Comparison

Tally vs Timely

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

Head to head
About

Tally

This app helps you track anything, from habits and medications to spending and moods. It offers customizable trackers, detailed statistics, and helpful reminders to identify patterns and achieve your goals. Integrates with Apple HealthKit for automatic tracking.

Highlights
  • Track anything (habits, money, symptoms, etc.)
  • Customizable trackers (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Progress statistics and pattern analysis
  • Reminders and notifications
  • Widget and Apple Watch support
  • HealthKit integration
Features
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TALLY is a simple tool to help you track absolutely anything. Some uses for TALLY: • Tracking habits • Tracking medications / vitamins • Daily planner / to-do list • Tracking daily/weekly/monthly spending • Budgeting or saving money • Pain journal • Symptom tracking • Mood tracking • Finding patterns in your life Whether you’re trying to track how many times you ate vegetables this week, how many cups of coffee you drank, or whether or not you took your vitamins today, TALLY can help you get where you want to go. With its simple and encouraging interface, logging activity is a delight. Each TALLY box will tell you the current tracker count and how long it's been since you last logged activity. Each tracker is fully customizable. Set your tracker to reset every day, week, month, year or never. Use TALLY's charts, calendars, and notes to analyze activity and detect any progress or patterns. The main screen will display all of your trackers. You can use a filter to display your trackers in a way that makes sense to you. TALLY is FREE for up to 3 trackers. For more than 3, upgrade to the Premium Version or subscribe to the Growth Bundle. TALLY Features: • Quick logging with a Widget and Apple Watch app • Enter custom values • Tracking on a daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, or never basis • Easily view progress with statistics • Multiple reminders for each tracker • Fun color options let you customize your list • Easy to edit activities in the past • Backup to Dropbox and iCloud • Shortcuts and Siri Integration TALLY also integrates with Apple HealthKit. This lets you set and track tallies automatically based on your activity. Ex. if you want to track how many steps you take every day, our HealthKit integration will help you with this by attributing your steps data from HealthKit directly in the app. Building amazing new habits has never been easier! TALLY contains optional annual subscription. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, for the chosen plan's price. Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your iTunes/App Store Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy: https://kodeon.ai/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://kodeon.ai/terms-of-use

About

Timely

Easily manage your upcoming events with customizable timelines and calendar views. Add descriptions, icons, and urgency levels to events. Control notifications and personalize the app's layout for a streamlined experience.

Highlights
  • Create events with descriptions and icons
  • Day-by-day timeline view
  • Month-long calendar view
  • Mute or favorite events for notification control
  • Customizable layout
  • Quick actions for schedule control
Features
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Timely is an app designed to help you keep track of your upcoming events. You can create events and give them descriptions, fun icons, urgency levels, and more. View all your events in a day-by-day timeline, or break them out into a month-long calendar view. Plan ahead and see how things stack up throughout your week. Mute or favourite events to choose what notifications you get, and use quick actions for total control over your schedule. Finally, customize the layout to make Timely just how you like it. Timely works on any device running iOS 16, iPadOS 16, or MacOS 11 or later. Supported languages include English (en-CA), Chinese (zh-CN & zh-TR) and, French (fr & fr-CA), and Spanish (es-MX) languages. Developed by Pierce Nestibo-Oxley. Follow along with Timely's Development: https://github.com/Parcley27/Timely

Screenshots

Tally4 screens
Timely4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Timely at 100% against Tally's 33%. Timely also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 12) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Tally sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Timely asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tally ships an update every 2 months, Timely weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tally versus Timely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTallyTimely
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (4.1K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4.1K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size144 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKodeon, Inc.Pierce Oxley

Customer experience

Tally

All ratings4,102 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral4.1%
Negative12.6%
Written reviews421 reviews
Positive32.8%
Neutral13.5%
Negative53.7%

Timely

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Tally

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App freezing and crashing
  • Tallies not syncing correctly across devices
  • Timestamp issues and incorrect date/time display
  • Inability to restore previous purchases
  • Broken or non-functional support/feedback channels

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to edit or remove individual tallies
  • Improved Apple Watch integration and complications
  • Export options for data backup and analysis
  • More color and customization options
  • Easier navigation and organization of tallies

Timely

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Tally

Subscriptions9
  • Tally Growth Bundle: Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription$14.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription1 Year trial$14.991 Year
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  • Tally Growth Bundle: Yearly$18.991 Year
  • Tally Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Tally Premium - Yearly1 Year trial2 variants$29.991 Year
  • Tally Growth Bundle: Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Tally Premium - Yearly1 Year trial2 variants$59.991 Year
  • Tally Premium - Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • One-Time Upgrade$6.99
None

Timely

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tally free?
Tally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timely free?
Timely is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tally or Timely have ads?
Neither Tally nor Timely shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tally or Timely?
Tally ships an update every 2 months, and Timely weekly. Most recently, Tally was updated on October 17, 2026 and Timely on October 10, 2026.

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