Comparison

Quiet IQ vs ADHD Timer

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

Head to head
About

Quiet IQ

A visually intuitive timer designed to enhance focus for individuals with ADHD. It offers customizable countdowns and count-ups with clear alerts, making time management simpler and less overwhelming.

Highlights
  • Visual countdown and count-up timer
  • Customizable colors, fonts, and styles
  • Saved timers for recurring tasks
  • Sound, haptic, and visual end alerts
  • Minimalist and calming design
  • Touch-friendly controls
Features
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A timer that helps you focus without adding more friction. ADHD Focus Timer is a modern visual timer for iPhone and iPad designed to make timing feel simpler, clearer, and easier to stick with. Set a timer fast, count up or count down, customize the look, save favorites, and get clear end alerts that are easy to notice. Features: • Count down and count up • Large visual timer display • Touch-friendly controls • Saved timers for repeat tasks • Custom colors, fonts, and styles • Sound, haptics, and visual end alerts • Minimal design built to feel calm and clear Great for: • Focus sessions • Homework and studying • Work blocks • Daily routines • Breaks and transitions • Cleaning, reading, workouts, and more Designed to feel: • Fast to start • Easy to read • Simple to customize • Clear when time is up • Helpful without being overwhelming If you want a visual focus timer that feels modern, flexible, and easy to use, ADHD Focus Timer is ready when you are.

About

ADHD Timer

This app makes time visible with a color-changing screen and vibration pulses as deadlines approach. It helps you accurately estimate task durations by tracking actual time spent versus your guesses, improving future planning.

Highlights
  • Visual countdown timer with color changes
  • Task mode for estimating and tracking time
  • Planning multiplier for estimate accuracy
  • Focus routines for sequential timers
  • Home screen widget for quick start
  • Colorblind-friendly palette
Features
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You don't have a motivation problem. You have a time problem — you genuinely can't feel it passing, so a "quick" task eats the afternoon and you never see it coming. This app works on that from both ends: making time visible while it passes, and showing you how badly you misjudge it. WATCH TIME PASS The whole screen is the timer. It shifts from calm green to amber to urgent red as your deadline approaches, so you always know where you stand without reading a number. Vibration pulses intensify in the final stretch. No tiny digits, no abstract progress ring — just color you can read from across the room. FIND OUT HOW LONG THINGS REALLY TAKE Switch to Task mode, name what you're doing, and guess the time. When your estimate runs out the timer doesn't quietly stop — it asks whether you actually finished. If you didn't, it keeps counting, and the real duration is what gets recorded. Not the one you hoped for. YOUR PLANNING MULTIPLIER After five tracked tasks, a single number tells you how far off your estimates are. 1.7x means a task you think is 30 minutes usually runs 52. It's broken down task by task, so you learn which work always overruns and which you actually judge well. KNOW BEFORE YOU START Set 25 minutes on something you've done before and the app tells you what it will really take. Plan against your own history instead of your optimism. SCHEDULE IT, AND ACTUALLY ARRIVE Put a task on a day and time with your own estimate, and the app reminds you 25 minutes before, 5 minutes before, and when it's time to start. The reminders don't just say "soon" — they tell you what that task really runs to, so "in 25 minutes" becomes an amount of time you can feel. Tap one and the timer is set up and waiting. Miss one and nothing nags you. ALSO INSIDE • Focus Routines — chain timers into a sequence and just hit start • Insights — this week's focus time, plus sessions, streaks and patterns with Pro • A Home Screen widget to start a session without opening the app • Presets from 5 to 45 minutes, plus custom lengths • A colorblind-friendly palette • No account. Nothing to set up. It works offline. Free to use: the timer, Task mode, the estimate gate, your first three forecasts, your first custom timer and one scheduled task cost nothing. Pro unlocks your full planning multiplier, unlimited forecasts, custom timer lengths, unlimited scheduled tasks, your own routines, full Insights and complete history. Built for ADHD brains that can't feel time passing. Because when time is invisible, focus breaks — and every estimate is a guess. Privacy Policy: https://maciejplaneta.github.io/privacy-policies/time-blindness-timer/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Quiet IQ4 screens
ADHD Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ADHD Timer at 15.1 against Quiet IQ's 18.6. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Quiet IQ sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and ADHD Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Quiet IQ against 5.0 for ADHD Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quiet IQ ships an update every 11 days, ADHD Timer every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 5, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Quiet IQ versus ADHD Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuiet IQADHD Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperForgio Technologies, LLCMaciej Planeta

Customer experience

Quiet IQ

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ADHD Timer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Quiet IQ

Subscriptions1
  • Quiet IQ Premium Annual$1.991 Year
One-time2
  • 2-Day Free TrialFree
  • Lifetime Access$2.99
3 purchases

ADHD Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Annually3 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Quiet IQ free?
Quiet IQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ADHD Timer free?
ADHD Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quiet IQ or ADHD Timer?
Quiet IQ and ADHD Timer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Quiet IQ or ADHD Timer have ads?
Neither Quiet IQ nor ADHD Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quiet IQ or ADHD Timer?
Quiet IQ ships an update every 11 days, and ADHD Timer every 8 days. Most recently, Quiet IQ was updated on October 5, 2026 and ADHD Timer on October 5, 2026.

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