Motivation vs Time Progress Gauges
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Motivation
This app helps combat procrastination by visually reminding you of the time passing in the year. It aims to boost productivity and encourage users to make the most of their valuable time.
- Time remaining visualization
- Procrastination reduction tool
- Productivity enhancement
- Motivation reminders
- Yearly progress tracking
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Use this app to remind you that time moves fast. Time is a priceless asset that we should not waste. Procrastination is one of the biggest problems that plagues our generation. This app aims to reduce procrastination by notifying you of how much time is left in the year. Increase your productivity, stay motivated, and don't let your time go to waste.
Time Progress Gauges
This app helps you visualize your life's progress and manage your time effectively. Track your life, year, and month as percentages, and create custom gauges for personal goals or projects. Utilize widgets and Apple Watch complications for constant motivation.
- Track life, year, and month percentages
- Create custom time period gauges
- Lock screen widgets
- Apple Watch complications
- Customizable gauge labels and colors
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Life moves forward a little each day. Time Progress Gauges visualizes the progress of your life, this year, this month, and any meaningful period you choose as simple progress gauges. ⌚ On Apple Watch and iPhone See your gauges through Apple Watch complications, the Apple Watch app, iPhone Lock Screen widgets, and Home Screen widgets. You do not have to open the app. A glance at your watch or phone shows where that time stands now. - Time you can turn into gauges Your life progress. Time left in the year. This month's progress. A project deadline. The days until an exam. A family milestone. Any period that matters to you can become a gauge and stay visible in the places you already look. Main Features - Preset gauges for Life, Year, and Month - Custom gauges with your own start and end dates - Days elapsed, days remaining, and progress percentage - Apple Watch complications - Apple Watch app - iPhone Lock Screen widgets - iPhone Home Screen widgets - Custom labels and colors for gauges Supported Places - Apple Watch faces with complications - Apple Watch app - iPhone Lock Screen widgets - iPhone Home Screen widgets Premium Premium is a one-time upgrade that includes: - Up to 50 custom gauges - Color customization for the preset Life, Year, and Month gauges This app is not meant to make time feel stressful or urgent. It is a small tool for keeping meaningful time quietly visible: a way to notice, at a glance, that the time you care about has moved forward again today. It is more than a countdown. You can see how much time is left, but also how far the whole period has progressed. Time Progress Gauges helps you see life and goals as time you can keep in sight.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Time Progress Gauges at 5.0 against Motivation's 4.2. Time Progress Gauges also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (3 vs 1). Motivation's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Motivation sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Time Progress Gauges sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Time Progress Gauges holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Motivation has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Motivation ships an update every 3 months, Time Progress Gauges every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Motivation | Time Progress Gauges |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Don Bytyqi | INCREDIBLE FOX, Inc. |
Customer experience
Motivation
Time Progress Gauges
In-app purchases
Motivation
- Motivation Pro$2.99
Time Progress Gauges
- LTL Premium$4.99
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