Comparison

Lock Screen Timer & Stopwatch vs NoBS Timers

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

Head to head
About

Lock Screen Timer & Stopwatch

Control timers and a stopwatch directly from your iOS Lock Screen without unlocking your device. Ideal for workouts, intervals, and quick tasks, it offers a clean, intuitive interface for distraction-free timing.

Highlights
  • Control timers from iOS Lock Screen
  • Three independent timers
  • Built-in stopwatch
  • Native iOS Lock Screen widgets
  • Start, pause, and reset with one tap
  • Clean, minimal design
Features
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Lock Screen Timer is built for fast and distraction-free timing. Perfect for workouts, intervals, rest times or any quick task, the app lets you control your timers directly from your iOS Lock Screen — no unlocking required. Key features: • Three independent timers • Built-in stopwatch • Native iOS Lock Screen widgets • Start, pause and reset with a single tap • Clean, minimal and intuitive design Designed to feel right at home on iOS, Lock Screen Timer keeps your focus where it belongs.

About

NoBS Timers

Features
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Minimalist timers app: alarms, stopwatch, countdown, and Pomodoro. No b******t. Just Timers. NoBS Timers is a lightweight local-first clock utility built for the everyday timing tools you actually use: Alarm, Stopwatch, Countdown, and Pomodoro. It opens straight to the usable timer surface with no onboarding maze, no account wall, and no cloud dependency. No accounts. No ads. No tracking. No b******t. EVERYDAY TIMERS WITHOUT BLOAT - Alarm: set the alarm with either a Calm sound or your device's alarm sound, with no million sound options to distract you. Select weekdays only when you want a repeating alarm. Snooze is intentionally absent. - Stopwatch: Start, Stop, and Resume with a clear 00:00:00 display. - Countdown: enter hours, minutes, and seconds, then start or cancel as needed. - Pomodoro: zero configuration, strictly following the standard 25-minute focus / 5-minute break intervals. LOCAL ALERTS - Alarm alerts use Calm or your device's alarm sound and keep ringing until you stop them. - Countdown and Pomodoro transitions use the same Calm or device alarm sound choices. - Notification and exact-alarm permissions are requested only when a timer action needs them, not as a first-launch gate. LOCAL SETTINGS NoBS Timers remembers only small convenience values on your device, such as the last alarm time, weekday repeat preference, last countdown duration, active timer state when needed, language, and theme. PRIVACY BY DEFAULT NoBS Timers does not require login, network access, analytics SDKs, ad SDKs, tracking identifiers, cloud sync, crash reporting, remote configuration, histories, charts, labels, widgets, or server-based timer data for standard use. The app is free to use with all core timer tools available from the start. Optional support purchases are symbolic only and do not unlock timer features. Simple timers. No ads. No million options. No b******t.

Screenshots

Lock Screen Timer & Stopwatch3 screens
NoBS Timers4 screens

Verdict

The call

Lock Screen Timer & Stopwatch and NoBS Timers are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Lock Screen Timer & Stopwatch sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and NoBS Timers sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Lock Screen Timer & Stopwatch versus NoBS Timers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLock Screen Timer & StopwatchNoBS Timers
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdrian IlkaDIEGO MANUEL FORTES

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Lock Screen Timer & Stopwatch

One-time1
  • Pro (Lifetime)$1.99
3 purchases

NoBS Timers

One-time3
  • Support Tier 1$0.99
  • Support Tier 2$4.99
  • Support Tier 3$19.99

Questions

Is Lock Screen Timer & Stopwatch free?
Lock Screen Timer & Stopwatch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NoBS Timers free?
NoBS Timers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lock Screen Timer & Stopwatch or NoBS Timers have ads?
Neither Lock Screen Timer & Stopwatch nor NoBS Timers shows ads.

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