Chill Out Time vs Countdown Visual Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chill Out Time
This app helps children and adults learn to calm down and manage their time with a visual timer and a focus-enhancing game. It's designed by a special education teacher to assist those with ADHD, Autism, and Aspergers, offering a gentle way to practice timeouts or time specific activities.
- Visual hourglass timer
- Calming music
- Focus game with Moodzie
- Leaderboards for game
- Customizable time limits
- Tips for calming
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Everybody needs to learn how to chill out and especially children with ADHD, Autism and Aspergers! How about some chill out time with Moodzie, a cute little creature that is sensitive to the World? Perfect for children when they need a timeout to calm themselves or when a special activity needs to be timed in and out of the classroom! Great for children at heart to also use to monitor their own time out or important activities. Using this app is easy. Simply choose your activity to chill out with and allocate the time. Simply tap to start the timer and watch the sand drop gently through the hourglass while listening to beautiful calming music. The game included helps to focus attention away from negative feelings. Find the cute, happy Moodzie in the hourglass. How many times can you find him in the allocated time limit? It is a great game to help children focus and be calm. In addition, they can share their results on a leaderboard for positive reinforcement. Chill out time is an essential app to have in your collection and it will allow children and the child within to learn valuable skills in calming. Experience its transformative powers for yourself! Download the app today! App features: *Created by a Special Education teacher (over 25 years experience) and parent of a child with ASD. *Visit the free book and posters from our website to learn more about Moodzie. *Choose the time limit and activity you would like to do while chilling out. *Unlock a game to play while chilling out with one simple, affordable in-app purchase. You get to try it three times for free. *Leaderboards for the game are included to share with friends while in time out. *Improve your life and learn how to be calm and chill out with additional tips. *Twitter and Facebook integration for sharing this with friends and family. *Relax and listen to the healing music or watch the sand dropping through the hourglass. *Music from Mark Watson (Angel Earth Music), a friend of Doreen Virtue.
Countdown Visual Timer
This app provides a calming, visual countdown timer designed to reduce anxiety for individuals with special needs, autism, or ADHD. It offers customizable sounds and an easy-to-understand interface, making time management accessible for children and those with cognitive delays.
- Visual countdown interface
- Reduces anxiety and stress
- Customizable alert sounds
- Lockout options for buttons and settings
- Screen stays on during countdown
- Simple and intuitive design
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Calming. Visual. Quiet. Reduces anxiety and stress. Perfect for nonverbal, special needs,, autism, ADHD. Silent or choose from many alter sounds. Kids, toddlers and caregivers will love the relaxing and easy-to-understand interface. Over 50 sounds for notifications (or turn them off!). Finally! The perfect accessibility timer for young kids and people with communication or cognitive delays. Those on the Autism spectrum (ASD) and young kids can struggle with understanding time, leading to high anxiety and frustration around transitions. Being able to SEE time pass helps understanding, reducing frustration and anxiety. NO ANNOYING STUFF: — No ads, ever! — No annoying ticking sounds USEFUL FEATURES & OPTIONS: — Simple, elegant design — Easily save custom timer presets — Customize the alert sound (or turn it off!) — Lock out Stop button while timer is running (optional) — Lock out settings changes (optional) — Keep screen on during countdown (optional) — Alert sound when time is up (optional) — Notification if app is closed when timer expires (optional) — Accessibility support for Large Text, VoiceControl, Voice Over, Differentiate without Only Color, Reduce Motion, and more For some who have severe forms of Autism / Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), young children, and those with communication or cognitive impairments, Autism Timer Visual Countdown provides a superior, highly accessible experience. Hours, minutes, and seconds are abstract concepts that can be difficult to understand, leading to anger and aggression. Instead, we eliminate both visual and auditory distractions and provide a continuous, calm, visual cue. Most of the time, the app will be used by a caregiver, ABA therapist, or other professional. Changing options, and even the Stop button, can be disabled while the timer is running, and you can choose if you want an alert sound or not when the timer expires. The interface is designed to be simple and intuitive, and most of the buttons get out of the way while the timer is running. This app offers subscriptions. Privacy policy: https://nuclearcyborg.com/privacy Terms of use: https://nuclearcyborg.com/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Countdown Visual Timer at 4.3 against Chill Out Time's 2.0. Countdown Visual Timer also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (35 vs 1). Chill Out Time's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Chill Out Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Countdown Visual Timer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Countdown Visual Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Countdown Visual Timer has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Chill Out Time ships an update every 16 months, Countdown Visual Timer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chill Out Time | Countdown Visual Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (1 ratings) | 4.3 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Natalie Clarke | Nuclear Cyborg Corp |
Customer experience
Chill Out Time
Countdown Visual Timer
In-app purchases
Chill Out Time
- Unnlock Chillout Time Game$0.99
Countdown Visual Timer
- Autism Timer Premium (Weekly)$0.997 Days
- Autism Timer Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
- Autism Timer Premium (Annual)3 Days trial$9.991 Year
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