Handy Remind vs Haptic Focus Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handy Remind
Set recurring reminders for any task, from hourly hydration to yearly birthdays. This app offers flexible scheduling to ensure you never forget important events or daily routines.
- Hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, yearly repeats
- Custom minute-based reminders
- Hydration reminders
- Birthday reminders
- Job completion alerts
- Avoid forgetting tasks
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◆ You can set repeat every hour, every day, every week, every month, every year, or set the reminder of any number of minutes, such as reminding every 30 minutes, or reminding every 60 minutes; ◆ Very flexible repeat reminder to meet all your daily reminder needs, such as timed reminder to drink water, periodic reminder to complete a certain job, avoid more things, forget a job, can also be used to remind friends and family of birthdays, etc;
Haptic Focus Timer
This app helps you time focus and meditation sessions using discreet haptic feedback on your watch. It allows for multiple, unique vibrations to mark time or segment your session without sound or screen interaction. Optionally track your heart rate and mindfulness minutes.
- Haptic notifications for silent alerts
- Multiple notifications per timer
- Customizable haptic experiences
- Configure multiple timers
- Dark/Light Mode support
- Optional HealthKit heart rate monitoring
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Time your focus and meditation sessions with gentle and subtle haptic notifications. Receive multiple notifications throughout your session, each with its own unique haptic experience, to mark time or segment your session... all without fiddling with your watch or disturbing anyone around you! Key Features: - Haptic notifications alert only you when your watch is in Silent Mode - Get multiple notifications throughout the duration of a timer - Select from multiple haptic experiences for each notification - Configure multiple timers - Dark/Light Mode compatible - Optionally, monitor your heart rate throughout your session with HealthKit - Record your mindfulness minutes in the Health App Try free for up to two weeks. An annual or monthly subscription enables your watch app to time your meditation sessions. Subscriptions are charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and after the expiration of the free trial. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime within your iTunes account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial will be forfeited if you purchase a subscription. Send any questions, feedback, or complaints to info@bodhibuilder.com TERMS OF SERVICE: https://bodhibuilder.com/timer-terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Haptic Focus Timer at Free against Handy Remind's $0.99. Handy Remind's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and rating (3.0 vs 2.6). On ratings volume, 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
Haptic Focus Timer is free to download; Handy Remind costs $0.99 up front. Haptic Focus Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Handy Remind asks for nothing beyond the download.
Handy Remind holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Handy Remind's written reviews are positive against 60% of Haptic Focus Timer's.
Handy Remind ships an update every 3 months, Haptic Focus Timer every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Handy Remind | Haptic Focus Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.6 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 鹏 郑 | KnightCode LLC |
Customer experience
Handy Remind
Haptic Focus Timer
In-app purchases
Handy Remind
No in-app purchases
Haptic Focus Timer
- Monthly Unlimited3 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Yearly Unlimited14 Days trial$9.991 Year
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