Comparison

Timelogger vs BlockyTime Lite

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

BlockyTime Lite

Effortlessly log your time without manual start/stop. Categorize events, add comments, and visualize your time usage with insightful charts. Set goals and back up your data to improve productivity.

Highlights
  • Rapid time tracking by blocks
  • Custom event classification
  • Event and object linking
  • Detailed event comments
  • Pie and bar chart statistics
  • Line chart trend analysis
  • Goal setting
  • iCloud data backup
Features
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BlockyTime, A simple time logger no need to tap Start/Stop. ### App Store Featured of 2016 in China & HongKong ### ### Top 10 Productivity apps in China ### Everybody has his own demand on tracking time, but most people can't persist on it for long time because the traditional time-tracking App is way too professional, and it costs too much energy to use a stopwatch. BlockyTime is very different from traditional time-tracking App, it never needs to tap "Start/Stop". Months of research of users experience made us to work out a better tracking method which is more suitable for people's thinking. No worries to forget to start or stop stopwatch, just take a few seconds in leisure time, like playing game, select, tap, a whole day is tracked. When tracking time no longer has pressure but becomes relaxing, it solves the persistence problem easily. Even people don't has huge perseverance can be good at time management. [Features] • Super easy and rapid method to track time spending on every event • Custom classification of event Not only by event type (eg. work, rest), but also by specific details (eg. Game, music), also by priorities (such as four quadrants) • Unique link of event and object, analyze event from different angle • Comment, record details of event like writing a diary • Statistics, analyze time occupation by pie or bar chart • Trend, check and compare events time spending in line chart by day or month • Goal, such as reach 10000h in 5 years on drawing • Backup data to iCloud or computer, never lose it • Selected color themes, and colorblind mode is added [Suitable for] • Students Track time spending on subjects, analyze it and make a better study plan • Researchers Track time spending on research, analyze and make a more efficient research plan • Managers Who have many projects to do and needs to know time spending on every project • People with part-time jobs Track time on every work and analyze earnings • Salespeople Record time and frequency of contacting clients • New moms and dads Get to know baby's regular life and make a plan to rest • People haven't know the value of time Keep tracking time for a while, the statistics will shock you • People want to analyze time and make him better • People want to know what costs time • People are not satisfied with current situation, want to learn how to manage time and improve himself [Q & A] Q: Why named "BlockyTime"? A: Though time is continuous, for rapid tracking, we separate time into blocks by half an hour at the expense of accuracy. This period not only meets the need of statistics, but also is convenient for people to remember event. Q: Why make 30 minutes a block? This is not accurate. A: Statistics is meaningful only when people persist for a long time. Look at statistics in week or month, 30 minutes a blocks hardly make negative effects on analysis. Compared to spending more energy to make it accurate, track time quicker, take advantage of saved time on other things makes it better. Q: I have OCD, inaccuracy makes me uncomfortable. A: Just stand back and think about it, if you pursue the accuracy, after every time of record, should you add an event called "Tracking time"? Then it takes some time to track this one, so you have to record again, and then, endless loop… Never spend much time on tracking time, this is truly using time effectively. [Users' comments] “The most time-saving tool ever” “It makes me not to spend time on recording, reveals the essence of tracking. I must rate this truly efficient app” “One of my favourite time management/tracking apps!” “Very easy to use and intuitive” “Easiest time tracking tool I ever used” “Milestone app of time tracking” -- zhihu.com If you like this app, just take one minute to rate it, we'll appreciate it! [Contact me] Got some ideas in your mind? Let’s get in touch! Say hello to hi@anniapp.com

Screenshots

Timelogger4 screens
BlockyTime Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: BlockyTime Lite at none against Timelogger's 1. BlockyTime Lite also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4) and review sentiment (89% vs 74%). On price, update cadence, ads 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. Timelogger sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BlockyTime Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BlockyTime Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 91 and 374 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Timelogger's written reviews are positive against 89% of BlockyTime Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timelogger ships an update monthly, BlockyTime Lite every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 17, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Timelogger versus BlockyTime Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeloggerBlockyTime Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (91 ratings)4.8 (374 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.5% of reviews88.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings91374 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.010.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFilipe Martins妮 安

Customer experience

Timelogger

All ratings91 ratings
Positive86.8%
Neutral2.2%
Negative11.0%
Written reviews94 reviews
Positive74.5%
Neutral6.4%
Negative19.1%

BlockyTime Lite

All ratings374 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews169 reviews
Positive88.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative4.7%

Bugs and requests

Timelogger

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

BlockyTime Lite

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Home screen icons cannot be removed after deletion
  • M1 Mac version fails to open
  • Reminder notifications cannot be disabled without clicking 'nope' repeatedly
  • App does not work beyond 2024 (year limitation)

Requested features

20 requests
  • 12-hour time format (AM/PM) option
  • iPad landscape orientation support
  • Cross-device iCloud synchronization
  • Home screen widget
  • Smaller time block options (5, 10, 15 minutes)
Show 15 more
  • Data export to Excel/CSV
  • Google Calendar integration
  • Apple Watch support
  • Customizable day reset time
  • Recurring/template time blocks for daily routines
  • Ability to disable reminder notifications by default
  • macOS and Windows desktop versions
  • Android version
  • Weekly view with all days visible
  • Multiple activities per time block
  • Custom icons or labels for activities
  • Statistics and trend analysis improvements
  • Drag-and-drop functionality for time blocks
  • Activity grouping/categorization
  • Landscape mode for iPad

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Timelogger

One-time1
  • Unlock Tasks Limit$3.99
None

BlockyTime Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timelogger free?
Timelogger is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BlockyTime Lite free?
BlockyTime Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Timelogger or BlockyTime Lite?
BlockyTime Lite is rated higher. Timelogger averages 4.4 out of 5 from 91 ratings, while BlockyTime Lite averages 4.8 from 374 ratings.
Do Timelogger or BlockyTime Lite have ads?
Neither Timelogger nor BlockyTime Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timelogger or BlockyTime Lite?
Timelogger ships an update monthly, and BlockyTime Lite every 4 weeks. Most recently, Timelogger was updated on October 17, 2026 and BlockyTime Lite on October 17, 2026.

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