Comparison

Eggo vs Chronos

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

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Eggo

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Master the art of boiling eggs with Eggo!  Whether you prefer soft, medium, or hard-boiled, Eggo helps you achieve the perfect consistency every time.  Just choose your doneness, set the temperature, and let the countdown start.  Your perfect breakfast is just a tap away! Features: Choose your doneness, temperature settings, and real-time countdown.

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Chronos

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Chronos Egg Timer the perfect egg, every single time. Boiling an egg sounds simple until your altitude, your water temperature, your egg size, and your pan all conspire against you. Chronos turns that guesswork into precision. Tell it about your kitchen once, and every boil lands exactly where you wanted it whether that's a silky six-minute yolk or a firm, slice-ready hard boil. Precision, calibrated for your kitchen Chronos calculates cook time from the variables that actually matter. Higher altitude lowers the boiling point, so the clock runs longer. Fridge-cold water needs warming minutes that room-temperature water doesn't. Chicken, duck, and quail eggs each have their own curves. Chronos accounts for all of it so the minute mark is the right minute mark. Built-in doneness, ready to tap Three photographic presets Soft, Medium, Hard sit on the home screen with the timing already dialled in. Pick your density, choose how many eggs, and hit Start. Custom presets for the eggs you actually cook Save your own combinations: cook time, egg type, size, icon, label, and calories. Your favourite ramen egg, your mother's Sunday way, the brunch number that only takes four minutes all one tap away. Drag to reorder. Hide the built-ins you never use. Make the screen yours. Over 100 recipes, perfectly timed From classic soft-boiled breakfasts to shakshuka, frittata, Japanese tamago, deviled eggs, ramen eggs, and chef-style techniques Chronos ships with a curated cookbook. Every recipe lists ingredients and a clear, step-by-step method. Tap Start Cooking on any recipe and the timer is already set. Add ingredients straight to the built-in Shopping List. Mark favourites, search by name, ingredient, or technique, and filter to the ones you love. The boil-wait assistant Chronos doesn't just start a countdown and hope your pan is ready. Start the timer, and it watches for the moment your water boils tap the button when it does, or let the estimated boil cue play for you. The real cook time only starts when it should. Freshness check Not sure how old that egg is? Drop it in cold water Chronos shows you what the float tells you, with peel tips for each stage. Alerts that actually fire Lock-screen notifications, sound alerts, and haptic taps land on time, even with the app in the background. Choose a gentle water cue or a clean beep. Turn on ambient music for the wait Soft Currents, Morning Air, or Soft Tides play under the timer. A cook log worth keeping Every boil lands in History. See your current streak, total eggs cooked, calories tracked, average cook time, and macros protein, fat, carbs. Switch the window between week, month, and year. Browse daily bars, recent cooks, doneness breakdown, and badges you've earned. Smart suggestions Surprise Me picks a preset based on what you actually cook and the time of day. Mornings, midday, evenings, late night Chronos notices the pattern and offers a sensible next move. Repeat Last puts your most recent cook one tap from the home screen. Designed, not just built Photographic preset cards, considered typography, ambient soundscapes, thoughtful haptics, and animated status copy that tells you where you are in the cook settling in, home stretch, almost there, last ten seconds. Onboarding takes under a minute and calibrates to your altitude, your water, and your preferred feedback.

Screenshots

Eggo4 screens
Chronos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Chronos at 13.0 against Eggo's 16.2. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Eggo versus Chronos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEggoChronos
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.213.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB72 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMustafa SEYISTUGBA DALKANAT

In-app purchases

None

Eggo

No in-app purchases

None

Chronos

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Eggo free?
Eggo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chronos free?
Chronos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Eggo or Chronos have ads?
Both Eggo and Chronos show ads.

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