EARLY vs Other Memory
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.
Other Memory
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Other Memory for iPhone is the focused companion to the Other Memory workbench on Mac. It connects directly to your file-first Zettelkasten in Files or iCloud Drive—without an account or a second cloud database. CAPTURE WHILE THE THOUGHT IS PRESENT Create Inbox notes immediately and return to them on the Mac for rewriting and deliberate placement. TAKE LITERATURE NOTES WITH YOU Browse and edit literature notes. Start a new source from a camera image, photo, ISBN, DOI, or manually entered details. Pending sources remain visible in your vault for later bibliography reconciliation on the Mac. RETURN TO YOUR KASTEN Search placed Zettels by address, title, or text. Browse your authored Index, open cards, select and copy passages, copy Zettel references, and follow the links you created. BUILT AROUND YOUR FILES One permanent Zettel remains one ordinary Markdown file. Other Memory reads the vault folder you choose in Files or iCloud Drive. It does not require an account and does not replace your vault with a proprietary synchronized database. THE IPHONE ROLE The phone is for capture, reading, lookup, and lightweight continuation. Permanent placement, structure, bibliography reconciliation, Vault Map, and Writing Assembly remain in the Mac workbench. Other Memory is designed for a deliberate, Folgezettel-based Zettelkasten: durable addresses, local placement, authored links, curated entry points, and writing downstream of the box. To work with your own material, select an existing Other Memory vault in Files or iCloud Drive. The Mac workbench is distributed separately.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Other Memory at none against EARLY's 2. Other Memory also leads on ads (none vs shown). EARLY's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price 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. Other Memory asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | EARLY | Other Memory |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (146 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 36.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 146 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | — |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Timeular GmbH | Ulf Preisler |
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
Other Memory
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
EARLY
- Personal Pro$14.001 Month
- Personal Pro$139.001 Year
Other Memory
No in-app purchases









