Comparison

Cat vs PlanetTimer

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

Head to head
About

Cat

This Safari browser extension personalizes your new tab page with cute, cartoon-style cats. It offers a search bar that can be hidden for a cleaner look, enhancing your browsing experience with a touch of joy and efficiency.

Highlights
  • Cute cat-themed new tab pages
  • Customizable search bar
  • Option to hide search bar
  • Simple installation for Safari
  • Detailed usage instructions
Features
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Cat是一款Safari浏览器扩展APP,它可以让你的浏览器起始页变得更加可爱和有趣。每次打开浏览器,你都会看到一只可爱卡通风格的猫咪,让你的心情变得更加愉悦。 除了可爱的猫咪外,Cat还提供了一个搜索框,让你可以快速搜索想要的内容。如果你觉得搜索框有些碍眼,你也可以隐藏它,让浏览器起始页更加简洁和美观。 使用Cat非常简单。只需在Safari浏览器中下载安装Cat扩展,选择你喜欢的猫咪和是否显示搜索框,即可完成美化。同时,Cat还提供了详细的使用说明和技术支持,让你能够快速上手并解决遇到的问题。 如果你想让你的Safari浏览器起始页变得更加可爱和有趣,同时又提高搜索效率,那么Cat是一个不错的选择。它让你的上网体验更加愉悦和便捷。现在就下载Cat,让可爱的猫咪陪伴你的每一次浏览吧! Terms of Use(EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PlanetTimer

Customize your timers with cartoon-style planetary themes and fun flying machines. Experience a unique timing process with rotating planets and interactive 3D effects. Track time intervals with simple clicks.

Highlights
  • Cartoon planetary themes
  • Customizable flying machines
  • Rotating planet animations
  • Time tracking by clicks
  • 3D hand tracking effects
  • Multiple planetary patterns
Features
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Cartoon style timers provide various interesting planetary themes, paired with fun flying machines, making the timing process extremely interesting. Users can freely mix and match different planetary themes and aircraft to experience a unique and novel timing experience. ---Main functions--- 1. With a fun planet as the theme, the planet rotates during the timing process and replaces another planet pattern after a certain period of time 2. Provide up to ten planetary patterns with different theme content, and choose from different character flying machines 3. It supports timing by time. During the timing process, clicking on a planet will result in timing by time, and the interval time and total time points between each click will be recorded 4. Swipe the screen with your fingers to experience 3D hand tracking effect, which is fun and interesting

Screenshots

Cat4 screens
PlanetTimer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cat at every 5 days against PlanetTimer's every 2 months. Cat also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). PlanetTimer's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and price ($1.99 vs $2.99). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Cat costs $2.99 and PlanetTimer $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cat against 5.0 for PlanetTimer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Cat's written reviews are positive against 100% of PlanetTimer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cat ships an update every 5 days, PlanetTimer every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cat versus PlanetTimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatPlanetTimer
Price$2.99$1.99 — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size352 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer文智 祁仲辉 黄

Customer experience

Cat

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

PlanetTimer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cat

No in-app purchases

None

PlanetTimer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cat free?
Cat costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PlanetTimer free?
PlanetTimer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cat or PlanetTimer?
Cat and PlanetTimer are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Cat or PlanetTimer have ads?
Neither Cat nor PlanetTimer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cat or PlanetTimer?
Cat ships an update every 5 days, and PlanetTimer every 2 months. Most recently, Cat was updated on November 3, 2026 and PlanetTimer on November 3, 2026.

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