effi vs Timely
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
effi
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Effi is a project management tool that simplifies bug reporting • design QA. • Proof • Annotate for Video / Image / Docu • QA for Mobile App / Web / Game UI•UX • Project management / Remote work / JIRA integration **Main features** • QA with video • In the meantime, if it was difficult to explain the issue point of the video in minutes/seconds, try entering the description by taking X,Y points on a specific frame of the video. Much more intuitive and accurate communication becomes possible. • The easiest way to QA with your smartphone • You can easily mark the issue area on video and screenshots on your smartphone and deliver it to the person in charge. CS job group, PM / representative who is out of the office can also QA easily with a smartphone. • Simply import screenshots to effi web and comment! • Have you been cumbersome to transfer screenshots to your PC, draw an area with a drawing tool, and then attach files? You can now experience simplified bug reporting. • Fully bidirectional sync with JIRA • When you create a task in effi, it is synced to JIRA (and vice versa), Comments/content edits are also synchronized. effi web/app can be linked not only with JIRA Cloud, but also with JIRA on-premises and on-premises. • Did you have trouble with many comments being read at once? • Unlike Slack, Trello, and Asana, effi manages whether each message is read or not. You can leave important or unread messages in the 'New Message List'. • There is no need to figure out and enter the device name and OS version one by one. • When you load a video/image to the effi web, About 400 types of smartphone device names and OS versions are automatically recorded. • Easiest way to share test builds • No need to develop your own test build installation page, just upload the file. URL sharing by version and history management are also possible. • Keep your projects organized with sections and folders. • If it was difficult to manage too many sub-tasks of the business card in existing tools, try the folder of effi.
Timely
This tool helps teams manage their work week with clarity and predictability. It facilitates managing presence, assigning tasks, and understanding peer availability to foster collaboration and efficient work delivery.
- Manage presence (office, WFH, vacation)
- Design work sprints for clarity
- Self-assign tasks and activities
- View peer availability and work modes
- Automated daily huddle calls
- Access instant peer support
- Conduct sprint retrospectives
- Monitor peer workload for wellness
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In today’s volatile business environments where teams are agile to the speed of thought, we have predictability often just for a day or utmost a week ahead. Agility is less about going at high speed & more about going with least resistance, embracing the unknown in the moment. What gets done in a week & how, with utmost clarity, simplicity & playfulness is everything. Timely, helps your teams take work one week at a time & succeed. Key features: ● Remotemode Manage your presence at office, WFH status or Vacation status easily from the app with peer consensus. ● Worksprintdesign Gain high clarity on how your week looks like and predict the impact you can create by making your presence work. ● Selfassignment Pull activities you want to own up in your role or cross-functional & take a chance to challenge your potential. ● Peers'availability Get high visibility of your peers' availability, work modes and how occupied they've been. ● Daily huddle calls Receive automated daily huddle calls on your phone to participate in standups with your peer cluster, at a preset time. ● Peerpower Gain access to instant peer support within your peer network or across the org to seek help with work. ● Sprintretro Realign with your peer cluster to review the past sprint & co-created outcomes, along with learnings. ● Wellnesscheck See how occupied each peer has been over the last 12 weeks, to empathize with them for upcoming work. ● Capacity planning Predict the capacity you will have available for the next few weeks based on how your teams are engaged now. I am a project team member working at office or remotely, seeking predictability in my peers’ availability & high clarity in what needs done this week. On Timely, I can: 1. Manage my availability & work mode 2. See my peers’ availability & work mode 3. See how my work week looks like 4. Self-assign work that I want to pick up 5. Pick up cross-functional activities outside my role 6. Give / Get peer consensus on my planned absence I am a project manager / scrum master, driving high clarity in work breakdown every week, ensuring risks are sensed early & resolved, eliminating unnecessary panic. On Timely, I can: 1. Simplify work by breaking-down activities 2. Upload a sprint plan for the coming week 3. Clarify / elaborate on activities 4. Manage huddle calls & outcomes 5. Analyse sprint success week on week I am a team leader, ensuring even distribution of work among teammates & simplifying implementation for peers who need help. On Timely, I can: 1. See where my teammates are stuck 2. Check progress on planned sprint activities 3. Clarify / elaborate on activities 4. Manage huddle calls & outcomes 5. Analyse sprint success week on week I am an operations manager, ensuring predictability of work delivery, ROI metric and studying factors influencing consistency. On Timely, I can: 1. Check active deliveries & sprint success 2. Analyse what work mode is leading to consistent success 3. Analyse what work mode works for various roles 4. Manage people on-boarding & de-boarding, to maintain wellness 5. Manage office infrastructure for predicted demand
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Timely at every 3 weeks against effi's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
effi ships an update every 2 months, Timely every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | effi | Timely |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Effi Inc. | Codewave Technologies Private Limited |
In-app purchases
effi
No in-app purchases
Timely
No in-app purchases









