BarterUnit vs Time Merits
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BarterUnit
Connect with a community to exchange goods and services. This platform facilitates direct bartering for various market dealings.
- Community-based exchange
- Goods and services trading
- Market dealings facilitation
- Online marketplace
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BarterUnit is an online community-based barter exchange marketplace designed for the exchange of goods and services and other market dealings.
Time Merits
Exchange services with others using time as currency instead of money. Offer your skills to earn time credits, then spend those credits to receive services from other users. It's a community-based system for bartering skills and time.
- Time banking system
- Exchange services without money
- Earn time credits by providing services
- Spend time credits on other users' services
- Wide range of service categories
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In this app: time ≠ money. Time Merits is a "time banking" app. When using this app time equals time, not money. By using this app, you can use others' services and "pay" them using real life minutes without involving money. In order to increase the balance in your account simply provide others your services. Here you can trade time with every legal service, such as: baby-sitting, cat-sitting, dog-sitting, standing in lines, give private lessons, let others consult with you or even talk to practice language. Let's gain our time together! Enjoy :)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BarterUnit at 85% against Time Merits's 0%. BarterUnit also leads on ratings volume (19 vs 1). Time Merits's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Time Merits holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BarterUnit has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of BarterUnit's written reviews are positive against 0% of Time Merits's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BarterUnit ships an update every 2 months, Time Merits monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BarterUnit | Time Merits |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Phillip Perez | Perry Shalom |
Customer experience
BarterUnit
Time Merits
In-app purchases
BarterUnit
No in-app purchases
Time Merits
No in-app purchases
