EARLY vs Time Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EARLY
This app offers a streamlined approach to time tracking, helping users understand how they spend their hours. It provides insightful reports and customizable features to boost productivity and improve work-life balance.
- One-tap time tracking
- Real-time productivity data
- Customizable reports and charts
- Easy entry editing
- Cross-device synchronization
- Calendar view for reviews
- Integrations with popular tools
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Discover a better way to track your time with EARLY. EARLY will help you own your time and maximise your productivity at work. Instantly start tracking your activities within the EARLY app and unlock actionable insights to optimise your workflow, improve work-life balance, and achieve your goals. What is EARLY? Effortless Tracking • Track time with one tap — spend 90% less time logging your hours. Boosted Productivity • Get precise, real-time data on how you allocate your time to improve focus and reduce distractions. Reports • Visualise and analyse time distribution with customisable charts and reports that reveal trends, patterns, and opportunities for easy improvement. Easy Editing • Quickly adjust, add, or delete entries so that your logs are always accurate. Cross-Device Sync • Seamlessly track time across your devices for consistent, updated logs wherever you are. Calendar • View time entries in a calendar format for easy daily and weekly reviews, where time tracking becomes key to your routine. Integrations • Sync with JIRA, Toggl, Harvest, Zapier, and many more to streamline time tracking within your existing workflow.
Time Tracker
This app helps you understand where your time goes by combining time tracking with goal setting. Monitor activities, set targets, and gain insights through reports and statistics to build better habits and align your time with what's important.
- Track work, study, exercise, and more
- Set daily, weekly, or monthly goals
- Utilize stopwatch, countdown, or Pomodoro timers
- View time patterns with charts and reports
- Organize activities into categories and tasks
- Home screen widgets and Live Activity support
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Track your time. Set goals. Build better habits. Timelog combines time tracking and goal tracking in one app — so you can see exactly where your time goes and make sure it aligns with what matters to you. TRACK ANYTHING Whether it's work, study, exercise, reading, music, or side projects — start a timer, log your hours, and see your patterns over time. Use a stopwatch, countdown, or Pomodoro timer depending on how you work best. SET MEANINGFUL GOALS Set daily, weekly, or monthly targets and limits for any activity. Track your streaks. Get predictions on whether you'll hit your goals based on your current pace. Stay motivated with reminders. GET CLEAR INSIGHTS See where your time actually goes with charts, statistics, trends, and weekly/monthly reports. Activity patterns, mood tracking, and task breakdowns help you understand not just how much time you spend — but how you spend it. STAY ORGANIZED Group activities into categories. Break them into tasks. Add notes and track your mood. Use it your way — Timelog adapts to how you work, study, or live. DESIGNED FOR YOU - Light, dark, and true black (OLED) modes - Home screen widgets - Live Activity with Dynamic Island - Available in multiple languages WHY TIMELOG? Most habit trackers just count checkmarks. Timelog tracks the time behind the habit — because spending 5 hours a week reading matters more than checking a box. You have more time than you think. Timelog helps you find it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Time Tracker at 88% against EARLY's 34%. Time Tracker also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.9 vs 4.5). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. EARLY sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.00 per month and Time Tracker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Time Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 148 and 92 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of EARLY's written reviews are positive against 88% of Time Tracker's.
EARLY ships an update every 4 weeks, Time Tracker fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EARLY | Time Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (148 ratings) | 4.9 (92 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 34.3% of reviews | 88.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 148 — better | 92 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timeular GmbH | C.G CodeGamma Software Technologies LTD |
Customer experience
EARLY
Time Tracker
Bugs and requests
EARLY
Reported bugs
30 issues- Login flow bugs (user does not exist/already exists)
- App logs out frequently
- App disconnects from internet
- Inputting entries via iOS app is difficult
- Stuck during setup
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- Tracker pairing issues
- App gets stuck during setup
- Cannot create an account (bouncy scroll)
- App logs out and gives constant errors trying to log back in
- UI doesn't load properly
- Hardware die doesn't activate consistently
- App crashes when expanding/editing entries
- iPad app is a scaled iPhone app, not optimized
- Cannot submit more than 1000 characters in iOS app entries
- Tracker not pairing with phone app
- Mac app buggy, Bluetooth buggy, iOS app buggy
- Cannot edit activities properly, glitches out
- Cannot delete activities
- Cannot 'forget' device
- App has to remain open to register task changes
- App complains about connectivity
- Undo button placement issue on iPhone
- Unclear which device handles Bluetooth
- Tracker won't connect to the app
- Cannot pause and restart timers
- App refuses to keep changes to hours/events
- App is cloud-based, no offline access
- App would not save activities
- UI constantly gives errors on iPhone 6S
- Editing tasks locks in incorrect time
Requested features
15 requests- Home screen widgets
- Dark mode
- Apple Watch integration
- Customizable colors
- Set and manage goals
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- Direct tracker connection to services
- More integrations with other apps
- iPadOS app support
- Siri integration/voice commands
- Ability to restart timers
- Offline functionality
- Badge indication on app icon for running timer
- Ability to edit time blocks
- More advanced analytics
- Lifetime subscription option
Time Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
EARLY
- Personal Pro$14.001 Month
- Personal Pro$139.001 Year
Time Tracker
- Timelog Plus monthly$1.991 Month
- Timelog Plus yearly7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Timelog Plus yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
- Timelog Plus$17.99
- Timelog Plus (Lifetime)$35.99
Questions
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