Comparison

Coves vs Gika

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

Head to head
About

Coves

This app helps you track study time and progress for exams. It breaks down large goals into manageable tasks, schedules them, and logs your focused study sessions. Review your progress with clear data to ensure you've done enough to succeed.

Highlights
  • Break down large study goals into tasks
  • Schedule tasks onto specific dates
  • Log focused study time and duration
  • Review progress by subject
  • Pomodoro and countdown timers
  • White noise for focus
  • Apple Watch and widget synchronization
Features
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The worst part of exam prep is not working hard - it is not knowing whether you have done enough. Why do you ace physics? Because the total hours added up - quantity turned into quality. Why do the words stick? Because of those two focused hours, every day. SAT, AP, finals, bar exam, USMLE: it all comes down to one question - have you done enough? coves is the tool that records that quantity and shows it back to you. WHAT IT DOES INSTEAD OF YOU • Break down: turn one big goal (say, calculus) into tasks you can finish today • Schedule: drop those tasks onto real dates, so the plan exists before the week starts • Measure: log what you actually did - how much, how long you focused • Review: plan and reality side by side, so you see which subject is short HOW FAR YOU ARE: NUMBERS BEAT FEELING Total hours for maths, total hours for vocabulary, completion per subject - counted and shown separately. Enough quantity and the result follows. You will see it in your own numbers. WHILE YOU STUDY, IT KEEPS YOU SEATED Pomodoro, countdown, white noise - one tap and you are in focus mode. When it ends, it logs straight into the day's total. No catch-up later. Widgets and Apple Watch stay in sync. coves is the study tool for exam prep: break down, schedule, measure, review - one loop, closed. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS coves Membership offers a monthly subscription ($2.99/month), a yearly subscription ($19.99/year), and a lifetime purchase ($29.99). Subscriptions auto-renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Any unused portion of a free trial period (if offered) will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Privacy Policy: https://www.softwindlab.com/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.softwindlab.com/products/coves/terms YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS No account, no ads, no analytics. We don't collect your name, phone number or location, and we never upload what you record - it stays on this device and in your own iCloud.

About

Gika

Map your time to understand where your hours go. Track activities with multiple timer types, categorize sessions with one-tap labels, and visualize your day or month. Gain insights into your habits and optimize your schedule.

Highlights
  • Multiple timer types (count-up, countdown, Pomodoro)
  • One-tap session labeling
  • Daily timeline and monthly calendar views
  • Deep summaries and insights
  • Widgets and Live Activities support
  • Customizable themes
Features
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Your time, clearly mapped Build better days by seeing exactly where your hours go. • Track anything, any way. Run count-up, countdown, or Pomodoro timers—or all three at once when you’re multitasking. • One-tap labeling. Every session fits into Thrive, Balanced, or Limit—no messy tag soup. • Daily timeline & Month calendar. Zoom in to a single day’s grid or zoom out to spot patterns across an entire month. • Deep summaries & Insights. Instantly know how much time went to sleep, workouts, meditation, and your top three projects—by day, week, quarter, or year. • Widgets & Live Activities. Start, pause, and glance at progress right from your Home Screen or Lock Screen. • Four handcrafted themes. Match Gika to your mood—or your phone. Gika Premium unlocks Pomodoro mode, the timeline grid, rich summaries, and more. Choose a monthly or yearly auto-renewing plan and help us keep the updates coming. Gika uses Apple’s standard End User License Agreement. For details, visit: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ HealthKit usage. Gika can read your sleep and workout data and display them in the app and app widgets. This feature is entirely optional. Most importantly, your data never leave your devices. Gika does not collect any data from you. All your data stay in your devices and your personal iCloud accounts. We cannot access any of them. Your privacy is secure with us. For details, visit: https://liums.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-131b65eeaa764cb8aa69298a57f89765

Screenshots

Coves4 screens
Gika4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Coves at 4.2 against Gika's 3.5. Coves also leads on ratings volume (11 vs 2). Gika's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Coves sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Gika sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Coves holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Coves has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Coves ships an update every 3 weeks, Gika every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Coves versus Gika: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCovesGika
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (11 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.6 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size113 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer朋 潘Hangzhou Hu Di Shen Shan Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Coves

All ratings11 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Gika

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Coves

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Annual3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$29.99
2 purchases

Gika

Subscriptions2
  • Gika Premium Monthly7 Days trial$1.491 Month
  • Gika Premium Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Coves free?
Coves is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gika free?
Gika is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Coves or Gika?
Coves is rated higher. Coves averages 4.2 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Gika averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Coves or Gika have ads?
Neither Coves nor Gika shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Coves or Gika?
Coves ships an update every 3 weeks, and Gika every 6 days. Most recently, Coves was updated on November 2, 2026 and Gika on October 11, 2026.

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