Cyclic Timer vs Timetrack mini @ Homescreen
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.
Timetrack mini @ Homescreen
This app offers a simple and beautiful way to track your time, focusing solely on the current day. Essential features are free, with an optional one-time purchase for advanced customization, editing, and data export.
- Simple time tracking
- Timeless design
- Focus on today
- Free essential features
- PRO version customization
- Time record editing
- Statistics export
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Pure time in a timeless design. Timetrack mini makes time tracking simple and beautiful, focusing on the only day that counts. Today. All essential features of the app are free to use. The PRO version includes customization of your timers, editing of time records plus the access and export of your statistics. All with a single and fair one-time in-app purchase.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cyclic Timer at none against Timetrack mini @ Homescreen's 1. Cyclic Timer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and device support (4 vs 1). Timetrack mini @ Homescreen's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price 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
Both are free to download. Timetrack mini @ Homescreen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cyclic Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Cyclic Timer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timetrack mini @ Homescreen has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Cyclic Timer ships an update every 12 months, Timetrack mini @ Homescreen every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 24, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cyclic Timer | Timetrack mini @ Homescreen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuantong Lu | Marian Koenig |
Customer experience
Cyclic Timer
Timetrack mini @ Homescreen
In-app purchases
Cyclic Timer
No in-app purchases
Timetrack mini @ Homescreen
- Timetrack minimalist PRO$0.99
