Comparison

Timelogger Plus vs Stella

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

Head to head
About

Timelogger Plus

This app helps you actively manage and monitor your time across multiple Apple devices. It offers features like stopwatches, goal setting, and detailed reporting, making it ideal for freelancers, managing daily routines, or personal projects.

Highlights
  • Record time with stopwatches
  • Set daily, weekly, or monthly goals
  • Synchronize across devices via iCloud
  • Generate PDF and CSV reports
  • Manual time input
  • Multiple active stopwatches
  • Home and Lock Screen Widgets
Features
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Track your time, build routines, and keep client work organized with Timelogger Plus. Use stopwatches, time reports, and daily, weekly, or monthly goals on iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. See how much time you spend on freelance projects, study, household tasks, hobbies, or personal goals. Record a session as you work, add time you forgot to track, and review your progress in one place. TIME TRACKING THAT FITS YOUR DAY • Start and stop a task's stopwatch with a tap. • Run multiple stopwatches when you need to track different activities. • Add or edit time entries, including their start and end times. • Add notes to record what you worked on. • Set reminders for running stopwatches. ORGANIZE TASKS AND SET GOALS • Group tasks into folders for clients, projects, or routines. • Use tags to organize tasks, time entries, and notes. • Choose colors to make tasks and folders easier to recognize. • Set daily, weekly, or monthly time goals for a task, folder, or tag. • Follow goal progress and review past days, weeks, and months. • Archive completed work while keeping its history. UNDERSTAND YOUR TIME AND BILLABLE WORK • Review tracked time, activity, and trends in the dashboard. • Filter your reports by task, folder, or tag. • Set hourly rates for tasks and folders to calculate billable amounts. • Add billable notes for work that does not use a stopwatch. • Generate PDF reports for a chosen date range. • Export entries to CSV for use in spreadsheets and other tools. • Import CSV data and create manual backups. MADE FOR YOUR APPLE DEVICES Enjoy a refreshed design with Liquid Glass and layouts that fit the screen you use. On iPhone Duo, move between a compact view and a spacious layout with task lists and details side by side when you unfold the display. On iPad, use the sidebar, resizable windows, and multitasking to keep your work in view. On Mac, start and stop timers from the menu bar without opening the main window. Add desktop widgets for quick access to tasks and running stopwatches. On Apple Watch, start and stop timers for selected tasks from your wrist. Use watch face complications and Smart Stack widgets to check running timers. The Watch app syncs with your paired iPhone. Use Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and automate actions with Shortcuts. On iPhone, follow running timers on the Lock Screen and in Dynamic Island with Live Activities. Sync your iPhone, iPad, and Mac through iCloud, and choose a light or dark appearance. Some features require Premium, available through in-app purchase. Questions or suggestions? Contact timeloggerapp@gmail.com. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Stella

Easily log your work hours with a simple timer. Track time spent on specific tasks, view daily summaries, and analyze session breakdowns. Offers features like color-coding, memos, and home screen widgets for efficient time management.

Highlights
  • Task-based time tracking
  • Session breakdown with memos
  • Daily and total hour calculation
  • Color-coded tasks
  • Home screen widgets
  • Dark mode support
  • Manual time input
Features
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Track work hours, keep a clear timesheet, and see exactly where your day went. Stella is a simple personal time tracker for work, shifts, freelance tasks, study sessions, and focused work. Start a task in seconds, stop when you are done, and Stella builds your time log automatically. Review daily totals and individual sessions without complicated setup or messy spreadsheets. Use Stella to: - Track work hours with a simple start and stop timer - Keep a timesheet and time log organized by task - Review daily totals from the calendar - See every session's start time, stop time, and duration - Add notes to sessions - Organize tasks with color coding - View Home Screen widgets and Live Activities - See daily charts by task - Add or edit time manually when you forget to start the timer - Access stats and longer history with premium - Sync your data with iCloud using premium Whether you are recording a shift, tracking freelance hours, studying, or staying accountable during deep work, Stella gives you a straightforward record of how you spent your time. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/stella-privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Timelogger Plus4 screens
Stella4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Timelogger Plus at none against Stella's shown. Timelogger Plus also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2) and device support (4 vs 2). Stella's advantage is iOS requirement (16.1 vs 26.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Timelogger Plus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Stella sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timelogger Plus holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 76 and 26 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 76% and 77% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timelogger Plus ships an update every 2 weeks, Stella every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Timelogger Plus versus Stella: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimelogger PlusStella
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (76 ratings) — better4.2 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews76.5% of reviews76.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings76 — better26
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFilipe MartinsJordan Holland

Customer experience

Timelogger Plus

All ratings76 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral1.3%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative19.6%

Stella

All ratings26 ratings
Positive76.9%
Neutral11.5%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive76.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative16.7%

Bugs and requests

Timelogger Plus

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Single Timer does not work on iPad
  • Old task will continue after clicking a new task
  • iCloud sync broken
  • Apple Watch doesn’t work
  • Syncing between Mac, iPhone and iPad is iffy
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  • List of apps does not sync in their proper order on the Home page
  • Home Screen flickers in and out
  • Confusing Interface (Plus version)
  • Widgets not available as advertised
  • Single Timer feature gone
  • iCloud sync is buggy
  • Apple Watch app keeps running after session ends
  • iCloud integrity check crashes app and deletes tasks
  • Timer still running in widget after stopped in-app
  • Task on iPad keeps running after stopping on phone
  • Refusing to stop a task for whatever reason
  • Mac app font size hard to see
  • Task name overlaps time info on the right side

Requested features

25 requests
  • Bar chart instead of circular chart in Time Distribution
  • Toggle switch for time and percent in task total time chart
  • Larger start timer button
  • Add Limits for tasks to goals
  • Manual sort of tasks
Show 20 more
  • Sort tasks by spend time in reports (not alphabet)
  • Show each activity with time and percent in reports
  • Ability to set recurring reminders when a timer is running
  • Notifications to start timers
  • Add an email address for feature requests
  • Automatically discard tasks running for very short time
  • Ability to link a 'goal' to a combo of tasks from different folders
  • Widget for the main screen
  • Planning (to-do lists) implemented
  • White theme option
  • Task name overlap issue fixed
  • Other sync options like NextCloud
  • Menu in Finder top navigation
  • Stop all timers Siri shortcut
  • One at a time timer option
  • Lock the app function
  • Aggregate color-based charts by groups or use text labels
  • See timeline and daily distribution of entries by group
  • Share text from reminder/meeting to automatically create an entry with text in notes
  • Ability to lock minutes to 15 min increments, or 6 or 10 for manual entries

Stella

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Timelogger Plus

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$24.99
3 purchases

Stella

Subscriptions2
  • Stella Premium$2.991 Month
  • Stella Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Stella Premium$29.99

Questions

Is Timelogger Plus free?
Timelogger Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Stella free?
Stella is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timelogger Plus or Stella?
Timelogger Plus is rated higher. Timelogger Plus averages 4.6 out of 5 from 76 ratings, while Stella averages 4.2 from 26 ratings.
Do Timelogger Plus or Stella have ads?
Stella shows ads; Timelogger Plus does not.
Which is updated more often, Timelogger Plus or Stella?
Timelogger Plus ships an update every 2 weeks, and Stella every 3 weeks. Most recently, Timelogger Plus was updated on October 16, 2026 and Stella on October 16, 2026.

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