Comparison

Bathyal vs Pull Timer

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

Head to head
About

Bathyal

Features
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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.

About

Pull Timer

Features
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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

Screenshots

Bathyal4 screens
Pull Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Bathyal sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Pull Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
Bathyal versus Pull Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBathyalPull Timer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days β€” betterEvery 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size4 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStephen ZinnFUMIAKI MURAMATSU

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Bathyal

One-time3
  • Tip Small$1.99
  • Drop: The Benefactor's Drop$2.99
  • Large: A Current$9.99
None

Pull Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bathyal free?
Bathyal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pull Timer free?
Pull Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bathyal or Pull Timer have ads?
Neither Bathyal nor Pull Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bathyal or Pull Timer?
Bathyal ships an update every 4 days, and Pull Timer every 6 days. Most recently, Bathyal was updated on October 6, 2026 and Pull Timer on October 13, 2026.

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