Portal Timer vs GitLab Events
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.
GitLab Events
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GitLab Events is the #1 app for events, conferences, and tradeshows. Attending an event using GitLab Events? Now you can build and manage your personal schedule, submit questions to presenters, answer on screen polls, and build connections with fellow event goers with in-app messaging. Stay engaged when attending virtual events by joining live sessions, explore exhibitor and sponsor details, and stay up to date with session notifications and alerts from event organizers. Exhibitors can collect leads with QR code scanning, qualify leads with custom notes and ratings, and chat with leads directly in the app. ==Use the GitLab Events Attendee App to== MANAGE YOUR SCHEDULE Bookmark sessions and tracks to create a personalized schedule of experiences you want to attend. SESSION ENGAGEMENT View live and recorded sessions, engage in live chat messages, answer on screen polls and send questions to panelists through the Q&A. NETWORKING MADE EASY Build your network by browsing attendee profiles, send connection requests, in-app messages, exchange contact information and schedule private 1-1 meetings before, during, and after the event. CONNECT WITH SPONSORS AND EXHIBITORS Explore exhibitor and sponsor information, download resources, find deals or discounts and engage directly with staff by asking questions in the chat. ACCESS EVENT DETAILS ON THE GO A central location to view and enter all events you are registered for with a single tap. Access your event ticket, event details including the full agenda, venue map and speaker list. STAY UP TO DATE WITH NOTIFICATIONS Don’t miss important session or keynote reminders or updates from event organizers with mobile alerts. LEAD CAPTURE FOR EXHIBITORS Exhibitors can easily collect and manage lead information with attendee QR code scanning. Add custom lead notes and ratings for better lead qualification. Communicate with leads through in-app direct messages. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT GitLab Events - “The GitLab Events app is great for attending events virtually from your phone and participating in session chats and Q&A at live events as well!” - “I like video streaming and chat in the mobile app best!!” GitLab Events is SOC2 Type II and PCI Compliant, in recognition of their safe, secure, and trustworthy management of user data protection and privacy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GitLab Events at none against Portal Timer's 5. GitLab Events also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.4). Portal Timer's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price 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. Portal Timer sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. GitLab Events asks for nothing beyond the download.
Portal Timer ships an update weekly, GitLab Events fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Portal Timer | GitLab Events |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 241 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiroshi Nomura | Accelevents |
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
GitLab Events
No in-app purchases









