Egg Timer vs TempSpike
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Precise cooking time
- Soft, medium, hard egg options
- Alarm notification
- Stress-free cooking
- Easy to use interface
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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 (2:30), Medium (4:40), 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.
TempSpike
Monitor your barbecue's temperature and time remotely using a wireless Bluetooth connection. Receive immediate alerts when your food reaches the set temperature or time.
- Wireless Bluetooth connectivity
- Remote temperature monitoring
- Remote time monitoring
- Instant alerts
- Set custom temperatures
- Set custom times
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TempSpike is a wireless bluetooth barbecue temperature and time monitoring program, connected to wireless bluetooth, you can remotely set the temperature or time, when the temperature reaches the specified time, it will remind you immediately
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: TempSpike at none against Egg Timer's shown. TempSpike also leads on ratings volume (2.7K vs 52) and review sentiment (42% vs 33%). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Egg Timer against 4.6 for TempSpike. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TempSpike has 2.7K 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 42% of TempSpike's.
Egg Timer ships an update every 6 weeks, TempSpike every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Egg Timer | TempSpike |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (52 ratings) | 4.6 (2.7K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 42.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 | 2.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iFLoop Bilgi Teknolojileri | iTronics Co., Limited |
Customer experience
Egg Timer
TempSpike
Bugs and requests
Egg Timer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
TempSpike
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes after recent update
- Probe color identification reversed in app
- Cooking progress not saved when app is closed
- Estimated time remaining feature not working
- Issues with adding new cooking profiles
Requested features
5 requests- Add widget support for quick temperature checks
- Allow more flexibility in setting temperature alarms
- Improve data export functionality
- Enhance cooking graph to show real-time data
- Add support for more meat types and cooking profiles
In-app purchases
Egg Timer
No in-app purchases
TempSpike
No in-app purchases
