TimerBar vs ReadyTimer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Live progress bar
- Fullscreen clock
- Quick start, pause, restart, stop
- Remaining-time display option
- Always-on display support
- Premium themes and fonts
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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
ReadyTimer
This app helps you avoid being late by announcing the remaining time until departure at set intervals. It offers customizable voice announcements, presets for routines, and tracks your on-time streaks.
- Set departure time or duration
- Voice announcements at intervals
- Runs in background
- Multiple voice personalities
- Save routines as presets
- Track on-time streaks
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ReadyTimer is the simplest way to make sure you leave on time. Just enter the time you need to leave — or how many minutes you have — and ReadyTimer will announce the time remaining at your chosen interval. No more losing track while you're getting dressed, packing your bag, or doing your hair. HOW IT WORKS • Set your departure time or choose how many minutes you have • A voice announces the time left every 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 minutes • When you're out the door, tap "I'm Out" (optional) to mark it as on time WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE "Hey, you've got 15 minutes to get ready. Let's go!" "10 minutes left — how are you doing?" "3 minutes left. Wrap it up!" "1 minute! Out the door!" KEEPS ANNOUNCING EVEN WHEN YOU SWITCH APPS ReadyTimer runs in the background — so you can scroll, check messages, or play music and it will still announce your time out loud. It even plays over your music or podcasts without interrupting them. VOICE PERSONALITIES Choose from multiple AI voice personalities — from cheerful and encouraging to no-nonsense — so your reminders actually feel good to listen to. PRESETS Save your recurring routines as presets. One tap and you're ready to go. TRACK YOUR STREAK Every session is recorded in your history. See how many times you made it out on time and track your streak on the scoreboard. Nothing motivates like seeing your own data. ReadyTimer is for anyone who knows exactly when they need to leave but somehow always ends up rushing anyway.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ReadyTimer at none against TimerBar's 2. ReadyTimer also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). TimerBar's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, rating, ads 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. TimerBar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. ReadyTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TimerBar against 5.0 for ReadyTimer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
TimerBar ships an update fortnightly, ReadyTimer every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TimerBar | ReadyTimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hwechul Cho | Chuhe Wu |
Customer experience
TimerBar
ReadyTimer
In-app purchases
TimerBar
- TimerBar+ Monthly$0.991 Month
- TimerBar+ Yearly7 Days trial$4.991 Year
ReadyTimer
No in-app purchases









