Comparison

MultiTimer vs Emergency Chat

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

Head to head
About

MultiTimer

Manage multiple timers simultaneously on a visual board for tasks like cooking, studying, or workouts. Customize each timer with names, colors, and icons for easy tracking. Offers advanced features like interval training and integration with Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Visual timer board
  • Customizable timers (name, color, icon)
  • Multiple timer types (countdown, interval, Pomodoro)
  • Home screen widgets and Live Activities
  • Apple Watch companion app
  • Web Share for board viewing
  • Pro version with advanced tools
Features
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Keep all your timers in view. From cooking and study to focused work and workouts, MultiTimer brings your timers together on a visual board so you can follow several tasks at once. Set a quick countdown, build an interval workout or alternate focused work with breaks. Give each timer a clear name, color and icon, then see what is running at a glance. TIMERS FOR EVERY ROUTINE Choose countdown, Quick, count-up, Pomodoro and interval timers. Add a stopwatch, counter or clock to the same board. Create interval programs with warm-ups, work periods, rests and repeated groups. CONTROL TIME YOUR WAY Start, pause and reset timers individually. Add or subtract time while a timer is running, set a delayed start or choose when a countdown should end. Use Auto-repeat for recurring countdowns. Open Single View for a closer look at a timer and its current state. KEEP TIMERS WITHIN REACH Check timers with Home Screen widgets, Live Activities and Dynamic Island on supported devices. Use Siri and Shortcuts for supported actions, or follow your timers from the Apple Watch companion app. SHARE A VIEW OF YOUR BOARD Use Web Share to let others view your timer board in a browser. Share the link with someone following the same cooking session, workout or activity. GO FURTHER WITH MULTITIMER PRO Start free, then upgrade to MultiTimer PRO for more boards, more timers and additional tools: - Flexible layouts: move and resize timers to build your own dashboard. - Action buttons: control several timers with one tap. - History: review sessions, add notes, see daily totals and export records to CSV. - Board export: save timer setups for use on another device. - iCloud: sync boards and history across supported Apple devices. - Custom sounds: personalize alerts with imported audio and text to speech. No ads. Just your timers, arranged around what you need to do. Questions or ideas? Contact support@persapps.com or use Feedback in the app. Terms of Use: http://persapps.com/terms/ Apple Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Icons by Icons8: https://icons8.com/

About

Emergency Chat

Facilitates communication when speech is not possible. Features a customizable splash screen explaining your inability to speak and a simple chat interface for direct messaging.

Highlights
  • Speech-free communication
  • Customizable splash screen
  • Pre-written explanation for non-verbal users
  • Simple chat interface
  • Adjustable title and text
Features
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Emergency chat can be used in any situation where speech is impossible but communication is still necessary. The splash screen has a base text that explains to the person you gave your phone to that you can't use speech and want to use this app to communicate. The default text is aimed at people experiencing an autistic meltdown, where their speech centres stay non-functional for a while even after they've recovered. Both the title and text can be adjusted in the settings screen to be whatever you want the person you give your phone to know. You can then continue to the next screen which has a simple chat client.

Screenshots

MultiTimer4 screens
Emergency Chat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Emergency Chat at none against MultiTimer's 4. Emergency Chat also leads on review sentiment (98% vs 82%) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 18.0). MultiTimer's advantage is ratings volume (16K vs 87). On price, rating, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. MultiTimer sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Emergency Chat asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Emergency Chat holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MultiTimer has 16K ratings behind it against 87, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of MultiTimer's written reviews are positive against 98% of Emergency Chat's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MultiTimer versus Emergency Chat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMultiTimerEmergency Chat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (16K ratings)4.9 (87 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews98.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16K — better87
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.07.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSergey AstakhovLeonard Elezi

Customer experience

MultiTimer

All ratings15,668 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral2.7%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews964 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral7.4%
Negative10.8%

Emergency Chat

All ratings87 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral1.1%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive98.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.0%

User reviews

MultiTimer

From 16K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🌟 Excellent multi-timer functionality
  • 👍 Highly customizable timers
  • 🎨 Beautiful and intuitive design
  • 🔍 Versatile for various use cases (cooking, workouts, productivity, etc.)
  • 🌍 Syncs across devices via iCloud

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
  • 🔇 Alarms not always audible when phone is locked or in silent mode
  • 🕰 Apple Watch app has limited functionality compared to iPhone app
  • 💰 Pro version considered expensive by some users

Emergency Chat

From 87 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Extremely helpful for communication
  • 💡 Customizable messages for situations
  • 🚀 Simple and easy to use
  • ❤️ Life-saving for nonverbal episodes
  • ✅ Effective for anxiety and panic attacks

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Bright green on white color scheme
  • 🐛 Starting message too big with large text

Bugs and requests

MultiTimer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Interval timers not playing sounds consistently
  • Timers not syncing properly between iPhone and Apple Watch
  • Timers continuing to countdown after being reset

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow custom timer durations
  • Add ability to copy/duplicate timers
  • Implement text-to-speech for alert tones
  • Improve Apple Watch app to match iPhone app functionality
  • Add option to automatically repeat timers

Emergency Chat

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App colors changed to bright green on white
  • Starting message too big with large text setting

Requested features

8 requests
  • Speech option / text-to-speech
  • Different chat bubble colors (like iMessage)
  • Voice box or sound board with common phrases
  • Option to text/alert certain individuals
  • Save chats option
Show 3 more
  • More pastel color options for chat
  • Fix large text display issue with starting message
  • Change speech bubble colors

In-app purchases

4 purchases

MultiTimer

Subscriptions3
  • MultiTimer Pro7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • MultiTimer Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Year
  • MultiTimer Pro7 Days trial$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • MultiTimer Pro$17.99
None

Emergency Chat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MultiTimer free?
MultiTimer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Emergency Chat free?
Emergency Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MultiTimer or Emergency Chat?
Emergency Chat is rated higher. MultiTimer averages 4.7 out of 5 from 16K ratings, while Emergency Chat averages 4.9 from 87 ratings.
Do MultiTimer or Emergency Chat have ads?
Neither MultiTimer nor Emergency Chat shows ads.

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