uTime Universal vs Plink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
uTime Universal
This utility app helps you track the time remaining until future events. It synchronizes timers across your devices, ensuring consistency between your iPhone and iPad. Easily add new timers and manage them from the main screen.
- Countdown to future events
- Cross-device synchronization
- Add and manage timers
- View current time and date
- In-app support access
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Welcome to uTime! uTime is a brand new App that will allow you to see how much time there is left until an event in the future. uTime syncs between devices so the timers on your iPhone are the same as they are on your iPad! Support can be found by hitting the support button in the information section. It is the best way to keep up to get support with either problems or upcoming features. To add another timer hit timers and then the plus button OR hit the add timer button on the main screen. The current time and date will be added to the list and then you can change it from the home-screen!
Plink
This utility app provides a straightforward way to track counts for various items. It offers multiple customizable counters, organization into folders, and haptic feedback for each tap. The app supports dark mode and allows counting using hardware volume buttons.
- Multiple customizable counters
- Organize into folders
- Count with volume buttons
- Haptic feedback
- Dark mode support
- On-device storage
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Plink is the cleanest, fastest tally counter on iOS. Count anything — reps, inventory, laps, attendees, birds, whatever. One tap up, one tap down. Dead simple. • Multiple counters with custom colors • Organize into folders • Count with hardware volume buttons • Haptic feedback on every tap • Dark mode support • Everything stored on-device, no account needed
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Plink at weekly against uTime Universal's every 2 months. On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for uTime Universal against 5.0 for Plink. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
uTime Universal ships an update every 2 months, Plink weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | uTime Universal | Plink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | uApps | ERIC JOHANNES CATALANO |
Customer experience
uTime Universal
Plink
In-app purchases
uTime Universal
No in-app purchases
Plink
No in-app purchases
