Comparison

GravityTimer vs Real Hourglass

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

Head to head
About

GravityTimer

Features
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A gravity-based timer app. Simply tilt to choose your duration (ensure auto-rotate is off) and lay the phone flat to start. Simple and intuitive.

About

Real Hourglass

A minimalist sand timer app that offers a realistic hourglass animation for focus, relaxation, and time management. It's designed to provide a distraction-free experience for various daily activities.

Highlights
  • Realistic hourglass animation
  • Intuitive interface
  • Focus sessions
  • Meditation aid
  • Daily routine timer
  • Distraction-free design
Features
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Experience the calm and clarity of a traditional hourglass, reimagined for your smartphone. This app offers a beautifully animated sand timer that helps you stay focused, relax your mind, or manage your daily activities with ease. Whether you're studying, meditating, cooking, or taking a short break, the hourglass provides a gentle and distraction-free way to keep track of time. Features - Smooth and realistic hourglass animation - Simple and intuitive interface - Perfect for focus sessions, meditation, stretching, or daily routines Bring a touch of calm to your day with this minimalist hourglass timer. Enhance your productivity with a clean and distraction-free hourglass timer designed for focus, study sessions, meditation, and daily routines. This simple sand timer app provides a realistic hourglass animation, making it perfect for Pomodoro-style focus, mindfulness, relaxation, and time management. Use it as a study timer, focus timer, meditation timer, or a calming visual timer to help you stay on track. Its minimalist design ensures a smooth experience whether you're working, reading, stretching, or taking a break.

Screenshots

GravityTimer3 screens
Real Hourglass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GravityTimer at none against Real Hourglass's 1. GravityTimer also leads on ads (none vs shown). Real Hourglass's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Real Hourglass sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GravityTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GravityTimer ships an update every 6 weeks, Real Hourglass weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
GravityTimer versus Real Hourglass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGravityTimerReal Hourglass
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer宣威 查akira ohmachi

In-app purchases

None

GravityTimer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Real Hourglass

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is GravityTimer free?
GravityTimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Real Hourglass free?
Real Hourglass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do GravityTimer or Real Hourglass have ads?
Real Hourglass shows ads; GravityTimer does not.
Which is updated more often, GravityTimer or Real Hourglass?
GravityTimer ships an update every 6 weeks, and Real Hourglass weekly. Most recently, GravityTimer was updated on October 1, 2026 and Real Hourglass on October 2, 2026.

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