Comparison

Countdown Timer Nano vs Flow Timer

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

Head to head
About

Countdown Timer Nano

A minimalist timer app with a clean design, offering both numerical and visual time tracking. It features large numbers, an animating circle that changes color with elapsed time, and optional sound alerts. The free version allows setting timers up to 60 minutes.

Highlights
  • Minimalist design
  • Numerical and graphical time representation
  • Animating circle timer
  • Optional sound alerts
  • Large, visible numbers
  • Up to 60-minute timers (free)
Features
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Features: ● Large numbers for great visibility. ● Simple and intuitive use. ● Circle animates and color changes as time is passing. ● Optional sounds to keep you on track! ● Set up time to 60 minutes (free version).

About

Flow Timer

This app uses calming animations to help you focus and track time for various activities. Set custom durations, choose themes and sounds, and create interval timers for study or workouts. It offers a distraction-free experience for mindful timing.

Highlights
  • Peaceful countdown animations
  • Customizable timer durations
  • Named timers for specific uses
  • Calming background and timer sounds
  • Themed visual preferences
  • Interval timers for Pomodoro/HIIT
  • Timer session tracking and badges
Features
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Water climbs. Sand falls. A picture appears. Flow Timer is a visual timer: it shows you time instead of telling you. Water that climbs the glass as you go, a sand timer whose grains really fall, or a picture that paints itself while you work. Glance at it and you know how long is left — no numbers to read, no arithmetic. BUILT FOR TIME BLINDNESS When minutes feel invisible — as they often do for people with ADHD — a shape you can watch beats a number you have to interpret. That is the whole design. Nothing flashes, nothing nags, nothing demands a decision. The timer simply keeps being visible until it is done. A TIMER WORTH LOOKING AT Most timers are ugly because nobody expects you to watch them. This one is made to be watched: hand-drawn scenes, five colour palettes, an hourglass with real falling sand, calming sounds, and a zen mode that clears away everything but the time. Leave it running on a desk or a second screen and it earns its place. IN THE CLASSROOM AND AT HOME Big enough to read from the back row, clear enough for a child who cannot read a clock yet. Transitions, tests, quiet reading, toothbrushing, screen time, bedtime wind-down. A visual countdown ends the "how long left?" question without anyone having to answer it. ALSO A GOOD STUDY TIMER Set any duration, name it, start it in one tap. Build interval sessions for pomodoro study blocks, workouts or circuits. Streaks, badges, a heatmap and monthly trends record where your focus actually went, from your very first session. OFFLINE, AND STAYS THAT WAY No account, no sign-in, no analytics, no ads. Flow Timer collects nothing about you because it has nowhere to send it — everything stays on your device unless you export a backup yourself. Available in 15 languages. ONE PURCHASE, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION Free covers the liquid mode, the sand timer, intervals, every duration, most sounds and your daily statistics. Flow Timer Pro is an optional one-time purchase — never a subscription — adding canvas timers with your own photos, binaural beats and focus tones, your complete history, and backup export. Buy it once and it is yours for good. Built by one person who wanted a timer worth looking at.

Screenshots

Countdown Timer Nano4 screens
Flow Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flow Timer at 100% against Countdown Timer Nano's 50%. Flow Timer also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3). Countdown Timer Nano's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 6) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flow Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Countdown Timer Nano's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flow Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Timer Nano ships an update every 2 months, Flow Timer monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdown Timer Nano versus Flow Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown Timer NanoFlow Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (24 ratings)4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings24 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIgor DonkovCodejuno Ltd

Customer experience

Countdown Timer Nano

All ratings24 ratings
Positive79.2%
Neutral4.2%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Flow Timer

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Countdown Timer Nano

No in-app purchases

None

Flow Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown Timer Nano free?
Countdown Timer Nano is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flow Timer free?
Flow Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Timer Nano or Flow Timer?
Flow Timer is rated higher. Countdown Timer Nano averages 4.3 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while Flow Timer averages 4.8 from 6 ratings.
Do Countdown Timer Nano or Flow Timer have ads?
Neither Countdown Timer Nano nor Flow Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Timer Nano or Flow Timer?
Countdown Timer Nano ships an update every 2 months, and Flow Timer monthly. Most recently, Countdown Timer Nano was updated on September 21, 2026 and Flow Timer on September 16, 2026.

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