Connect IQ™ Store vs TimerPal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Connect IQ™ Store
Discover and download free apps, music streaming services, widgets, data fields, and custom watch faces to enhance your compatible smart devices. Manage all your downloaded content directly within the store.
- Download free apps
- Music streaming integration
- Personalize with widgets
- Custom data fields
- Custom watch faces
- Manage downloads
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Your device with your apps — all in one place. The Connect IQ Store is where you can download free apps, such as Uber and SmartThings, for more functionality. Put music streaming services right on your watch for music on the go. Personalize your devices with widgets, data fields and even custom watch faces. Then, manage all your downloads in the store.
TimerPal
Create and reuse custom timer sequences for various activities like workouts, baking, or focus sessions. This utility app offers a simple way to manage multiple timers with clear labels.
- Create labelled timer sequences
- Reuse custom timers
- Workout timers
- Baking timers
- Focus timers
- Laundry timers
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Timerpal is a handy app to easily create labelled timer sequences and timers that you can reuse for things like workouts, laundry, baking, focus timers and anything else you can think of!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TimerPal at 100% against Connect IQ™ Store's 51%. TimerPal also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Connect IQ™ Store's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and ratings volume (8.6K vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Connect IQ™ Store is free to download; TimerPal costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TimerPal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Connect IQ™ Store has 8.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Connect IQ™ Store's written reviews are positive against 100% of TimerPal's.
| Parameter | Connect IQ™ Store | TimerPal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (8.6K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8.6K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #103 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 181 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Garmin | Vijay Ram |
Customer experience
Connect IQ™ Store
TimerPal
Bugs and requests
Connect IQ™ Store
Reported bugs
5 issues- Bluetooth connectivity issues
- Watch faces not installing properly
- Syncing and download problems
- Crashing and freezing on launch
- Incompatibility with newer devices
Requested features
8 requests- Smoother integration with MyFitnessPal
- Ability to save progress pics with weigh-ins
- Filter by device compatibility in app store
- Separate free and paid watch face sections
- Ability to remove unwanted watch faces/apps
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- Habit/goal setting app integration
- Enlarged digital time display option
- Custom watch face hand color display
TimerPal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Connect IQ™ Store
No in-app purchases
TimerPal
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Connect IQ™ Store free?
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Which has better reviews, Connect IQ™ Store or TimerPal?
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