Comparison

Pento Timer vs Dawnboard

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

Head to head
About

Pento Timer

Features
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Pento Timer is a simple and intuitive timer app that lets you see both the current time and your timer at a glance. - View an analog clock and timer together on a single screen - Set timers instantly with a single tap - See remaining time, current time, and your task all in one place - Get notified with alerts and haptic feedback when your timer ends - Personalize your experience with a variety of themes Stay focused, boost your productivity, and manage your time effortlessly with Pento Timer!

About

Dawnboard

Transform your Apple TV into a dynamic dashboard. Customize layouts, themes, and widgets like calendars, photos, and music playlists. Control it all from your iPhone for a personalized viewing experience.

Highlights
  • Customizable layouts and themes
  • Widget support (calendar, photos, music)
  • iPhone remote control
  • Animated themes
  • OLED burn-in protection
  • Countdown timers
  • Visual effects
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Dawnboard turns your Apple TV into a dashboard for the things you want to keep in view. Set it up on your iPhone, then send changes to the TV over your local network. Dawnboard is free to use. Layouts and themes Choose from six layouts: Gallery Hero, Triple Portrait, Quad Square, Mixed Gallery, Cinematic, and Ambient. Each layout has slots that you fill with widgets. Dawnboard includes 19 animated themes: New Dawn, Twilight, Ocean Breeze, Aurora, Outer Space, Enchanted Mist, Underwater Kingdom, Winter Wonder, Golden Hour, Valentine, Tiki Paradise, Moss Cathedral, River Canyon, Moss & Rain, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Spring Blossoms, Fall, and Halloween. You can also make a theme with a nine-color gradient. The display includes OLED burn-in protection. Display styles Choose Classic, Cozy, Weather, Day Planner, Countdown, or Minimal to control what appears in the header and footer. Widgets Add countdowns, calendar events, weather, lists, photo albums, or an Apple Music playlist to any compatible slot. Calendar Import events from Apple Calendar on your iPhone. Eight agenda and month views preserve your calendar colors, and you can choose whether to show locations and past events. Photos An album can hold up to 25 images. Vision-based auto-cropping handles landscape, portrait, square, and cinematic formats, with a separate crop for each format. Albums play as a crossfade slideshow on the TV. Countdowns Create a countdown with its own image. Dawnboard can send a daily reminder and another reminder on the day before the event. Effects Trigger Pixie Dust, Shooting Stars, Sparkles, Fireworks, Confetti, or Lanterns from the Command Center on your iPhone. Fireworks has eight show patterns. You can also leave the pixie sprite running and adjust the effect intensity. Apple Music Assign a playlist to each paired Apple TV and control playback from the TV remote. Pairing and sync Scan the QR code on the TV to pair it with your iPhone. Changes normally appear in under a second over Wi-Fi. You can manage more than one TV and give each one a different layout and theme. Privacy Dawnboard does not require a separate account and does not contain ads. Your data stays in your private iCloud account, and local network sync is encrypted. The iPhone and Apple TV can use different iCloud accounts. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://dawnboard.com/privacy/

Screenshots

Pento Timer4 screens
Dawnboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pento Timer at weekly against Dawnboard's every 2 weeks. Pento Timer also leads on iOS requirement (18.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pento Timer ships an update weekly, Dawnboard every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Pento Timer versus Dawnboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPento TimerDawnboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple TV
Requires iOS18.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSun Min ParkMoxiebytes LLC

In-app purchases

None

Pento Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Dawnboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pento Timer free?
Pento Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dawnboard free?
Dawnboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pento Timer or Dawnboard have ads?
Neither Pento Timer nor Dawnboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pento Timer or Dawnboard?
Pento Timer ships an update weekly, and Dawnboard every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pento Timer was updated on October 1, 2026 and Dawnboard on October 2, 2026.

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