Cook Timer vs Loafy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cook Timer
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You set the timer. Put the phone down. Came back to overcooked pasta. One alarm isn't enough when you're cooking three things at once. Cook Timer runs multiple named timers side-by-side — pasta, chicken, veggies — all on one screen. Nothing gets forgotten because each timer tells you exactly what it's counting down for. [What Changes When You Use Cook Timer] • Multiple dishes in progress — nothing overcooked, nothing burnt • Each timer is labeled with the dish name — no more "which timer is that?" • Large countdown display readable from across the kitchen [Timers That Actually Go Off] - Double alert: vibration + a looping alarm sound - With the app open, the alarm sounds even when the silent switch is on - Background and lock screen compatible — keep cooking, we've got the timing "I've had timers not ring when my phone was locked or on silent." — Cook Timer schedules a system notification for every timer, so you're alerted on the lock screen and in the background. With the app open, the alarm sounds even in silent mode. "My last timer app broke after an update — right in the middle of dinner." — Core timer functionality is the one thing that cannot break. Cook Timer's alerts and countdown logic don't change with updates. "I opened my usual app and got a full-screen ad before I could even set the timer." — Cook Timer doesn't interrupt you at the moment you need it most. Open the app — the timer screen is already there. "Is it free?" — Up to 3 simultaneous timers, all built-in dish templates and up to 5 saved presets are free. Premium Subscription: Upgrade to Premium to run up to 10 timers at once and save up to 50 presets, with no ads. Monthly, annual, and lifetime plans are available. The current price is always shown in the app before you confirm your purchase. - Payment charged to Apple ID account at purchase confirmation - Subscription automatically renews unless canceled 24 hours before period end - Manage subscriptions in Apple ID Account Settings Privacy Policy: https://cook-timer-prod.web.app/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://cook-timer-prod.web.app/terms.html Cook confidently. Everything lands on the table on time. [From the Kitchen Series — Related Apps] - FridgeCook AI (AI Recipe Generator): Use what's in your fridge, then time it perfectly with Cook Timer - Fastivo – Fasting Timer: Manage your eating window and cook your best meal when it opens Search each app name on the App Store. You might also like - FridgeCook AI - Recipe Finder: 3-Second Recipe. No Thinking. - SweetLog - Cafe Sweets Diary: AI Writes Your Cafe Instagram. Search for these apps by name on the App Store.
Loafy
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Bake better sourdough, from starter to crumb. Free, no ads, from the author of The Sourdough Framework. Log every bake, follow a guided bake step by step, and get answers from Hendrik's book. KEEP A REAL BAKE JOURNAL Log a bake in three taps: what you baked, when, and how it went. Hydration, salt, starter, bulk time and temperature, how you proofed it, how you baked it. Add photos. Every loaf stays searchable, so the one that worked in March is still there in November. SEE WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS Loafy reads your own bakes back to you: the hydration your best loaves share, how your ratings move as you change one thing at a time, how long your streak is. Not generic advice. Yours. ASK THE BOOK, NOT THE INTERNET Ask Loafy answers from The Sourdough Framework rather than from whatever a search engine turns up. Ask about a specific bake and it reads that bake's numbers before it answers. Every answer points at the chapter it came from. CHECK YOUR CRUMB Photograph the cut loaf and Ask Loafy reads the crumb on The Bread Code's crumb map: underfermented, overfermented, underbaked, or just right. Tell it which bake it was and the answer knows that bake's numbers. WATCH THE PART YOU NEED The Bread Code's videos play inside the guides and start at the moment the step needs, like the shaping part when you shape. Tell Loafy what went wrong with a bake and it shows the part that fixes it. BAKER'S MATH, DONE FOR YOU Bread and pizza calculators that work in baker's percentages. Scale a recipe to the flour you have, or to the number of loaves you want. A dough optimizer that tares your own bowls and bannetons so you can weigh dough without doing arithmetic. GUIDED BAKES Step-by-step journeys for making a starter, reviving one, and baking your first real sourdough loaf. Timers that keep running when you put the phone down. YOUR STARTERS Give them names and birthdays. Keep notes on how they behave. Share a starter's passport with whoever you gave some to. Everything syncs to your free Loafy account, so your journal follows you between devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Loafy at none against Cook Timer's 3. Loafy also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs weekly). Cook Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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
Both are free to download. Cook Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Loafy asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cook Timer ships an update weekly, Loafy daily. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cook Timer | Loafy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tomohito Kii | Allonsy GmbH |
In-app purchases
Cook Timer
- Monthly - Cook Timer7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Annual - Cook Timer7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$29.99
Loafy
No in-app purchases









