Comparison

EARLY vs ManicTime

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

ManicTime

This mobile app complements a desktop time-tracking service, allowing users to monitor their work hours remotely. It enables viewing recorded time, manual entry, and access to phone location history, functioning seamlessly with the cloud or server versions of the main application.

Highlights
  • View work time
  • Manual time entry
  • View phone location history
  • Syncs with ManicTime Cloud/Server
  • On-the-go work tracking
Features
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This is a companion application to ManicTime. If you are already using ManicTime, it is a great way to keep track of your work while you are on the go. With ManicTime you can: • View your work time • Enter work time manually • View phone location history Application will only work with ManicTime Cloud and ManicTime Server (v3.3 or newer)

Screenshots

EARLY4 screens
ManicTime2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ManicTime at 5.0 against EARLY's 4.5. ManicTime also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). EARLY's advantage is ratings volume (146 vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months). On price 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. EARLY sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.00 per month. ManicTime asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ManicTime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EARLY has 146 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

EARLY ships an update every 4 weeks, ManicTime every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on June 9, 2026 and June 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
EARLY versus ManicTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEARLYManicTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (146 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews36.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings146 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimeular GmbHFinkit d.o.o.

Customer experience

EARLY

All ratings146 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral2.7%
Negative8.9%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive36.5%
Neutral17.5%
Negative46.0%

ManicTime

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

EARLY

Subscriptions2
  • Personal Pro$14.001 Month
  • Personal Pro$139.001 Year
None

ManicTime

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EARLY free?
EARLY is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ManicTime free?
ManicTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, EARLY or ManicTime?
ManicTime is rated higher. EARLY averages 4.5 out of 5 from 146 ratings, while ManicTime averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do EARLY or ManicTime have ads?
EARLY shows ads; ManicTime does not.
Which is updated more often, EARLY or ManicTime?
EARLY ships an update every 4 weeks, and ManicTime every 4 months. Most recently, EARLY was updated on June 9, 2026 and ManicTime on June 23, 2026.

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