Comparison

Routine Timer vs PN Meeting Cost Calculator

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

Head to head
About

Routine Timer

Features
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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 • Build a routine from steps: an icon and a duration, nothing else to set up • One giant timer per step, readable from across the room • A haptic nudge on every transition, and a notification with sound when the screen is off • Pause, skip, go back or restart any step. No streaks, no guilt, no failure stats • Notifications keep the routine going while the phone is locked PERFECT FOR • Morning routine before school, bedtime routine after the bath • Homework blocks and focus sprints • Toddlers and preschoolers learning to get ready on their own • Kids with ADHD or autism who do better with a schedule they can see • 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.

About

PN Meeting Cost Calculator

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Six people, one hour, and afterwards nobody knows what for. It cost you all the same. This app tells you how much — while you're still in the room. HOW IT WORKS Add the people who sit in your meetings and what their hour costs. Open a meeting, pick the room, hit start. The amount runs along with it, to the second. Go over your planned time and the screen turns orange. No blame. Just a number. WHAT'S IN IT • Live timer with the cost running alongside, to the second • People with a fixed hourly rate • Roles instead of names: add "Junior" once, bring them in several times • Pause, resume, finish — across as many sittings as it takes • Stats by week and month, priciest meeting, average per round • German and English, whichever your device speaks WHY YOU CAN TRUST THE NUMBER The maths runs in cents, not in floating point — which is why the total at the bottom matches the lines above it. Time is measured in real segments, not as the gap between two timestamps: quit the app mid-meeting and it won't happily keep counting in the background. And the hourly rate freezes when you book it. Give someone a raise next month and last month's meetings don't get more expensive in hindsight. YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU No account, no sign-up, no tracking, no ads. Everything lives in a database on your device. The app only goes online when you tap Contact or Legal notice in the info section. Even the typeface ships inside the app instead of being pulled from someone else's server. WHAT IT'S GOOD FOR Not for abolishing meetings. For deserving them. Once you've seen in black and yellow that the status round cost 340 €, you ask different questions the next time round. Straight talk moves things forward. So does a number.

Screenshots

Routine Timer2 screens
PN Meeting Cost Calculator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PN Meeting Cost Calculator at none against Routine Timer's 1. PN Meeting Cost Calculator also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Routine Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Routine Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PN Meeting Cost Calculator asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Routine Timer ships an update every 9 days, PN Meeting Cost Calculator every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Ā· 2 level
Routine Timer versus PN Meeting Cost Calculator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoutine TimerPN Meeting Cost Calculator
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerihor RomanenkoPretty Nasty GmbH

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Routine Timer

One-time1
  • Unlock Forever$12.99
None

PN Meeting Cost Calculator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Routine Timer free?
Routine Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PN Meeting Cost Calculator free?
PN Meeting Cost Calculator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Routine Timer or PN Meeting Cost Calculator have ads?
Neither Routine Timer nor PN Meeting Cost Calculator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Routine Timer or PN Meeting Cost Calculator?
Routine Timer ships an update every 9 days, and PN Meeting Cost Calculator every 3 weeks. Most recently, Routine Timer was updated on November 6, 2026 and PN Meeting Cost Calculator on October 31, 2026.

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