Performance Timer vs Big Red Clock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Performance Timer
A large-display countdown timer for monitoring presentations or performances. It visually indicates time overruns by turning red and counting up, without audible alarms. Easily set for durations between 1 and 99 minutes.
- Large display countdown timer
- Visual time overrun indicator (red count-up)
- No audible alarm
- Adjustable time from 1-99 minutes
- Ideal for presentations and performances
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Performance Timer is a large-display countdown timer developed to be used to monitor the time remaining in a performance, presentation, etc. Performance Timer does not sound an alarm when the time runs out. Rather, when the timer reaches zero, the numbers turn red and the timer starts counting up so that you can see how long you've gone over your target time. The time can be set from 1 to 99 minutes.
Big Red Clock
This app provides a large, easily readable digital clock with both 12-hour and 24-hour formats. It also includes a countdown timer and a stopwatch function for various timekeeping needs.
- Large digital clock display
- 12-hour and 24-hour formats
- Countdown timer
- Stopwatch functionality
- Red color theme
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The perfect BIG NUMBER digital clock ...and red is just the beginning! Features: 12 hour or 24 hour Clock / Timer / Stopwatch Premium features (with subscription): Time Zone Assistant / Learn 24 Hour Time / Learn 12 Hour Time / Multi-Timer / Multi-Stopwatch Delightful set of colors and fonts to choose from Big Red Clock uses the standard Apple Terms of Use End User License Agreement (EULA): http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Performance Timer at none against Big Red Clock's 2. Performance Timer also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.6). Big Red Clock's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Big Red Clock sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Performance Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.
Big Red Clock holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 59 and 168 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of Performance Timer's written reviews are positive against 77% of Big Red Clock's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Performance Timer | Big Red Clock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (59 ratings) | 4.7 (168 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.5% of reviews — better | 77.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 59 | 168 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 0 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Schweig | Single Sail Software, LLC |
Customer experience
Performance Timer
Big Red Clock
In-app purchases
Performance Timer
No in-app purchases
Big Red Clock
- Monthly1 Month trial$0.991 Month
- Yearly1 Month trial$5.991 Year
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