Live Timers on Lock Screen vs VOID
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Live Timers on Lock Screen
Manage multiple timers efficiently from your iPhone's Lock Screen. This app offers distinct visual layouts and safety features to prevent accidental interruptions, with options for Apple Watch and Home Screen widgets.
- Lock Screen timer views
- Distinguishable timers with colors
- Countdown and end time display
- Face ID protected actions
- Apple Watch support
- Saved common timers
- Timers with notes
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The app began with a simple problem: during busy, hands-full moments, I didn't have time to repeatedly unlock my iPhone and open an app just to check several timers. Apple's built-in Clock app works well for basic timing. The difficulty begins when several timers are running. Finding the right timer on the Lock Screen can require waking the screen, expanding the timer stack, and sorting through several similar-looking entries. Upcoming alarms are not shown there before they ring, so checking what is scheduled means opening Clock and switching to the Alarms tab. Lock Screen controls can also be triggered accidentally when an iPhone wakes as it is taken from a pocket, bag, or drawer. What began as a solution for busy, hands-full moments has since evolved into a complete timer board spanning the iPhone, Lock Screen, and Apple Watch. Why it's better Instead of sorting through a stack of similar-looking timers, you get: • One color-coded board containing countdowns, scheduled alarms, and notes • Lock Screen Snapshots showing names, colors, remaining time, and expected finish times • Spoken alerts that tell you what is ready without requiring you to look • Musical ringtones, recorded sounds, and custom alarms made from audio or video files • A native seven-slot Apple Watch board • Lock Screen controls protected by iPhone authentication, including Face ID, to help prevent accidental taps • Saved timer configurations and Markdown notes • Siri controls and Home Screen widgets Key features • Several timers, together on your Lock Screen See countdowns and upcoming scheduled alarms together, with names and colors that make them easy to tell apart. Know what is running, what finishes next, and what is scheduled without opening the app. Choose Standard for the full seven-slot board with a featured timer and its controls, or Three Rows for larger rows that prioritize the timers needing your attention most. • Check with little or no interaction Just wake your iPhone’s screen to check multiple timers at a glance, without unlocking it or opening the app. On supported iPhones, Always-On Display makes checking even easier: you can see your timers while the screen is dimmed. • Quick controls, protected while locked Start, pause, resume, stop, or add extra time directly from the Snapshot. iPhone authentication, including Face ID, helps prevent accidental actions while the phone is locked. You can also hide timer names and note text for privacy. • Talking alarms that tell you what is ready Hear "Time for your meeting" or "Your break is over" instead of wondering which timer rang. Write your own spoken message, choose from five speech speed levels and five volume levels, and preview it before saving. • Musical ringtones and custom alarm sounds Choose from quieter musical ringtones and louder alarms. Assign a different sound to each timer, record your own alert, or import an audio or video file from Files and use up to 29 seconds of its audio as a ringtone. • Set up once, use again Save everyday timer configurations so you don't have to recreate them. Keep notes beside your timers, with simple Markdown formatting to make important details stand out. • Your timer board on your wrist View all seven slots in the native Apple Watch app. Control timers, edit notes, and quickly load saved setups or configure new timers. Timer and note changes require a connection to the paired iPhone. • Hands-free controls and quick Home Screen checks Use Siri to start, pause, resume, stop, reset, restart, or extend timers by voice. Add Home Screen widgets to see your timers alongside your other everyday information. • Adjust when plans change Add fixed or automatically calculated extra time when a task needs longer. Switch iPhone alarms to a quieter sound when needed, including timers already running.
VOID
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Have your storage under control. VOID shows what is using space on this iPhone and lets you free it up on your terms, in a way that feels like scrolling a feed instead of doing chores. VOID reads the Photos library on your iPhone and shows what is taking up room: large and long videos, 4K clips, screen recordings, screenshots, similar and duplicate photos, Live Photos and oversized images. Everything runs on your device. Nothing is uploaded. Nothing is deleted without your confirmation. YOUR LIBRARY, AS A FEED Open the Feed and your own photos and videos appear as posts, ranked by how much space they take and how little you are likely to miss them. Each post shows the size, the duration and why VOID picked it. Tap Trash or Keep, double-tap to keep, and move on. There is nobody else here: no accounts, no ads, no followers, just your library. STORIES YOU TAP THROUGH At the top of the Feed, stories group your library the way you would want to review it: Biggest, Screenshots, Recordings, Longest, Similar, Duplicates, Blurry, what is stored on this device, and one story for every year. Tap through a story like you do everywhere else, swipe to the next one, and decide as you go. ONE TRASH, EMPTIED WHEN YOU SAY Everything you trash lands in the Trash tab and waits there, like on a Mac. Put anything back with one tap or empty the whole bin when you are ready. Deletions go through the standard iOS confirmation and stay in Recently Deleted for 30 days. LIBRARY GRID Photos and videos in one grid, with size and duration on every tile. Pinch or tap to change the grid size, filter by videos, photos, screenshots or what is stored on this device, and sort by date, size or length. A LIVE DRIVE GAUGE AND SECTOR MAP Home shows how much of this device is used, how much is free, and how much you could get back right now. Every cell in the storage map stands for a slice of your device: videos, photos, screenshots, apps and system, free space. ICLOUD VS THIS DEVICE Many libraries live mostly in iCloud. VOID shows what is stored on this iPhone and what only lives in the cloud, so you know which deletions actually free space here. PLACES AND A MAP Photos carry the place they were taken. VOID groups them into the trips and spots you remember and puts them on a map, so you can clear a whole weekend away in one pass instead of hunting for it in a grid. SIMILAR AND DUPLICATE PHOTOS VOID groups shots that look alike and suggests the sharpest one to keep. Prefer to choose yourself? One switch clears the suggestions so you pick the ones to trash. You make the final call either way. WHAT TO EXPECT • Photos and videos never leave your iPhone • No ads, no tracking, no accounts • Nothing is deleted until you empty the Trash, and iOS asks once more • Deleted items stay in Recently Deleted for 30 days • The free tier includes the full scan and 500 MB of cleanup VOID PRO VOID Pro removes the cleanup limit. Pay yearly, or once for lifetime access. Privacy policy: https://www.skylarks.io/apps/void/privacy-policy Terms of service: https://www.skylarks.io/apps/void/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: VOID at every 2 days against Live Timers on Lock Screen's weekly. VOID also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.2). 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
Both are free to download. Live Timers on Lock Screen sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and VOID sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Live Timers on Lock Screen ships an update weekly, VOID every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Live Timers on Lock Screen | VOID |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CHAN SHUO WU | Przemyslaw Skowronek |
In-app purchases
Live Timers on Lock Screen
- All Timer Slots$0.99
- Palette Unlock$2.99
- Buy Developer a Coffee$4.99
VOID
- VOID Pro Yearly$19.991 Year
- VOID Pro Lifetime$39.99
Questions
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