TimeFinder vs Redirect Loop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TimeFinder
This app helps you build flexible, color-coded daily schedules that adapt to life's changes. It's designed for individuals who struggle with traditional planning, offering intuitive drag-and-drop features and focus modes to manage tasks effectively.
- Drag & Drop task scheduling
- Flexible time block durations
- Color-coded task organization
- Schedule shifting and task rollover
- Split view for lists and schedule
- Focus mode with guided timer
- Cross-device sync (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Watch)
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Finally, a planner that works the way your brain does. 400,000+ people use TimeFinder to build flexible, color-coded plans that bend—not break—when life happens. The #1 time blocking app on the App Store—refined over 8 years of user feedback. Whether you have ADHD, a packed schedule, or just a brain that resists plans, this is planning that finally clicks. "This app allows me to brain dump all my tasks into a list and then decide each day which ones to slide into my schedule. It's reduced my stress because I frequently overfill my day. Now I can realistically see what I can do." — LynnProgrammer SEE YOUR DAY. SHAPE YOUR DAY. - Drag & Drop: Pull tasks from your lists into your schedule—or back again - Flexible Time Blocks: Plan in 5, 10, 15, 30, or 60-minute chunks - Color-Coded Clarity: Every task gets a color so your day makes sense at a glance - Multiple Views: Day, week, month*, and agenda*—see your schedule your way PLANS CHANGE. THAT'S THE POINT. - Schedule Shift: Running late? Shift your tasks earlier or later with a single tap - Task Rollover*: Roll unfinished tasks into available time slots—nothing gets lost - Task Bucket*: Commit tasks to a date without locking them to a specific time - Zero Friction: Stretch, shrink, and rearrange by dragging—no menus needed "PRECISELY what I have been looking for, as if it were tailored for me! For ADHD persons—it is just so dang helpful!" — Summitmarlene LISTS. SCHEDULE. FOCUS. - Split View: See your lists and schedule side by side—drag between them - Focus Mode: A guided timer that helps you work through your plan, task by task - Apple Watch: See your upcoming schedule on your wrist with complications - Subtasks: Break big tasks into steps and track progress as you go SYNCS WITH YOUR LIFE - Calendar Sync*: Import events from Apple Calendar, Google, and Outlook—and export your TimeFinder schedule back - Reminders Sync*: Two-way sync with Apple Reminders—changes update in both apps - Widgets: Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities - iPhone, iPad, Mac & Apple Watch: Your schedule stays in sync across all your devices "I 'touch' my todo items just once—to put them on a time block to execute. These tasks aren't 'living' with me anymore. They're actually getting done." — Kurt4i MAKE IT YOURS - Color Palettes: Choose from dozens of presets—or build your own in the Palette Editor* - Schedule Templates*: Save your best routines and reapply them in one tap - Custom Intervals: Break up your day however works for you BUILT OVER 8 YEARS. SHAPED BY REAL USERS. TimeFinder started as one developer's answer to his own ADHD and procrastination. 8 years and 400,000+ downloads later, it's still independently built and personally supported by its founder, Luke—no faceless corporation, no VC playbook. Every update reflects real feedback from real people. - Direct support from the developer - Share ideas at feedback.timefinder.app - Regular updates driven by your feedback Eligible new subscribers can try TimeFinder Premium free for 7 days and discover why so many say it's the planner they've been looking for. * Full access to features marked with an asterisk requires TimeFinder Premium, available through an in-app subscription or lifetime purchase.
Redirect Loop
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You already know what you should be doing. The trouble is that it's six taps away, and Instagram is one. Most blockers put a grey wall in front of the app you reached for. A wall is an argument, and the wall usually loses, because what's behind it is easy and the work is not. Redirect Loop shows you the next step instead. One physical action, small enough to start without deciding anything first. Open the file. Write one bad sentence. Copy out the line you're stuck on. HOW IT WORKS Name the one thing you've been putting off. Choose how long to go for, and which apps pull you in. When you reach for one of them mid-session, you don't get a wall. You get your own task back, with its next step already broken down, and two buttons: Back to work, or I'm stuck. "I'm stuck" is the point. It's the same tap as unlock, and the opposite psychology. WHEN IT'S STILL TOO BIG Ask for it smaller, and it gets smaller. Steps keep shrinking until they're something you can start without thinking about it, because the reason you're avoiding a thing is almost never the whole thing. HOURS THAT KEEP THEMSELVES Set the hours you want held. Any times, any days, or a one-off for a particular Saturday. They open and close on their own so you don't have to remember, and ending a session lifts everything until the next one begins. A RECORD, NOT A SCOREBOARD At the end you get sentences, not charts. What you actually did, in your own words. It counts the times you reached for a blocked app and went back to work, because those are the wins. It never shows you what you failed to do. PRIVATE BY CONSTRUCTION Blocking uses Apple's Screen Time. Your choices go through Apple's own picker and come back as tokens this app cannot read. It cannot see which apps you blocked, or anything you do inside them. There's no account, no analytics and no advertising. HONEST LIMITS iOS grants Screen Time to one app at a time, so another blocker will stop this one working until you remove its access. There are timed passes, on purpose. A blocker you can't get past is a blocker you delete instead.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Redirect Loop at none against TimeFinder's 10. TimeFinder's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. TimeFinder sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Redirect Loop asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | TimeFinder | Redirect Loop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.9K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Daily | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 151 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TimeFinder, LLC | Round Social LLC |
Bugs and requests
TimeFinder
Reported bugs
5 issues- Disappearing data
- Freezing and crashes
- Subscription issues
- Calendar sync problems
- Unresponsive navigation
Requested features
5 requests- Recurring tasks
- Subtasks and checklists
- Monthly/weekly calendar view
- Apple Watch integration
- Improved sync with other apps
Redirect Loop
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TimeFinder
- TimeFinder Premium3 variants$7.991 Month
- TimeFinder Premium7 Days trial4 variants$34.991 Year
- TimeFinder Premium1 Year trial$34.991 Year
- TimeFinder Premium$99.99
- TimeFinder Premium Lifetime$99.99
Redirect Loop
No in-app purchases









