Sleep Music Timer vs timer.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sleep Music Timer
Drift off to sleep with your favorite tunes. This utility app stops music playback after a set duration, conserving your device's battery. Enjoy uninterrupted rest with a simple, ad-free experience.
- Set custom sleep timer
- Automatic music stop
- Device battery saving
- Ad-free experience
- Minimal brightness display
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This app allows you to fall asleep with favorite music. It stops music after selected time for device battery saving. How it works: 1. Open music player and start music. For example, default iPhone player. 2. Return to this app, select time and press 'START' button. 3. Don't quit from app! Display will work on minimum brightness. 4. Music will be stopped and display will be turned off soon when timer fires. No ads! Enjoy!
timer.
Manage multiple countdown timers simultaneously with this intuitive app. Set custom names, sounds, and even use your own music for alarms. Access timers easily via widgets, Apple Watch, and Live Activities.
- Multiple simultaneous timers
- Customizable names and alarm sounds
- Background timer operation
- Widget and Apple Watch access
- Live Activities with Play/Pause
- Siri Shortcuts support
- Dark Mode and themes
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timer. is a simple and easy too use countdown timer. You are able to run several timers at the same time. The timers can be paused / resumed by the user and still run in background. Also you are able to define a sound or name. With the timer. widget and Apple Watch app you have quick and easy access to your last created timer. Features: - Several timers at the same time - Save timer - Edit and reorder existing timers - Siri Shortcuts support - Define timer name and alarm sound - Define an unlimited amount of timers - Timers still run in backround - Choose different alarms for notification and In-App - Choose from your favorite music for In-App alarm from your locally stored Apple Music or iTunes Music files - Widget for easy access the last created timer - Filter for running timers - Full access to timers from widget - Apple Watch app to view last created timer - More than 30 different alarm sounds - Choose between 16 modern themes for App and Widget - Dark Mode - Live Activities with Play / Pause - Dynamic Island Support with Play / Pause - Home Screen Widgets with Play / Pause For feedback or feature requests visit us on twitter: https://twitter.com/timer_2018 Please note for devices which run iOS 18 or older: The mute switch should not be active when the app is in background. Finished timers are not notified with an alarm sound. This is a limitation of iOS 18 or older. If the app is running in foreground, the alarm sounds are also played when the mute switch is active.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Sleep Music Timer at 90% against timer.'s 63%. Sleep Music Timer also leads on ratings volume (7.4K vs 170) and rating (4.5 vs 4.3). timer.'s advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 8 months) and device support (4 vs 2). 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. Sleep Music Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and timer. sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Sleep Music Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sleep Music Timer has 7.4K ratings behind it against 170, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Sleep Music Timer's written reviews are positive against 63% of timer.'s.
Sleep Music Timer ships an update every 8 months, timer. every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sleep Music Timer | timer. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (7.4K ratings) — better | 4.3 (170 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 63.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.4K — better | 170 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maksim Tolstov | Tobias Hauss |
Customer experience
Sleep Music Timer
timer.
Bugs and requests
Sleep Music Timer
Reported bugs
2 issues- Timer doesn't always work as expected
- Music sometimes continues playing after timer ends
Requested features
3 requests- Longer timer options (90 minutes, 2 hours)
- Fade out music instead of abrupt stop
- Automatically turn off phone after timer ends
timer.
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Sleep Music Timer
- Coffee cup$1.99
timer.
- Themes for timer.$0.99
- iTunes Music as In-App Alarm$0.99
- Edit All Widget Details$0.99
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- Edit & Reorder Existing Timer$1.99
- PRO (Bundle) - All Features$6.99
