Comparison

Cycle Timers vs Notify Alarm

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

Head to head
About

Cycle Timers

Features
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Set a timer for anything that repeats — and forget about forgetting. Free to start. Cycle Pro is an optional one-time in-app purchase — no subscription. Cycle turns recurring household chores into countdown rings: food that expires in 3 days, the cat litter every 4 days, the sheets every 2 weeks. Each timer fills a ring that slowly drains from green to yellow to orange — and turns red when it’s overdue. One glance tells you what’s fine, what’s coming, and what’s due. One tap marks it done and restarts the cycle — right from your Home Screen widget, without opening the app. WIDGET-FIRST • Interactive Home Screen widgets: tap a ring to mark it done, no app launch • Choose exactly which timers each widget shows • Lock Screen widgets keep your most urgent timers one glance away (Cycle Pro) • The Small widget is free; Medium and Large widgets, plus Extra Large on iPad, come with Cycle Pro EFFORTLESS • Start from household templates: Kitchen, Cleaning, Pets, Bathroom, Home • Or create your own in seconds: name, icon, interval, done • Undo an accidental restart with one tap • Backdate a timer when you actually did it yesterday • Works on iPhone and iPad REASSURING, NOT NAGGING • Calm green for most of a cycle; warm colors only when it matters • One local notification when something comes due, with a Mark Done button right on it • Optional app badge showing the overdue count • Siri and Shortcuts: say “Mark cat litter done in Cycle” PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no tracking • Your timers stay on your device and are never sent to us • Cycle uses RevenueCat only to count purchases and how the Cycle Pro screen is used (an anonymous ID and your App Store purchases), and never to track you FREE TO START • Free: up to 4 timers and one Small Home Screen widget • Cycle Pro is an optional one-time in-app purchase: unlimited timers, Medium and Large widgets (plus Extra Large on iPad), and Lock Screen widgets • Cycle Pro also unlocks Cycle Wrapped, your year in Cycle: a year-end recap you can share • Cycle Pro also lets you message the developer straight from Settings • No subscription, no recurring charges

About

Notify Alarm

This app transforms critical notifications into audible alarms. Set custom rules based on apps, keywords, or content to ensure important alerts, like security warnings or urgent messages, are never missed. It helps prioritize what truly matters, ensuring you get attention for vital information.

Highlights
  • Custom notification rules
  • Keyword and content matching
  • App-based notification filtering
  • Alarm-style reminders
  • Prioritize important alerts
  • Simple and focused configuration
Features
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Some notifications are too important to miss. Notify Alarm helps important notifications actually get your attention when it matters. Notifications can disappear in a moment, get buried among dozens of others, or simply go unnoticed. Notify Alarm lets you create rules based on apps, keywords, and notification content, then turn matching notifications into stronger alarm-style reminders. Use it for: • Smart home and security alerts • Find My notifications • Glucose monitoring warnings • Urgent work messages • Late-night messages from family • Important emails from specific senders or subjects • Long-awaited delivery or pickup notifications • Flight, train, or appointment reminders • School or childcare messages • Banking, payment, or account security alerts • On-call, server, or system monitoring alerts You don’t need every notification to be louder — only the ones that really matter. Notify Alarm is designed to be simple, focused, and easy to configure, so important notifications can do what notifications are supposed to do: get your attention.

Screenshots

Cycle Timers4 screens
Notify Alarm4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cycle Timers at none against Notify Alarm's 1. Cycle Timers also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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. Notify Alarm sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cycle Timers asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cycle Timers ships an update every 4 days, Notify Alarm every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Cycle Timers versus Notify Alarm: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCycle TimersNotify Alarm
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIzotz Cristobal Mota龙林 武

In-app purchases

None

Cycle Timers

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Notify Alarm

One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$4.99

Questions

Is Cycle Timers free?
Cycle Timers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notify Alarm free?
Notify Alarm is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Cycle Timers or Notify Alarm have ads?
Neither Cycle Timers nor Notify Alarm shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cycle Timers or Notify Alarm?
Cycle Timers ships an update every 4 days, and Notify Alarm every 3 days. Most recently, Cycle Timers was updated on October 18, 2026 and Notify Alarm on October 25, 2026.

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