Comparison

Timeview vs Timemator

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

Head to head
About

Timeview

Analyze your calendar events to understand how you spend your time. Create custom statistics and visual cards to track work, private events, and more. Offers a free version with limited cards and a one-time purchase for unlimited access.

Highlights
  • Customizable event statistics
  • Visual statistic cards
  • Rule-based data filtering
  • Elegant, one-handed UI
  • Dark mode support
  • Universal iOS app
  • Interactive home screen widget
Features
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Gain insights about your calendar. Look back at your past weeks or plan ahead. With its perfectly adaptable interface Timeview is your iOS calendar companion. - Statistics Make statistics for things like "all my calendar events from work containing the word 'meeting'" or "all my private events with an alarm set". With Timeview the possibilities are almost endless. - Cards Every statistic about your calendar is a card. You can add as many as you wish and customise them to your needs. - Rules A card takes its data from one or multiple calendars and can apply a set of rules (defined by you). Thanks to this system you can track almost everything you can imagine. - Elegant The user interface was built with our big devices in mind. All important buttons are placed on the bottom and can be reached with one hand. Also: buttons finally look like buttons again. - Dark mode and context menus - Universal One app for your iPhone and your iPad. While on smaller devices the cards are presented in a list, on your iPad you'll be greeted with a beautiful grid. - Free to try Timeview is free forever with up to two cards. With a one time purchase you can add as many cards as you want and also unlock some alternative icons. No subscription or hidden fees. - Useful interactive widget to have your calendar statistics and insights directly on your home screen It's useful for planning your time ahead, looking back how you spent your time, having an overview over your work times, events, everything is imaginable as long as it's in your calendar!

About

Timemator

Effortlessly track work hours and tasks, organizing them by project or client. Visualize your productivity with insightful reports and automatically calculate revenue based on defined hourly rates. Sync data across devices and work offline.

Highlights
  • Effortless time tracking
  • Organize tasks by project/client
  • Timeline management
  • Insightful productivity reports
  • Automatic revenue calculation
  • Offline functionality
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Track your work hours in one tap, see what you earned, and send clients a clean PDF report. Timemator is a simple time tracker for freelancers and anyone who bills by the hour. Pay once. No subscription. ONE-TAP TIME TRACKING • Start and stop timers for tasks and projects with a single tap • Organize tasks into folders by client or project, with colors • Add notes to sessions so you remember what you worked on • Keep an eye on the running timer in Live Activities and the Dynamic Island HOURS AND EARNINGS AT A GLANCE • Daily, weekly, monthly and yearly reports with clear charts • Set hourly rates and see your revenue calculated automatically • Breakdown by task and folder, plus your average hours per day CLIENT-READY REPORTS • Export professional PDF reports with time and revenue totals • Export CSV for spreadsheets, invoicing and accounting tools TIMELINE • See every work session of your day on a timeline • Add time you forgot to track, or fix a session in seconds WORKS WHERE YOU WORK • Home Screen widgets for timers, hours and revenue • Apple Watch app to start and stop timers from your wrist • Shortcuts: create a task and start its timer hands-free • Runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch PAIRS WITH TIMEMATOR FOR MAC Sync everything through iCloud with Timemator for Mac, which can track your time automatically based on the files, websites and apps you work with. The Mac app is sold separately. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No data collected: no analytics, no tracking • No account or sign-up needed • Works offline • Your data stays on your devices and syncs through your own iCloud SIMPLE PRICING Try every feature free for 30 days. Then unlock Timemator with a single one-time purchase. No subscription. Questions or ideas? Write to support@timemator.com. We read every message.

Screenshots

Timeview3 screens
Timemator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Timeview at fortnightly against Timemator's every 2 months. Timemator's advantage is ratings volume (169 vs 32) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Timeview sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Timemator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Timeview against 4.7 for Timemator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timemator has 169 ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Timeview's written reviews are positive against 63% of Timemator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timeview ships an update fortnightly, Timemator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Timeview versus Timemator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeviewTimemator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (32 ratings) — better4.7 (169 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better63.2% of reviews
Number of ratings32169 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB37 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSandro PennisiCatforce Studio

Customer experience

Timeview

All ratings32 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral20.8%
Negative12.5%

Timemator

All ratings169 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral2.4%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral8.0%
Negative28.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Timeview

One-time1
  • Pro Version$3.69
1 purchases

Timemator

One-time1
  • Full License$7.99

Questions

Is Timeview free?
Timeview is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timemator free?
Timemator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timeview or Timemator?
Timeview is rated higher. Timeview averages 4.8 out of 5 from 32 ratings, while Timemator averages 4.7 from 169 ratings.
Do Timeview or Timemator have ads?
Neither Timeview nor Timemator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timeview or Timemator?
Timeview ships an update fortnightly, and Timemator every 2 months. Most recently, Timeview was updated on October 12, 2026 and Timemator on October 13, 2026.

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