Comparison

Minimal Hourglass vs Tempra Ora

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

Head to head
About

Minimal Hourglass

Features
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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 you’re meditating, studying, cooking, or managing your child’s 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 – set minutes and seconds freely β€’ Elegant circular progress indicator β€’ Simple one-tap start, pause, and reset controls β€’ No internet required – works fully offline

About

Tempra Ora

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Track your time with elegance. Whether you’re 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 … 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.

Screenshots

Minimal Hourglass4 screens
Tempra Ora4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 2 level
Minimal Hourglass versus Tempra Ora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMinimal HourglassTempra Ora
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size37 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeulki EomChristoph Fahlbusch

In-app purchases

None

Minimal Hourglass

No in-app purchases

None

Tempra Ora

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Minimal Hourglass free?
Minimal Hourglass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tempra Ora free?
Tempra Ora is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Minimal Hourglass or Tempra Ora have ads?
Minimal Hourglass shows ads; Tempra Ora does not.
Which is updated more often, Minimal Hourglass or Tempra Ora?
Minimal Hourglass ships an update every 2 months, and Tempra Ora every 2 days. Most recently, Minimal Hourglass was updated on November 4, 2026 and Tempra Ora on October 30, 2026.

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