Comparison

LiveTime Viewer vs productionTimer

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

Head to head
About

LiveTime Viewer

View your Live Time Clock Display on any iOS device. This companion app allows you to monitor live event times remotely, supporting both portrait and landscape orientations. It automatically discovers nearby clocks or connects via URL.

Highlights
  • Remote clock display viewing
  • Portrait and landscape support
  • Disable device sleep
  • Automatic clock discovery
  • Connect via URL
  • Maintains connection across networks
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**NOTE: Live Time Viewer is used in conjunction with Live Time for macOS. If you do not own or have viewing access to Live Time for macOS with an enabled Clock Display, you won’t have anything to view with this iOS app. Live Time Viewer is the easiest way to see your Live Time Clock Display on any iOS device! Need to keep track of your live event’s time but aren’t at a laptop or desktop computer? No problem, now you can keep track of your event anywhere you have an iOS device and an internet connection (cellular or wifi). Supports portrait and landscape viewing. • Ability to disable your device from sleeping while viewing a Clock. • Automatic discovery of nearby Live Time Clocks Displays for quick connecting. • Quickly load Live Time clocks to watch by simply entering a URL. • Automatically keeps you connected even when switching between cellular and wifi connections when the Clock Display is externally available through a global hostname.

About

productionTimer

This app transforms your iOS device into a professional countdown clock for live events and television production. It offers fullscreen display on external monitors, customizable text and colors, and message broadcasting capabilities.

Highlights
  • Fullscreen countdown on external display
  • Message broadcasting
  • Customizable text and background colors
  • Time-Travel feature
  • AirPlay support
Features
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productionTimer was designed specifically for the live event and television production industry. Turn most models of iPad or iPhone / iPod Touch into a full-featured countdown clock - perfect for live events! Key Features: - FULLSCREEN countdown on an EXTERNAL DISPLAY via USB-C/Lightning->HDMI or AirPlay - NDI® and SRT output - send the clock over your network to a switcher, multiviewer, remote venue, or playout system - WEB VIEW & REMOTE CONTROL - open the clock in any browser and drive the timer from a separate phone, tablet, or laptop - Bitfocus Companion support - control productionTimer from a Stream Deck or any Companion surface - Send messages downstage - Change text and background colors for normal, warning, and end segments - Smaller cost and footprint than computer or hardware-based timers productionTimer turns an iOS device into a full-screen countdown clock for an external monitor. Take video directly out of the device via the Apple HDMI adapter - run it to a nearby monitor with standard HDMI, send it over Cat-5/5e/6 or fiber, or feed it into a switcher and route it anywhere. Using a switcher, you can even key out the background for a clean countdown over other graphics - perfect for getting attendees back from breaks on time. Prefer to skip the cables? An AirPlay destination like Apple TV works as the external monitor. Need the clock somewhere a cable won't reach? Broadcast it over your network instead - as an NDI source straight into your switcher, or an SRT stream for reliable delivery over longer, less predictable connections. It's also available as a web view, so anyone on the network can pull it up in a browser. Run the show from wherever you are: built-in remote control lets an operator drive the timer from a separate device, and Bitfocus Companion integration puts start, stop, reset, and messaging on your Stream Deck - right inside the control layout you already use. A "warning" changes the clock's background to a user-defined color at a set time - great for cueing talent to wrap up or move to Q&A. Once time is up, the background can change colors again. Need to send a note downstage but don't have switching in place to get it on the confidence monitor? Type a short message and display it on the clock. The countdown shifts up and a large, clear message appears below it - one touch and it's back to normal. Event professionals know the importance of running on time. Need to make up a few minutes? Use "Time-Travel" to run the clock faster than reality - just set the time of day you want it to hit "0" and productionTimer figures out the rest.

Screenshots

LiveTime Viewer2 screens
productionTimer2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LiveTime Viewer at Free against productionTimer's $19.99. LiveTime Viewer also leads on device support (5 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). productionTimer's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (90% vs 71%). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

LiveTime Viewer is free to download; productionTimer costs $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for LiveTime Viewer against 4.7 for productionTimer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 12 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of LiveTime Viewer's written reviews are positive against 90% of productionTimer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LiveTime Viewer ships an update every 3 months, productionTimer weekly. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and August 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
LiveTime Viewer versus productionTimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiveTime ViewerproductionTimer
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating4.6 (9 ratings)4.7 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings912 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWorkflow NetworkOn-Point Presentation Services, LLC

Customer experience

LiveTime Viewer

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative28.6%

productionTimer

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

LiveTime Viewer

No in-app purchases

None

productionTimer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LiveTime Viewer free?
LiveTime Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is productionTimer free?
productionTimer costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, LiveTime Viewer or productionTimer?
productionTimer is rated higher. LiveTime Viewer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while productionTimer averages 4.7 from 12 ratings.
Do LiveTime Viewer or productionTimer have ads?
Neither LiveTime Viewer nor productionTimer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LiveTime Viewer or productionTimer?
LiveTime Viewer ships an update every 3 months, and productionTimer weekly. Most recently, LiveTime Viewer was updated on June 1, 2026 and productionTimer on August 24, 2026.

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