Comparison

perma comp vs TimePacer

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

Head to head
About

perma comp

Display custom texts permanently on your Apple Watch face. Schedule texts for specific dates or adjust them for different complication types. Keep important reminders or motivational messages visible at a glance.

Highlights
  • Create and sync custom texts
  • Display texts permanently on watch face
  • Schedule texts for specific dates
  • Adjust texts per complication type
  • Supports all text-capable complications
  • iPhone and Apple Watch synchronization
Features
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Create texts which can be displayed permanently on the watch face of your Apple Watch! It's very simple: * Create a list of texts on your iPhone which synchronises automatically with your Apple Watch. * On your Apple Watch, select which text to display. * Add perma comp as a complication to your current watch face and see your text being displayed - permanently. * Schedule texts to be displayed automatically on a specific date. Simply set time and date on your iPhone for an individual text and it will be displayed timely on your watch face. * *NEW*: In addition to setting just one text for a perma comp which will be displayed in all complication types (small, circular, etc.) you can now also individually adjust the text of a perma comp for each supported complication type. "perma comp" (short for: permanent complication) is a simple utility app designed specifically for the Apple Watch. Customise your watch face by adding your own texts as complications. Perma comp supports all complications which are capable of displaying texts. The usage is very simple: Define a set of texts on your iPhone which will be automatically synchronised to the watch app. Once you have selected perma comp as one of your complications on your watch you simply have to open the watch app and select the preferred text. From that on, it will be displayed permanently. While creating a perma comp you can now also individually adjust your text for specific complication types. E.g. set a long text on big complications and a shorter text for a smaller complication (circular) for the very same perma comp and have them displayed on same watch face. This feature gives you plenty of possibilities to customise your watch face appearance. Additionally, you can schedule perma comps to be displayed on a specific date. On this way you can use perma comp to display reminders which will be visible directly on your wrist. Or maybe setup a text as motivation for the day? It is all up to you!

About

TimePacer

This app helps you manage your presentation or meeting times by setting durations for each agenda item. It tracks your progress against the overall schedule, providing real-time feedback on whether you're ahead or behind. It offers multiple ways to input your agenda and syncs with Apple Watch and Live Activities for easy monitoring.

Highlights
  • Set planned durations for agenda items
  • Track overall time in hand or lost
  • Progress bar with color-coded alerts
  • Apple Watch integration for wrist-based monitoring
  • Live Activity and Dynamic Island support
  • AI-powered agenda scanning from images
  • Save and reuse recurring agendas
Features
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TimePacer is a timer for people who have to finish on time. Set a planned duration for each agenda item and TimePacer works out when every item should start and end. While you present, it shows more than the countdown for the item in front of you: it shows whether you are ahead or behind for the talk as a whole. That is the number you actually need on stage. WHILE YOU PRESENT • Countdown for the current agenda item • Progress bar that turns yellow near the end and red once you overrun • Overall time in hand or time lost, to the second • The clock time you should finish this item by • Every item's status at a glance: done, running, not started WHEN YOU CAN'T LOOK AT YOUR IPHONE You can't hunch over a phone mid-talk. TimePacer puts the time somewhere you can actually see it. • Apple Watch — your remaining time and overall pace, mirrored on your wrist. Advance to the next item, pause, or start early straight from the Watch. A haptic taps you at 60 seconds left and again when you overrun, so you don't even need to look. • Live Activity and Dynamic Island — the countdown stays on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, visible even while another app is driving your slides. • Notifications — close the app and you'll still be told when each item is up. THREE WAYS TO BUILD AN AGENDA • Type it in — name, duration, and notes • Scan an image — point it at a screenshot or photo of your agenda slide and AI pulls out the items, durations, and start time • Paste text — lines like "10:00-10:15 Opening" or "Intro 5 min" just work, including 24-hour, AM/PM, and Japanese time formats SAVE THE AGENDAS YOU REUSE Name and save a recurring meeting or a talk you give often, then load it next time. Start it from a Home Screen widget, or ask Siri and Shortcuts to run it. REVIEW AFTERWARDS When you finish, TimePacer shows planned versus actual for every item and the overall difference. Sessions are kept in a history, so patterns become visible — like the demo that always runs long. NO TIME REALLOCATION TimePacer deliberately won't push your lost minutes onto later items. If the finish time keeps moving, you can't plan around it. Instead it holds the original schedule and tells you honestly how much room you have left. What to cut is your call. For lightning talks, conference keynotes, sales pitches, standing meetings, and online classes — anywhere the clock is not negotiable.

Screenshots

perma comp3 screens
TimePacer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: perma comp at 67% against TimePacer's 0%. perma comp also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). TimePacer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 13 months) and price ($0.99 vs $1.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

perma comp costs $1.99 and TimePacer $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

perma comp ships an update every 13 months, TimePacer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
perma comp versus TimePacer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterperma compTimePacer
Price$1.99$0.99 — better
Rating2.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGramse Kordylewski Groupicot

Customer experience

perma comp

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

TimePacer

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

perma comp

No in-app purchases

None

TimePacer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is perma comp free?
perma comp costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimePacer free?
TimePacer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do perma comp or TimePacer have ads?
Neither perma comp nor TimePacer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, perma comp or TimePacer?
perma comp ships an update every 13 months, and TimePacer every 2 weeks. Most recently, perma comp was updated on November 6, 2026 and TimePacer on November 9, 2026.

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