Visual Timer vs FlowTimer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
FlowTimer
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See your remaining time at a glance — a bold number, a full-screen segment meter, and color that shifts as time runs out. A minimal, focused visual timer for iPhone and iPad. WHY YOU'LL USE IT • Study or work sessions, including Pomodoro-style intervals • Kids' routines, classrooms, and special-needs support — make "how much longer" visible • Anyone who finds it hard to sense time passing • Cooking, workouts, breaks — anything you need to time • You just want a clean, satisfying timer with nothing extra FEATURES • Wall-clock accurate countdown — stays correct even after returning from the background • Full-screen segment meter shows remaining time at a glance • Smooth color shift as time runs low (teal → amber → orange → red) • Interval mode for repeating work/break cycles (Pomodoro-style) • Weekly report to review how you've been using your time • Live Activity and Lock Screen support to track progress at a glance • Home Screen widget — start a saved timer with one tap • Notification, sound, and haptic feedback when time's up • Built for iPhone and iPad, in English and Japanese A no-frills timer you can actually rely on. TERMS & PRIVACY • Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://flow-timer.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FlowTimer at none against Visual Timer's 1. FlowTimer also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). Visual Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (18.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Visual Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FlowTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Visual Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, FlowTimer every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visual Timer | FlowTimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (46 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 46 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Applorium Ltd | CLEARBIX WORKS |
In-app purchases
Visual Timer
- Visual Timer Unlock$5.99
FlowTimer
No in-app purchases









