Countdown Timer Nano vs Musica Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Minimalist design
- Numerical and graphical time representation
- Animating circle timer
- Optional sound alerts
- Large, visible numbers
- Up to 60-minute timers (free)
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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).
Musica Timer
This app offers advanced timer functionalities beyond standard options. Customize timers with custom music, set specific durations down to the second, and control audio output to earphones only. It supports multiple simultaneous timers and vibration-only alerts.
- Second-scale timer precision
- Custom music integration
- Earphone-only audio output
- Numeric keypad input
- Multiple simultaneous timers
- Vibration-only alerts
- Fade-in/out effects
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“Default timer App is not enough of the feature for me …” Have you ever thought such a thing? “I would like ...“ - to set a timer on the second time scale! - to use just my own musics for a timer! - to listen the sound of timer only from earphone! - to set the time with a numeric keypad! - to set the timer on the time of end! - to use more than one timer at the same time! - to use a timer only with vibration, without sounds! “Musica Timer” will answer such a request. If you have been dissatisfied with the default timer App, please try this App! #. Strong Point - You can set a timer at either term or time of end on the second time scale. - You can use as a off-timer (sleep timer). - This App shows both of time of start and estimated time of end during a timer running. - You can set more than one timer, and run more than one timer at the same time (You cannot add more than three timers without Add-on). - You can set a time with a numeric keypad. - You can use your own musics for a timer (therefore, this App has no sound contents). - You can make a music list as you like, and set a playing mode on a timer to repeat and shuffle. - You can also make no musics list on a timer, which output no sounds. - You can set a vibration on a timer regardless of the setting of sounds (iPad has no vibration feature). - You can set max 60 seconds fade-in for playing musics on a on-timer. On a off-timer, you can set fade-out to the end of timer as you like. - You can set max sound volume for each of timer. - The App can show also Greenwich Time. - You can select theme color among 7 colors (add-on is required). - You can access this App from “Today” widget. - You can organize this App with URL scheme (jp.37.MusicaTimer://) in other Apps such as lunchers. Audio output mode of this App is almost same as default Music App, as mentioned below. - Output volume is always depend on the volume setting of the device. If the App outputs no sounds, please check to see if the volume setting of device is “Mute”. - Even if the App runs at background, the App outputs sounds. - When the App is terminated completely, the App stops the sounds. - Even if the device is at the silent mode, the App outputs sounds. - When you use an earphone, the App outputs sounds only from earphone. - When you plug an earphone, the App changes the audio output to the earphone from the speaker, but the sounds is continued. - When you unplug the earphone, the App stops the sounds. #. Notice - This App has no sound contents, please prepare by yourself. - This App can work at the background, but when you terminate this App completely, no sound comes out at the end of each timer except for text notification. - Sound output of this App is interrupted and terminated by the sounds of the other Apps and the telephone bell (the timers do not stop). - Sound outputs of the other Apps, such as default Music App, are interrupted by sounds of this App. On the other hand, the sounds of the telephone and the default Alarm App are not interrupted by this App. #. Disclaimer - Please check carefully End User License Agreement (EULA) before using the App. - Additionally, you may not use this App unless you agree to terms included below. - You agree to assume full and sole responsibility for any use of this App. - We are not responsible for any damages or injury, including but not limited to special or consequential damages, that result from your use of (or inability to use) this App, including any damages or injury caused by any failure of performance, error, omission, interruption, defect, delay in operation, computer virus, or other computer malfunction.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Countdown Timer Nano at 4.3 against Musica Timer's 2.0. Countdown Timer Nano also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (24 vs 5). Musica Timer's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (8.2 vs 12.0). 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
Both are free to download. Musica Timer sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Countdown Timer Nano asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countdown Timer Nano holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Countdown Timer Nano's written reviews are positive against 80% of Musica Timer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Countdown Timer Nano ships an update every 2 months, Musica Timer monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countdown Timer Nano | Musica Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (24 ratings) — better | 2.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Igor Donkov | Hiroyuki KATOH |
Customer experience
Countdown Timer Nano
Musica Timer
In-app purchases
Countdown Timer Nano
No in-app purchases
Musica Timer
- Remove Ads$1.99
- Remove Limit$1.99
- Select Theme Color$1.99
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