Comparison

Notes for Apple Watch vs Hacking Timer

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

Head to head
About

Notes for Apple Watch

Effortlessly create, view, and manage all your notes directly on your Apple Watch. Syncs seamlessly with your iPhone and iPad, offering intuitive organization with color themes and efficient input methods.

Highlights
  • Compose notes on Apple Watch
  • Browse, view, and edit notes
  • Automatic syncing across devices
  • Color themes for organization
  • FlickType Keyboard support
Features
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Compose and manage all your notes directly on Apple Watch. • Browse, view, edit, and compose notes with a highly intuitive interface optimized for your wrist. • Automatically sync all your notes between your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. • Organize your notes with a variety of color themes for easy categorization. • Supports FlickType Keyboard for even more efficient note-taking on the go. Take your notes, anywhere! --------------------- Terms of Service: https://bit.ly/NotesTerms

About

Hacking Timer

Features
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Time Hack marks time at 30-minute or 1-hour intervals within your selected hours and days. Choose repeating iPhone alarms or notifications that run on Apple Watch. Repeating iPhone alarms (iOS 26 or later) • AlarmKit stores the selected times and weekdays as a schedule that repeats every week. • Choose a 30-minute or 1-hour interval and one alert timing: at the scheduled time or a chosen number of minutes before it. • Select weekdays, weekends, or every day and set your operating hours. • Overnight windows and 24-hour operation are supported. • Alert times also stay inside the operating window. • The next alarm displays the nearest future time from the registered weekly schedule. • Stop silences the current alarm; Off also removes future alarms. • Alarm authorization is required on iPhone. These audible alarms can sound during Focus and Silent Mode. Apple Watch notifications • Configure times, days, and vibration patterns directly on Watch. • Choose one alert timing and a 30-minute or 1-hour interval. • Schedules that fit the system's notification budget repeat automatically. • Larger schedules reserve the nearest notifications first and refill when the app opens or receives a background refresh. This mode needs opportunities to refill. • Switching to iPhone alarms waits for Watch notifications to be removed. Changes remain pending while communication is unavailable. • Presentation of iPhone alarms on Watch depends on the connection, OS, and system settings. Requirements The iPhone app requires iOS 17 or later. iPhone alarms require iOS 26 or later. Standalone Watch notifications require watchOS 11.4 or later. No account or subscription is required. Settings stay on your devices and synchronize between iPhone and Watch. No developer data collection or advertising tracking.

Screenshots

Notes for Apple Watch4 screens
Hacking Timer1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hacking Timer at none against Notes for Apple Watch's 2. Notes for Apple Watch's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). On price 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. Notes for Apple Watch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Hacking Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notes for Apple Watch ships an update weekly, Hacking Timer every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Notes for Apple Watch versus Hacking Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotes for Apple WatchHacking Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (2.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.8K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKpaw, LLChiroaki yuasa

Bugs and requests

Notes for Apple Watch

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Notes not syncing properly between devices
  • App freezing and becoming unresponsive on Apple Watch
  • Keyboard issues causing typing difficulties

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add ability to edit notes from Apple Watch
  • Implement a one-time purchase option instead of subscription
  • Improve syncing reliability and speed
  • Add more keyboard features (delete word, number pad, etc.)

Hacking Timer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Notes for Apple Watch

Subscriptions2
  • Premium3 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Premium3 Days trial$5.991 Month
None

Hacking Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notes for Apple Watch free?
Notes for Apple Watch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hacking Timer free?
Hacking Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Notes for Apple Watch or Hacking Timer have ads?
Neither Notes for Apple Watch nor Hacking Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notes for Apple Watch or Hacking Timer?
Notes for Apple Watch ships an update weekly, and Hacking Timer every 5 weeks. Most recently, Notes for Apple Watch was updated on October 25, 2026 and Hacking Timer on October 24, 2026.

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