Comparison

Haptic Vibration Timer vs BeatSleep

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

Head to head
About

Haptic Vibration Timer

This app transforms your Apple Watch into a customizable haptic timer. Set repeating intervals or continuous notifications for fitness, reminders, or productivity, all while running independently on your watch.

Highlights
  • Customizable timer durations
  • Flexible haptic intervals
  • Multiple haptic patterns
  • Background operation
  • Watch Complications support
  • Intuitive interface
Features
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Haptic Vibration Timer – Custom Vibration Alerts Transform your Apple Watch into a precise haptic timer with customisable vibration patterns. Set repeating intervals or continuous notifications that work seamlessly in the background. Perfect for fitness intervals, medication reminders, productivity sessions, or any activity requiring hands-free timing. The app runs independently on your Apple Watch, so you’ll never miss a beat even when your iPhone is away. Please note: The iPhone app is provided for managing settings and preferences only. It does not include standalone timer functionality—your Apple Watch is required to use the core features. Key Features: - Fully customisable timer durations (seconds, minutes, or hours) - Flexible haptic intervals (set to any second, minute, or hour value you prefer) - Multiple haptic patterns (success, notification, directional pulses) - Background operation with extended runtime - Cross-device sync between iPhone and Apple Watch - Clean, intuitive interface - Watch Complications

About

BeatSleep

Features
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BeatSleep does one thing. Your Apple Watch reads your heart, then vibrates on your wrist just under your own rate. Your pulse follows the vibration down, and you fall asleep. No sound, and nothing to watch. The screen exists only to prove it is working, and it fades away once you no longer need it. HOW A NIGHT GOES For the first 45 seconds nothing vibrates, while BeatSleep measures the rate you are actually resting at. Then the cadence anchors there and sheds four beats every ten minutes, staying just under your pulse: far enough to lead, close enough to be followed. If a noise wakes you, it stops pulling and re-anchors to your real heartbeat within a minute. Apple Watch gives an app only a handful of vibration patterns, and most carry a tone through the speaker. BeatSleep uses the one that does not, so the person beside you sleeps through your night. The night closes itself five minutes after your pulse has settled. A hard fifteen minutes, or the whole night, are yours to set instead. IN THE MORNING Health will tell you that you slept seven hours. BeatSleep will tell you that forty minutes of them were awake in eleven separate pieces, how long you took to fall asleep, and how far your pulse fell below your resting rate. It reads Apple Health, so there is something to show you on the very first morning. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN A widget that leads with the figure you choose: how long the descent took, the nights in a row, the lowest rate you held, or how closely your pulse followed the vibration. And every night is in Spotlight, so you can ask for one in your own words and open it. The index is built on your device and stays there. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR DEVICES No account. No server. No analytics, no advertising identifiers and no third-party SDKs. Your heart rate is read from HealthKit on the watch, the summary is computed there overnight, and it travels to your iPhone over Apple's encrypted device link. If you turn on iCloud sync, your nights go to your own private iCloud, in encrypted fields, never to us. You can export everything as a file, or erase it for good, at any time. BEATSLEEP PRO Free leads three nights in any seven days, and they are whole nights: the same descent, the same failsafe, the same morning summary. Pro lifts the count to every night, and adds your full history, every month behind you, the Thrum and Hush waveforms, a breath with your own four counts, iCloud sync, and the rest of the colors. BeatSleep Pro is €3.99 a month or €24.99 a year, billed to your Apple Account and renewing until you cancel, which you can do at any time in Settings. Terms of Use: https://javi7899.github.io/beatsleep-web/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://javi7899.github.io/beatsleep-web/privacy.html Requires an Apple Watch. BeatSleep is not a medical device: it does not diagnose, treat or prevent any condition.

Screenshots

Haptic Vibration Timer4 screens
BeatSleep4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BeatSleep at Free against Haptic Vibration Timer's $0.99. BeatSleep also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks). Haptic Vibration Timer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#55 vs unranked). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

BeatSleep is free to download; Haptic Vibration Timer costs $0.99 up front. BeatSleep sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Haptic Vibration Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Haptic Vibration Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, BeatSleep every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Haptic Vibration Timer versus BeatSleep: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHaptic Vibration TimerBeatSleep
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating2.7 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
Best chart rank#55 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.217.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCumulus Coding LtdJavier Torres Rubio

In-app purchases

None

Haptic Vibration Timer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

BeatSleep

Subscriptions2
  • BeatSleep Pro$3.991 Month
  • BeatSleep Pro$22.991 Year

Questions

Is Haptic Vibration Timer free?
Haptic Vibration Timer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BeatSleep free?
BeatSleep is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Haptic Vibration Timer or BeatSleep have ads?
Neither Haptic Vibration Timer nor BeatSleep shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Haptic Vibration Timer or BeatSleep?
Haptic Vibration Timer ships an update every 2 weeks, and BeatSleep every 2 days. Most recently, Haptic Vibration Timer was updated on September 22, 2026 and BeatSleep on September 30, 2026.

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