Comparison

RealizD 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

RealizD

Monitor your device usage automatically and gain insights into your digital habits. Set limits, track progress with detailed stats and charts, and participate in screen-free challenges to reduce screen time and address phone addiction.

Highlights
  • Automatic device usage tracking
  • Set daily screen time limits
  • Detailed usage stats and charts
  • Visualize usage patterns with heatmap
  • Screen-free challenges
  • Weekly and monthly summaries
  • Backup and restore functionality
Features
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Do you think that you’re spending a lot of time in front of your devices and want to reduce the screen time? Maybe you want to address phone addiction and start a digital diet right now? RealizD is a professionally designed app created specifically for monitoring your iPhone and iPad usage at all times. It’s a high quality tool that delivers a great user experience via controls, alerts, graphics, insights and stats alongside many others. ------------------------------------------------- Featured by BBC documentary "Secrets of Silicon Valley" 2017 Among top 200 productivity apps in 100 countries ------------------------------------------------- User reviews: "An eye-opening app that tells you how much time you spend on your smartphone!" - Geekfence "RealizD always stands out" - Amy Blankson, Author of best-selling book "The Future of Happiness" "I've been looking for something like this for years..." "Super App!! I love that everything’s so intuitive and easy to use." "Asks all the right questions. Reminds me what's important." ------------------------------------------------- What this app does: ◉ Track how much you use your iPhone and iPad automatically. ◉ Force yourself off your device when you're over your limit ◉ Report your usage stats (screen time, no. of pickups, pickup interval and longest session) by day, week and month. ◉ Automatically log your daily stats in activity history to help you track improvements ◉ Calculate the percentage of your day that is fragmented by frequent phone/tablet use. ◉ Utilize heatmap to visualize and highlight your daily usage patterns throughout the day ◉ Deliver meaningful insight into your short term and long term phone habits. ◉ Beautiful and simple charts in multiple time frames to highlight usage trends (screen time & no. of pickup) and to easily compare averages ◉ Backup & Restore - One-touch backup, one-touch restore. Safe and secure with best-in-class cloud services. ◉ Set daily screen time limit, monitor quota and get notified when you reach the threshold. ◉ Play a screen-free challenge to put your newly formed phone habits to the test. ◉ Share your stats, charts or progress on Facebook and Twitter directly from the app. ◉ Weekly & Monthly Summaries - Swipe to see summary stats on your weekly and monthly usage for more convenient monitoring. ◉ Advanced Limits + Notification - Optimize your usage with more threshold options (hourly pickups, single session time…) and daily limit notification ◉ Track certain hours - Choose the best time of the day for tracking your usage and see insights only on these hours. ◉ Unlimited Activity History - See your activity history for more than just the past week. Great for comparing patterns and tracking improvements. ◉ RealizD Widget - Add RealizD to Notification Centre and gain quick and easy access to your daily stats. ◉ More Charts – Realize the full potential of insights dashboard with unrestricted access to month and year charts. ◉ Export Data - Be your own analyst! Export your data and start analysing. RealizD Family Features: ◉ Automatically monitor your family’s iPhone or iPad use 24/7. ◉ Compare and review your family’s usage by day, week or month. ◉ Easily set screen time limits for your children’s devices. ◉ Use the built-in alert and “Force-off” features to enforce time limits if required. ◉ Add family members at no extra cost. RealizD offers a great variety of functionalities meant to give a better insight on your general smartphone usage. You can even use it to increase phone security (anti¬snooping by monitoring no. of pickups), identify patterns and so on, so don’t hesitate and download RealizD right now to take complete advantage of this amazing app. *This app may use your location even when it isn't open, which can decrease device battery life.

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

RealizD4 screens
BlockyTime Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BlockyTime Lite at 89% against RealizD's 41%. BlockyTime Lite also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 9). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

Both are free to download. RealizD sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. 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 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 513 and 374 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of RealizD's written reviews are positive against 89% of BlockyTime Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RealizD ships an update monthly, BlockyTime Lite every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RealizD versus BlockyTime Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRealizDBlockyTime Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (513 ratings)4.8 (374 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.9% of reviews88.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings513 — better374
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiMobiApp妮 安

Customer experience

RealizD

All ratings513 ratings
Positive71.9%
Neutral8.2%
Negative19.9%
Written reviews232 reviews
Positive40.9%
Neutral9.5%
Negative49.6%

BlockyTime Lite

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

User reviews

RealizD

From 513 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Tracks phone usage accurately
  • 👍 Simple and user-friendly interface
  • 💡 Helpful for reducing phone addiction
  • 👍 Inspiring to get off the phone

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inconsistent performance, stops tracking
  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🔒 Requires always-on location services
  • 💰 Paid features not worth the cost

BlockyTime Lite

From 374 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Simple and intuitive user interface
  • 🎨 Beautiful, minimalist design with customizable colors
  • ⚡ Fast and lightweight app
  • 🆓 Free with no ads or paywalls
  • 📊 Effective time tracking and visualization

Room to improve

  • 🕐 24-hour military time format only (no 12-hour AM/PM option)
  • 📱 iPad app doesn't support landscape orientation
  • 🔄 No cross-device synchronization
  • ⚙️ Reminder notification prompts appear too frequently
  • 🐛 Home screen icons cannot be removed

Bugs and requests

RealizD

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Resets points/progress randomly
  • Inaccurate tracking, shows very low usage
  • Crashes or freezes frequently
  • Doesn't work after iOS updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Option to exclude certain apps from tracking
  • Monthly usage statistics
  • Ability to set custom time limits per app
  • Improved force-off functionality

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)
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  • 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

9 purchases

RealizD

One-time9
  • RealizD 100 Points$0.99
  • WEEKLY & MONTHLY SUMMARIES$0.99
  • UNLIMITED ACTIVITY HISTORY$0.99
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  • TRACK ONLY CERTAIN HOURS$0.99
  • MORE CHARTS$0.99
  • ADVANCED LIMITS$1.99
  • RealizD Pro$2.99
  • RealizD 500 Points$3.99
  • RealizD 1000 Points$6.99
None

BlockyTime Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RealizD free?
RealizD 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, RealizD or BlockyTime Lite?
BlockyTime Lite is rated higher. RealizD averages 3.9 out of 5 from 513 ratings, while BlockyTime Lite averages 4.8 from 374 ratings.
Do RealizD or BlockyTime Lite have ads?
Neither RealizD nor BlockyTime Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RealizD or BlockyTime Lite?
RealizD ships an update monthly, and BlockyTime Lite every 4 weeks. Most recently, RealizD was updated on October 8, 2026 and BlockyTime Lite on October 13, 2026.

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