Comparison

Plank Stopwatch Timer vs Plankstar

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

Head to head
About

Plank Stopwatch Timer

This app provides a specialized stopwatch and timer for plank exercises. It verbally announces elapsed time intervals or remaining time, allowing users to focus on their workout without constantly checking their screen.

Highlights
  • Voice announcements for elapsed time
  • Voice announcements for remaining time
  • Customizable time intervals
  • Focus on core muscles
  • Reduces time anxiety
Features
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Simple stopwatch and timer designed for Plank exercises. This app will surely replace your phone's stopwatch/timer for performing plank exercises. Stopwatch: The app speaks out the elapsed time at the specified interval. Example: "5 seconds", "10 seconds"....1 minute 30 seconds" and so on until stopped. Timer: The app speaks out the remaining time at specified intervals until the timer is finished. No need to look at the screen for the time. Let the app tell you the time so that you can concentrate on your core muscles and let go of the "time anxiety".

About

Plankstar

This app helps you track and improve your plank workouts with various timer modes, voice guidance, and detailed statistics. It automatically records your progress and allows you to share achievements. Unlock premium features and remove ads with an in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Plank timer with goal, max time, and set modes
  • Voice guidance and sound effects
  • Automatic workout recording
  • Workout calendar and statistics
  • Customizable challenges
  • Apple Health integration
  • Social sharing
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PlankStar is an app that tracks various types of plank exercises. ◉ Plank timer with various methods • Goal Time: You can do a goal time plank. • Max Time: Measure plank time without time limit. • Sets: You can create a routine with a set time and rest time for each set. • Advanced set settings: You can create more detailed routines by setting the time and rest time for each set. ◉ Voice guidance and sound effects • Voice Guidance: You can hear preparations, workouts, completions, and more by voice. • Sound Effects: You can change the clock sound. ◉ Automatic workout recording • Automatically records workout date, duration, maximum set time, time per set, rest time, all-time high time, calories, and more. ◉ Workout Calendar • You can check the exercise day on the calendar. ◉ Statistics • You can view statistics such as daily, monthly and yearly workouts, time, and calories burned. • You can easily check the exercise time for each period in a graph. • You can view the exercise list and details for each period. ◉ Challenge • You can create your own goal time to challenge yourself and manage your workout records. ◉ Save on Apple Health • Record your workout results in Apple Health, read your profile information from Apple Health and use it to calculate calories. ◉ Share • You can share your workout history as an image on social media or messenger on the workout completion screen and workout details screen. ◉ Dark Mode • Reduces battery consumption and reduces glare. ◉ Support • If you have any questions or suggestions, please send them through Settings > App Information > Inquiries and Suggestions in the app and we will do our best to answer them. ◉ Premium • Remove ads and use premium features through in-app purchases. Terms of use: http://waneelab.com/terms-of-service/

Screenshots

Plank Stopwatch Timer4 screens
Plankstar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Plank Stopwatch Timer at 100% against Plankstar's 29%. Plank Stopwatch Timer also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Plankstar's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 32 months). On device support and iOS requirement 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

Plankstar is free to download; Plank Stopwatch Timer costs $2.99 up front. Plankstar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Plank Stopwatch Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Plank Stopwatch Timer holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plank Stopwatch Timer has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Plank Stopwatch Timer's written reviews are positive against 29% of Plankstar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plank Stopwatch Timer ships an update every 32 months, Plankstar every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Plank Stopwatch Timer versus Plankstar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlank Stopwatch TimerPlankstar
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (11 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better28.6% of reviews
Number of ratings11 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 32 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.7 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRhythmicWorksYoungwan Choi

Customer experience

Plank Stopwatch Timer

All ratings11 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Plankstar

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive28.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative57.1%

In-app purchases

None

Plank Stopwatch Timer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Plankstar

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$0.991 Month
  • Annual Premium$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$19.99

Questions

Is Plank Stopwatch Timer free?
Plank Stopwatch Timer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plankstar free?
Plankstar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plank Stopwatch Timer or Plankstar?
Plank Stopwatch Timer is rated higher. Plank Stopwatch Timer averages 4.5 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Plankstar averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Plank Stopwatch Timer or Plankstar have ads?
Plankstar shows ads; Plank Stopwatch Timer does not.
Which is updated more often, Plank Stopwatch Timer or Plankstar?
Plank Stopwatch Timer ships an update every 32 months, and Plankstar every 3 months. Most recently, Plank Stopwatch Timer was updated on October 5, 2026 and Plankstar on October 4, 2026.

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