Comparison

Portal Timer vs xkcd Lite

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
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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

xkcd Lite

A free, open-source comic reader for a popular webcomic. It offers a minimalistic and fast experience for viewing the latest comics, saving favorites, and sharing them with friends.

Highlights
  • View latest comics
  • Save favorite comics
  • Share comics
  • Lightweight and fast
  • Open-source
Features
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xkcd Lite (codenamed Uvarovite) is a free, lightweight and open-source comic reader for the webcomic xkcd. I designed it to be small, minimalistic and fast. You can use it to view the latest xkcd comics, save your favorites to find them later easily, and share them with your friends! You can find the source code for xkcd Lite here: https://github.com/tolga87/Uvarovite For more info, check the support page here: http://tolgaakin.com/?page_id=1229#xkcd

Screenshots

Portal Timer3 screens
xkcd Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: xkcd Lite at 5.0 against Portal Timer's 4.0. xkcd Lite also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Portal Timer sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. xkcd Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

xkcd Lite holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 5 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Portal Timer versus xkcd Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPortal Timerxkcd Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings25 — better
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.411.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB9 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperHiroshi NomuraAKIN, Tolga

Customer experience

Portal Timer

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

xkcd Lite

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Portal Timer

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

xkcd Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Portal Timer free?
Portal Timer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is xkcd Lite free?
xkcd Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Portal Timer or xkcd Lite?
xkcd Lite is rated higher. Portal Timer averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while xkcd Lite averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Portal Timer or xkcd Lite have ads?
Neither Portal Timer nor xkcd Lite shows ads.

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