Egg Timer vs Chronos

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.

Chronos Egg Timer the perfect egg, every single time. Boiling an egg sounds simple until your altitude, your water temperature, your egg size, and your pan all conspire against you. Chronos turns that guesswork into precision. Tell it about your kitchen once, and every boil lands exactly where you wanted it whether that's a silky six-minute yolk or a firm, slice-ready hard boil. Precision, calibrated for your kitchen Chronos calculates cook time from the variables that actually matter. Higher altitude lowers the boiling point, so the clock runs longer. Fridge-cold water needs warming minutes that room-temperature water doesn't. Chicken, duck, and quail eggs each have their own curves. Chronos accounts for all of it so the minute mark is the right minute mark. Built-in doneness, ready to tap Three photographic presets Soft, Medium, Hard sit on the home screen with the timing already dialled in. Pick your density, choose how many eggs, and hit Start. Custom presets for the eggs you actually cook Save your own combinations: cook time, egg type, size, icon, label, and calories. Your favourite ramen egg, your mother's Sunday way, the brunch number that only takes four minutes all one tap away. Drag to reorder. Hide the built-ins you never use. Make the screen yours. Over 100 recipes, perfectly timed From classic soft-boiled breakfasts to shakshuka, frittata, Japanese tamago, deviled eggs, ramen eggs, and chef-style techniques Chronos ships with a curated cookbook. Every recipe lists ingredients and a clear, step-by-step method. Tap Start Cooking on any recipe and the timer is already set. Add ingredients straight to the built-in Shopping List. Mark favourites, search by name, ingredient, or technique, and filter to the ones you love. The boil-wait assistant Chronos doesn't just start a countdown and hope your pan is ready. Start the timer, and it watches for the moment your water boils tap the button when it does, or let the estimated boil cue play for you. The real cook time only starts when it should. Freshness check Not sure how old that egg is? Drop it in cold water Chronos shows you what the float tells you, with peel tips for each stage. Alerts that actually fire Lock-screen notifications, sound alerts, and haptic taps land on time, even with the app in the background. Choose a gentle water cue or a clean beep. Turn on ambient music for the wait Soft Currents, Morning Air, or Soft Tides play under the timer. A cook log worth keeping Every boil lands in History. See your current streak, total eggs cooked, calories tracked, average cook time, and macros protein, fat, carbs. Switch the window between week, month, and year. Browse daily bars, recent cooks, doneness breakdown, and badges you've earned. Smart suggestions Surprise Me picks a preset based on what you actually cook and the time of day. Mornings, midday, evenings, late night Chronos notices the pattern and offers a sensible next move. Repeat Last puts your most recent cook one tap from the home screen. Designed, not just built Photographic preset cards, considered typography, ambient soundscapes, thoughtful haptics, and animated status copy that tells you where you are in the cook settling in, home stretch, almost there, last ten seconds. Onboarding takes under a minute and calibrates to your altitude, your water, and your preferred feedback.