Comparison

Kitchen Timer by Sanwa vs Kitchen Multi Timer

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

Head to head
About

Kitchen Timer by Sanwa

Features
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"CookTimer" is a simple, easy-to-use kitchen timer that shines when you're cooking several dishes at once. 【Run multiple timers at once】 Boil an egg while the pasta cooks—manage that kind of multitasking at a glance with several timers side by side. Each one shows its remaining time as a circular gauge. 【Cooking presets】 Set the times you use most with a single tap: soft-boiled egg, hard-boiled egg, pasta, instant noodles, cooking rice, simmered dishes, toast, steaming and more. No need to punch in the minutes every time. 【Notified when done】 When a timer finishes, you get a push notification. Even if you're using another app, you'll never miss the moment your food is ready. 【Easy-to-read dark design】 Big numbers and a dark theme that's easy to see in the kitchen. The remaining time is clear at a glance. 【Great for】 - People cooking several dishes at the same time - Anyone who wants to time boiling or steaming precisely - Anyone looking for a kitchen timer Make cooking smoother and more fun.

About

Kitchen Multi Timer

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Dinner never lands together on its own. The rice finishes while the chicken still has twenty minutes, the beans went on too early, and you are doing the maths at the stove. KitchenRush is a kitchen timer built for whole meals: set one serve time, and every dish gets its own start time and countdown - worked out backwards so everything is ready at the same moment. Instead of juggling separate cooking timers, you plan the meal once. Add each dish with its cook time (or pull one of 14 built-in presets, stage timings included), pick when you want to eat, and KitchenRush tells you exactly when to start each pot and pan - "start the rice in 12 minutes" - then alerts you at every start and every finish. WHAT YOU GET • One serve time, zero maths - the roast, the potatoes and the greens all hit the table hot at 7:00, not in shifts. • A "start now" alert for every dish, so nothing goes on the heat too early or too late. • 14 cook-time presets - turkey, rib roast, salmon, stuffing, pie and more - broken into stages like sear, roast and rest. • USDA safe-minimum temperatures shown right on the presets, because doneness is a thermometer's job, not a clock's. • Pause the whole meal when guests run late - every countdown freezes and reschedules together, and timers survive a force-quit or even a phone reboot. • A history of every meal you have run, with whether it all landed on time. PERFECT FOR • The holiday cook staring down a turkey, gravy, stuffing and three sides that all claim the same oven hour. • Weeknight dinners where the pasta always beats the sauce. • Anyone who cooks from more than one pot and owns exactly one pair of hands. • Hosts who would rather talk to their guests than babysit the stove. WHY NOT JUST USE THE CLOCK APP? Plain timers count down; they do not coordinate. Five separate countdowns still leave you working out when each one should begin. KitchenRush schedules backwards from the serve time, staggers every start for you, and rings at each one - that is the part the Clock app cannot do. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your meals and history stay on your device. No account, no tracking, and the whole app works offline - alerts ring even when your phone is locked and the app is closed. FULL ACCESS KitchenRush Premium unlocks unlimited dishes per meal, saved meal templates you can rerun in one tap, and head-start alerts that warn you a set number of minutes before each dish goes on. Choose a Weekly or Yearly subscription, or a one-time Lifetime purchase. Set tonight's serve time and let every dish find its own start. Terms of Use: https://leanstudio.asia/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://leanstudio.asia/privacy-policy Support: support@leanstudio.asia

Screenshots

Kitchen Timer by Sanwa3 screens
Kitchen Multi Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Kitchen Timer by Sanwa at fortnightly against Kitchen Multi Timer's every 3 months. 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

Kitchen Timer by Sanwa ships an update fortnightly, Kitchen Multi Timer every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Kitchen Timer by Sanwa versus Kitchen Multi Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitchen Timer by SanwaKitchen Multi Timer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSANWA Inc.LEAN ASIA CO., LTD

In-app purchases

None

Kitchen Timer by Sanwa

No in-app purchases

None

Kitchen Multi Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kitchen Timer by Sanwa free?
Kitchen Timer by Sanwa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kitchen Multi Timer free?
Kitchen Multi Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kitchen Timer by Sanwa or Kitchen Multi Timer have ads?
Neither Kitchen Timer by Sanwa nor Kitchen Multi Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kitchen Timer by Sanwa or Kitchen Multi Timer?
Kitchen Timer by Sanwa ships an update fortnightly, and Kitchen Multi Timer every 3 months. Most recently, Kitchen Timer by Sanwa was updated on September 27, 2026 and Kitchen Multi Timer on September 28, 2026.

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