Portal Timer vs Tem Encyclopedia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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.
Tem Encyclopedia
This unofficial fan app provides comprehensive information for Temtem players. It covers details on Temtem creatures, their techniques, locations, traits, and status conditions. Essential for navigating the game world and optimizing gameplay.
- Temtem creature details
- Technique information
- Location data
- Trait descriptions
- Status condition guide
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This app is unofficial, and NOT created or endorsed by Crema. Contains lots of useful information for Temtem players. * Temtem * Technique * Location * Trait * Status Condition
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tem Encyclopedia at 4.7 against Portal Timer's 4.0. Tem Encyclopedia also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). Portal Timer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Portal Timer sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Tem Encyclopedia sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tem Encyclopedia holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Portal Timer ships an update weekly, Tem Encyclopedia every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Portal Timer | Tem Encyclopedia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiroshi Nomura | Weibin Lv |
Customer experience
Portal Timer
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In-app purchases
Portal Timer
- Donation(Bronze)$0.99
- Donation(Silver)$4.99
- Donation(Gold)$19.99
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- Donation(Platinum)$59.99
- Donation(Onyx)$99.99
Tem Encyclopedia
- Remove Ads$3.99
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