Plank vs Plankstar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Plank
This app guides you through a 30-day plank challenge, tracking your progress daily. It offers a countdown timer, achievement management, and a count-up mode for advanced users. It also estimates active energy burned during workouts.
- Daily plank countdown
- Achievement day tracking
- Plank count-up mode
- Active energy calculation
- Apple Health integration
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It is an application that supports Plank for 30 days.The main function is to count Plank seconds once a day. Main function ・Plank's countdown. ・Achievement days management. ・Plank count up mode. (after achieving 30 days Plank) Active Energy ・Ex. METs 2.8, Weight 50 kg, Time 10 min. (2.8 - 1) x 50 x (10 / 60) x 1.05 = 15.75 kcal. Optional permission requests ・Apple Health: It is used to record data in Apple Health. ・Tracking: It is used to deliver personalized ads to you. ・Notifications: It is used to sending notifications. Languages ・Japanese, English.
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.
- 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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Plank at 4.8 against Plankstar's 3.5. Plank also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (61% vs 29%). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Plankstar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Plank asks for nothing beyond the download.
Plank holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Plank has 69 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Plank's written reviews are positive against 29% of Plankstar's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Plank | Plankstar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (69 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.3% of reviews — better | 28.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Intersect | Youngwan Choi |
Customer experience
Plank
Plankstar
In-app purchases
Plank
No in-app purchases
Plankstar
- Monthly Premium$0.991 Month
- Annual Premium$3.991 Year
- Lifetime Premium$19.99
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