Timelogger vs EARLY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timelogger
This app helps you actively manage and monitor your time across various tasks on your Apple devices. It's perfect for freelancing, daily routines, personal projects, and more, with features like timers, reports, and alerts to keep you on track.
- Record time using timers
- Synchronize records with iCloud
- Generate PDF reports
- Input time manually
- Define geofence and weekly alerts
- Define billing rates for tasks
- Export time entries to CSV
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Timelogger is a time tracking app that allows you to actively manage and monitor various tasks on your iPhone, Apple Watch or iPad securely and updated across all devices with iCloud. It is ideal for freelancing, repetitive daily routines, homemaking tasks, personal projects, or any activity people want to track and control. To ensure you never forget to do a certain task, you can also set weekly alerts or even location alerts. Timelogger let you: ▪ Record time using timers; ▪ Synchronise records between devices with iCloud; ▪ Generate PDF reports; ▪ Input time manually; ▪ Have multiple timers active; ▪ Use the Today Widget for easy to use; ▪ Use the Split View on the iPad for easy to use; ▪ Define geofence alerts; ▪ Define weekly alerts; ▪ Define billing rates for your tasks; ▪ Export your time entries to CSV; ▪ Add notes to your tasks; ▪ Add notes to your time entries. ▪ Use 3D Touch on the Home icon. If you have a question, problem, or need help, please send a support request via e-mail.
EARLY
This app offers a streamlined approach to time tracking, helping users understand how they spend their hours. It provides insightful reports and customizable features to boost productivity and improve work-life balance.
- One-tap time tracking
- Real-time productivity data
- Customizable reports and charts
- Easy entry editing
- Cross-device synchronization
- Calendar view for reviews
- Integrations with popular tools
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Discover a better way to track your time with EARLY. EARLY will help you own your time and maximise your productivity at work. Instantly start tracking your activities within the EARLY app and unlock actionable insights to optimise your workflow, improve work-life balance, and achieve your goals. What is EARLY? Effortless Tracking • Track time with one tap — spend 90% less time logging your hours. Boosted Productivity • Get precise, real-time data on how you allocate your time to improve focus and reduce distractions. Reports • Visualise and analyse time distribution with customisable charts and reports that reveal trends, patterns, and opportunities for easy improvement. Easy Editing • Quickly adjust, add, or delete entries so that your logs are always accurate. Cross-Device Sync • Seamlessly track time across your devices for consistent, updated logs wherever you are. Calendar • View time entries in a calendar format for easy daily and weekly reviews, where time tracking becomes key to your routine. Integrations • Sync with JIRA, Toggl, Harvest, Zapier, and many more to streamline time tracking within your existing workflow.
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Verdict
Timelogger and EARLY both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 74% of Timelogger's written reviews are positive against 37% of EARLY's. Timelogger also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). 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. Timelogger sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and EARLY sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Timelogger against 4.5 for EARLY. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 91 and 146 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Timelogger's written reviews are positive against 37% of EARLY's.
Timelogger ships an update monthly, EARLY every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timelogger | EARLY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (91 ratings) | 4.5 (146 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.5% of reviews — better | 36.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 91 | 146 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Filipe Martins | Timeular GmbH |
Customer experience
Timelogger
EARLY
Bugs and requests
Timelogger
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
EARLY
Reported bugs
30 issues- Login flow bugs (user does not exist/already exists)
- App logs out frequently
- App disconnects from internet
- Inputting entries via iOS app is difficult
- Stuck during setup
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- Tracker pairing issues
- App gets stuck during setup
- Cannot create an account (bouncy scroll)
- App logs out and gives constant errors trying to log back in
- UI doesn't load properly
- Hardware die doesn't activate consistently
- App crashes when expanding/editing entries
- iPad app is a scaled iPhone app, not optimized
- Cannot submit more than 1000 characters in iOS app entries
- Tracker not pairing with phone app
- Mac app buggy, Bluetooth buggy, iOS app buggy
- Cannot edit activities properly, glitches out
- Cannot delete activities
- Cannot 'forget' device
- App has to remain open to register task changes
- App complains about connectivity
- Undo button placement issue on iPhone
- Unclear which device handles Bluetooth
- Tracker won't connect to the app
- Cannot pause and restart timers
- App refuses to keep changes to hours/events
- App is cloud-based, no offline access
- App would not save activities
- UI constantly gives errors on iPhone 6S
- Editing tasks locks in incorrect time
Requested features
15 requests- Home screen widgets
- Dark mode
- Apple Watch integration
- Customizable colors
- Set and manage goals
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- Direct tracker connection to services
- More integrations with other apps
- iPadOS app support
- Siri integration/voice commands
- Ability to restart timers
- Offline functionality
- Badge indication on app icon for running timer
- Ability to edit time blocks
- More advanced analytics
- Lifetime subscription option
In-app purchases
Timelogger
- Unlock Tasks Limit$3.99
EARLY
- Personal Pro$14.001 Month
- Personal Pro$139.001 Year
