Comparison

Perfect Egg Timer vs Egg Timer

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

Head to head
About

Perfect Egg Timer

Achieve perfectly cooked eggs every time with this intuitive timer app. It offers tailored settings for various egg types, temperatures, and even altitude, ensuring flawless results for boiled, poached, scrambled, and more.

Highlights
  • Cooks every egg type to perfection
  • Supports boiled, poached, scrambled, fried, baked, and omelette
  • Timers tailored for size, style, and temperature
  • High altitude accuracy settings
  • Visual progress indicator
  • Smart notifications and haptics
  • Egg price tracker with USDA updates
Features
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Cooking eggs shouldn’t be a gamble. With Perfect Egg Timer, you’ll always get flawless results, whether you love them soft and runny, firm and creamy, or baked to golden perfection. Features: - Every egg type always cooked to perfection - Boiled, poached, scrambled, fried, baked, and omelette options - Built-in timers tailored for size and style (soft, medium, hard) - Settings for fridge vs. room temperature and high altitude accuracy - Visual progress indicator to follow your egg in real time - Smart notifications, vibrations, and haptics so you never miss the moment - Eggxpert AI Assistant available on every page to answer questions, share meal ideas, and provide cooking tips - Unique egg price tracker with daily USDA updates - Clean, simple design built for speed and consistency No more guessing, no more overcooked yolks. Just perfect eggs, every time.

About

Egg Timer

Achieve perfectly cooked eggs every time with customizable doneness levels. This app provides smart timing that adjusts to egg size and temperature, with reliable alerts even when the app is closed. Enjoy a visual countdown and helpful tips for easy shell removal.

Highlights
  • Visual doneness selection
  • Smart timing adjusts to egg size and temperature
  • Reliable alerts even when app is closed
  • Live countdown on Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
  • Built-in pro tips for shell removal
Features
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Soft, jammy, or hard — get your eggs exactly right, every single time. Pick how you like your yolk (shown as real egg cross-sections), drop your eggs into boiling water and hit Start. Egg Timer alerts you the second they're done — even if your phone is locked or the app is closed. WHY EGG TIMER • 3 doneness levels, shown visually — pick with your eyes, not with numbers • Smart timing: adjusts to egg size (S–XL) and fridge-cold vs room-temp eggs • An alarm you can trust — fires on time even with the app closed • Live countdown on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • A charming pot that bubbles more as your eggs get closer to done • +1 minute button for extra-firm fans • Built-in pro tip: a 60-second ice bath makes the shell slide right off PRIVATE BY DESIGN No ads. No account. No tracking. No internet needed — everything runs on your device and the app collects zero data. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, meal prep, ramen eggs, egg salads — and everyone who has ever chased "6 minutes" around the kitchen with a phone stopwatch. Made by a solo developer — if Egg Timer nails your eggs, a rating helps more than you know.

Screenshots

Perfect Egg Timer4 screens
Egg Timer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Perfect Egg Timer at 3 against Egg Timer's 1. Perfect Egg Timer also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.1). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Perfect Egg Timer against 5.0 for Egg Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Perfect Egg Timer versus Egg Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPerfect Egg TimerEgg Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.1
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew PiddenAyoub Benderdouch

Customer experience

Perfect Egg Timer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Egg Timer

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

In-app purchases

None

Perfect Egg Timer

No in-app purchases

None

Egg Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Perfect Egg Timer free?
Perfect Egg Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Egg Timer free?
Egg Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Perfect Egg Timer or Egg Timer?
Perfect Egg Timer and Egg Timer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Perfect Egg Timer or Egg Timer have ads?
Neither Perfect Egg Timer nor Egg Timer shows ads.

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