Comparison

Timer & Stopwatch vs Meltime

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

Head to head
About

Timer & Stopwatch

This app offers a calm and clear way to manage timers and stopwatches. Customize your timekeeping with colors and symbols, and gain insights into your usage. Available on iPhone and iPad, it helps you focus on being present with your time.

Highlights
  • Customizable timers and stopwatches
  • Session history tracking
  • Export session history (CSV, JSON, PDF)
  • Interactive home screen widgets
  • Local data usage (no accounts)
  • Custom automations with Shortcuts
Features
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CountDo is a versatile app for timers and stopwatches. It is designed to make time visible without creating pressure. Everything is calm, clear, and thoughtfully reduced. You can create timers and stopwatches, customize them, and adapt them to your daily routine. Colors, symbols, and designs can be freely chosen. Notifications or alarms can be enabled optionally for timers. Gentle animations accompany your sessions without distraction. CountDo is suitable for study phases, focus work, or quiet sessions where you want to stay present with your time. Available on iPhone and iPad. With CountDo, you can: • create and customize timers and stopwatches • freely adjust colors, symbols, and designs • use notifications or alarms for timers • view your Session History and gain insights into your time usage. • export your Session History as CSV, JSON and Report. • experience calm, subtle animations • use interactive widgets on your Home Screen • share timers or stopwatches via QR code • create custom automations with app’s actions in Shortcuts • use everything locally, without accounts or cloud services Free: • Create up to 2 timers and 2 stopwatches Premium: • Unlock all fonts & backgrounds • Unlock all widgets • Create unlimited timers • Create unlimited stopwatches • Star Mode with Display Always-On • Export session history as CSV or generate weekly, monthly, and yearly PDF reports CountDo helps you use your time more consciously. Not faster, not more, but clearer and more focused in a space that feels calm and aesthetic. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Standard Apple End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Meltime

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Watch time melt away as you focus. Meltime turns every work session into a calming liquid ritual — built for ADHD brains that need calm, not pressure. Most timers make you watch the clock. Meltime lets you watch liquid — a mesmerizing, hypnotic visualization that makes invisible time feel visible. No ticking. No beeping. No pressure. Whether you're studying for exams, entering deep work, meditating, or just trying to quiet the mental noise — Meltime helps your brain drop into flow. WHY MELTIME IS DIFFERENT • Liquid-physics visualization — the first focus timer with real-time fluid simulation • Radial dial — swipe your finger to set any duration, instantly • Built-in Pomodoro mode — three dials for focus, rest, and cycles, with the liquid melting away during each break • Breathe mode — box, triangle, 4-7-8 and coherent breathing; the liquid drips while you inhale and exhale and freezes while you hold • Focus stats — weekly, monthly and yearly overview, trends, a heatmap of your focus days, streaks and a full session history • Background sounds — rain, ocean, wind, fire, birdsong or a summer night playing softly under any timer • Liquid styles — classic liquid, clear water with air bubbles, soft falling snow, or sand that pours in and fills the screen as your time runs out • Calming by design — deep violet palette, soft cyan liquid, zero alarm anxiety • Dynamic Island Live Activity — keep the timer visible, exit the app, stay in flow • Save favourite rituals — Pomodoro classics (25/5, 50/10) or any custom combo BUILT FOR ADHD BRAINS We designed Meltime for the brain types other timers ignore: • Time blindness → liquid visualization makes time tangible • Task dread → the calm ritual lowers activation energy • Mental chatter → watching liquid is genuinely hypnotic • Hyperfocus traps → Dynamic Island gently surfaces where you are • Pomodoro burnout → flexible focus + rest + cycle dials replace rigid 25-min countdowns USE IT FOR • Deep work and coding sessions • Studying for exams or reading • Meditation and breathing • Creative work (writing, design, music) • Morning rituals and evening wind-down • Pomodoro cycles with focus and rest phases FREE vs PRO Meltime is free to try with no account required. Free includes: • 1 saved ritual preset • Limited daily timers + 1 Pomodoro and 1 Breathe session per day • White, pink and brown noise • Stats overview for the current week • Essential liquid colors • Dynamic Island Live Activity — free for everyone Pro unlocks: • Unlimited saved rituals • Unlimited timers, Pomodoros and Breathe sessions per day • Full stats — trends, heatmap and complete history • Nature soundscapes — rain, ocean, wind, fire, birds, summer night • Snow and sand liquid styles • Pay once: Pro is also available as a lifetime purchase • Full palette of liquid colors & backgrounds • All future Pro features included Lifetime Pro is a one-time purchase and never renews. Auto-renewable subscription — cancel anytime in Settings. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase confirmation. Subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Terms of Use: https://www.meltime.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.meltime.app/privacy SUPPORT Questions or feedback? quiz.where@gmail.com Privacy: no tracking, no accounts, no data sold. Everything stays on your device. Welcome to a calmer way to focus.

Screenshots

Timer & Stopwatch4 screens
Meltime4 screens

Verdict

The call

Timer & Stopwatch and Meltime are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Timer & Stopwatch sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Meltime sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Timer & Stopwatch versus Meltime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimer & StopwatchMeltime
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.226.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJORG VAN HETTINGAOleksandr Bilokur

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Timer & Stopwatch

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly3 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Annual3 Days trial$6.991 Year
3 purchases

Meltime

Subscriptions2
  • Meltime Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Meltime Pro Annual3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Meltime Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Timer & Stopwatch free?
Timer & Stopwatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Meltime free?
Meltime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Timer & Stopwatch or Meltime have ads?
Neither Timer & Stopwatch nor Meltime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timer & Stopwatch or Meltime?
Timer & Stopwatch ships an update weekly, and Meltime weekly. Most recently, Timer & Stopwatch was updated on November 9, 2026 and Meltime on November 5, 2026.

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