Comparison

Candy Timer vs ShareTimers

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

Head to head
About

Candy Timer

Features
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Candy Timer is a friendly focus timer designed to help you stay productive in a calm and playful way. Set simple focus sessions for work, study, or creative tasks, and let a sweet visual style guide you through distraction-free time with gentle motivation instead of pressure. Track your progress, build healthy routines, and enjoy small rewards that make every completed session feel satisfying. With clear statistics, streaks, and achievements, Candy Timer helps you understand your habits and improve them day by day. Whether you need a short burst of concentration or a longer deep focus session, the app keeps everything simple, pleasant, and encouraging so you can focus better and feel good doing it.

About

ShareTimers

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Every timer app counts down for one person. ShareTimers counts down for everyone. Set a timer, tap share, and send the link to anyone. They see the exact same countdown, ticking live on their screen, in the app or right in their browser. No account, no sign-up, no invite to accept. SHARED, LIVE, AND EDITABLE A ShareTimers link isn't a screenshot of a timer. It's the timer. Anyone holding the link can add a minute, pause it, resume it, or rename it โ€” and everyone watching sees the change instantly. When the roast needs another ten minutes, whoever's at the oven adds them, and the whole table knows. SHARED STOPWATCHES TOO Counting up works the same way. Publish a running stopwatch, share the link, and everyone follows the same elapsed time and the same laps โ€” useful for races, drills, practice runs, and anything you'd otherwise be calling out splits for. NO ACCOUNTS. EVER. There's no login, no profile, and no friend list. Holding the link is the whole permission model. That means you can send a timer to someone who's never heard of this app and they're watching it two seconds later. WORKS EVERYWHERE iPhone, iPad and any web browser. People without the app just tap the link and watch the countdown on the web โ€” nothing to install. Links in Messages unfurl with a live preview, and tapping one opens straight to the timer if you have the app. NOTIFICATIONS THAT KEEP UP Get notified when your timer ends, even if the app is closed. If someone extends or pauses the timer, your notification reschedules itself automatically โ€” you're alerted at the real end time, not the old one. BUILT TO FEEL NATIVE Clean, familiar design that matches the system clock you already know. Timers and stopwatch in one place, recent timers a tap away, and nothing you have to learn. GOOD FOR โ€ข Cooking together, one timer, everyone in the kitchen โ€ข Laundry, dishwashers, and anything that's "done" for the household โ€ข Workouts, rest intervals, and circuit training with a partner โ€ข Study sessions, Pomodoro blocks, and focus sprints with a group โ€ข Meetings, talks, and speaking slots where someone needs to see the clock โ€ข Games, debates, and turn timers everyone can watch โ€ข Kids and chores, without handing over your phone โ€ข Races and drills, with shared laps on a shared stopwatch Set it once. Share it everywhere. Everyone stays on the same clock!

Screenshots

Candy Timer4 screens
ShareTimers3 screens

Verdict

The call

Candy Timer and ShareTimers are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Candy Timer versus ShareTimers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCandy TimerShareTimers
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS1615.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size5 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleg TarasenkoZachary Halbrecht

In-app purchases

None

Candy Timer

No in-app purchases

None

ShareTimers

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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