Comparison

Egg Timer vs Pepper

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

Head to head
About

Egg Timer

Easily cook perfectly boiled eggs with this application. It precisely times your eggs for soft, medium, or hard results and alerts you when they are ready. Enjoy stress-free egg preparation for any meal.

Highlights
  • Precise cooking time
  • Soft, medium, hard egg options
  • Alarm notification
  • Stress-free cooking
  • Easy to use interface
Features
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Boil eggs to the exact doneness you want: soft, medium, or hard. No mental math — pick the doneness, tap Start, and let the app tell you when they're ready. The countdown runs in the app, on your Home Screen widget, and on the Lock Screen. It keeps going when you lock your phone or switch apps, and a clear chime sounds the moment time is up. Miss the first alert and a single reminder follows. What you get: • Soft (6:00), Medium (7:30), Hard (10:00) presets • A distinct chime when time is up, plus one gentle reminder • Live countdown on Dynamic Island and the Lock Screen • Home Screen widget — quick start, running countdown, and a “Ready!” card when done • Step-by-step “How to cook” guide: boil the water, lower the eggs, start the timer right then • Calm kitchen design; stop anytime with confirmation Free. No limit on how many eggs you cook.

About

Pepper

Organize recipes from various online sources or by pasting text. Build personal or shared cookbooks with friends and family. Features include collaborative recipe collections, grocery ordering, and a unique virtual charcuterie board game.

Highlights
  • Build personal cookbooks
  • Share recipes with friends
  • Collaborate on recipe collections
  • Order groceries from recipes
  • Decorate virtual charcuterie boards
  • Publish physical cookbooks
Features
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Welcome to Pepper, your Social Recipe Organizer! Organize recipes from Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, recipe blogs, or paste from your Notes! Your favorite recipe organizer, now with friends! * Build Your Cookbook: Pepper is your go-to social cookbook, ready to be accessed by you, your friends/family, or our food network anytime! Share your tasty recipes and document them in your own Cookbook! * Collab with Friends: Create folders of recipes with your friends & family! Perfect for family cookbooks, date nights, or dinner parties! Pepper makes recipe sharing more social and fun than ever before. * Decorate a Virtual Charcuterie Board: Trade community engagement for mystery packs to find rare items and decorate your Board! Compete with friends & the community to see who can build the rarest Board. Showcase your creativity & skills by designing the rarest and most fun Board. Pepper is the best game to take your cooking to the next level! * Order Groceries: Order groceries for delivery directly from recipes or your grocery list with just 1 click! Perfect for a last-minute tasty meal with same-day delivery. * For Couples: Save recipes for date night, build a joint cookbook, and compete against who can decorate the rarest Board! Pepper is perfect for playing, sharing, and challenging your loved one. * For Friends: Transform dinner parties and meals by sharing what you're making with your closest friends. Experience social media with only the deliciousness of good food and a hand-picked group of your closest people. * For Families: Save recipes from family cookbooks for generations with easy organization, collaboration, and documentation. Pepper is made for passing down recipes to generations to come. Savor every last bite of your family's delicacies! Now you can publish your cookbook physically to make the perfect holiday gift! Whether you're a chef finding, creating, enjoying, or sharing your tasty recipes - Pepper streamlines the process of cooking every step of the way to help YOU expand your food network & build your social recipe organizer. Pepper makes cooking the most fun with Your Social Recipe Organizer!

Screenshots

Egg Timer4 screens
Pepper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Egg Timer at none against Pepper's 9. Pepper's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (11K vs 52). On price, rating 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. Pepper sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Egg Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Egg Timer against 4.8 for Pepper. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pepper has 11K ratings behind it against 52, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Egg Timer's written reviews are positive against 56% of Pepper's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Egg Timer ships an update monthly, Pepper weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Egg Timer versus Pepper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEgg TimerPepper
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (52 ratings)4.8 (11K ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews56.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5211K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#24 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB113 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperiFLoop Bilgi TeknolojileriPepper App Inc.

Customer experience

Egg Timer

All ratings52 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

Pepper

All ratings10,751 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral2.2%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews220 reviews
Positive56.4%
Neutral9.5%
Negative34.1%

Bugs and requests

Egg Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Pepper

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Recipes disappearing from drafts
  • Crashes and freezes during use
  • Notification issues
  • Compatibility problems on certain devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add grocery list feature
  • Improve recipe search and filtering
  • Implement dark mode option
  • Allow offline access to saved recipes
  • Integrate with other cooking apps/websites

In-app purchases

None

Egg Timer

No in-app purchases

9 purchases

Pepper

Subscriptions6
  • Monthly $4.9914 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Monthly $4.99, 2-week free14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Annual $39.9914 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • Annual $39.99, 2-week free14 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • One-Time $1 Offer, 3 Months3 Months trial$49.991 Year
  • Annual $49.99, 2-week free14 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time3
  • 1000 Spice$3.99
  • 10k Spice$19.99
  • 100k Spice$89.99

Questions

Is Egg Timer free?
Egg Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pepper free?
Pepper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Egg Timer or Pepper?
Pepper is rated higher. Egg Timer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 52 ratings, while Pepper averages 4.8 from 11K ratings.
Do Egg Timer or Pepper have ads?
Egg Timer shows ads; Pepper does not.
Which is updated more often, Egg Timer or Pepper?
Egg Timer ships an update monthly, and Pepper weekly. Most recently, Egg Timer was updated on October 23, 2026 and Pepper on October 26, 2026.

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