Comparison

TimeVerse vs Esse

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

Head to head
About

TimeVerse

Consolidate all your events and reminders into a single view, complete with nested checklists. Create time or location-based recurring events and reminders, and attach photos and notes. Geo-fenced reminders and deeply nested checklists offer advanced organization.

Highlights
  • Unified event and reminder view
  • Nested checklists
  • Time and location-based reminders
  • Geo-fenced reminders
  • Attach photos and notes
  • Search titles and notes
  • Customizable display and color schemes
Features
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TimeVerse shows all of your Events and Reminders in one place in addition to nested check lists. You can create new Events or Reminders - time or location based or recuring. You can attach photos and notes to each item. You can create geo-fenced reminders. You can create check list nested to any depth. The events & reminders notes can contain live links to items like a phone numbers, addresses or URLs. Over due reminders are clearly identified - the subtext is shown in red (the overdue reminders count is shown on the app badge). With TimeVerse search, you can search tittles, notes or both (option in app setup). You can configure the search, sorting, color scheme, the way items are displayed and more.

About

Esse

Instantly transform lengthy YouTube videos into concise, easy-to-understand summaries. This tool offers bullet-point takeaways, deep dives, and supports over 60 languages, creating a personal knowledge library. Save time and effortlessly share key information.

Highlights
  • AI video summarization
  • Bullet-point takeaways
  • Deep dive summaries
  • 60+ languages supported
  • Searchable library
  • Automatic clipboard detection
  • Time saved tracking
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Turn any long YouTube video into clean, digestible takeaways in seconds. How it works: — Copy or share any YouTube link → instant AI summary — Automatic clipboard detection (zero extra steps) — Minimal, distraction-free design — Summaries saved in a searchable library What you get: — Takeaways as clear bullet points — Concise overviews in under 30 seconds — Structured Deep Dives for longer, content-rich videos — 60+ languages supported — A personal knowledge vault that grows with you — Time saved, tracked automatically — Easy sharing: plain text or styled templates Also included: Bait Buster Not sure if a video is worth your time? Share it and tap Bust the Bait — Esse scans the thumbnail, title, and transcript, then tells you exactly what's inside and whether it delivers what it promised.

Screenshots

TimeVerse1 screens
Esse4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TimeVerse at none against Esse's 4. TimeVerse also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Esse's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (24 vs 4). 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. Esse sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. TimeVerse asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TimeVerse holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Esse has 24 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeVerse ships an update every 5 weeks, Esse weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TimeVerse versus Esse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeVerseEsse
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better4.8 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings424 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMark Goral100K31D D.O.O.

Customer experience

TimeVerse

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Esse

All ratings18 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TimeVerse

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Esse

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly Premium$1.997 Days
  • Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$59.99

Questions

Is TimeVerse free?
TimeVerse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Esse free?
Esse is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TimeVerse or Esse?
TimeVerse is rated higher. TimeVerse averages 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Esse averages 4.8 from 24 ratings.
Do TimeVerse or Esse have ads?
Neither TimeVerse nor Esse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeVerse or Esse?
TimeVerse ships an update every 5 weeks, and Esse weekly. Most recently, TimeVerse was updated on October 24, 2026 and Esse on October 24, 2026.

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