Comparison

Timer Plus vs Plankstar

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

Head to head
About

Timer Plus

This interval training app supports HIIT, circuit, and Tabata workouts with customizable rounds and cycles. It offers background operation, screen flashing, and voice guidance for an enhanced fitness experience. An Apple Watch companion app is also available.

Highlights
  • Customizable rounds and cycles
  • Interval stopwatch
  • Background timer operation
  • Informative screen flash
  • Save and history of timers
  • Voice guidance
  • Apple Watch app
Features
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Interval Training Timer perfect for HIIT Circuit and Tabata Workouts Timer Plus is an easy to use special app for high intensity interval Training. -Ability to display the number and duration of rounds and cycles. -Interval Stopwatch -Timer works in background mode -Informative screen flash -Create an infinite number of timers, save them in the history of workouts. -Voice guidance Use our Timer Plus app while training at home, at the gym, boxing, MMA, Bodyweight exercises or other fitness activities. Timer Plus comes also with an Apple Watch app that allows you to use your saved custom workouts from the iPhone on your Apple Watch. This app uses Apple Health Kit in order to run the Apple Watch app in the background. Terms of Use: https://argames.in/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://argames.in/privacy.html

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
Read full description

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

Timer Plus4 screens
Plankstar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Timer Plus at 94% against Plankstar's 29%. Timer Plus also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (60K vs 2). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Timer Plus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Plankstar sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timer Plus holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timer Plus has 60K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 94% of Timer Plus's written reviews are positive against 29% of Plankstar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timer Plus ships an update every 3 weeks, Plankstar every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Timer Plus versus Plankstar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimer PlusPlankstar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (60K ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews93.9% of reviews — better28.6% of reviews
Number of ratings60K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArGamesYoungwan Choi

Customer experience

Timer Plus

All ratings60,214 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.8%
Negative1.8%
Written reviews2,005 reviews
Positive93.9%
Neutral2.1%
Negative3.9%

Plankstar

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

Bugs and requests

Timer Plus

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Timer stopping unexpectedly due to notifications or phone calls
  • Inconsistent volume changes when using music
  • Difficulty finding and loading saved timers

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to name and save custom workouts
  • Option to turn off countdown sound
  • Customizable alert sounds
  • Ability to skip or pause rounds
  • Connection to health/fitness tracking apps

Plankstar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Timer Plus

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$19.99
3 purchases

Plankstar

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

Questions

Is Timer Plus free?
Timer Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Plankstar free?
Plankstar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timer Plus or Plankstar?
Timer Plus is rated higher. Timer Plus averages 4.8 out of 5 from 60K ratings, while Plankstar averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Timer Plus or Plankstar have ads?
Both Timer Plus and Plankstar show ads.
Which is updated more often, Timer Plus or Plankstar?
Timer Plus ships an update every 3 weeks, and Plankstar every 3 months. Most recently, Timer Plus was updated on September 24, 2026 and Plankstar on September 17, 2026.

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