Comparison

Time Diary vs Formbox

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

Head to head
About

Time Diary

Record daily activities, experiences, thoughts, and ideas in a digital diary. Organize and easily find past entries with powerful search and filtering options. Sync your data across all your devices for seamless access.

Highlights
  • Record activities, experiences, thoughts, and ideas
  • Organize diary entries and notes
  • Powerful search by keyword, date, folder, and tags
  • Sync data across all devices
  • Filter entries by date, folder, and tags
Features
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Time is a great diary app, designed to record activities, experiences, thoughts and ideas throughout a day and sync data across all your devices. It lets you organize your created diary / lentries or notes from the past in the easiest way.Powerful search helps to find diary entries by any keyword in the title or text and filter results by date, folder and tags Learn more: -Weibo- Time Diary -QQ- 489066141 -Wechat-Time Diary

About

Formbox

Features
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FormBox simplifies how associations, community organisations, cooperatives, and associations manage their operations. From tracking member contributions to organising events and processing loans, everything you need is at your fingertips.

Screenshots

Time Diary4 screens
Formbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Formbox at none against Time Diary's 17. Formbox also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). Time Diary's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). 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. Time Diary sells 17 one-off in-app purchases. Formbox asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Diary ships an update monthly, Formbox every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Time Diary versus Formbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime DiaryFormbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (429 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews98.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings429 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size225 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNanjing LeMeng Network Technology Co., LtdPixels Solution LTD

In-app purchases

17 purchases

Time Diary

One-time17
  • 3元素材$0.99
  • 6元素材$0.99
  • 订阅-月卡优惠$0.99
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  • 300时光贝$0.99
  • 600时光贝$0.99
  • 时光月卡$0.99
  • 1元素材$0.99
  • 云端容量-2G$1.99
  • 1200时光贝$1.99
  • 云端容量-5G$2.99
  • 时光年卡$3.99
  • 永久VIP(折扣)$3.99
  • 永久VIP$5.99
  • 永久VIP(折扣)$5.99
  • 时光年卡(优惠)$5.99
  • 4000时光贝$5.99
  • 永久VIP(折扣)$9.99
None

Formbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Time Diary free?
Time Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Formbox free?
Formbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Time Diary or Formbox have ads?
Time Diary shows ads; Formbox does not.
Which is updated more often, Time Diary or Formbox?
Time Diary ships an update monthly, and Formbox every 3 days. Most recently, Time Diary was updated on October 9, 2026 and Formbox on September 29, 2026.

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