Comparison

BigTimer. vs Plain Paste

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

Head to head
About

BigTimer.

Features
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BigTimer turns your phone or tablet into a giant, easy-to-read stopwatch and countdown timer. The digits fill the whole screen, so you can see the time from across the room. STOPWATCH • Huge MM:SS digits that scale to fill the screen; hours appear automatically after 59:59 • Lap times with split totals, the fastest and slowest lap marked COUNTDOWN • One-tap presets from 1 minute to 1 hour, or set any time up to 23:59:59 • Loud alarm, vibration and flashing digits when time is up • Both timers run side by side: switch views and the other keeps counting INTERVAL ALERTS • Beep and vibrate every 1, 2, 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes; ideal for workouts, practice sessions and talks MADE FOR READING AT A DISTANCE • Five color themes: Navy, Black, Night (red, easy on dark-adapted eyes), Green and Light (for bright rooms) • Works in portrait and landscape • Full-screen, distraction-free display; the screen stays awake while timing • Keeps time while the phone is locked and remembers your timers, laps and settings when you reopen it • No ads, no accounts, no data collected Great for workouts and HIIT, talks and presentations, classrooms and exams, meetings, cooking, board games, and anywhere you need to see the time at a glance.

About

Plain Paste

This utility app removes formatting from copied text, providing a clean plain-text version for easier use. It offers clipboard history to access recent items and is designed with user privacy in mind, storing data locally.

Highlights
  • Remove rich text formatting
  • Copy clean plain text
  • Clipboard history (up to 100 items)
  • Disable clipboard history
  • Private by design, local storage
Features
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Plain Paste makes copied text easier to use. Paste formatted text from websites, documents, emails, chats, or notes, and Plain Paste copies a clean plain-text version back to your clipboard. Made for everyday moments when bold text, links, fonts, colors, and hidden formatting get in the way. Features: • Remove formatting from rich text • Copy cleaned plain text back to your clipboard • Access and reuse up to 100 recent items in clipboard history • Turn clipboard history off whenever you want • Private by design: Plain Paste only reads and cleans text you explicitly paste into the app. Clipboard history is stored locally, can be cleared anytime, and never leaves your device. Plain Paste is a simple utility for everyone who writes, copies, pastes, cleans up notes, reuses text, or just wants text to behave.

Screenshots

BigTimer.4 screens
Plain Paste4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: BigTimer. at 15.0 against Plain Paste's 17.0. On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
BigTimer. versus Plain Paste: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBigTimer.Plain Paste
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperarroWebs IncAndreas Ekegren

In-app purchases

None

BigTimer.

No in-app purchases

None

Plain Paste

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BigTimer. free?
BigTimer. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plain Paste free?
Plain Paste is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BigTimer. or Plain Paste have ads?
Neither BigTimer. nor Plain Paste shows ads.

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