock with an elegant progress bar - Quick start, pause, restart, and stop controls - Optional remaining-time display - Always-on display support - TimerBar+ customization with premium themes, fonts, and colors Stay focused and stay in control with TimerBar. Terms of Use: https://asdftq.github.io/timerbar/terms.html

About

Visual Timer

This app offers a visually engaging countdown timer with multiple unique styles to represent the passage of time. Customize colors, backgrounds, and alarm sounds for various activities like focus work, cooking, or kids' routines.

Highlights
  • Nine unique visual timer styles
  • Customizable colors and backgrounds
  • Over 50 alarm sound options
  • Adjustable durations from seconds to hours
  • Presets and recent duration quick-picks
  • Designed for focus, cooking, kids, and workouts
Features
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Visual Timer - Time you can actually see Make every minute count with a timer that's actually worth looking at. Visual Timer turns the wait into the show: nine beautiful, hand-crafted styles that each visualize time in a different way. Pick your style: • Circular - a classic clock-face wedge that drains as time runs out • Liquid - a wave-tinted pool that drains as the clock ticks • Pixel - a grid of pixels disappears one by one • Rain - thousands of tiny grains rain down and pile up to fill the screen • Blocks - falling pieces stack up to fill the screen • Maze - a snake winds across the screen until it fills every cell • Rings - concentric rainbow rings, one per minute, leaving a colored trail • Sun - the sun arcs across the sky, drifting from dawn through dusk to night • Path - a dot glides along a trail — follow the built-in curve or draw your own • Spread - a colorful infection blooms from a few seeds until it fills the screen Make it yours: • Pick any color for the timer fill or background • Use your own photos as a backdrop or foreground • Choose from 50+ alarm sounds, from a gentle chime to a rooster • Custom durations from a few seconds to several hours • Quick-pick recent durations and built-in presets Built for any moment: • Focus and deep work - visual progress without distraction • Cooking - set it on the counter and just glance over • Kids - turn time-outs, brushing teeth, or screen-time limits into something they actually watch • Workouts - clear interval timing without staring at numbers • Meditation - calm, smooth visuals that don't pull attention • Studying - Pomodoro sessions that look like part of the desk A timer that feels at home on your phone. Designed top-to-bottom for iOS - Liquid Glass controls, fluid animations, and dark-mode-first aesthetics.

Screenshots

TimerBar4 screens
Visual Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TimerBar at 5.0 against Visual Timer's 4.6. Visual Timer's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and ratings volume (46 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. TimerBar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Visual Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TimerBar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Timer has 46 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimerBar ships an update fortnightly, Visual Timer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TimerBar versus Visual Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimerBarVisual Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.6 (46 ratings)
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings146 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHwechul ChoApplorium Ltd

Customer experience

TimerBar

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Visual Timer

All ratings46 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TimerBar

Subscriptions2
  • TimerBar+ Monthly$0.991 Month
  • TimerBar+ Yearly7 Days trial$4.991 Year
1 purchases

Visual Timer

One-time1
  • Visual Timer Unlock$5.99

Questions

Is TimerBar free?
TimerBar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Visual Timer free?
Visual Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TimerBar or Visual Timer?
TimerBar is rated higher. TimerBar averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Visual Timer averages 4.6 from 46 ratings.
Do TimerBar or Visual Timer have ads?
Neither TimerBar nor Visual Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimerBar or Visual Timer?
TimerBar ships an update fortnightly, and Visual Timer every 2 weeks. Most recently, TimerBar was updated on September 28, 2026 and Visual Timer on September 20, 2026.

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