ClassTimer vs Globe Earth 3D Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ClassTimer
This app helps students develop essential time management skills with visual timers and customizable alerts. It supports various display formats and sounds to aid understanding and productivity in educational settings.
- Visual time display
- Bar graph indicator for remaining time
- Selectable buzzer sounds
- Hours/minutes or minutes/seconds display
- Start, stop, pause, and restart functions
- Sound on/off control
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Our ClassTimer is designed to help teachers transform their classrooms into amazingly productive environments by assisting students with time management. ClassTimer helps students visualize time and understand it as fundamental concept that needs to be managed in order to be more productive. Good time management leads to success in school and work. In addition to the digital time display, ClassTimer includes a bar graph style display so that young children can visualize the time remaining for a particular task. Using ClassTimer children can better understand when the next phase of the school day will begin or when the time allotted for a task will end. Students at all levels can benefit from better time management skills. Whether they are taking a standardized test, working in a small group on a project or involved in a form of creative expression, they will be better able to succeed if they properly manage the available time. The ClassTimer makes it easy to visualize the passage of time. Several options increase its usefulness. Selectable buzzer sounds signal that the allotted time period has come to an end. Sound can be turned on or off. Usually classroom teachers will use the minutes and seconds display (MM:SS), but in some cases may want to switch to the hours and minutes display (HH:MM). ClassTimer Features ClassTimer has several useful features. In addtion to the very large display, a bar graph style indicator shows the remaining time as a percentage. Timer functions include a user selected audible sound effect to signal the end of a turn. Control Functions: • Activate or deactive the sound played when time is up. • Choose different audible signals by tapping the display. • Select between the hours and minutes display or the minutes and seconds display. • Tap the green arrow to start the countdown clock. • Tap stop to stop the timer. • Tap pause to pause the countdown. • Tap restart to reset the clock. • Slide the alarm sound control to either on or off. Works in stand-alone mode on an iPad or can be connected to a digital projector using an optional cable suppplied by Apple or wirelessly to Apple TV.
Globe Earth 3D Pro
Explore a 3D globe with detailed country and state information, realistic flags, and national anthems. Navigate with intuitive gestures and access Wikipedia links for deeper learning. Supports multiple languages and offline browsing.
- Interactive 3D globe with 249 countries and 50 US states
- Realistic flags and national anthems playback
- Wikipedia integration for detailed country information
- Gesture controls for navigation and zoom
- World time zone map
- Offline browsing capabilities
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"designed to engage the curious as well as entertain the seasoned Vexillologist. Worthy of a 5 star rating." by Educational App Store http://www.educationalappstore.com/app/globe-earth-3d-pro-flags-anthems-and-world-time-zones 3D Globe with 249 countries (by ISO 3166-1) and 50 states of USA. Gesture control to browse the earth. Double-taps to link to Wikipedia, and choose realistic flags. Play national anthems. ◎ Support Languages: 正體中文, English, 简体中文, 中文(香港), 日本語, Français, Español, Deutsch, Русский, Português, Italiano, Nederlands, Polski, Ελληνικά, 한국어, ภาษาไทย; Area(km²), Capital City, 首都城市. ◎ Display both names with different languages, and adjust font size ---------------- ◉ Gesture Control ◉ ◎ Tap: focus to center ◎ Double-Taps: link to Wikipedia, or choose flags ◎ Pinch: zoom in/out, rotate ◎ Slide: move viewer ◎ rotate-north-up toggle ---------------- ◉ Feature ◉ ◎ World time zone map (with sea, ocean) ◎ 2 High quality texture-maps, 1 animated-map for seasons. ◎ 300 Realistic flags by real-time rendering ◎ 220+ national anthems (need to download from internet) ◎ Custom your own anthems(.mp3) in Documents folder via iTunes ◎ Support iOS device with retina display ◎ Support Landscape and Portrait mode ◎ Boundary, name, and flag info (by ISO 3166-1 with 249 countries) ◎ Disputed areas by red-outline ◎ Included ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, alpha-3 code ◎ Included 50 states of USA, United Nations, European Unions, and some geopolitical entities ◎ Longitude/Latitude display (with equator, tropical, and polar) ◎ Smoothly control by gesture: tap, double-taps, pinch, slide ◎ Search tool by name ◎ Show your location on earth ◎ Offline browse is OK. (except to link to Wikipedia) ---------------- ◉ Special Thanks ◉ ◎ Naaty Design, http://www.content-pack.com ◎ Visible Earth, http://visibleearth.nasa.gov ◎ Natural Earth, http://www.naturalearthdata.com ◎ Tom Patterson, www.shadedrelief.com ◎ Bullet Physics Library, http://bulletphysics.org ◎ Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page ◎ nationalanthems.info, http://www.nationalanthems.info ---------------- ◎ Any comments: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Heres-TaiwanEarth/499163726790748
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Globe Earth 3D Pro at 70% against ClassTimer's 0%. Globe Earth 3D Pro also leads on rating (3.8 vs 2.0) and update cadence (every 5 months vs every 14 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
ClassTimer costs $1.99 and Globe Earth 3D Pro $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Globe Earth 3D Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Globe Earth 3D Pro has 13 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of ClassTimer's written reviews are positive against 70% of Globe Earth 3D Pro's.
ClassTimer ships an update every 14 months, Globe Earth 3D Pro every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 25, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ClassTimer | Globe Earth 3D Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) | 3.8 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 70.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad, Mac, Apple TV | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ventura Educational Systems | Chien-Yuan Chen |
Customer experience
ClassTimer
Globe Earth 3D Pro
In-app purchases
ClassTimer
No in-app purchases
Globe Earth 3D Pro
No in-app purchases
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