Comparison

PlanetTimer vs ChillCommit

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

Head to head
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

About

ChillCommit

Track your cold plunges, ice baths, and sauna sessions to build healthy habits. Monitor your progress with streaks, weekly goals, and detailed statistics. Connect with friends and join groups for motivation and shared experiences.

Highlights
  • Cold and heat session logging
  • Weekly streak tracking
  • Customizable weekly goals
  • Progress visualization (heatmap, patterns)
  • Friend and group features
  • Apple Health integration
  • Apple Watch and Garmin sync (Pro)
Features
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ChillCommit is the habit tracker for cold and heat. Log ice baths, cold plunges, cold showers, nature swims and sauna sessions, keep a weekly streak, and watch the habit take shape. FREE TO START, NO ACCOUNT NEEDED Open the app and log your first session as a guest. Your sessions are saved on the phone, and they come with you if you create a free account later. The account adds backup and friends. The timer, logging, streaks, weekly goals, badges, groups, events, widgets and Apple Health are all free. Pro is optional (see below). YOUR WEEK AT A GLANCE Your streak counts weeks, so a rest day never breaks it. Cold and heat minutes fill up against Dr. Susanna Søberg's weekly targets: 11 minutes of cold and 57 minutes of heat. Prefer a daily streak? Switch it in settings, and choose what makes a week count. START IN ONE TAP • Pick an activity and a target, then go • The timer keeps running on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island • Halfway and time's-up cues, even with the phone locked • Contrast rounds for sauna and cold • Forgot the timer? Log a session afterwards in seconds • Add water and air temperature, the place, how it felt and a note NEW TO COLD WATER? ChillCommit suggests a rough time range for the water near you and shows the ice bathing safety rules before your first nature swim. See the water temperature at the places you bathe in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and the UK. SEE YOUR PROGRESS • A year of sessions on one heatmap • Patterns in when and how you bathe • Personal records, and water and sauna temperature over time • 47 badges for sessions, minutes and streaks • Weekly goals, and plans that build up your minutes or take you to colder water step by step DIP WITH YOUR PEOPLE • Add friends and follow their sessions • Send a snowflake to cheer a friend on • Join local groups with recurring dips • Plan events and see who's coming • Run challenges with friends • Share a card to your Instagram Story when you set a record WORKS WHERE YOU ARE • Apple Watch and Garmin: log on your wrist, and sessions sync to the app • Widgets on the home screen and lock screen • Save your sessions to Apple Health • In English, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, German and Spanish CHILLCOMMIT PRO ChillCommit is free to use. The free plan includes up to 7 friends and one active challenge at a time. Pro unlocks the year heatmap, patterns, records and temperature trends, Apple Watch and Garmin sync, unlimited friends and challenges, alerts for events near you, your own app colours, and CSV export and import. Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, billed monthly or yearly to your Apple ID. It renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms: https://chillcommit.com/terms-and-conditions Privacy: https://chillcommit.com/privacy-policy Cold and heat exposure carry real risks. The guidance in the app is general information, not medical advice. Never bathe alone.

Screenshots

PlanetTimer4 screens
ChillCommit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ChillCommit at Free against PlanetTimer's $1.99. ChillCommit also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). PlanetTimer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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

ChillCommit is free to download; PlanetTimer costs $1.99 up front. ChillCommit sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. PlanetTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PlanetTimer against 5.0 for ChillCommit. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlanetTimer ships an update every 2 months, ChillCommit every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PlanetTimer versus ChillCommit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlanetTimerChillCommit
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB72 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developer仲辉 黄Frederick Kihle

Customer experience

PlanetTimer

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

ChillCommit

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PlanetTimer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ChillCommit

Subscriptions2
  • ChillCommit Pro (Monthly)14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • ChillCommit Pro (Yearly)14 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is PlanetTimer free?
PlanetTimer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ChillCommit free?
ChillCommit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PlanetTimer or ChillCommit?
PlanetTimer and ChillCommit are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do PlanetTimer or ChillCommit have ads?
Neither PlanetTimer nor ChillCommit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PlanetTimer or ChillCommit?
PlanetTimer ships an update every 2 months, and ChillCommit every 5 days. Most recently, PlanetTimer was updated on November 3, 2026 and ChillCommit on November 9, 2026.

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