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.
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.
- 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
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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.
NoBS Timers
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
| Parameter | Lock Screen Timer & Stopwatch | NoBS Timers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adrian Ilka | DIEGO MANUEL FORTES |
In-app purchases
Lock Screen Timer & Stopwatch
- Pro (Lifetime)$1.99
NoBS Timers
- Support Tier 1$0.99
- Support Tier 2$4.99
- Support Tier 3$19.99
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