Comparison

KitchenQ vs Kitchen Timer

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

Head to head
About

KitchenQ

Features
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Start fast with food presets: Choose from built-in timers for popular ingredients like pasta, chicken or veggies. Create your own custom timers: Save unique cooking times and personalize them for your favorite recipes. Queue your ingredients: Add multiple dishes to your lineup, each with its own timer. Build full meals: Combine your timers into collections so your favorite dinners are always ready to go. Sort your view: Instantly filter by duration or state β€” active, done, or waiting β€” to stay organized at a glance. Set checkpoints: Add mid-cook reminders to flip, stir, or season so nothing gets missed. Track progress at a glance: See exactly what’s done, what’s in progress, and what’s coming next. Get notified: Choose between a gentle beep or silent notification when timers or checkpoints finish. Simple, modern design: A clean interface that makes cooking feel easy, organized, and fun. With KitchenQ, every dish has its place in the queue β€” from prep to plate.

About

Kitchen Timer

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Cooking three things at once while the oven clock tracks only one? KitchenTime is a kitchen timer built for real cooking: pasta, rice, tea and eggs counting down side by side, each with its own loud alarm. Most timer apps hand you a single countdown. KitchenTime hands you a board: up to 12 timers running at the same time, each with its own name, a big readable countdown and an alert that fires even when your phone is locked or the app is closed. WHAT YOU GET β€’ Dinner where the pasta, the sauce and the roast veg all land together β€” up to 12 timers running side by side β€’ A soft egg at exactly 6:00 from one tap β€” 10 kitchen presets covering pasta, rice, eggs, tea, steak rest and proofing dough β€’ Your own β€œRoast chicken β€” 45 min” saved once, started in one tap every week after β€’ An alarm that still rings with the screen off, the app closed, or even after your phone restarts β€’ Start all and Pause all for the moment everything hits the stove at once β€’ Countdown digits big enough to read from across the kitchen with wet hands PERFECT FOR β€’ Home cooks juggling three pots and an oven β€’ Parents lining up dinner, homework and bath time β€’ Tea and coffee drinkers steeping more than one cup β€’ Meal preppers batch-cooking a whole Sunday afternoon WHY NOT JUST THE CLOCK APP? The built-in timer runs one countdown and calls it β€œTimer”. When the rice, the eggs and the tea all need watching, one nameless countdown is how dinner burns. KitchenTime names every timer, runs them all at once, and tells you exactly which one just finished. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account, no sign-up, no tracking. Your timers and presets live on your phone and nowhere else. FULL ACCESS KitchenTime requires a Full Access purchase: an auto-renewing weekly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime unlock. Full Access opens the entire app β€” up to 12 simultaneous timers, all 10 kitchen presets, custom timers up to 3 hours, and your own saved presets. Put a name and a countdown on everything you cook β€” get KitchenTime and run your first full board tonight. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia

Screenshots

KitchenQ4 screens
Kitchen Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: KitchenQ at 13.0 against Kitchen Timer's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 5 level
KitchenQ versus Kitchen Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitchenQKitchen Timer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size21 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSound Meridian LLCLEAN ASIA CO., LTD

In-app purchases

None

KitchenQ

No in-app purchases

None

Kitchen Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is KitchenQ free?
KitchenQ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kitchen Timer free?
Kitchen Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do KitchenQ or Kitchen Timer have ads?
Neither KitchenQ nor Kitchen Timer shows ads.

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