Comparison

Locate vs Life Tile

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

Head to head
About

Locate

This app automatically logs your time based on your location, helping you understand how you spend your day. It offers manual tracking, detailed reports, and export options to manage your time effectively.

Highlights
  • Automatic time tracking by location
  • Manual time logging
  • Intuitive chart view
  • Export logs as PDF/CSV
  • Passcode protection
  • Categorize timers
  • Add notes to sessions
Features
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Do you want to be more aware how you spend your time? Do you ever wonder how much time did you spend in the gym? Do you struggle logging the times you work on your projects? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, this app is for you! With Locate you don’t have to worry about this stuff anymore. This is the most intelligent time tracker in the App Store. What Locate offers you: - Automatic time tracking based on your location - Manual time tracking - Intuitive chart view of your day - Export as a PDF option - Export as a CSV file option - Passcode Protection - to keep your logs safe - Supports all the screen sizes - Detailed report screen to keep track your logged times - An intelligent reminder system to help you with precise time logging - Categorize timers into groups - Add notes to each session Pro feature: The app includes a 1 year long auto-renewable subscription, which will unlock premium features and costs $9.99 / year. It will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account and will automatically renew unless you canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Though your subscription for the current year cannot be canceled, you can turn auto-reneval off in your account settings after purchase. See instructions here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 You can read the terms of use and privacy policy here: http://matekovacs.com/eula

About

Life Tile

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Your day as a Mondrian-inspired grid. Passive. Private. On-device. Life Tile tracks where you spend your time and shows it as a colorful square grid. Your phone knows where you are. Life Tile uses that to build a picture of your day. Each colored block is a place or activity, sized by how long you were there. At a glance, you see exactly where your time went. HOW IT WORKS Life Tile detects the places you visit in the background. Set up a place once — name it, pick a category — and it's tracked automatically from then on. You can also correct or adjust entries when needed. PRIVACY Your location and activity data stays on your device. No accounts, no servers, no ads. Optional iCloud sync between your own devices only. Anonymous usage stats can be turned off in Settings. SQUARE TILE CHART Your day as a grid of colored blocks. It stays readable even with many categories. The bigger the block, the more time you spent there. TREEMAP, MAP & LIST Zoom out to your day, week, or month. The treemap shows proportionally where your time goes. Switch to map view to see every place you visited, or list view to browse your timeline. Patterns and habits become obvious. TWO-LEVEL CATEGORIES Organize your activities with main categories and subcategories. Exercise > Outdoor Run, Entertainment > Concert, Meals > Lunch — as detailed as you want. SLEEP & WORKOUTS Pulls sleep and workout data from Apple Health to complete the picture of your day. No extra setup needed. WIDGETS & SHORTCUTS Check your day from the home screen. Widgets show your current activity and today's breakdown. Shortcuts let you automate common actions. CSV IMPORT Coming from another time-tracking app? Import your CSV data and keep your history. ONE-TIME PURCHASE No subscription. Buy once, use forever.

Screenshots

Locate4 screens
Life Tile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Life Tile at weekly against Locate's monthly. Locate's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Locate sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year and Life Tile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Locate ships an update monthly, Life Tile weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Locate versus Life Tile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLocateLife Tile
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS10.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeleprompter LLCdugodogu

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Locate

Subscriptions1
  • Pro mode$9.991 Year
1 purchases

Life Tile

One-time1
  • Life Tile Full Access$9.99

Questions

Is Locate free?
Locate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Life Tile free?
Life Tile is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Locate or Life Tile have ads?
Neither Locate nor Life Tile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Locate or Life Tile?
Locate ships an update monthly, and Life Tile weekly. Most recently, Locate was updated on September 29, 2026 and Life Tile on September 13, 2026.

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