Comparison

Kitchen Mate vs Cycle Timers

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

Head to head
About

Kitchen Mate

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Kitchen Mate brings together small, helpful tools for everyday cooking. Main features: - Convert microwave heating times for different wattages - Use multiple timers that are easy to manage while cooking - Scale ingredient amounts for the number of servings - Convert common kitchen units such as grams, milliliters, tablespoons, and teaspoons - Quickly access recently used conversions and timers For the small kitchen calculations that can slow you down. A simple cooking tool that helps you move smoothly through everyday meals.

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Cycle Timers

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Set a timer for anything that repeats — and forget about forgetting. Free to start. Cycle Pro is an optional one-time in-app purchase — no subscription. Cycle turns recurring household chores into countdown rings: food that expires in 3 days, the cat litter every 4 days, the sheets every 2 weeks. Each timer fills a ring that slowly drains from green to yellow to orange — and turns red when it’s overdue. One glance tells you what’s fine, what’s coming, and what’s due. One tap marks it done and restarts the cycle — right from your Home Screen widget, without opening the app. WIDGET-FIRST • Interactive Home Screen widgets: tap a ring to mark it done, no app launch • Choose exactly which timers each widget shows • Lock Screen widgets keep your most urgent timers one glance away (Cycle Pro) • The Small widget is free; Medium and Large widgets, plus Extra Large on iPad, come with Cycle Pro EFFORTLESS • Start from household templates: Kitchen, Cleaning, Pets, Bathroom, Home • Or create your own in seconds: name, icon, interval, done • Undo an accidental restart with one tap • Backdate a timer when you actually did it yesterday • Works on iPhone and iPad REASSURING, NOT NAGGING • Calm green for most of a cycle; warm colors only when it matters • One local notification when something comes due, with a Mark Done button right on it • Optional app badge showing the overdue count • Siri and Shortcuts: say “Mark cat litter done in Cycle” PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no tracking • Your timers stay on your device and are never sent to us • Cycle uses RevenueCat only to count purchases and how the Cycle Pro screen is used (an anonymous ID and your App Store purchases), and never to track you FREE TO START • Free: up to 4 timers and one Small Home Screen widget • Cycle Pro is an optional one-time in-app purchase: unlimited timers, Medium and Large widgets (plus Extra Large on iPad), and Lock Screen widgets • Cycle Pro also unlocks Cycle Wrapped, your year in Cycle: a year-end recap you can share • Cycle Pro also lets you message the developer straight from Settings • No subscription, no recurring charges

Screenshots

Kitchen Mate4 screens
Cycle Timers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Cycle Timers at none against Kitchen Mate's shown. Cycle Timers also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kitchen Mate ships an update every 9 days, Cycle Timers every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Kitchen Mate versus Cycle Timers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKitchen MateCycle Timers
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperClimb AppIzotz Cristobal Mota

In-app purchases

None

Kitchen Mate

No in-app purchases

None

Cycle Timers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kitchen Mate free?
Kitchen Mate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cycle Timers free?
Cycle Timers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kitchen Mate or Cycle Timers have ads?
Kitchen Mate shows ads; Cycle Timers does not.
Which is updated more often, Kitchen Mate or Cycle Timers?
Kitchen Mate ships an update every 9 days, and Cycle Timers every 4 days. Most recently, Kitchen Mate was updated on October 19, 2026 and Cycle Timers on October 18, 2026.

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