BlockyTime Lite vs PM Cat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BlockyTime Lite
Effortlessly log your time without manual start/stop. Categorize events, add comments, and visualize your time usage with insightful charts. Set goals and back up your data to improve productivity.
- Rapid time tracking by blocks
- Custom event classification
- Event and object linking
- Detailed event comments
- Pie and bar chart statistics
- Line chart trend analysis
- Goal setting
- iCloud data backup
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BlockyTime, A simple time logger no need to tap Start/Stop. ### App Store Featured of 2016 in China & HongKong ### ### Top 10 Productivity apps in China ### Everybody has his own demand on tracking time, but most people can't persist on it for long time because the traditional time-tracking App is way too professional, and it costs too much energy to use a stopwatch. BlockyTime is very different from traditional time-tracking App, it never needs to tap "Start/Stop". Months of research of users experience made us to work out a better tracking method which is more suitable for people's thinking. No worries to forget to start or stop stopwatch, just take a few seconds in leisure time, like playing game, select, tap, a whole day is tracked. When tracking time no longer has pressure but becomes relaxing, it solves the persistence problem easily. Even people don't has huge perseverance can be good at time management. [Features] • Super easy and rapid method to track time spending on every event • Custom classification of event Not only by event type (eg. work, rest), but also by specific details (eg. Game, music), also by priorities (such as four quadrants) • Unique link of event and object, analyze event from different angle • Comment, record details of event like writing a diary • Statistics, analyze time occupation by pie or bar chart • Trend, check and compare events time spending in line chart by day or month • Goal, such as reach 10000h in 5 years on drawing • Backup data to iCloud or computer, never lose it • Selected color themes, and colorblind mode is added [Suitable for] • Students Track time spending on subjects, analyze it and make a better study plan • Researchers Track time spending on research, analyze and make a more efficient research plan • Managers Who have many projects to do and needs to know time spending on every project • People with part-time jobs Track time on every work and analyze earnings • Salespeople Record time and frequency of contacting clients • New moms and dads Get to know baby's regular life and make a plan to rest • People haven't know the value of time Keep tracking time for a while, the statistics will shock you • People want to analyze time and make him better • People want to know what costs time • People are not satisfied with current situation, want to learn how to manage time and improve himself [Q & A] Q: Why named "BlockyTime"? A: Though time is continuous, for rapid tracking, we separate time into blocks by half an hour at the expense of accuracy. This period not only meets the need of statistics, but also is convenient for people to remember event. Q: Why make 30 minutes a block? This is not accurate. A: Statistics is meaningful only when people persist for a long time. Look at statistics in week or month, 30 minutes a blocks hardly make negative effects on analysis. Compared to spending more energy to make it accurate, track time quicker, take advantage of saved time on other things makes it better. Q: I have OCD, inaccuracy makes me uncomfortable. A: Just stand back and think about it, if you pursue the accuracy, after every time of record, should you add an event called "Tracking time"? Then it takes some time to track this one, so you have to record again, and then, endless loop… Never spend much time on tracking time, this is truly using time effectively. [Users' comments] “The most time-saving tool ever” “It makes me not to spend time on recording, reveals the essence of tracking. I must rate this truly efficient app” “One of my favourite time management/tracking apps!” “Very easy to use and intuitive” “Easiest time tracking tool I ever used” “Milestone app of time tracking” -- zhihu.com If you like this app, just take one minute to rate it, we'll appreciate it! [Contact me] Got some ideas in your mind? Let’s get in touch! Say hello to hi@anniapp.com
PM Cat
Organize projects with dated tasks and track their progress. Never forget important dates like birthdays and anniversaries with custom reminders. Stay on top of your schedule without feeling overwhelmed.
- Project organization in workspaces
- Dated task tracking with progress
- Recurring task and occasion setup
- Birthday and anniversary reminders
- Optional cloud sync
- Local data storage by default
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Meet PM Cat, your little project manager for everyday life. A home remodel with a dozen moving parts. A birthday you never want to miss. A small reminder to step away from your desk. PM Cat brings tasks, projects, daily routines and meaningful dates together—with a friendly cat by your side. Remember the next step, see your progress and make a little room for what matters. BIG PLANS, SMALL STEPS Turn projects into manageable tasks with due dates and times. Group projects into workspaces or keep them standalone, track completion and see which items need attention. When plans change, archive unfinished projects without losing their items or progress, then restore them whenever you're ready. SMALL HABITS, READY TO GO Start with Sip & Stroll, the official template for drinking water and taking a short walk. Choose your active hours and dates, check in for each activity, snooze for 10 minutes or skip a reminder. Your cat celebrates your little wins. After reminder hours, see your checked and missed totals for water and walks. Create personal templates for routines you use again and again. Save the items and their individual reminder frequencies, then choose dates when you turn a template into a project. MEET YOUR OWN PM CAT Choose Honey, Cloud, Pepper, Scout or Maple—five cat companions with matching animations and daily recap expressions. Give your local profile a name and let your cat send friendly reminders, like “Milo says: time for a sip.” You can also use a photo as your profile picture while keeping your chosen animated companion. REPEAT WHAT MATTERS Keep ongoing tasks on track with daily, weekly, monthly or selected-date schedules. See upcoming occurrences and mark each one complete, so repeated tasks contribute to your project's progress. KEEP MEANINGFUL DATES CLOSE Remember birthdays, anniversaries and personal milestones in Meow-ments. Look forward to upcoming occasions, look back on special memories and set repeat options for dates that come around again. A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT, RIGHT ON TIME Reminders name the item needing attention and take you to it with a tap. Home Screen widgets show what's next, and the medium Cat Companion widget supports check-ins for eligible activities. Enjoy animated cat scenes in the app and expanded routine notifications, with matching still illustrations in widgets. SHARE A LITTLE JOY Create share cards for project progress and meaningful occasions. Personal titles stay hidden by default—you choose when to include them. LOCAL BY DESIGN Use PM Cat without signing in or connecting to a cloud service. Optional local profiles keep separate plans on the same device; only the selected profile sends reminders. Export all profiles and content to a backup file, then import it to restore your plans or move them to another device. Reminders require notification permission. Delivery and widget updates are managed by iOS and may be affected by device settings and Focus modes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: BlockyTime Lite at Free against PM Cat's $0.99. BlockyTime Lite also leads on ratings volume (373 vs 2) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). PM Cat's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 4 weeks). On rating, 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
BlockyTime Lite is free to download; PM Cat costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PM Cat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BlockyTime Lite has 373 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
BlockyTime Lite ships an update every 4 weeks, PM Cat every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BlockyTime Lite | PM Cat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (373 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 373 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 妮 安 | Jie Liao |
Customer experience
BlockyTime Lite
PM Cat
Bugs and requests
BlockyTime Lite
Reported bugs
4 issues- Home screen icons cannot be removed after deletion
- M1 Mac version fails to open
- Reminder notifications cannot be disabled without clicking 'nope' repeatedly
- App does not work beyond 2024 (year limitation)
Requested features
20 requests- 12-hour time format (AM/PM) option
- iPad landscape orientation support
- Cross-device iCloud synchronization
- Home screen widget
- Smaller time block options (5, 10, 15 minutes)
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- Data export to Excel/CSV
- Google Calendar integration
- Apple Watch support
- Customizable day reset time
- Recurring/template time blocks for daily routines
- Ability to disable reminder notifications by default
- macOS and Windows desktop versions
- Android version
- Weekly view with all days visible
- Multiple activities per time block
- Custom icons or labels for activities
- Statistics and trend analysis improvements
- Drag-and-drop functionality for time blocks
- Activity grouping/categorization
- Landscape mode for iPad
PM Cat
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BlockyTime Lite
No in-app purchases
PM Cat
No in-app purchases









