MuteTimer vs Ribbons 1
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MuteTimer
This minimalist focus timer helps you achieve deep work by muting digital distractions. It offers customizable focus cycles, ambient sounds for immersion, and personalized themes. Track your progress seamlessly even when the app is in the background.
- Customizable focus and rest cycles
- 8 high-quality ambient sounds
- 12 color themes with dynamic icon changes
- StandBy and Dynamic Island support
- 100% offline functionality
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Step away from digital distractions and build your perfect flow state. MuteTimer is a minimalist focus timer designed to help you mute the noise and dive into deep work. [Key Features] • Optimal Focus Cycles: Easily adjust your sessions for 50-minute deep work and 10-minute rests with a simple tap. • Seamless White Noise: Stay immersed with 8 high-quality ambient sounds, including rain, bonfire, ocean, and wind. • 12 Color Themes: Personalize your timer. Your home screen app icon automatically changes to match your selected theme! • StandBy & Dynamic Island: Keep track of your remaining time effortlessly, even when the app is in the background or charging. • 100% Offline: No internet connection or sign-up required. Your focus data stays safely on your device.
Ribbons 1
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Ribbons is a simple place to keep the things you want to find again. Save text, images, links and PDFs. Keep everything together, or organise items into Drawers when that helps. Search titles, notes and saved content, including text inside supported images and PDFs. Open an item, copy text, revisit a link or preview a file. With iCloud, your Ribbons stay synced across iPhone, iPad and Mac. You can also share selected Drawers with people you choose. Ribbons Pro is available as a monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription. Eligible new subscribers can try it free for seven days. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Ribbons 1 at none against MuteTimer's shown. Ribbons 1 also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, 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. MuteTimer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ribbons 1 sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MuteTimer ships an update every 2 weeks, Ribbons 1 every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MuteTimer | Ribbons 1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SEUNGHYUN LEE | Paul Waweru |
In-app purchases
MuteTimer
- Remove Ads$1.99
Ribbons 1
- Ribbon Pro Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Ribbon Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
- Ribbon Pro Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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- Ribbon Pro Annual$39.991 Year
