Comparison

Bark vs TimeBank

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

Head to head
About

Bark

Send custom push notifications to your iPhone via an HTTP API. Supports advanced features like custom icons, grouping, and critical alerts. Offers privacy-protected, end-to-end encrypted pushes with self-deployable server options.

Highlights
  • HTTP API for push notifications
  • Custom icons and grouping
  • Continuous and critical alerts
  • End-to-end push encryption
  • Self-deployable server options
  • Privacy-protected notifications
Features
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You can send push notifications to your iPhone by simply calling an HTTP API. Bark supports many advanced iOS push features, such as custom icons, notification grouping, custom ringtones, continuous alerts, critical alerts, and encrypted pushes. Bark does not consume device battery, as its core functionality relies on system push services and push extensions, and the app itself does not need to be running. Bark ensures your privacy and security with high reliability. Bark supports self-deploying the server, which can be deployed via Docker, Serverless, or Cloudflare Worker. The bark-server supports most operating systems, and you can also run it manually. The app is compiled and uploaded through Github Action, ensuring that the version you’re using is compiled from open-source code, without any modifications by anyone (including the author). Bark supports end-to-end push encryption with a custom key, ensuring that the push content is not accessed or leaked by the Bark server or Apple’s APNs server during transmission. The notification message history saved locally by Bark is also very secure. Using the NotificationServiceExtension, the push message is only stored on the device when the push is received. Feedback email: to@day.app Privacy Policy: https://api.day.app/privacy User Agreement: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

TimeBank

This utility tool helps you track your time by categorizing activities into 'SaveTime' and 'KillTime'. Your 'time deposit' balance is calculated as the difference between these two categories. The app prioritizes user privacy, collecting no data and offering optional iCloud backup.

Highlights
  • Categorize time into SaveTime & KillTime
  • Calculate 'time deposit' balance
  • User privacy focused
  • Optional iCloud data backup
  • Offline functionality
Features
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This is a simple tool for tracking time, different from other productivity and focus-oriented apps. It forces the categorization of time into two main types: SaveTime & KillTime. You can allocate any task into these two categories based on your own experience and understanding. Ultimately, your 'time deposit' balance is the difference between SaveTime and KillTime. Please take good care of your 'wallet'. Regarding privacy: We do not collect any of your data. If you choose to use iCloud for data backup, you will need to grant this app access to the internet. No one, including the developer of this app, can read your data backed up on iCloud. Your data belongs solely to you. Of course, you can turn off the app's internet access at any time, which will not affect any of its functionality.

Screenshots

Bark3 screens
TimeBank4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TimeBank at none against Bark's 2. TimeBank also leads on device support (5 vs 3). Bark's advantage is ratings volume (110 vs 2) and review sentiment (98% vs 88%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Bark sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.69 per year. TimeBank asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Bark against 5.0 for TimeBank. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bark has 110 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 98% of Bark's written reviews are positive against 88% of TimeBank's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, TimeBank monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Bark versus TimeBank: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBarkTimeBank
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (110 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews98.4% of reviews — better87.5% of reviews
Number of ratings110 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer丰 黄睿 刘

Customer experience

Bark

All ratings109 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews61 reviews
Positive98.4%
Neutral1.6%
Negative0.0%

TimeBank

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bark

Subscriptions1
  • Continuous support$2.691 Year
One-time1
  • One-time donation$2.69
None

TimeBank

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bark free?
Bark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeBank free?
TimeBank is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bark or TimeBank?
TimeBank is rated higher. Bark averages 4.9 out of 5 from 110 ratings, while TimeBank averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Bark or TimeBank have ads?
Neither Bark nor TimeBank shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bark or TimeBank?
Bark ships an update every 3 weeks, and TimeBank monthly. Most recently, Bark was updated on October 25, 2026 and TimeBank on October 8, 2026.

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