Cyclic Timer vs Express Pass
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.
Express Pass
This app streamlines your building access and elevator experience. It allows for touchless elevator calling and smart dispatching directly from your smartphone, optimizing efficiency and convenience for seamless entry and exit.
- Seamless entry and exit journeys
- Touchless elevator calling
- Automatic elevator assignment
- Initiate exit journeys via smartphone
- Smart elevator dispatching
- Contactless operation
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Express Pass at 30 Hudson Yards, powered by Otis, simplifies your elevator experience with seamless entry and exit journeys. Express Pass is an advanced system that optimizes efficiency and provides touchless elevator calling from the convenience of your smartphone. Convenient • Swipe your access credential upon entering the building and be automatically assigned an elevator to your home floor • Initiate an exit journey with a push of the button on your smartphone and receive your elevator assignment as you walk to the elevator bank Touchless • Call the elevator from your smartphone and avoid touching elevator fixtures inside and outside the cab • Help protect against germs and virus spread with contactless elevator operation Efficient • Get to your destination faster with smart elevator dispatching • Sequential elevator calls are automatically placed ahead of time for journeys that require multiple elevators
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Express Pass at every 6 weeks against Cyclic Timer's every 12 months. Express Pass also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). Cyclic Timer's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cyclic Timer against 5.0 for Express Pass. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Express Pass has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cyclic Timer ships an update every 12 months, Express Pass every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cyclic Timer | Express Pass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuantong Lu | Otis Elevator Company |
Customer experience
Cyclic Timer
Express Pass
In-app purchases
Cyclic Timer
No in-app purchases
Express Pass
No in-app purchases
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