Cyclic Timer vs Cool Multi Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cyclic Timer
This app provides a repeating countdown timer that keeps your screen active. It can silently alert you when the timer reaches zero and automatically restart based on your settings. Ideal for timed work, workouts, or gaming sessions.
- Repeating countdown timer
- Keeps screen light up
- Silent alerts
- Automatic restart
- Customizable intervals
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Do you ever want a timer that repeats itself? Cyclic Timer keeps your screen light up and count down silently. When the timer reaches zero, it fires and repeats (upon your setting). The alert sound can be muted so it does not disturb your important work. This could be useful during workout, gaming, or any work that you do need to be notified in every certain time frame. *This is not a timer that supposed to run in the background.
Cool Multi Timer
Manage multiple timers simultaneously with a stylish and user-friendly interface. This tool offers a variety of timer types, including hourglass, kitchen timer, countdown, and stopwatch, with customizable durations and visual/sound notifications. It's designed for ease of use, even for children, and can run in the background.
- Up to 15 timers on 3 pages
- Simultaneous start/stop
- Stylish animated design
- Visual and sound notifications
- Background operation
- Wide duration range (seconds to 100 hours)
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A constellation of good looking timers. Timing tool that contains cool looking hourglass, elegant kitchen timer, a beautiful countdown timer and a reliable stopwatch. Set up to 15 timers of any type on 3 separate pages and work with any timer separately or start / stop your timers simultaneously using a single touch. Features: - Stylish design; - Animated time flow and backgrounds; - Visual and sound notifications; - Ability to fire even in device lock or sleep mode; - Wide range of time duration available—from as couple of seconds to 100 hours; - Counts time past timer completion; - User-friendly — even for kids! Cool Multi Timer has all your timing needs, so enjoy the process.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cyclic Timer at 5.0 against Cool Multi Timer's 4.2. Cool Multi Timer's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). 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.
Cyclic Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cool Multi Timer has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cyclic Timer ships an update every 12 months, Cool Multi Timer every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and August 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cyclic Timer | Cool Multi Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 64.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 101 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuantong Lu | Serhii Simkovskyi |
Customer experience
Cyclic Timer
Cool Multi Timer
In-app purchases
Cyclic Timer
No in-app purchases
Cool Multi Timer
No in-app purchases
