publicroam vs TimerPal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
publicroam
Gain automatic and secure access to guest WiFi at various participating organizations. Manage your personal account and connect multiple devices to the network. Enjoy free and private internet access.
- Automatic WiFi connection
- Secure guest network access
- Connect multiple devices
- Personal account management
- Access at diverse venues
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Sign up for Publicroam in no time. Publicroam gives you automatic and secure access to guest WiFi at all participating organizations — municipalities, libraries, healthcare institutions, museums, theaters, sports venues, coworking spaces, and more. The app contains your personal Publicroam account. With it, you can also connect your other devices — like your laptop. Using publicroam is free. Your privacy is respected.
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 publicroam's 10%. TimerPal also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.3). publicroam's advantage is price (Free vs $1.99) and ratings volume (13 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
publicroam 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 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: publicroam has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of publicroam's written reviews are positive against 100% of TimerPal's.
| Parameter | publicroam | TimerPal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 1.3 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 10.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Publicroam | Vijay Ram |
Customer experience
publicroam
TimerPal
In-app purchases
publicroam
No in-app purchases
TimerPal
No in-app purchases
