Disco Timer vs BigSeconds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Disco Timer
This app provides a visually intuitive countdown timer for various tasks, from cooking to presentations. Its unique rotary gesture for setting time and large display make it easy to use and read from a distance. Customize alerts and colors for a personalized experience.
- Rotary gesture time setting
- Large, high-contrast display
- Glanceable from a distance
- Disable auto-lock option
- Customizable color combinations (Premium)
- Variety of exclusive alert tones
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Boiling an egg, timing a presentation, or starting your next Pomodoro – Disco Timer is a universal countdown clock for all sorts of tasks. Setting the timer duration is based on 60-minute circle of traditional analog watches – you just wind it up with a single rotary gesture. Then tap the display to run, pause, or reset the timer. Large, high-contrast representation of the remaining time makes it glanceable from quite a distance. And an option to disable the Auto-Lock can keep the device awake while the timer is running. This comes in very handy when keeping an eye on the progress is as important as the finishing time itself. The face of the timer can be customized by choosing from a variety of color combinations (Premium feature). And for the completion alert – you can select from a dozen great-sounding tones, all of which are crafted exclusively for Codulis apps. Give Disco Timer a try, and let us know what you think!
BigSeconds
This app provides voice updates as a timer approaches its target, ensuring you are aware and ready on time for time-sensitive goals. It features a prominent, snapping second hand with a racing stripe for a dynamic visual representation of time passing.
- Voice updates for approaching targets
- Large, snapping second hand
- Dynamic visual time representation
- Customizable timer alerts
- Intuitive interface
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When you need a timer that can give you voice updates as it approaches your target, so that you don't just get a beep too early or late for your time-sensitive goal, but can instead be aware and ready exactly on-time. Featuring a second-hand that doesn't amble along its tiny circular track, but instead SNAPS forward toward each new second energetically, reflecting your own ambition and sense of purpose. This second-hand stretches half-way across your screen, and has a RACING STRIPE! BigSeconds - it's your time, use it well!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Disco Timer at 89% against BigSeconds's 50%. Disco Timer also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). BigSeconds's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.4). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Disco Timer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and BigSeconds sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Disco Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Disco Timer has 97 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Disco Timer's written reviews are positive against 50% of BigSeconds's.
Disco Timer ships an update every 5 months, BigSeconds monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Disco Timer | BigSeconds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (97 ratings) — better | 4.3 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 97 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Codulis | Robotic Jam LLC |
Customer experience
Disco Timer
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In-app purchases
Disco Timer
- Disco Timer Premium$2.99
BigSeconds
- Upgrade to Pro$0.99
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