Comparison

Activity vs Lifey

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

Head to head
About

Activity

Features
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Records time on your activities. Enter the activities you want to measure. (Walking, hobbies, sewing suit, knitting, carpentry, painting, working, cycling, etc.) 2. Press 'Start' when you start and 'Stop' when you have finished. The time you spend per activity is saved and displayed in an overview per day, week, month, year or total time. Also the total time of all activities is displayed. Examples: - Easy to get time consumption to invoice for elapsed time. - Good to know how long it takes to sew a suit. - How much have we been cycling this month?

About

Lifey

This app helps you understand how you spend your time by tracking activities and habits. It provides intelligent insights and trends to boost productivity and accountability. Set targets, receive reminders, and visualize your progress with detailed charts.

Highlights
  • Unlimited activity tracking
  • Habit tracking with targets
  • Intelligent trends and charts
  • Customizable activity categories
  • Daily and weekly goal setting
  • Activity and habit reminders
Features
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Lifey is Toggl Track for your life. Tap to track your activities, and get intelligent insight and trends. Tracking your activities is the best way to understand how you spend your time, hold yourself accountable, and revolutionise your productivity, if that's your goal. Features Life Tracker/Time Tracker - Track unlimited activities for free! - Track activity time or count - Track in-depth activities like specific TV shows - Track how much time you spend working, learning, on leisure activities, etc. - Intelligent trends, tables, charts, and more for your life! Habit Tracker - Add 5 habits for free! - Add an activity, in-depth activity, or a category as a habit - Set yourself time(s), minute(s), hour(s) targets - Set yourself daily and weekly targets - Set yourself a reminder How does it work? - Tap to track an activity like “Job”, “Project”, “Study”, “Book”, “TV Show”, or add your own - For in-depth tracking, give the activity a name. E.g. for “TV Show”, “Breaking Bad” or “Game of Thrones”. Each activity also has one or more categories like “Work”, “Learn”, “Leisure”, etc. - Tap to stop tracking the activity - Go to the “Days” page to see a summary of your today, yesterday, etc. - Go to the “Activities” page to see a timeline of your activities - Go to the “Insight” page to see intelligent trends, tables, charts, and more!

Screenshots

Activity4 screens
Lifey4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Activity at none against Lifey's 7. Lifey's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Lifey sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Activity asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Activity ships an update every 2 weeks, Lifey every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Activity versus Lifey: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterActivityLifey
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB38 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperVigleik Steinar VollLifey Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Activity

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Lifey

Subscriptions7
  • Premium$0.991 Month
  • Premium$1.991 Month
  • Premium$2.991 Month
Show 4 more
  • Premium$9.991 Year
  • Premium14 Days trial$12.991 Year
  • Premium$12.991 Year
  • Premium$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Activity free?
Activity is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lifey free?
Lifey is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Activity or Lifey have ads?
Neither Activity nor Lifey shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Activity or Lifey?
Activity ships an update every 2 weeks, and Lifey every 10 days. Most recently, Activity was updated on October 29, 2026 and Lifey on October 30, 2026.

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