Help Me Decide! Pros and Cons vs Hourglass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Help Me Decide! Pros and Cons
This app helps users weigh the pros and cons of various decisions, from major life choices to everyday dilemmas. It provides a structured way to list advantages and disadvantages, aiding in making more informed choices.
- Decision making tool
- Pros and cons listing
- Weighing options
- Structured decision analysis
- Informed choices
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Having problem to decide which car to buy? Should you quit your job? Take a vacation? If you are having hard time in taking any decision at all, then this is the right app for you! Enjoy! :)
Hourglass
This app offers a simple and user-friendly hourglass experience. Set your desired time, pause it as needed, and enjoy the soothing visual of falling sand. It's designed for moments of calm and focused time management.
- User-friendly hourglass interface
- Set custom timer durations
- Pause and resume timer
- Soothing falling sand animation
- Comforting visual experience
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Watch the sand fall and enjoy a calmer way to keep track of time. Hourglass is a simple visual timer that lets you enjoy the gentle motion of falling sand while counting down your time. Use it for studying, focused work, reading, breaks, meditation, or any moment when you want time to feel a little more peaceful. Unlike an ordinary digital timer, Hourglass gives you a visual sense of time passing as the sand slowly falls. Perfect for: • Studying and focus sessions • Work and productivity • Reading and hobbies • Pomodoro sessions • Meditation and quiet time • Relaxing breaks Features: • Set any timer duration you like • Relaxing falling-sand animation • Quickly restart recently used timer durations • Notifications when the timer finishes • Customize sand and background colors with Pro • Show or hide the remaining time with Pro Whether you're studying, working, meditating, or taking a break, Hourglass gives you a simple and calming way to experience time. standard Apple Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Help Me Decide! Pros and Cons at 76% against Hourglass's 30%. Help Me Decide! Pros and Cons also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (796 vs 255). Hourglass's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Help Me Decide! Pros and Cons sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Hourglass sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Hourglass holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 796 and 255 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of Help Me Decide! Pros and Cons's written reviews are positive against 30% of Hourglass's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Help Me Decide! Pros and Cons ships an update every 3 months, Hourglass weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Help Me Decide! Pros and Cons | Hourglass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (796 ratings) | 4.5 (255 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.4% of reviews — better | 30.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 796 — better | 255 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.1 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nadav Pozmantir | Focaccia, Inc. |
Customer experience
Help Me Decide! Pros and Cons
Hourglass
Bugs and requests
Help Me Decide! Pros and Cons
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Allow editing of titles or pros/cons
- Add auto-capitalization and font customization
- Enable comparison of multiple decisions
- Provide more weighting/scoring options
- Expand free usage beyond single decision
Hourglass
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Help Me Decide! Pros and Cons
- Full App$0.99
Hourglass
- Pro - Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Hourglass Timer Pro$4.99
Questions
Is Help Me Decide! Pros and Cons free?
Is Hourglass free?
Which has better reviews, Help Me Decide! Pros and Cons or Hourglass?
Do Help Me Decide! Pros and Cons or Hourglass have ads?
Which is updated more often, Help Me Decide! Pros and Cons or Hourglass?
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