Formalize vs Tie Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Formalize
Type mathematical equations and symbols directly on your iPhone or iPad. This keyboard extension offers intuitive one-handed access to over 100 symbols, producing professionally typeset formulas. Easily export your creations as PNG or TeX to use in any app.
- Mathematical keyboard extension
- Over 100 symbols
- One-handed operation
- Professionally typeset formulas
- PNG export
- TeX export
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Do you wish you could properly type math on your iPhone or iPad? With Formalize, you can! Formalize is a keyboard extension for mathematical content. It provides intuitive one-handed access to more than 100 symbols and produces professionally typeset formulas. Easily convert your formulas to PNG or TeX and insert them anywhere, in any app!
Tie Tracker
This application helps you monitor your work hours and billable time across various projects. It offers simple tracking, client and project assignment, and the ability to mark entries as billed. Generate weekly summaries and daily activity lists, with options to export timesheets to XLSX and PDF formats.
- Simple work hours tracking
- Assign time to clients and projects
- Mark entries as billed
- Weekly work summary
- Daily list of activities
- Export timesheets to XLSX and PDF
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Tie Tracker is a free and open source, local-first time tracking app. It's simple and lets you track working hours across projects and clients. » Features * Work hours tracking * Assign time to clients and projects * Define budget per projects * Mark entries as billed * Backup and restore all your data through Zip files » Reporting * Weekly work summary * Daily list of tasks * Export open invoices to XLSX timesheets
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tie Tracker at 100% against Formalize's 25%. Tie Tracker also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (5.0 vs 2.6). Formalize's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Tie Tracker is free to download; Formalize costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tie Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Formalize has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Formalize's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tie Tracker's.
Formalize ships an update every 9 months, Tie Tracker every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and August 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Formalize | Tie Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.6 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ben Hambrecht | David Dal Busco |
Customer experience
Formalize
Tie Tracker
In-app purchases
Formalize
No in-app purchases
Tie Tracker
No in-app purchases
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