Comparison

UX vs ManicTime

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

Head to head
About

UX

This app helps user experience designers time tasks during usability tests. Create custom tests and tasks for different apps, then record and capture screenshots of task completion times. Results are saved to your device's photo album.

Highlights
  • Task timing for usability tests
  • Customizable test creation
  • Task sequence setup
  • Screenshot capture of results
  • Results saved to photo album
Features
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UX is an app to assist user experience designers time how long it takes users to complete tasks during usability tests. Create tests for each app your are testing and then create and customize the tasks you will have the user go through in your product. When you start the test you will be able to time how long the user takes to complete each task. At the end of the test you can click "capture" to take a screen shot of the times it took that user to conduct each task. These screenshots are stored in the UX photo album of your iPhone.

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

UX4 screens
ManicTime2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: ManicTime at 5.0 against UX's 3.0. ManicTime also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 23 months). UX's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. UX sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. ManicTime asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ManicTime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

UX ships an update every 23 months, ManicTime every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and June 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
UX versus ManicTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUXManicTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.412.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperA & A Design Inc.Finkit d.o.o.

Customer experience

UX

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

ManicTime

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

In-app purchases

3 purchases

UX

Subscriptions3
  • Pro$6.997 Days
  • Pro3 Days trial$29.993 Months
  • Pro3 Days trial$49.991 Year
None

ManicTime

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is UX free?
UX 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, UX or ManicTime?
ManicTime is rated higher. UX averages 3.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while ManicTime averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do UX or ManicTime have ads?
Neither UX nor ManicTime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, UX or ManicTime?
UX ships an update every 23 months, and ManicTime every 4 months. Most recently, UX was updated on September 21, 2026 and ManicTime on June 23, 2026.

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