Pinghome vs ShortcutTimer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinghome
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Premium uptime monitoring service with 1-minute checks for free. No false alarm. Checking your website from different zones of the world.
ShortcutTimer
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Shortcut Timer is a simple timer app that can easily be used for timing anything that requires a countdown. It has been built for using with Shortcuts, and includes many shortcut actions to control all the available functions.
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Verdict
Pinghome and ShortcutTimer are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pinghome ships an update monthly, ShortcutTimer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pinghome | ShortcutTimer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pinghome OU | Robert Smith |
In-app purchases
Pinghome
No in-app purchases
ShortcutTimer
No in-app purchases
