Comparison

Countdown Timer Nano vs LinkHQ

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 countdown timer with both numerical and graphical time displays. This version offers extended time limits, additional visual styles, and features like autorestart for interval training.

Highlights
  • Numerical and graphical time display
  • Up to 999 minutes time limit
  • Two extra display styles (FAT, B&W)
  • Circle animation of total time
  • Count down and count up functions
  • Autorestart for interval training
  • Optional sounds
Features
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Countdown Nano Timer is a beautifully minimal countdown timer: one thin progress ring, one big number, nothing else on the screen. Set the time with a tap or a drag on the circle, start, and stay focused. Perfect for presentations, workouts, cooking, classrooms and meetings. FREE FEATURES: • Clean, distraction-free black screen with a progress ring and large, ultra-thin digits • Set the time by tapping the top or bottom half of the ring, or drag to scrub • Timers up to 60 minutes • Sound when the time is up, with an optional per-second tick • Adjustable timer size • Keeps counting in the background • Translated into 10 languages UPGRADE TO PRO TO UNLOCK: • Timers up to 24 hours • Fat and Monochrome display styles • Full timer display formats (MM:SS and HH:MM) • Custom progress colors (green → yellow → red) • Sound and screen-flash alerts at the points you choose • Auto restart for interval training • Overtime tracking to see how far you ran over • Remote control from another device on the same Wi-Fi • No upgrade popups PRO is available as a one-time Lifetime purchase or a Yearly subscription. Already bought Nano Timer PLUS? Thank you! Every PRO feature stays unlocked for you at no extra cost. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.countdownkings.com/privacy-policy-mobile-apps/

About

LinkHQ

Features
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Found a video, article, recipe, or post you want to come back to? Share it to LinkHQ the same way you'd send it to a friend. LinkHQ fills in the real title and preview, sorts it by topic, and when you tap it later, opens it right back in YouTube, RedNote, or whichever app it came from. No account, no sign-in, no tracking. Your library stays on your device. SAVE FROM ANY APP LinkHQ lives in the system share sheet. Wherever you can tap Share, you can save to LinkHQ, whether it's a web link or a link inside shared text. Adjust the title, add a note and tags, or just tap Save. You can also paste a link with Add Link. A LIBRARY THAT LOOKS LIKE WHAT YOU SAVED Every link shows the real title of the video, post, or page and its preview image, not a plain URL. LinkHQ also picks out a few keywords for each one, so it's easy to find again. SORTED FOR YOU LinkHQ sorts every link into one of 16 topics, such as Food & Drink, Travel & Places, Technology, and Music. With Apple Intelligence turned on, Apple's on-device model does the sorting; otherwise LinkHQ sorts by the link's title, tags, and keywords. Pick a different category for any link and LinkHQ keeps your choice. REOPEN AT THE SOURCE Tap Open Original and the video or post opens in its own app when it's installed, so a YouTube link opens YouTube and a RedNote link opens the note in RedNote. Links without an app open in your browser. Links you haven't reopened yet are marked, so you always know what's still waiting for you. FIND ANYTHING FAST - Search titles, URLs, notes, tags, and keywords, with suggestions as you type and no fuss about capitals or accents. - Browse by topic, source, tag, or keyword in Categories, each with its count, then narrow down by favorites, unopened, category, source, or keyword. - Star the links you care about most and find them in their own Favorites tab. - Swipe to favorite, open, mark as opened, or delete. - See when a saved link's content has been removed, and check again in a tap. - Saved something twice? LinkHQ shows when and under what title you saved it before. KNOWS WHERE IT CAME FROM LinkHQ recognizes 32 of the biggest platforms and labels each link with its own icon and color, including YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, WhatsApp, WeChat, Reddit, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Threads, Spotify, Bilibili, RedNote, Weibo, GitHub, Medium, Apple Music, and Apple Podcasts. Links from any other site are saved too, grouped under Web. PRIVATE BY DESIGN LinkHQ has no server of its own, and your library is never uploaded anywhere. To show a link's title and preview, and to check that it's still available, LinkHQ asks the link's own site, the same request your browser would make, and loads the preview image from wherever that site points. Keywords and topic sorting happen right on your device. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD - A clean, calm interface built to stay out of your way. - On iPad, a sidebar indexes your library by status, topic, source, and tag, and stays beside your lists and link details. - Keyboard shortcuts: ⌘N adds a link and ⌘, opens Settings. - Light or Dark appearance, or follow your system setting. - Full support for your preferred text size, up to the largest accessibility sizes. - A welcome screen with a simple three-step guide, so you're saving links in seconds. Download LinkHQ today and stop losing the links worth keeping.

Screenshots

Countdown Timer Nano4 screens
LinkHQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: LinkHQ at 5.0 against Countdown Timer Nano's 3.8. LinkHQ also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2). Countdown Timer Nano's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.2). 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. Countdown Timer Nano sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. LinkHQ asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

LinkHQ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Timer Nano has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Countdown Timer Nano ships an update every 6 weeks, LinkHQ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Countdown Timer Nano versus LinkHQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCountdown Timer NanoLinkHQ
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIgor DonkovBartlett Butter LLC

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Countdown Timer Nano

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$7.99
None

LinkHQ

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Countdown Timer Nano free?
Countdown Timer Nano is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LinkHQ free?
LinkHQ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Countdown Timer Nano or LinkHQ?
LinkHQ is rated higher. Countdown Timer Nano averages 3.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while LinkHQ averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Countdown Timer Nano or LinkHQ have ads?
Neither Countdown Timer Nano nor LinkHQ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Countdown Timer Nano or LinkHQ?
Countdown Timer Nano ships an update every 6 weeks, and LinkHQ every 3 weeks. Most recently, Countdown Timer Nano was updated on November 6, 2026 and LinkHQ on November 10, 2026.

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