LiveTime Viewer vs Big Colorful Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Big Colorful Timer
A large, vibrant timer designed for full-screen display, perfect for social gatherings and game nights. It features a loud alarm and vibration to ensure you never miss a time limit.
- Full-screen display
- Large, bold visuals
- Loud alarm sound
- Vibration alerts
- Ideal for social events
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This timer is big, bold, and colorful. It fills the entire screen and is ideal for game nights and social events. The alarm sound is loud and the phone vibrates so you're sure to know when time's up!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Big Colorful Timer at 5.0 against LiveTime Viewer's 4.6. LiveTime Viewer's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1) and device support (5 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Big Colorful Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LiveTime Viewer has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
LiveTime Viewer ships an update every 3 months, Big Colorful Timer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LiveTime Viewer | Big Colorful Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Workflow Network | Hockey Labs, Inc. |
Customer experience
LiveTime Viewer
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In-app purchases
LiveTime Viewer
No in-app purchases
Big Colorful Timer
No in-app purchases
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