Comparison

Scrum Timer vs SELECT

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Scrum Timer

This app helps manage time-boxed team meetings by dividing total time among participants. It offers customizable timers, live sharing, and clear visual and audio cues for time management.

Highlights
  • Divide time among participants
  • Multiple timer creation
  • Live sharing with editable links
  • View-only sharing option
  • iCloud sync across Apple devices
  • Color-coded time states
  • Audible time cues
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Scrum Timer keeps stand-ups and other time-boxed team sessions moving. Choose the total meeting time and number of participants. Scrum Timer divides the time fairly and repeats the countdown for each person. If someone finishes early, move to the next person immediately. Create multiple timers for different teams and meetings. Share a timer with a secure view-only or editable link, and everyone sees starts, stops, settings, names, and attendee changes live. Use Scrum Timer on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, or open a shared timer in any modern web browser. Your saved timers stay available across your Apple devices through iCloud. Clear color states and audible hurry-up and time-is-up cues keep everyone aware without watching the screen every second.

About

SELECT

Features
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SELECT is a hyper-minimalist launcher app designed to free you from home-screen information overload and "choice fatigue". It was built to reduce cognitive load and improve daily efficiency for people with ADHD and anyone losing time to app hunting or notification surfing. ■ Why "minimalist"? The average iPhone home screen has 80+ apps lined up. "Wait, where was that one?" "I tried to open this, but got distracted by something else..." These "tiny decision fatigues that happen every time you look" quietly chip away at a day's worth of focus. SELECT solves this by surfacing only the apps you actually need right now in a widget, so you can: ・stop hunting ・stop hesitating ・stop having unnecessary icons enter your visual field ■ Designed around ADHD cognitive patterns The developer is openly an ADHD-diagnosed person and built this for their own daily-life ergonomics first. Individual experiences vary, but ADHD users and their families have found the following points especially helpful: ・Limited choices: each tab shows only the "do-it-now" apps, capping information processed at one glance ・Mode switching: switch entire app sets per situation ("Out", "Work", "Night"), making it possible to physically hide social apps during focus time ・Minimal app-to-app jump: tile tap routes directly to the target app via Shortcuts — SELECT itself never appears on screen ・Text mode: hide icons entirely for a pure text list, cutting visual noise even further * ADHD is a medical diagnosis. This app is not intended as treatment. It is positioned as a daily-life efficiency aid for users who self-identify with these traits. ■ 5 tabs to organise life scenes ・Receive: things that come to you (email, messages) ・Record: things you write or save (notes, photos, calendar) ・Communicate: things you broadcast (social, calls) ・Settings: device and service preferences ・Enjoy: entertainment (video, music, games) Create a mode that hides the "Enjoy" tab to fully shut out distractions during work hours. ■ Key features 【One-tap launch】 Tap a tile and the target app opens directly — SELECT never gets in the way. 【Bulk operations】 Select multiple items → Delete / Move / Copy. Drag-to-select works the same way as Apple's Files app. 【Per-mode display preferences】 Each mode owns its own "show app icons" and "hide Enjoy tab" toggles. Focus mode and leisure mode become fully separable. ・Light / Dark / Match-device widget colour ・Designed to remain readable under iOS 18's "Tinted" Home Screen mode ・App artwork keeps its original colour even when the system tint is applied ・Multiple modes (scene-specific home screens) ・Sub-categories (folders) ・iCloud sync (auto-syncs across your Apple devices) ■ Best for ・People overwhelmed by too many apps on the home screen ・ADHD users who struggle with searching or get distracted easily ・Anyone who wants to hide social media from view during focus time ・People who switch app sets between scenes (Out / Work / Night, etc.) ・Minimalist or digital-minimalism enthusiasts ■ Pricing ・All features are free to use ・Ads appear below the editor and when you switch tabs ・Buy "Remove Ads" once to stop seeing ads (not a subscription) ・If you got the app while it was paid, you won't see ads ■ Languages Japanese, English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Arabic ■ Privacy ・No account needed. Your lineups are stored on your device and in iCloud (if you use sync) ・Firebase Authentication (anonymous) is used to count users, and Google Mobile Ads to show ads ・No analytics tools (such as Google Analytics) ■ Requirements iOS 17.0 or later, iPhone / iPad (Large home-screen widget supported). Privacy Policy: https://ryoheihoriuchi0000.github.io/Select-PRIVACY_POLICY-ios-en.md EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: See "Settings > Terms of Service" inside the app

Screenshots

Scrum Timer4 screens
SELECT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Scrum Timer at none against SELECT's 2. Scrum Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown). SELECT's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SELECT sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Scrum Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Scrum Timer ships an update weekly, SELECT every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Scrum Timer versus SELECT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScrum TimerSELECT
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUnboxing Solutions B.V.Ryohei Horiuchi

In-app purchases

None

Scrum Timer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

SELECT

One-time2
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • SELECT Pro$5.99

Questions

Is Scrum Timer free?
Scrum Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SELECT free?
SELECT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Scrum Timer or SELECT have ads?
SELECT shows ads; Scrum Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Scrum Timer or SELECT?
Scrum Timer ships an update weekly, and SELECT every 2 days. Most recently, Scrum Timer was updated on November 1, 2026 and SELECT on October 24, 2026.

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