Comparison

Routine Timer vs Timedisk

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

Head to head
About

Routine Timer

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Big friendly timers. One step at a time. No pressure. Routine Timer is a visual timer for kids and grown-ups who get stuck between steps. Morning, homework, cleanup, bedtime: any routine becomes a sequence of visual steps, each with its own full-screen timer. A big color ring shrinks as the minutes pass, and a gentle tap says it is time to move on. MADE FOR REAL LIFE โ€ข Build a routine from steps: an icon and a duration, nothing else to set up โ€ข One giant timer per step, readable from across the room โ€ข A haptic nudge on every transition, and a notification with sound when the screen is off โ€ข Pause, skip, go back or restart any step. No streaks, no guilt, no failure stats โ€ข Notifications keep the routine going while the phone is locked PERFECT FOR โ€ข Morning routine before school, bedtime routine after the bath โ€ข Homework blocks and focus sprints โ€ข Toddlers and preschoolers learning to get ready on their own โ€ข Kids with ADHD or autism who do better with a schedule they can see โ€ข Cleanup bursts, chores and screen-time limits WHY IT WORKS A child cannot feel ten minutes, but can see a color ring getting smaller. Steps take the arguing out of transitions: the timer says it is time, not the parent. Grown-ups use it the same way for their own mornings and work sprints. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything stays on your iPhone. No account, no cloud, no analytics, no ads. Works offline. SIMPLE PRICING Your first routine is free, full featured, forever: every step, sounds and notifications. One purchase unlocks unlimited routines. No subscription, nothing recurring. If you already unlocked the app, nothing changes for you.

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Timedisk

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A timer you can read from across the room โ€” and watch drain to nothing. Timedisk shows time as a shrinking disk. A wide coloured wedge fills the screen, and as the minutes pass it visibly disappears. There are no digits to decode and no arithmetic to do: you glance at it and you know how much is left. That is the whole idea, and it works for the people a digital clock has always failed. SET IT IN TWO SECONDS Drag your thumb around the dial to any length, or tap a preset โ€” 5, 10, 15, 25, or one of your own. Start. That is the entire interaction, which matters when starting is the hard part. MADE FOR ADULTS, NOT ONLY CLASSROOMS Visual timers have been styled for six-year-olds for twenty years. Timedisk's default look is clean, quiet, and grown-up, and it can sit on your desk in a meeting without announcing anything about you. When it is for a child, kid mode flips it to big playful shapes and colours. IT KEEPS PERFECT TIME Set it, put the phone face up, walk away, and glance over from the other side of the kitchen. The countdown keeps perfect time even if you close the app or restart the phone, because it counts down to a fixed moment rather than ticking along โ€” and the alert still arrives at zero. CHAIN A ROUTINE Build a routine out of steps โ€” dress 10, breakfast 15, shoes 5 โ€” each with its own label, length, and colour. Timedisk runs them back to back, chimes between them, and always shows what is running now and what is coming next. Mornings, bedtimes, homework blocks, cleaning sprints, lesson changeovers, physio sets. FOR TIME BLINDNESS If you have ADHD, or you look after someone who does, you already know that "five more minutes" is not a unit anyone can feel. A disk that visibly empties turns an abstract number into something you can watch arriving. The same goes for autistic routines, for children who cannot read a clock yet, and for anyone who looks up and finds an hour gone. ALERTS THAT LAND Pick a sound per timer, feel the haptic, and see the screen flash at zero. Through the last stretch the colour shifts to warn you it is nearly up, so the end never ambushes you. Keep the screen awake whenever the disk is on show. PAY ONCE, OWN IT Buy Timedisk Lifetime and it is yours: no subscription, no renewal, no losing your routines because a card expired. An annual plan with a free trial is there too, if you would rather start that way. FREE The complete timer โ€” the disk, presets, alerts, escalating end-of-timer warnings โ€” plus one saved routine of up to three steps. Nothing about the core timer is held back. TIMEDISK PRO โ€ข Unlimited routines with unlimited steps โ€ข Themes, including kid mode and dark โ€ข Custom alert sounds per timer and per step Everything happens on your phone. No account, no sign-up, no cloud, no ads, and no data leaving the device. Pro is available as a one-time Lifetime purchase or as an annual auto-renewing subscription that opens with a 7-day free trial. Prices are shown in your own currency before you buy. A subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Timedisk is made by Adelyons Software LLC. Questions or requests? Email dev@adelyons.com. Terms of Use (EULA): https://adelyons.com/apps/timedisk/eula.html Privacy Policy: https://adelyons.com/apps/timedisk/privacy.html

Screenshots

Routine Timer2 screens
Timedisk4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Timedisk at 3 against Routine Timer's 1. Timedisk also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Routine Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Timedisk sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Routine Timer versus Timedisk: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoutine TimerTimedisk
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS17.013.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerihor RomanenkoAdelyons Software LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Routine Timer

One-time1
  • Unlock Forever$12.99
2 purchases

Timedisk

Subscriptions1
  • Timedisk Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Timedisk Pro (Lifetime)$14.99

Questions

Is Routine Timer free?
Routine Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timedisk free?
Timedisk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Routine Timer or Timedisk have ads?
Neither Routine Timer nor Timedisk shows ads.

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