Comparison

Timelines Time Tracking vs clock

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

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About

Timelines Time Tracking

Easily track your personal and work hours with this intuitive time tracking app. Visualize your time usage with interactive timelines and charts, set goals, and gain insights to improve efficiency and productivity. Sync across devices and export your data.

Highlights
  • Quick data entry with timers
  • Interactive timeline visualizations
  • Statistics and trend charts
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • Daily, weekly, monthly goals
  • Siri Shortcuts integration
  • Detailed PDF and CSV exports
Features
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Timelines is an easy-to-use yet powerful time tracking app that helps you understand how you spend your day, improve your productivity, and build better habits. Track work, personal activities, health routines, and daily habits in one place, then visualize your time with an interactive timeline and charts to uncover patterns and make the most out of your time. I personally wasn't happy with the way I was spending my time, so I decided to build a tool to help myself and others figure out a way to become more efficient. Timelines has been enabling me and other users to understand where our time is actually going, helping us improve our routines, build better habits, increase productivity, and achieve more in our personal and professional lives. I sincerely believe it can do the same for you. – Lukas Petr, founder of Timelines Timelines has been featured by Apple (New Apps We Love, App of the Day), and reviewed on 9To5Mac, MacStories, Tech Crunch, The Verge, Wired, and more. ▶ WHAT CAN YOU TRACK? Timelines can help you track and understand how you spend time across all areas of your life: - Work tasks and projects - Personal activities and daily routines - Habits and self-improvement goals - Workouts, sleep, and health data - Study sessions and learning - Hobbies, side projects, and free time - Family and social activities - Anything you can imagine ▶ QUICK TIME TRACKING - track time spent on work, habits, health, or any activity you want - control tracking with just 1 tap - grid mode of timers - track from Home Screen with powerful widgets - see your current activity on Lock Screen as a Live Activity - easily edit and add past events ▶ POWERFUL VISUALIZATIONS - see how you spend your time on an interactive timeline - playful statistics mode with pie chart - see trends over time using bar chart - subcategories - breakdown of your events - quickly filter categories ▶ SYNC BETWEEN DEVICES - have an always up-to-date backup of your data with Timelines Cloud - sync between your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, in real-time - sign in using your email address or your Apple ID ▶ TIME-BASED GOALS - define daily, weekly, and monthly time-based goals - see your progress and stay on track - periodic reports with rich notifications - get rewarded for reaching a goal with confetti ▶ AUTOMATIONS - build workflows with Siri Shortcuts - use Siri to start and stop timers - import workouts, sleep, and meditation from Apple Health ▶ AND MORE - detailed PDF and CSV exports - timely and customizable reminders - archive unused categories - lots of possible customizations ▶ APPLE WATCH APP - watch face complication for quick access - haptic feedback on start and stop of timers - set event names using dictation or choose from recent - adjust start and end times using the digital crown - see active timer’s duration and category on watch face - real-time sync with iPhone and iPad using Timelines Cloud - see list of past past entries and edit them easily - daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly statistics ▶ WHAT IS FREE? - track up to 3 categories - basic exporting - pie chart - see events on a timeline - events log - reminders ▶ TIMELINES PRO - sync between devices - unlimited categories - bar chart - goals - detailed exports - import from Apple Health - subcategories - support development Timelines has been in active development for over 9 years now. Lots of effort, attention and care went into every detail of the app. Start taking control of your time today. In just a few days, you'll begin to understand your habits, improve your productivity, and make better decisions about how you spend your time. I love working on Timelines, and a big part of my vision is to listen closely to users and incorporate their feedback. If you have any questions or suggestions, please reach out to me at lukas@timelines.app. – Lukas Petr, founder of Timelines * Privacy policy: https://timelines.app/privacy/ * Terms of Use: https://timelines.app/terms/

About

clock

Easily record your work hours by clocking in and out. The app automatically calculates your total working time, including breaks, and displays it in various charts and tables. You can also add notes, manage multiple users, and export your data to PDF.

Highlights
  • Clock-in/clock-out recording
  • Automatic working hour calculation
  • Break time tracking
  • Monthly and annual charts
  • Multiple user support
  • PDF export
  • Dark mode
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Press the clock-in button to record the clock-in date and time. You can record the clock-out date and time by clicking "Register clock-out time" in the table. Working hours are calculated and displayed from the clock-in and clock-out dates and times and break times. Display working hours in a graph. ・Record clock-in date and time 1. Tap the clock-in button. If you long press/tap, step 2/step 3 will be skipped. The current date and time will be set. 2. Select the year, month, and day and tap OK. 3. Select work time and tap OK. ・When recording the clock-out date and time 1. Tap the “clock-out time" button in the Closing-out date and time column of the table. If you press/tap for a long time, step 2/step 3 will be skipped. The current date and time will be set. 2. Select the year, month, and day and tap OK. 3. Select the clock-out time and tap OK. ▼ Sorting order You can change the sort order of the table by tapping the arrows (↓↑) to the left of the year and month. ▼Notes You can add notes by tapping Notes from the menu on the right side of the table. ▼Working hours The working hours in the table are automatically displayed based on the clock-in and clock-out dates and times and break times ▼Charts Tap the chart icon at the top to display the selection screen. The following list will be displayed on the selection screen, and when tapped, chart will be displayed. ・Monthly chart ・Working hours charts ・Working hours rhythm table ・Annual total/average/charts ・Full period charts ▼Add user Tap the user icon at the top. If you add a name from Add User, you can record them separately. To edit, tap Edit/Delete User to open the editing screen. You can switch users by tapping the user name in user selection. ▼Set clock-in time (top right menu) Set the time input by setting the clock-in time. ▼Set clock-out time (top right menu) Set the time input in the clock-out time setting. ▼Setting break time (top right menu) Set the time in the break time settings. ▼Create PDF file (top right menu) Create a PDF file. You can create a PDF file that specifies the year and month and includes the clock-in date and time, clock out date and time, working hours, break time, and notes. If you want to print, share the PDF file to an app that can print and then print. ▼Dark mode (top right menu) Select dark mode ON/OFF from the menu on the top right Press Dark Mode to switch to a screen display with a color scheme based on black. If you press Light mode, the screen will be displayed in the normal white color. ▼Delete all data (top right menu) From the top right menu, select Erase all data You can delete all records. ・Model change data migration For users with the same Apple ID Because records are stored in iCloud View the same recording on a new iPhone/iPad 【Terms of Use】 This app complies with the Apple Standard Terms of Use (EULA). Please refer to the link below for details: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Timelines Time Tracking4 screens
clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: clock at none against Timelines Time Tracking's 10. clock also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Timelines Time Tracking's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 1). On price, update cadence 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. Timelines Time Tracking sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. clock asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

clock holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timelines Time Tracking has 1.6K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timelines Time Tracking ships an update monthly, clock every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Timelines Time Tracking versus clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimelines Time Trackingclock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (1.6K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.6K — better1
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesAd-supported — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB7 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLukas PetrYUTAKA IZUMIYAMA

Customer experience

Timelines Time Tracking

All ratings1,559 ratings
Positive95.1%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews724 reviews
Positive92.1%
Neutral3.2%
Negative4.7%

clock

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Timelines Time Tracking

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional sync issues between devices
  • Rare crashes or data loss after updates

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to create and reuse time tracking templates
  • Option to group timelines into folders or categories
  • Improved iPad and Mac support
  • Reminders and alerts for time limits or goals

clock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Timelines Time Tracking

Subscriptions8
  • Timelines PRO Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Timelines PRO Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Timelines PRO Monthly2 variants$7.991 Month
Show 5 more
  • Timelines PRO Yearly$19.991 Year
  • Timelines PRO Legacy Yearly$19.991 Year
  • Timelines PRO Yearly$29.991 Year
  • Timelines PRO Yearly$39.991 Year
  • Timelines PRO Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Timelines PRO Lifetime$159.99
None

clock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timelines Time Tracking free?
Timelines Time Tracking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is clock free?
clock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Timelines Time Tracking or clock?
clock is rated higher. Timelines Time Tracking averages 4.8 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while clock averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Timelines Time Tracking or clock have ads?
clock shows ads; Timelines Time Tracking does not.
Which is updated more often, Timelines Time Tracking or clock?
Timelines Time Tracking ships an update monthly, and clock every 5 weeks. Most recently, Timelines Time Tracking was updated on October 16, 2026 and clock on October 4, 2026.

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