Comparison

Actions vs TimeMender

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

Head to head
About

Actions

Organize your thoughts and tasks with a digital card-based system. Easily create, schedule, and manage to-dos using natural language input and receive timely reminders. Syncs across devices for seamless productivity.

Highlights
  • Create Action Cards for reminders
  • Natural language scheduling
  • Drag and drop organization
  • Color-coded lists
  • Schedule view
  • Swipe to complete/delete
  • Cloud sync
Features
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Keep on top of everything in your head, whether it’s movies to watch or the details of your next big project. Designed for busy people who live by making lists to stay on track at work and home, the digital card based design is a clutter-free way to visualise everything that needs doing. Collect your thoughts in a calm interface with simple natural language like “Water the plants every Saturday” then let Actions take care of reminding you automatically. –––FEATURES––– • Create Action Cards to note things you do not want to forget. • Type naturally like “Post status report every second Friday” and Actions takes care of the scheduling, reminders and notifications. • Drag and drop your Action Cards into custom Lists to organise them intuitively • Colour code each list to further personalise your productivity system • Use the Schedule to see all of the Actions coming up • Swipe on Action Cards to complete them, delete them and set reminders. • Add free-form notes to Action Cards for extra details like phone numbers • Get push notifications, you can quickly choose reminders for the Morning, Afternoon, Evening or custom times • Create repeating actions with advanced rules like “Call Sam every second Tuesday in June” • Automatically and securely sync all of your Actions to the cloud instantly • To keep your lists manageable, Actions will automatically suggest Action Cards that should be rescheduled or deleted • Use the iOS Share extension to bring lists from other apps into Actions easily • Use Siri to manage your actions for hands-free productivity! Actions is a sophisticated app for getting things done, but it’s even more powerful if you have Timepage. With Timepage installed, your calendar events will automatically appear in the Schedule screen in Actions so you can see everything in context. In Timepage, you can see scheduled actions alongside your events. Master your calendar events and your to-dos with the ultimate productivity app duo! –––MEMBERSHIP––– Actions is a membership service with a free trial. Download the app free to try it out without restriction or registration. After the trial period you can choose to purchase a membership which allows unlimited use across all of your devices. Without an active membership, you can still use the app in read-only mode. • Unlimited access on all your devices. • Both monthly and annual options available. Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will automatically renew unless automatic renewal is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions and automatic renewal status in Account Settings after purchase. Any unused portion of the free trial peri​od will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://bonobolabs.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://bonobolabs.com/terms –––QUESTIONS?––– If you’ve got a question or something isn’t working quite right, you can contact us directly from the Menu > Help > Contact Support. Got a feature idea? Let us know at https://bonobo.canny.io/actions –––THANK YOU––– We have put thousands of hours into creating Actions. We read every single one of your reviews. If you enjoy using Actions please take a minute to leave us a nice review, thank you!

About

TimeMender

This app helps you track your work time accurately, even with imperfect habits. It allows for quick adjustments to logged time and provides a clear overview of your day. The Pro version offers advanced features like history summaries and data export.

Highlights
  • One-tap timer for starting and switching tasks
  • Quick-add for forgotten time entries
  • Fast 'fix-it' move for adjusting time between items
  • Daily target tracking with live progress
  • Private, device-only data storage
  • Export data to CSV/plain-text (Pro)
Features
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TimeMender is a fast, forgiving personal worklog for people with imperfect timer habits. Real workdays are messy. You forget to start the timer. You forget to stop it. You switch tasks without thinking. Meetings run long. You get interrupted and lose track. TimeMender is designed around that reality — not an ideal workday where everything gets tracked perfectly. Capture time as it happens, fix the messy parts fast, and get a clear picture of where your day went. Maybe you feed a timesheet at the end of the week. Maybe you bill by the hour. Maybe you just want to know where the day went. Whatever your reason, TimeMender keeps a lightweight, honest record without asking you to manage a full productivity system. Built for messy, real-world days One-tap timer. Tap a work item to start; tap another to switch. Only one timer runs at a time. Switched late? No problem. If you realize you changed tasks a few minutes ago but forgot to switch the timer, use Switch Late to move that recent time to the right work item without stopping to reconstruct your day. Quick Add. Add time you forgot to track — no timer required. Easy adjustments. Open Adjust from the overflow menu to move time between work items, fix mistakes, or clean up your day without editing a complicated timeline. Daily target. See Tracked and Remaining/Over at a glance so you know when your workday is "full." Keep your timer in sight. With TimeMender Pro, your active timer stays visible on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island through a Live Activity — a subtle, persistent reminder that you're still tracking, so it's easier to stay on top of your time throughout the day. Works locally. Core tracking runs entirely on your device. No account, no sign-in, and no network connection required. Private by design Your worklog stays under your control. There's no TimeMender account and no backend storing your work history. We don't receive, host, or sell your data. TimeMender Pro — one-time purchase, no subscription Upgrade once to unlock: Full local history with week and date-range summaries Per-work-item summaries Share and CSV/plain-text export Work-item icons and colors Bulk work-item import iCloud backup & restore Home Screen widgets Live Activity for your active timer on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island, helping keep your running timer visible throughout the day Everything you capture in Free is kept, so upgrading instantly unlocks your full history, summaries, and exports. Focused on one job TimeMender isn't a payroll system, team timesheet platform, billing suite, or project manager. It does one focused job: help you capture, adjust, and understand your time — even when your workday doesn't go according to plan.

Screenshots

Actions4 screens
TimeMender4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: TimeMender at free with in-app purchases against Actions's subscription. TimeMender also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Actions's advantage is ratings volume (9.8K vs 1) and device support (5 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Actions sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and TimeMender sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TimeMender holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Actions has 9.8K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Actions versus TimeMender: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActionsTimeMender
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (9.8K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings9.8K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size258 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBonoboBrown's Tech Co. LLC

Customer experience

Actions

All ratings9,751 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral3.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews480 reviews
Positive51.5%
Neutral14.8%
Negative33.8%

TimeMender

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

Bugs and requests

Actions

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Recurring tasks disappearing or not updating
  • Completed tasks not properly tracked in Logbook
  • Inability to move tasks between lists
  • Sync issues between mobile and desktop
  • Crashes when scheduling complex tasks

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add location-based reminders
  • Implement priority settings for tasks
  • Allow more color customization options
  • Provide desktop/web app version
  • Add checklist functionality within tasks

TimeMender

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Actions

Subscriptions4
  • Monthly Membership7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Annual Membership7 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Bonobo Bundle (Annual)7 Days trial$29.991 Year
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  • Bonobo Bundle (Annual Family)7 Days trial$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Bonobo Bundle (Lifetime)$129.99
1 purchases

TimeMender

One-time1
  • TimeMender Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Actions free?
Actions is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeMender free?
TimeMender is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Actions or TimeMender?
TimeMender is rated higher. Actions averages 4.6 out of 5 from 9.8K ratings, while TimeMender averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Actions or TimeMender have ads?
Neither Actions nor TimeMender shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Actions or TimeMender?
Actions ships an update fortnightly, and TimeMender fortnightly. Most recently, Actions was updated on October 18, 2026 and TimeMender on October 9, 2026.

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