PennWest Shield vs Pluto Timer Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PennWest Shield
Enhance organizational security with tools like a panic slider, tip submission, and a safety timer. This app provides an extra layer of protection for your community.
- Panic Slider
- Submit Tips
- Safety Timer
- Organizational Protection
- Additional Security Layer
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Use PennWest Shield to add an additional layer of protection to your organization by utilizing tools such as: Panic Slider, Submit Tips and Safety Timer.
Pluto Timer Lite
This app calculates and notifies you of 'Pluto Time,' a brief period each day when Earth's illumination matches high noon on Pluto. It offers location-based timing, comparison for different cities, and customizable notifications.
- Automatic Pluto Time calculation
- Location-based timing
- Compare Pluto Times globally
- Customizable notifications
- Dynamic and static location options
- Accurate planetary textures
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[ "Houston, we have a free version!" ] Pluto orbits on the fringes of our solar system, billions of miles away. Sunlight is much weaker on Pluto than on Earth, yet it isn't completely dark. For just a moment near dawn and dusk each day, the illumination on Earth matches that of high noon on Pluto. We call this Pluto Time. See when your next Pluto Time occurs! • Automatically calculate the next Pluto Time based on your location. • Receive live timing updates and interact with accurate planetary textures. Compare Pluto Times for different cities around the world! • Swap between dynamic (accurate geopositioning) and static locations in the Where Are You? tab. • Choose from over 500 preset cities/regions. Choose when and how to be notified! • Configure notifications and clock formats in the Settings tab. • Enabling notifications "Before Midday" will notify you when Pluto Times occur before 12 PM noon. • Enabling notifications "After Midday" will notify you when Pluto Times occur after 12 PM noon.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: PennWest Shield at 4 against Pluto Timer Lite's 1. PennWest Shield also leads on iOS requirement (13.2 vs 16.4). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PennWest Shield against 5.0 for Pluto Timer Lite. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. Both last shipped on September 27, 2026.
| Parameter | PennWest Shield | Pluto Timer Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pennsylvania Western University | Shawn Gallagher |
Customer experience
PennWest Shield
Pluto Timer Lite
In-app purchases
PennWest Shield
No in-app purchases
Pluto Timer Lite
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Is Pluto Timer Lite free?
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