Climate Timer vs PlanetPal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Climate Timer
Track critical climate change deadlines and lifelines, discover positive news, and manage personal actions. Customize your experience with background themes and home screen widgets.
- Climate change deadline countdown
- Renewable energy and land protection data
- Climate news updates
- Personal climate action planner
- Customizable background themes
- Home screen widget support
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This application displays information published on "ClimateClock.world" and manages climate change self-action. 1. DEADLINE Time left to limit global warming to 1.5℃. 2. LIFELINE • World's energy from renewables • Land protected by indigenous people • Loss & Damage owed by G20 nations • Loss & Damage owed by G7 nations • Green Climate Fund 3. News Good news about climate change. 4. My actions Set My Actions against climate change for housing, transportation, food, consumer goods, and leisure. 5. Background selection • Theme color • Specified color • Image (Switching display of global warming-related images at 1-minute intervals from the free material site "Pixabay.com") 6. Widget Can place DEADLINE widget on home screen The display content accesses "ClimateClock.world" every 24 hours and downloads the latest. The displayed contents are subject to change. The content is displayed according to the device language, but as of November 2022, it is only available in English and Portuguese. (Default language is English, news is always in English only)
PlanetPal
This app helps you monitor your environmental impact by answering simple questions about your lifestyle. Engage in challenges, earn points, and climb the leaderboard to become a top eco-conscious user.
- Carbon emission tracking
- Lifestyle-based questions
- Interactive challenges
- Point collection system
- Leaderboard competition
- User leveling system
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PlanetPal will help you track your carbon emissions by answering a few questions. The user has various challenges to complete and collect points to level up and rise to the top of Leaderboard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PlanetPal at 100% against Climate Timer's 50%. PlanetPal also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 11 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PlanetPal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Climate Timer's written reviews are positive against 100% of PlanetPal's.
Climate Timer ships an update every 11 months, PlanetPal every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Climate Timer | PlanetPal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MAKOTO SASAKI | KNS Technologies Pvt Ltd |
Customer experience
Climate Timer
PlanetPal
In-app purchases
Climate Timer
No in-app purchases
PlanetPal
No in-app purchases
