Comparison

Visual Timer for Kids vs Wedge

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

Head to head
About

Visual Timer for Kids

This app provides a visual countdown timer designed for young children, helping them understand time remaining and upcoming activities. It uses clear visuals and a sticker reward system to make transitions and routines easier for toddlers and preschoolers.

Highlights
  • Visual countdown timer
  • First-Then activity sequencing
  • Sticker rewards upon completion
  • Customizable photos for activities
  • Home Screen widgets
  • Parent Lock feature
Features
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Help your child see how much time is left—and what comes next. Duckie is a visual timer for toddlers and preschoolers. A clear visual countdown makes “two minutes” or “five more minutes” easier to follow, even before kids can read numbers. FOR EVERYDAY MOMENTS • Five more minutes of play • Putting toys away • Brushing teeth • Getting dressed and ready to leave • Taking turns and waiting • Potty practice • Getting ready for bed SHOW WHAT COMES NEXT Use First-Then mode to show two activities together: First: Put toys away. Then: Story time. Give your child a clear picture of what to do now and what follows. A LITTLE REWARD AT THE FINISH Complete a timer and collect a sticker. Give your child something to look forward to when the countdown ends. MAKE IT FAMILIAR Use custom photos for everyday activities. Start familiar timers from Home Screen widgets, and use Parent Lock to help prevent accidental changes. No ads. No subscriptions. A one-time purchase unlocks full access. From two minutes of brushing to five minutes of cleanup, Duckie gives your child time they can see.

About

Wedge

This app provides a visual countdown timer that shrinks like a colored wedge, making time remaining clear at a glance. It features a hidden picture that is revealed as time elapses, perfect for engaging children and adults alike. Designed for focus and time management, it's ad-free and privacy-focused.

Highlights
  • Visual wedge countdown
  • Hidden picture reveal
  • Customizable presets
  • Gentle alarm sounds
  • Kid-lock feature
  • Live Activity integration
  • Siri and Shortcuts support
Features
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A visual countdown timer you can read from across the room. A coloured wedge shrinks as the time runs out, so anyone can see how much is left at a glance. No reading a clock. No arithmetic. That one idea is why visual timers are standard equipment in classrooms and therapy rooms: for children who cannot tell the time yet, for anyone with ADHD and time blindness, and in occupational therapy and special education, where "five more minutes" means nothing but "when the red is gone" means everything. HIDE A PICTURE UNDERNEATH Turn on a hidden picture and the disc starts fully covered. As the wedge retreats, the picture underneath is uncovered a slice at a time, finishing exactly when the timer does. A child who will not watch a countdown will watch a dinosaur arrive. Thirty pictures and thirty backgrounds, and they are not all for small children. The set runs from cartoon dinosaurs and rockets through to a mandala, a koi pond and a nebula, so the same reveal works for a teenager or for an adult holding their own focus. All of it is off by default, because a classroom wants the plain disc and that room comes first. NO ADS. NOT NOW, NOT LATER. This app is built to be handed to a seven-year-old. No adverts. No pop-ups. No tracking. No account to create. Nothing is ever sent to a server, because there is no server. Your presets and settings stay on your device. WHAT'S INSIDE • A large, calm dial that reads clearly from the back of a classroom • Drag the disc to set any time up to an hour, or tap a saved preset • Presets with their own names and colours, so "Reading 20" is one tap • Ten alarm sounds, six of them deliberately gentle, because one harsh beep is wrong for a sensory-sensitive room • Kid-lock freezes the screen mid-session so nobody can stop the timer • A Live Activity keeps the countdown on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Siri and Shortcuts • Keep the screen awake while a timer runs • Seven disc colours • Keeps perfect time while backgrounded, locked, or fully closed • iPhone and iPad, portrait and landscape BUILT FOR REAL ROOMS Teachers use it for transitions, centres and independent work. Occupational therapists use it for sessions, turn-taking and regulation. Parents use it for screen time, tooth brushing, homework and getting out of the door. Adults use it for focus blocks, study sprints and breaking long tasks down. ACCESSIBILITY IS NOT AN AFTERTHOUGHT Full VoiceOver labels on the dial and every control. Dynamic Type throughout. Reduced Motion honoured. State is never shown by colour alone, so the timer still reads for colour-blind users and for a child who is not tracking the colour at all. HONEST PRICING Five complete timers free, with every feature turned on. Not a crippled trial. Then one quiet one-time purchase and it is yours, including every future update. No subscription. No renewals. No upsells. No "premium" tier that switches off something you already paid for. Family Sharing included.

Screenshots

Visual Timer for Kids4 screens
Wedge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Wedge at every 2 days against Visual Timer for Kids's every 2 weeks. Visual Timer for Kids's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 for Kids sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Wedge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Visual Timer for Kids against 5.0 for Wedge. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual Timer for Kids ships an update every 2 weeks, Wedge every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Visual Timer for Kids versus Wedge: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual Timer for KidsWedge
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size102 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer栋 王Chad Berry

Customer experience

Visual Timer for Kids

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Wedge

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Visual Timer for Kids

One-time2
  • Limited-Time Full Unlock$8.99
  • Pro Unlock$12.99
1 purchases

Wedge

One-time1
  • Wedge Unlocked$5.99

Questions

Is Visual Timer for Kids free?
Visual Timer for Kids is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wedge free?
Wedge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Visual Timer for Kids or Wedge?
Visual Timer for Kids and Wedge are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Visual Timer for Kids or Wedge have ads?
Neither Visual Timer for Kids nor Wedge shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Visual Timer for Kids or Wedge?
Visual Timer for Kids ships an update every 2 weeks, and Wedge every 2 days. Most recently, Visual Timer for Kids was updated on October 30, 2026 and Wedge on October 24, 2026.

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