Cyclic Timer vs Section 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.
Section Timer
This app helps you manage your focus and break times with a simple interface. It supports both standard timers and countdowns, and includes a dedicated rest mode for breaks.
- Simple design
- Timer support
- Countdown support
- Rest (break) mode
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1. Simple design 2. Support timer or countdown 3. Support rest(break) mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cyclic Timer at none against Section Timer's 1. Cyclic Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown). Section Timer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and device support 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. Section Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Cyclic Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cyclic Timer against 5.0 for Section Timer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Cyclic Timer ships an update every 12 months, Section Timer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cyclic Timer | Section Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuantong Lu | 标勇 张 |
Customer experience
Cyclic Timer
Section Timer
In-app purchases
Cyclic Timer
No in-app purchases
Section Timer
- Purchase for lifetime$4.99
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