Minimal Hourglass vs Tempra Ora
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Minimal Hourglass
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Minimal Hourglass is a simple and elegant visual timer app designed to help you stay focused without distractions. Watch time flow naturally with a beautifully animated hourglass timer that makes it easier to stay calm, centered, and productive. Whether youβre meditating, studying, cooking, or managing your childβs screen time, this sand timer provides a soothing and effective way to track time visually β without numbers or loud alarms. Key Features: β’ Minimalist hourglass animation with flowing sand β’ Multiple sand color options to match your mood or focus β’ Custom timer durations β set minutes and seconds freely β’ Elegant circular progress indicator β’ Simple one-tap start, pause, and reset controls β’ No internet required β works fully offline
Tempra Ora
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Track your time with elegance. Whether youβre training, studying, cooking, or working on creative projects, Tempra Ora is the perfect stopwatch with a large time display, and beautiful design. Control time with claps, by shaking the device, with gestures, or simply β¦ buttons. Ideal for runs, workouts of all kinds, cooking, and more! Tap once to start the time, tap again to stop, tap with two fingers to record laps, and long-press to reset. It's that simple. Elegant, minimal design, fluid animations, haptic precision, customizable themes, and different modes to control time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tempra Ora at none against Minimal Hourglass's shown. Tempra Ora also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 months). Minimal Hourglass's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Minimal Hourglass ships an update every 2 months, Tempra Ora every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Minimal Hourglass | Tempra Ora |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 days β better |
| Ads | Yes | No β better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 β better | 26.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seulki Eom | Christoph Fahlbusch |
In-app purchases
Minimal Hourglass
No in-app purchases
Tempra Ora
No in-app purchases
Questions
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