Comparison

Malaetu's Multi vs Chronos

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

Head to head
About

Malaetu's Multi

Create and manage an unlimited number of stopwatches simultaneously. Customize each stopwatch with different colors and choose whether to display milliseconds. Reorder them easily and track laps for precise timing.

Highlights
  • Unlimited stopwatches
  • Customizable colors
  • Millisecond display option
  • Reorder stopwatches
  • Lap tracking
  • Long-press editing
Features
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Add as many stopwatches as you want. - different colors - display milliseconds or not - reorder as you wish - lap tracking Long-press on a stopwatch for editing. Bottom right button (3 lines) for entering reorder mode. NO ADS

About

Chronos

Features
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Be the architect of time. Turn the dial, set the rhythm that feels right for you. Who said a second has to be a second? In the world you create, may you find your peace. Chronos is not another 25-minute timer. It is a focus clock built on one quiet truth: we all live in our own time. Some of us flow best at midnight. Some find our rhythm in the early morning. We each feel time differently — what feels like a second to you might stretch into a minute for someone else. And all around us, every moment on this planet, life unfolds at its own pace: a bird takes its first flight, a snowball rolls down a hill, a whale grows beneath the waves. To notice this is to find peace. WHAT HAPPENS IN AN HOUR • Twelve living watercolor worlds move with your clock. Watch a whale breach at dawn, mist drift over karst peaks, golden dunes shift in the wind, aurora dance across snow, and the galaxy bloom over midnight. The sun and moon trace real celestial arcs across the sky. • The world responds to you. Brush the screen and wind ripples through the grass. Tap a bird and it banks away. Touch the water and waves spread outward. Every sound is synthesized from pure mathematics — no recordings, no loops, just quiet, living whispers. • Life grows as you work. Eagles court, brood, and hatch their young on the cliffside. Two ships cross the evening sea to meet. Your focus becomes their story. WHEN THE HOUR ENDS It burns. Gently, completely. Then you mark it: one needle, five weights of time, a line if you wish, and your seal. Every hour has its weight. THE FRUITS OF TIME Your history is not a spreadsheet. It is an orchard. Every day is a tree. Every focus session is a fruit. Weekends glow in terracotta. Scroll back through your seasons, and see your time bloom. No account. No ads. No tracking. Your hours belong only to you, and stay only on your phone.

Screenshots

Malaetu's Multi4 screens
Chronos4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Malaetu's Multi at every 2 days against Chronos's weekly. Malaetu's Multi also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Malaetu's Multi ships an update every 2 days, Chronos weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Malaetu's Multi versus Chronos: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMalaetu's MultiChronos
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTobias SteinerArchest, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Malaetu's Multi

No in-app purchases

None

Chronos

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Malaetu's Multi free?
Malaetu's Multi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chronos free?
Chronos is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Malaetu's Multi or Chronos have ads?
Neither Malaetu's Multi nor Chronos shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Malaetu's Multi or Chronos?
Malaetu's Multi ships an update every 2 days, and Chronos weekly. Most recently, Malaetu's Multi was updated on October 24, 2026 and Chronos on October 25, 2026.

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