Comparison

Cooldown Timer vs Simply Calm

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

Head to head
About

Cooldown Timer

Features
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Cooldown helps you manage anger by giving you a simple, distraction-free timer to sit with your feelings and let them pass. When you feel anger rising, open Cooldown and start a session. The breathing orb guides your attention. When the feeling fades, stop the timer — your session is saved. Over time, the Dashboard shows your patterns: how often you use the app, how long your sessions run, and how you're improving. FEATURES • One-tap anger timer with calming animation • Session history with charts (day, week, month, year) • Statistics: total sessions, average duration, personal best • Guest mode — no account required to start • Optional account to sync sessions across devices • Dark teal design built for calm focus No ads. No in-app purchases. Just a tool to help you cool down.

About

Simply Calm

Features
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Simply Calm is a private, on-device companion for the moments when anger takes over. It helps you cool down, recognize your patterns and understand what keeps setting you off, all without an account and without your words ever leaving your iPhone. Simply Calm is a self-help and wellbeing tool. It is not therapy, treatment or diagnosis, and it does not replace professional care. PRIVATE BY DESIGN - No account and no sign-in, ever - Your check-ins, notes and self-checks stay on your device - No analytics, no tracking and nothing sent to a server - Take your data with you: export everything as JSON whenever you like STEADY THE MOMENT - Rescue SOS: a ninety-second reset for when you feel yourself about to boil over - Five guided breathing patterns, including a twenty-minute flooding reset - A breathing ring with haptics timed to every breath, so you can follow it without looking UNDERSTAND YOUR ANGER - Daily check-ins that help you recognize the heat before it rises - A quick anger self-check that maps your triggers - Insights that show what your sleep does to your fuse LEARN AND RESET - A psychoeducation library of short, practical reads on anger, conflict and calm - Daily affirmations drawn from the research, framed around your values rather than empty mantras - Crisis resources: verified local helplines in 17 countries, with a worldwide directory otherwise FREE, WITH OPTIONAL PREMIUM Free, with no time limit: daily check-ins, every breathing exercise, Rescue SOS, the anger self-check, the psychoeducation library, affirmations, crisis resources and JSON data export. Everything you need in a hot moment is free, and stays free. Simply Calm Premium unlocks Insights, the full picture of how your sleep, your triggers and your anger move together, on weekly, monthly and annual auto-renewing subscriptions, with a 7-day free trial on the annual plan. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase, and a subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel yours in your Apple ID settings. Apple Health can pre-fill last night's sleep if you allow it. It is read-only and entirely optional. A calmer response, simply yours. Privacy Policy: https://www.simply-calm.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.simply-calm.com/terms

Screenshots

Cooldown Timer4 screens
Simply Calm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cooldown Timer at none against Simply Calm's 3. Cooldown Timer also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. Simply Calm sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Cooldown Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 3 level
Cooldown Timer versus Simply Calm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCooldown TimerSimply Calm
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB20 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperANH TRAN MERAZNanotech Computers

In-app purchases

None

Cooldown Timer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Simply Calm

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Cooldown Timer free?
Cooldown Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simply Calm free?
Simply Calm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cooldown Timer or Simply Calm have ads?
Neither Cooldown Timer nor Simply Calm shows ads.

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