Comparison

HeatMapper vs Bear Tracks Time

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

Head to head
About

HeatMapper

Features
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Ever wondered if a home is losing heat during the winter or cooling the outside during the summer? With HeatMapper, you can see exactly what’s happening. After you map out a home, you’ll be able to see differences in temperature, relative humidity, and moisture content.

About

Bear Tracks Time

Easily manage your productive time with a simple interface for starting and stopping timers. Organize your work with customizable categories and visualize your daily progress. Import and export your data for comprehensive record-keeping and backups.

Highlights
  • One-tap timer start/stop
  • Organize by color, category, emoji
  • Visualize daily work
  • Edit, merge, delete records
  • Weekly, monthly, yearly review
  • Data import and export
  • Time block intervals
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Bear Tracks Time is a simple solution for managing productive time. Start and stop timers with a single tap or shortcut. Organize timers by color, category, and emoji. Visualize the day's work at a glance. Edit, merge, and delete existing records. Review past work by week | month | year. Full data import and export. Bring in old records or save complete backups to csv. Improve focus with time blocks, dividing productive time into work / break intervals. Subscription Details: - Bear Tracks Time is offered as a $4.00 yearly subscription (or $16.00 one time purchase) which unlocks all app functionality. - Without purchasing you are still able to create, view, modify, and export all of your records. You just cannot create more than three (3) timers, or import data. - Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of the purchase or after the free trial period if offered. - Your subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. - Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current subscription period. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user, and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings on the App Store after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. - Privacy Policy: https://www.beartrackstime.com/privacy - Terms of Service: https://www.beartrackstime.com/tos

Screenshots

Bear Tracks Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HeatMapper at none against Bear Tracks Time's 3. HeatMapper also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Bear Tracks Time's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). On price, ads 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. Bear Tracks Time sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per year. HeatMapper asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HeatMapper ships an update every 7 months, Bear Tracks Time every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HeatMapper versus Bear Tracks Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHeatMapperBear Tracks Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperContractor Nation CorporationMursus, LLC

In-app purchases

None

HeatMapper

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Bear Tracks Time

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Subscription$4.001 Year
One-time2
  • Tip$2.99
  • Purchase$16.00

Questions

Is HeatMapper free?
HeatMapper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bear Tracks Time free?
Bear Tracks Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HeatMapper or Bear Tracks Time have ads?
Neither HeatMapper nor Bear Tracks Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HeatMapper or Bear Tracks Time?
HeatMapper ships an update every 7 months, and Bear Tracks Time every 2 months. Most recently, HeatMapper was updated on October 24, 2026 and Bear Tracks Time on September 20, 2026.

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