Comparison

RLX vs Duck Timer

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

Head to head
About

RLX

Features
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Digital detox, your way. Less scrolling. More time and breathing room for you. Block distracting apps, set daily limits and schedule quiet hours on your iPhone or iPad. Choose which apps, categories and websites to limit. Every feature in RLX is free, with no subscriptions, paywalls, ads or account required. When you want to unwind, breathing, meditation, journaling and sleep sounds are there for you. YOUR APPS, YOUR BOUNDARIES Choose apps, categories and websites with Apple Screen Time. Block them now, set a daily limit or plan quiet hours. See your agreements together in your day view. Take a brief pause before opening selected apps, or choose a stronger temporary lock. Use the heart to save your favorite breathing, meditation and movement practices. In Your exercises, you’ll find them alongside exercises you’ve recently completed. Your favorites also help shape suggestions in Today and Rest. More room for your thoughts. Type or dictate your notes. Add your own topics and a photo, then revisit everything in Overview. Your journal can be included in your automatic iCloud copy, without syncing. MY EVENING My evening remembers your exercise, favorite sound and sleep timer. Settle in with breathing, a body scan or one of two new visualizations narrated by your chosen iOS voice. Then let the sound continue with your screen locked. Brief guidance is there if you wake in the night, too. In the morning, record how you slept, alongside your sleep recording and available stages from Apple Health if connected. A MOMENT OF CALM, YOUR WAY Take a minute for yourself. Breathe along, follow a short meditation or write about what's on your mind. Choose from 17 breathing rhythms and 18 short text-guided meditations. Make time for a simple movement exercise or a short walk, too. Find what feels right for you today. AGREEMENTS FOR YOUR FAMILY Child Mode gives your child a calm home with breathing and quiet moments. A parent manages the agreements on the child's device with a local PIN. AT HOME ON IPHONE AND IPAD Use the spacious iPad layout or keep a small moment of calm close on iPhone. Light and dark appearances follow your preference. Widgets, Control Center and Shortcuts bring your choices within reach. Saved on your device. With iCloud backup enabled, your journal can also be stored in your own iCloud.

About

Duck Timer

Features
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Duck is one calm timer for whatever you are doing. Name the moment, choose the minutes, and start. When you need a rhythm instead of a countdown, build repeating timer and pause intervals for focus sessions, cooking, stretching, or training. • A focused minutes-first timer • Optional repeating timer and pause intervals • Local notifications for transitions and completion • Small and medium Home Screen widgets • Thirty days of private, on-device history • No account, advertising, tracking, streaks, or subscriptions Duck notices what you finish and never punishes what you miss.

Screenshots

RLX4 screens
Duck Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

RLX and Duck Timer are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
RLX versus Duck Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRLXDuck Timer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB1 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperJan LitjensArisa Nakanam

In-app purchases

None

RLX

No in-app purchases

None

Duck Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RLX free?
RLX is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Duck Timer free?
Duck Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RLX or Duck Timer have ads?
Neither RLX nor Duck Timer shows ads.

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