Comparison

Honey Timer vs Stay Clock

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

Head to head
About

Honey Timer

This versatile timer app helps you manage various activities, from workouts and study sessions to cooking and meditation. It offers customizable routines, spoken cues, and background operation, keeping you on track without constant attention.

Highlights
  • Customizable interval timers
  • Spoken voice cues
  • Multiple timer types (HIIT, Pomodoro, Kitchen)
  • Live Activities and widgets
  • Apple Watch integration
  • iCloud and Google Drive sync
  • Progress tracking and statistics
Features
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Meet Honey Timer — the adorable all-in-one timer that runs your routine, so you can stop watching the clock. Set it up once: get ready 10 seconds, work 45, rest 15, repeat 8 rounds. Hit start and just move — a friendly voice counts you in, calls every change, and tells you when to rest. No more squinting at a screen mid-plank, mid-recipe, or mid-chapter. ONE TIMER FOR EVERYTHING • Workouts – HIIT, Tabata, circuit training, boxing, jump rope. Get-ready, work, and rest phases, with rounds and round breaks. • Focus & study – Pomodoro-style focus and break cycles that keep exams, essays, and deep work on track. • Kitchen – run several timers side by side: soup, oven, and eggs each get their own countdown. • Yoga & meditation – guided breathing rhythms: Box Breathing, 4-7-8, 4-6, Resonance, and Physiological Sigh. • Everyday life – tea, laundry, naps, face masks: quick repeatable countdowns, two taps and go. • Stopwatch – laps, splits, and named segments you can save, reuse, and review anytime. BUILD IT YOUR WAY • Chain unlimited steps, each with its own duration, color, icon, name, and repeat count. • 22 hand-crafted styles — Workout, Yoga, Jump Rope, Forest, Reading, Flip Clock, and more. Yes, they are cute. • Pick alert sounds for start, step change, and finish — or play background music while you go. A VOICE COACH IN YOUR POCKET • Spoken cues: 3-2-1 countdown, last 5 or 10 seconds, halfway, change side, next step, take a rest — even your own custom messages. • Male, female, or system voices; whistle, beep, and chime tones. • Vibration and haptics you can tune from gentle to impossible-to-miss. ALWAYS IN SIGHT, NEVER IN THE WAY • Live Activities – your progress on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with quick controls. • Home Screen widgets – start a quick timer or your favorite routine with one tap. • Apple Watch – start, pause, and follow timers from your wrist, with haptic taps; quick timer and stopwatch included. • iCloud sync – timers, records, and settings backed up and in step across your devices (Google Drive supported too). • Timers keep going in the background, and the screen can stay awake through a whole session. WATCH YOUR EFFORT ADD UP • Organize timers with groups and tags. • Every session lands in your history, with notes and a quick mood check-in. • A statistics dashboard shows total time, session counts, daily averages, and rankings — by week, month, year, or all time. From the first jump rope round of the morning to tonight's wind-down breathing, Honey Timer keeps the time so you can keep the pace. Honey Timer is free to download. MEMBERSHIP - Unlock all features. Membership pricing: Monthly $6.99, Yearly $19.99 (7-day free trial), Lifetime $29.99 (one-time purchase). Prices may vary by region. - Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://www.aeenjoy.com/ledger/privacy/timer/ Terms of Use: https://www.aeenjoy.com/ledger/terms/timer/

About

Stay Clock

Features
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Optimized for iPhone Duo. Built with the latest SDK, the app fills the entire inner display and automatically adjusts its layout whether the device is folded or open. Stay Clock turns your iPhone or iPad into an always-on desk clock you can read from across the room. Pick from 101 faces, flip clocks included (100 with the optional Lifetime unlock), and switch to a dim red face on true black at night. The same face follows you to StandBy, the Lock Screen, Home Screen widgets and Apple Watch, with a calendar that fits each face, an hourly chime and a simple alarm. Made for the desk, the shelf and the nightstand. Full screen time that stays readable from far away, in portrait or landscape, on iPhone and iPad. Keep Awake that understands charging. Stay on while charging, always on with a battery floor, or follow the system, so your clock never surprises you. Panel Care for OLED screens. Gentle pixel shifting, details that soften when idle, and a dim red night face on true black for the bedroom. One face everywhere. The face you pick appears on the full screen clock, StandBy, Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets and Apple Watch, and looks the same on every one. A calendar that suits each face. Choose Off, Simple with the date and weekday, or a full Month view separately for every face. Your language and your time zone. Switch the app language instantly, pick any city or time zone, and choose 12 or 24 hour time and your own digits. Private by design. No account, no ads, no tracking and no network. Everything stays on your device. A dock on the desk: your phone stays lit while it charges, showing the time in a face you chose. A bedroom at night: the screen dims to a quiet red clock on true black and saves your OLED panel. A day away from the desk: the same face sits on your Lock Screen, your Home Screen and your wrist. What Stay Clock does Full screen always-on clock with large, readable time One free face included, with a handwritten paper look Lifetime unlock adds 100 more faces in different colors, styles and fonts Off, Simple or Month calendar saved separately for each face StandBy, Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets that match the app Apple Watch face that follows the same design Keep Awake while charging, with battery floor and system options Night schedule, dim red face and pixel shifting for OLED screens Hourly chime and a simple alarm App language and time zone chosen inside the app iPhone and iPad layouts for every screen size Stay Clock is a free download with one complete face. One optional Lifetime purchase unlocks 100 more faces for good, with no subscription. Everything runs on your device. No account, no ads, no analytics and no tracking. Optimized for iPhone Duo.

Screenshots

Honey Timer4 screens
Stay Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Stay Clock at every 4 days against Honey Timer's every 9 days. Honey Timer's advantage is iOS requirement (16.2 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Honey Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Stay Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Honey Timer ships an update every 9 days, Stay Clock every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Honey Timer versus Stay Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHoney TimerStay Clock
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.2 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size120 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAt Ease Ltd.Guan Feng Lai

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Honey Timer

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$29.99
1 purchases

Stay Clock

One-time1
  • Stay Clock Lifetime$4.99

Questions

Is Honey Timer free?
Honey Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stay Clock free?
Stay Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Honey Timer or Stay Clock have ads?
Neither Honey Timer nor Stay Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Honey Timer or Stay Clock?
Honey Timer ships an update every 9 days, and Stay Clock every 4 days. Most recently, Honey Timer was updated on October 24, 2026 and Stay Clock on October 30, 2026.

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