Comparison

LiveTime Viewer vs Disco Timer

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

Disco Timer

This app provides a visually intuitive countdown timer for various tasks, from cooking to presentations. Its unique rotary gesture for setting time and large display make it easy to use and read from a distance. Customize alerts and colors for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Rotary gesture time setting
  • Large, high-contrast display
  • Glanceable from a distance
  • Disable auto-lock option
  • Customizable color combinations (Premium)
  • Variety of exclusive alert tones
Features
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Boiling an egg, timing a presentation, or starting your next Pomodoro – Disco Timer is a universal countdown clock for all sorts of tasks. Setting the timer duration is based on 60-minute circle of traditional analog watches – you just wind it up with a single rotary gesture. Then tap the display to run, pause, or reset the timer. Large, high-contrast representation of the remaining time makes it glanceable from quite a distance. And an option to disable the Auto-Lock can keep the device awake while the timer is running. This comes in very handy when keeping an eye on the progress is as important as the finishing time itself. The face of the timer can be customized by choosing from a variety of color combinations (Premium feature). And for the completion alert – you can select from a dozen great-sounding tones, all of which are crafted exclusively for Codulis apps. Give Disco Timer a try, and let us know what you think!

Screenshots

LiveTime Viewer2 screens
Disco Timer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LiveTime Viewer at none against Disco Timer's 1. LiveTime Viewer also leads on device support (5 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.4). Disco Timer's advantage is review sentiment (89% vs 71%) and ratings volume (97 vs 9). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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

Both are free to download. Disco Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. LiveTime Viewer asks for nothing beyond the download.

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 Disco Timer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Disco Timer has 97 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of LiveTime Viewer's written reviews are positive against 89% of Disco Timer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LiveTime Viewer ships an update every 3 months, Disco Timer every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
LiveTime Viewer versus Disco Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiveTime ViewerDisco Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (9 ratings)4.7 (97 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews89.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings997 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.4
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWorkflow NetworkCodulis

Customer experience

LiveTime Viewer

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

Disco Timer

All ratings97 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral2.1%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.3%

In-app purchases

None

LiveTime Viewer

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Disco Timer

One-time1
  • Disco Timer Premium$2.99

Questions

Is LiveTime Viewer free?
LiveTime Viewer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Disco Timer free?
Disco Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LiveTime Viewer or Disco Timer?
Disco Timer is rated higher. LiveTime Viewer averages 4.6 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Disco Timer averages 4.7 from 97 ratings.
Do LiveTime Viewer or Disco Timer have ads?
Neither LiveTime Viewer nor Disco Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LiveTime Viewer or Disco Timer?
LiveTime Viewer ships an update every 3 months, and Disco Timer every 5 months. Most recently, LiveTime Viewer was updated on September 26, 2026 and Disco Timer on October 7, 2026.

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