Comparison

Portal Timer vs Anemoia

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

Head to head
About

Portal Timer

This app helps Ingress players manage portal cooldowns with multiple timers, mod calculations, and custom notifications. It offers features like automatic Ingress launching and burn-out timer calculations. Supports widgets and faction-specific time differences.

Highlights
  • Multiple portal cooldown timers
  • Automatic mod rarity calculation
  • Customizable notifications
  • Automatic Ingress launch
  • BurnOut Timer with hack count tracking
  • Widget support
Read full description

PortalTimer is a companion timer for Ingress agents. Put one panel per hacked portal and count three things at once: the time until you can hack again, the hacks you have left, and the four-hour burn-out. Features - One panel per portal: name, faction and four mod slots - Cooldown: 5 minutes on enemy portals / 3 on friendly ones, shortened by the rarity of your Heat Sinks - Hack count: 4 plus your Multi-hacks; the counter turns to the warning colour past 3/4 of the limit - Burn-out: after the cooldown of the hack that reached the limit, the panel becomes a four-hour bar (auto-start is a setting) - Sojourner (23 h 30 min), Virus and Drone (1 h each) timers - Local notifications and haptics when a timer ends - Home Screen (small, medium) and Lock Screen widgets; start and stop timers from the widget - Two looks: eXotic (Ingress Prime style hex badge) and Circle (ring) - Portal panels live in your iCloud and follow you to your other iPhones No account, no ads, no tracking, no analytics. Donations are optional in-app purchases that unlock nothing. PortalTimer is an unofficial app, unrelated to Niantic, and never connects to the game.

About

Anemoia

Explore historical photographs of New York City from the New York Public Library's Digital Collections. Discover past scenes at over 2,500 locations and compare them with current Google Street View images.

Highlights
  • Historical NYC photographs
  • Explore 2,500+ locations
  • Compare with Google Street View
  • New York Public Library collections
Read full description

- Explore historical photographs of New York City taken from the Digital Collections of the New York Public Library. - Discover what was once at over 2,500 locations across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx. - Compare photographs with Google Street View images of the same location today. Anemoia: (n) nostalgia for a time you've never known. ~ John Koenig

Screenshots

Portal Timer3 screens
Anemoia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Anemoia at 4.7 against Portal Timer's 4.0. Anemoia also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and ratings volume (216 vs 2). Portal Timer's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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. Portal Timer sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Anemoia asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Anemoia holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anemoia has 216 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Portal Timer's written reviews are positive against 92% of Anemoia's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Portal Timer ships an update weekly, Anemoia every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Portal Timer versus Anemoia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPortal TimerAnemoia
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)4.7 (216 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better92.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2216 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHiroshi NomuraJohn Allman

Customer experience

Portal Timer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Anemoia

All ratings210 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive92.3%
Neutral7.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Portal Timer

One-time5
  • Donation(Bronze)$0.99
  • Donation(Silver)$4.99
  • Donation(Gold)$19.99
Show 2 more
  • Donation(Platinum)$59.99
  • Donation(Onyx)$99.99
None

Anemoia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Portal Timer free?
Portal Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Anemoia free?
Anemoia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Portal Timer or Anemoia?
Anemoia is rated higher. Portal Timer averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Anemoia averages 4.7 from 216 ratings.
Do Portal Timer or Anemoia have ads?
Neither Portal Timer nor Anemoia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Portal Timer or Anemoia?
Portal Timer ships an update weekly, and Anemoia every 5 weeks. Most recently, Portal Timer was updated on November 2, 2026 and Anemoia on November 2, 2026.

Other comparisons