Hacking Timer vs Haptica
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hacking Timer
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Time Hack marks time at 30-minute or 1-hour intervals within your selected hours and days. Choose repeating iPhone alarms or notifications that run on Apple Watch. Repeating iPhone alarms (iOS 26 or later) • AlarmKit stores the selected times and weekdays as a schedule that repeats every week. • Choose a 30-minute or 1-hour interval and one alert timing: at the scheduled time or a chosen number of minutes before it. • Select weekdays, weekends, or every day and set your operating hours. • Overnight windows and 24-hour operation are supported. • Alert times also stay inside the operating window. • The next alarm displays the nearest future time from the registered weekly schedule. • Stop silences the current alarm; Off also removes future alarms. • Alarm authorization is required on iPhone. These audible alarms can sound during Focus and Silent Mode. Apple Watch notifications • Configure times, days, and vibration patterns directly on Watch. • Choose one alert timing and a 30-minute or 1-hour interval. • Schedules that fit the system's notification budget repeat automatically. • Larger schedules reserve the nearest notifications first and refill when the app opens or receives a background refresh. This mode needs opportunities to refill. • Switching to iPhone alarms waits for Watch notifications to be removed. Changes remain pending while communication is unavailable. • Presentation of iPhone alarms on Watch depends on the connection, OS, and system settings. Requirements The iPhone app requires iOS 17 or later. iPhone alarms require iOS 26 or later. Standalone Watch notifications require watchOS 11.4 or later. No account or subscription is required. Settings stay on your devices and synchronize between iPhone and Watch. No developer data collection or advertising tracking.
Haptica
This app provides silent, vibration-based timing for your Apple Watch. It helps you stay on schedule with subtle haptic cues, ideal for meetings, presentations, workouts, and focus sessions without disruptive alarms.
- Silent, vibration-based time cues
- Discreet timing without sound
- Reduced screen checking
- Fast timer setup
- Ideal for professional and personal use
- Supports focus sessions and workouts
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Haptica is a silent Apple Watch timer that helps you feel time without sound, alarms, or constant screen checks. Stay on schedule with subtle haptic cues on your wrist, so you can manage time discreetly while staying focused, present, and professional. Use Haptica when a loud alarm would be distracting, awkward, or disruptive. It is built for meetings, presentations, patient visits, clinical workflows, focus sessions, workouts, intervals, and Pomodoro-style timing. Feel time without interrupting the moment Most timers demand attention. Haptica is designed to keep you aware of time without pulling you away from what you are doing. Use it to: • Stay on time without checking your phone • Feel quiet time cues through Apple Watch • Avoid disruptive alarms in professional settings • Keep meetings, visits, and presentations moving • Stay focused during deep work or study sessions • Time workouts, intervals, circuits, and rest periods • Manage Pomodoro sessions without breaking flow Built for professional and personal use Haptica is especially helpful when timing matters, but sound is not the right answer. Perfect for: • Clinicians managing patient visits • Presenters and public speakers • Professionals in meetings • Teachers, coaches, and trainers • Students and deep work sessions • Fitness, intervals, and Tabata-style workouts • Anyone who wants a quiet, discreet timer Why people use Haptica • Silent Apple Watch timer • Haptic and vibration-based time cues • Discreet timing without sound • Less screen checking • Simple, fast timer setup • Useful for work, health, fitness, and focus • Designed for moments where normal alarms do not fit A better way to stay on time Haptica helps you stay aware without looking distracted, interrupting a room, or breaking your concentration. Whether you are seeing a patient, leading a meeting, giving a presentation, studying, working out, or managing focused work blocks, Haptica gives you a quiet way to stay on track. Feel time. Stay present. Keep moving. Apple watch should remain in Silent Mode when using Haptica Timer
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hacking Timer at none against Haptica's 3. Haptica's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 5 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Haptica sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year. Hacking Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hacking Timer ships an update every 5 weeks, Haptica every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hacking Timer | Haptica |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | hiroaki yuasa | Forgio Technologies, LLC |
In-app purchases
Hacking Timer
No in-app purchases
Haptica
- Haptica Pro (Annual)3 Days trial$4.991 Year
- 2-Day Free TrialFree
- Haptica Timer - Lifetime$9.99







