Chroma Match vs Timple
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chroma Match
This utility app facilitates precise color matching against custom color sets using dedicated hardware. Businesses can enable their unique color palettes for users to scan and compare against. Color sets can be made public or private for specific access.
- Custom color set matching
- NODE+Chroma sensor integration
- Public and private color sets
- Accurate color scanning
- Business color palette integration
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PLEASE NOTE: This application requires a NODE+Chroma Sensor Device from Variable, Inc. Usage: iPhone 4s (or newer) or an iPad 3 (or newer), or an iPad Mini. See our website at www.variableinc.com for more information. The Chroma Match App provides color matching against custom colorsets using the N+Chroma hardware. Users / Businesses that provide colorsets to Variable, Inc can have color matching to their colorset enabled in this app. For example, a paint manufacturer sends their paint set to Variable, Inc. This paint set is added to ChromaMatch, which enables users to accurately scan colors with NODE+Chroma and see how well these objects match the colors in the manufactuer's colorset. Color sets can be private, enabled only with a private key, or they can be made public and available to all users of the Chroma Match app.
Timple
This utility app offers customizable work and rest intervals with large, clear digits and color-coded animations. It provides on-screen controls for easy management and independent sound settings, designed for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch.
- Customizable work and rest intervals
- Large, clear digits
- Color-coded interval animation
- Independent sound settings
- On-screen timer controls
- Supports iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch
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Simple Timer App with a couple of quirky features for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. And yes, it’s free. Forever. (Menacing glance at other developers) Settings - Set work intervals from 5 seconds to 25 minutes (10 minutes for watchOS) or infinite work mode to manually advance to the next round. - Set rest intervals from 0 seconds to 25 minutes (10 minutes on watchOS). - Enable or disable the last rest interval. - Independent sound settings — sound on/off doesn’t mess with your system-wide sound. - Supports both horizontal and vertical orientations. - Set a pre-timer countdown for ten, three, or zero seconds. Timer - Large digits. Like, REALLY LARGE digits. - Tmer controls, similar to media navigation. - Color-supported intervals with clock-like animation. - Soft, non-irritating sounds generated with a wave-synth on the device. Shoutout to all the 438 Hz fans. Onscreen Controls - Rewind to the beginning of the round / double tap to return to the previous round. - Add 10 seconds to the current round. - Pause and resume the timer. - Fast forward 10 seconds. - Skip to the next round. IMPORTANT! Developer notes about watchOS version: - the watchOS version is completely independent, it doesn't synchronize the timer's progress or settings with the parent iOS device. It was technically possible, but it drains Apple Watch battery while application is limited. - Total session length is limited to one full hour (UI doesn't allow user to set longer than that). And I recommend it for even shorter sessions to save battery. If you need longer sessions with watch sensor data collection, please rely on the Apple Workouts app. It's awesome, too. Count your intervals and stay healthy, mindful, and happy!
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Verdict
Chroma Match and Timple both sit at 1.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 33% of Chroma Match's written reviews are positive against 0% of Timple's. Chroma Match also leads on iOS requirement (6.1 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.0 for Chroma Match against 1.0 for Timple. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Chroma Match's written reviews are positive against 0% of Timple's.
Chroma Match ships an update every 2 months, Timple every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chroma Match | Timple |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Variable Technologies LLC | Pavel Shlyapnikov |
Customer experience
Chroma Match
Timple
In-app purchases
Chroma Match
No in-app purchases
Timple
No in-app purchases









