Comparison

Better Timer vs NeuraTiM Timer

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

Head to head
About

Better Timer

This app allows you to run multiple timers simultaneously and build repeating routines. Customize each timer with colors, icons, and sounds. Start timers from Control Center or Siri without opening the app.

Highlights
  • Run multiple timers simultaneously
  • Build repeating routines
  • Customize timers with colors and sounds
  • Start timers from Control Center and Siri
  • Background timer support
  • Cute pastel design
Features
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Run several timers at once, chain steps into routines that repeat on their own, and give every timer its own pastel color, icon, and sound. Better Timer is made for cooking, workouts, study sessions, and daily routines. NEW IN 1.3 • Live Activities: follow your timers on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, and pause or stop them right there • System alarms on iOS 26: finished timers ring and show on screen, even when a Focus is on • Notification actions: add a minute or start the next step without opening the app MULTIPLE TIMERS AT ONCE Pasta, garlic bread, and tea, all counting down side by side. Each countdown keeps its own time, color, and completion sound, and you can pause one or add a minute without touching the others. ROUTINES THAT REPEAT Chain steps like Focus and Break, or Sprint and Rest, and choose how many rounds to run. Better Timer moves to the next step for you, or waits for a tap if you turn on Pause Between Steps. • Pomodoro cycles for studying and deep work • HIIT, Tabata, and circuit rounds • Recipes with several stages • Morning and evening routines MADE FOR EVERY DAY • Quick Timer: start a 1, 5, 10, or 30 minute timer in one tap • 16 pastel colors, plus an icon and sound for every countdown and step • Light and dark mode • Control Center controls on iOS 18 and later • Siri and Shortcuts: "Start Pomodoro in Better Timer" • Repeat Alerts, so a finished timer keeps reminding you until you respond • Timers keep running when you close the app FREE AND PRIVATE No ads, no subscriptions, and no account. Better Timer doesn't collect any data.

About

NeuraTiM Timer

Features
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Give your workouts, focus sessions and everyday routines their own rhythm. NeuraTiM Timer brings interval timers, countdowns, a stopwatch, workouts, alarms and medication reminders together in one calm, practical app. REPEAT YOUR RHYTHM Set work and rest intervals, choose rounds or a schedule for selected weekdays, and save a routine to use again. Create HIIT, Tabata or Pomodoro-style sessions, stretch breaks and everyday reminders. BUILD YOUR WORKOUT Arrange exercises into circuits or sets with preparation time, rests and rounds. Add exercise notes and photos, follow the next step, and pause or skip when you need to. KEEP EVERY LAP Record stopwatch laps, compare split times and return to your last result. Use a countdown for cooking or a task, a weekday alarm for a routine, or medication reminders at the times you choose. MAKE IT YOURS Start a quick timer without saving, keep several timers running, customize sounds and colors, snooze an alert or chain one timer to the next. Share timers using a QR code or file and review completed runs in local history. Choose light or dark appearance and optional backgrounds in Watches & clocks, Modern, Space, Neuro and Nature styles. Select None or let Random choose a design each time the app opens. Timers and history stay on your device. Core timing works offline, with no account and no ads. Check a running timer with an iOS Live Activity on your Lock Screen and a home-screen widget. Background alerts depend on your device settings and permissions. Every feature is free. You can support the NeuraTiM project once or monthly; support unlocks nothing. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ · Privacy: https://timer.neuratim.com/privacy-policy/

Screenshots

Better Timer4 screens
NeuraTiM Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Better Timer at none against NeuraTiM Timer's 7. NeuraTiM Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. NeuraTiM Timer sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.00 per month. Better Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Better Timer ships an update fortnightly, NeuraTiM Timer every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Better Timer versus NeuraTiM Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBetter TimerNeuraTiM Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB122 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHung NguyenMartin Tichovsky

In-app purchases

None

Better Timer

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

NeuraTiM Timer

Subscriptions4
  • NeuraTiM monthly support 1$1.001 Month
  • NeuraTiM monthly support 2$3.001 Month
  • NeuraTiM monthly support 3$5.001 Month
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  • NeuraTiM monthly support 4$10.001 Month
One-time3
  • Small tip$1.00
  • Medium tip$3.00
  • Large tip$5.00

Questions

Is Better Timer free?
Better Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is NeuraTiM Timer free?
NeuraTiM Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Better Timer or NeuraTiM Timer have ads?
Neither Better Timer nor NeuraTiM Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Better Timer or NeuraTiM Timer?
Better Timer ships an update fortnightly, and NeuraTiM Timer every 4 days. Most recently, Better Timer was updated on October 31, 2026 and NeuraTiM Timer on November 6, 2026.

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