Simply Multi Timer vs Been A Minute
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simply Multi Timer
Manage multiple countdown timers simultaneously on a single screen for various daily tasks like cooking, studying, or workouts. Save custom timer sets as favorites for quick access and enjoy a clear, easy-to-use interface with customizable themes and alarm sounds.
- Multiple timers on one screen
- Simultaneous and sequential timer operation
- Save custom timer sets as favorites
- Customizable names and durations
- Portrait and landscape layouts
- Light and dark themes
- 11 alarm sounds
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Multiple timers. One screen. Your daily routine. Simply Multi Timer is a multi-timer app for cooking, studying, workouts and everyday tasks. Keep several countdown timers in view, start them together for parallel tasks, or run them sequentially for a step-by-step routine. RUN TIMERS YOUR WAY • Start, pause, resume and reset individual timers. • Start multiple timers simultaneously and track each task’s remaining time. • Run timers sequentially for focus and breaks, or exercise and recovery. Use your own durations for Pomodoro study sessions and interval workouts. SAVE YOUR FAVORITES Customize timer names and durations, then save timer sets as favorites. Bring back your setup for cooking, brewing coffee, studying or working out without entering everything again. CLEAR TO SEE, EASY TO HEAR • Timer cards on one screen, with portrait and landscape layouts • Light and dark themes • 11 alarm sounds and timer-completion notifications • A guide to help you get started • English, Korean, Japanese, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, French and Spanish CHOOSE HOW TO UNLOCK MORE Start for free, with ads and in-app purchases. Complete one rewarded ad and receive the reward to unlock all features and enjoy 12 hours without video ads. Simply Multi Timer Pro is available as a monthly auto-renewing subscription or a lifetime purchase. Check prices and terms on the purchase screen, and restore previous purchases. Notifications and background alarms depend on your device’s permissions and system settings. Made with LOVE in Canada.
Been A Minute
This app helps you track the time elapsed since you last performed a specific action. Log an event once, and it will count the time until you reset it, providing a simple way to remember when things last happened. It offers widgets and optional gentle nudges for milestones.
- Track time since last event
- One-tap reset with visual feedback
- Detailed history and breakdown
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Optional milestone nudges
- No account or tracking required
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You know that thing you definitely did recently? It's been a minute. Been A Minute tracks the time since the last time anything happened. Watered the plant. Called your mom. Changed the air filter. Went to the gym. You log it once, and the app quietly counts up from there — no streaks to break, no daily nags, no guilt. Just an honest number and a calendar that remembers better than you do. Tap "I JUST DID IT" and the counter resets to zero with a satisfying comic BAM. The old stretch gets banked to your history, so you can finally answer the eternal question: wait… how long HAS it been? — TRACK ANYTHING — Habits you're proud of, chores you're avoiding, the oil change you keep postponing. Every entry is just "time since last reset." You decide whether that's a win or a wake-up call — pick an emoji and a color to set the mood. — I JUST DID IT — One tap resets the clock and bursts the screen. The elapsed stretch lands in your history, so the record builds itself. — SEE THE STORY — A full-bleed detail screen for every entry: the live counter, an exact breakdown ("1y · 2mo · 14d"), how many times you've reset, and a dry little voice line that has opinions about your life choices. — WIDGETS — Home screen and lock screen widgets put the count right where you'll see it. The plant doesn't water itself, but at least now you'll know. — GENTLE MILESTONE NUDGES — Optional notifications at 1 week, 1 month, 6 months, and 1 year. No daily pestering — just the calendar tapping you on the shoulder when it's genuinely been a while. Off by default. — YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS — No account. No sign-up. No tracking. No ads. Everything stays on your device and syncs across your own Apple devices through your private iCloud. We don't collect your data because we never see it. Track the things. Forget less. It's been a minute — let's find out exactly how long.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Been A Minute at none against Simply Multi Timer's 2. Been A Minute also leads on ads (none vs shown). Simply Multi Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Simply Multi Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Been A Minute asks for nothing beyond the download.
Simply Multi Timer ships an update every 3 weeks, Been A Minute every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simply Multi Timer | Been A Minute |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jisu Jung | Aditya Goswami |
Customer experience
Simply Multi Timer
Been A Minute
In-app purchases
Simply Multi Timer
- One-Month Pass$2.991 Month
- Lifetime Pass (Remove Ads)$5.99
Been A Minute
No in-app purchases
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