Comparison

Visual Timer vs 1Task

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

Head to head
About

Visual Timer

This app offers a visually engaging countdown timer with multiple unique styles to represent the passage of time. Customize colors, backgrounds, and alarm sounds for various activities like focus work, cooking, or kids' routines.

Highlights
  • Nine unique visual timer styles
  • Customizable colors and backgrounds
  • Over 50 alarm sound options
  • Adjustable durations from seconds to hours
  • Presets and recent duration quick-picks
  • Designed for focus, cooking, kids, and workouts
Features
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Visual Timer - Time you can actually see Make every minute count with a timer that's actually worth looking at. Visual Timer turns the wait into the show: nine beautiful, hand-crafted styles that each visualize time in a different way. Pick your style: • Circular - a classic clock-face wedge that drains as time runs out • Liquid - a wave-tinted pool that drains as the clock ticks • Pixel - a grid of pixels disappears one by one • Rain - thousands of tiny grains rain down and pile up to fill the screen • Blocks - falling pieces stack up to fill the screen • Maze - a snake winds across the screen until it fills every cell • Rings - concentric rainbow rings, one per minute, leaving a colored trail • Sun - the sun arcs across the sky, drifting from dawn through dusk to night • Path - a dot glides along a trail — follow the built-in curve or draw your own • Spread - a colorful infection blooms from a few seeds until it fills the screen Make it yours: • Pick any color for the timer fill or background • Use your own photos as a backdrop or foreground • Choose from 50+ alarm sounds, from a gentle chime to a rooster • Custom durations from a few seconds to several hours • Quick-pick recent durations and built-in presets Built for any moment: • Focus and deep work - visual progress without distraction • Cooking - set it on the counter and just glance over • Kids - turn time-outs, brushing teeth, or screen-time limits into something they actually watch • Workouts - clear interval timing without staring at numbers • Meditation - calm, smooth visuals that don't pull attention • Studying - Pomodoro sessions that look like part of the desk A timer that feels at home on your phone. Designed top-to-bottom for iOS - Liquid Glass controls, fluid animations, and dark-mode-first aesthetics.

About

1Task

This productivity tool helps you concentrate on a single task at a time. Log your activities, track your focus sessions, and reflect on how different tasks impact your energy levels. Analyze your progress and identify what truly energizes you.

Highlights
  • Single-task focus timer
  • Activity logging
  • Session reflection
  • Streak tracking
  • Energy impact analysis
Features
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A focus timer that only lets you work on one thing at a time. Type what you're doing. A timer starts. When you're done, rate how it felt and add a note. Your reflections build up over time. Look back at your streaks, focus time, and figure out which tasks leave you energized or drained.

Screenshots

Visual Timer4 screens
1Task4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: 1Task at 5.0 against Visual Timer's 4.6. 1Task also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Visual Timer's advantage is ratings volume (46 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Visual Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and 1Task sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

1Task holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visual Timer has 46 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, 1Task every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and August 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Visual Timer versus 1Task: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual Timer1Task
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (46 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings46 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.4 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperApplorium LtdBrekky Labs, LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Visual Timer

One-time1
  • Visual Timer Unlock$5.99
3 purchases

1Task

One-time3
  • A kind tip$1.99
  • A generous tip$4.99
  • A lavish tip$9.99

Questions

Is Visual Timer free?
Visual Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 1Task free?
1Task is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Visual Timer or 1Task?
1Task is rated higher. Visual Timer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while 1Task averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Visual Timer or 1Task have ads?
Neither Visual Timer nor 1Task shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visual Timer or 1Task?
Visual Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, and 1Task every 4 days. Most recently, Visual Timer was updated on September 20, 2026 and 1Task on August 12, 2026.

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