Bathyal vs Pull Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Bathyal
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Bathyal is a clepsydra β an ancient water clock β rebuilt for the deep sea. In the bathyal zone there is no day or night. No sunrise, no shadow, nothing to set a clock by. The only light is made by living things. Bathyal is the instrument that keeps time down there: a face of glowing concentric channels where every drop is a second, and time is material. Watch it work: β’ Each second forms as a drop at the heartbeat and joins the ring β’ A full ring of seconds distills into one minute β and pours, visibly, down into the next channel β’ Minutes pour into hours, hours into the day's two halves, days into months β at midnight the whole cascade runs at once β’ Once a year, the last drop of December sinks past the digits into the abyss, unmeasured Make it yours: β’ Solid bands or beaded drops, sweeping or pulsing motion β’ 24-hour or 12-hour time β 12-hour splits the hours at the meridian into a morning ring and an afternoon ring β’ Calendar rings for the month and year, or a Monday-first week ring whose weeks are spent, not kept β’ Run the midnight cascade demo any time from the settings On your wrist: β’ A full-screen water clock for Apple Watch β seconds, minutes, and hours in the same adjacent channels β’ Add Bathyal as a complication; the live rings sit on any face and rewrite themselves as the day moves. No two times look the same β that is the instrument, not a hand on a circle β’ Hold the Watch face for settings. Pulse or sweep, 12- or 24-hour time, and an optional Monday-first weekday ring. Hours, motion, and the week calendar also travel from the gear on iPhone On the Lock Screen: β’ Add Bathyal as a Lock Screen widget β live rings, a different pattern for every minute, the same figure as the Watch complication β’ Hours, motion, and the weekday ring follow from the gear Quiet by design: β’ Completely free, no accounts, no ads, no tracking β it never connects to anything β’ Works fully offline β’ Keeps the screen awake on a desk or bedside table If the instrument keeps good time for you, you can send a drop β a small tip β and the face answers with the benefactor tinctures: other colors of bioluminescence, and a single grain of sand set on the seabed of the dial. Drops become months.
Pull Timer
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Pull Timer is a timer app that lets you set time by simply pulling downward on the screen. Short times adjust precisely, while longer times change more quickly, making it comfortable to set anything from 1 second to 60 minutes. Features: - Set timer duration with a pull gesture - Start, pause, resume, reset, and complete timers - Presets and history - Local notifications - Live Activity and Dynamic Island - Home Screen widget
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pull Timer at none against Bathyal's 3. Bathyal's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Bathyal sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Pull Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bathyal ships an update every 4 days, Pull Timer every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bathyal | Pull Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days β better | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 β better | 26.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephen Zinn | FUMIAKI MURAMATSU |
In-app purchases
Bathyal
- Tip Small$1.99
- Drop: The Benefactor's Drop$2.99
- Large: A Current$9.99
Pull Timer
No in-app purchases
Questions
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