Comparison

Gryd Mode vs Nixie Tube Timer

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

Head to head
About

Gryd Mode

Experience calculations with a vibrant, animated neon aesthetic. This utility app features a dynamic DJ booth and glowing interfaces, making everyday math visually engaging with multiple handcrafted themes and haptic feedback.

Highlights
  • Animated neon themes
  • Interactive DJ booth
  • Glowing interfaces
  • Haptic feedback
  • LED dot matrix equalizer
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A calculator that belongs on the Grid. Gryd Mode transforms your everyday math into a neon-lit experience with animated themes, glowing interfaces, and a DJ booth that moves. Choose from 6 handcrafted themes — from minimal neon to full animated setups with spinning platters, scrolling waveforms, and pulsing equalizers. Every button press feels alive. Features: 6 unique animated themes Animated DJ booth with CDJ players and mixer Lines racing across the grid LED dot matrix equalizer display Haptic feedback Built by Violator Mode.

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Nixie Tube Timer

Features
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Down to 30 seconds and need longer? Tap +1m and the clock reads 1:30, still running. Photorealistic nixie tubes, eight color themes, fully offline, nothing tracked. A TIMER YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO LOOK AT This is a countdown built around photorealistic nixie-tube digits. Dial in hours, minutes and seconds, hit Start, and watch the tubes glow down one digit at a time — a focus sprint, a kid's timeout, a pot on the stove. The screen stays awake while it runs. STRETCH A TIMER THAT'S ALREADY RUNNING This is the part other timers don't do. You set one minute. It counts down to thirty seconds and you realize you need longer. Tap +1m and the clock reads 1:30 and keeps going — still running, never stopped, never reset, nothing to start over. EIGHT COLOR SCHEMES Neon Green, Cyber Blue, Amber Glow, Crimson Red, Deep Purple, Hot Pink, Sunny Yellow and Rainbow. Switch instantly, no restart. A Full Glow style spreads the aura across the whole screen if you want more of it. SOUND ON YOUR TERMS Six tick sounds — Classic, Soft, Digital, Woodblock, Mechanical, Pendulum — synthesized on the fly and locked in step with the digits. Four alarms: Radar, Beacon, Chime, Pulse. Import your own audio file as a custom alarm, or set either to None for silence. Ticks and alarm have their own volume sliders. THE BUTTONS ARE YOURS The amounts you add are the ones you choose — +30s, +1m, +5m, +25m, whatever your day actually uses. Nothing is preset for you; press and hold to remove one. They sit right under the countdown while it runs, one tap from the tubes. Durations you run often come back as one-tap shortcuts too. BUILT TO BE QUICK - Timers from a few seconds up to 99:59:59 - Timed against the clock, so it stays accurate instead of drifting - Pause, resume, restart, cancel — or stretch the countdown without pausing it - Haptic feedback on start, on tap, and at zero - A local notification when the timer ends, even if you have left the app PRIVACY, PROPERLY No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no tracking, no data collection of any kind. The app never sends anything anywhere. Everything you set stays on your device. Free. iPhone, iOS 17 and later.

Screenshots

Gryd Mode4 screens
Nixie Tube Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

Gryd Mode and Nixie Tube Timer 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Gryd Mode versus Nixie Tube Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGryd ModeNixie Tube Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaoul KahnGood Gary Apps LLC

In-app purchases

None

Gryd Mode

No in-app purchases

None

Nixie Tube Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gryd Mode free?
Gryd Mode is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nixie Tube Timer free?
Nixie Tube Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gryd Mode or Nixie Tube Timer have ads?
Neither Gryd Mode nor Nixie Tube Timer shows ads.

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