GravityTimer vs Real Hourglass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GravityTimer
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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.
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.
- Realistic hourglass animation
- Intuitive interface
- Focus sessions
- Meditation aid
- Daily routine timer
- Distraction-free design
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Real Hourglass sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GravityTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.
GravityTimer ships an update every 6 weeks, Real Hourglass weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GravityTimer | Real Hourglass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 宣威 查 | akira ohmachi |
In-app purchases
GravityTimer
No in-app purchases
Real Hourglass
- Remove Ads$1.99
Questions
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