Comparison

Timemator vs Soulver 4

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

Head to head
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.

About

Soulver 4

This app combines the functionality of a notepad with a powerful calculator. It allows users to perform complex calculations using natural language, supports unit conversions, date math, and live currency conversions. Organize your calculations in sheets with text comments and share them as PDFs.

Highlights
  • Natural language calculations
  • Unit and currency conversions
  • Date and time math
  • Live currency and stock prices
  • Customizable accessory keyboards
  • Spreadsheet-like line references
  • Variables and conditional statements
Features
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Ever reach for a calculator and the back of an envelope to work something out? That's what Soulver is for. It's a natural-language notepad calculator: think through a problem line-by-line, using plain words and numbers. The answers appear alongside each line as you type. Soulver isn't just a calculator app — it's the paper you'd scribble on to figure something out. Except this paper does the numbers for you, so you stay thinking at the level of your problem. 20% of $1,480 | $296 $100 in EUR | €86 240 km in miles | 149 mi $1,200 + 15% tax | $1,380 3 weeks from today | June 21 Because Soulver uses sheets (like Notes), you can explore different ideas: weigh options, change variables and watch everything update. WHAT CAN SOULVER CALCULATE? – Live currency conversions — 190 currencies, including crypto – Percentages in plain language — "20% off $50", "$50 is what % of $200" – Unit conversions — hundreds of units across length, weight, volume, data and more – Dates & time — "days until Christmas", time intervals, clock and video-timecode math – Time-zone conversions — "3pm New York to London" – Sums & averages – Financial functions — compound interest, mortgage repayments, hourly rates It's the closest thing to an on-device universal calculator ever created. DESIGNED FOR IPHONE – A meticulously designed numeric keyboard that makes calculating fast – Six specialised accessory keyboards — for currencies, percentages, dates & times, and variables – Build your own custom keyboard with the buttons you reach for most BEST-IN-CLASS ON IPAD – Multiple windows, Slide Over & Split View — float Soulver alongside Notes or Safari – Full Magic Keyboard support with dozens of keyboard shortcuts – Scribble & Apple Pencil – Find & replace, a line-styling palette and a powerful text editor – Automation with URL schemes & Siri Shortcuts POWER USER FEATURES – Multi-word variables — "total cost = $750" – Inline tokenized references to previous answers – Subtotals, tags & trip planning – Wolfram|Alpha integration – Headings, comments, labels & dividers to structure long sheets – Custom units and global variables in the definition sheet SHARING & SYNC – Sync your sheets with Soulver 4 for Mac via iCloud – Export to PDF & plain text, or send beautiful HTML emails – Share a calculation as an image — just take a screenshot ONE TIME PURCHASE Soulver is a one-time (non-subscription) purchase. We've been refining and improving Soulver since 2005, and major paid updates average once every 7 years. Try it free for 60 days, no commitment, no automatic charge. —————————————————————————————— Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Timemator4 screens
Soulver 44 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Soulver 4 at 4.9 against Timemator's 4.7. Soulver 4 also leads on review sentiment (76% vs 63%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). Timemator's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs paid). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Timemator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Soulver 4 sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $26.00 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Soulver 4 holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 171 and 429 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Timemator's written reviews are positive against 76% of Soulver 4's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timemator ships an update every 2 months, Soulver 4 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Timemator versus Soulver 4: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimematorSoulver 4
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (171 ratings)4.9 (429 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.2% of reviews76.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings171429 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCatforce StudioZac Cohan

Customer experience

Timemator

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

Soulver 4

All ratings429 ratings
Positive97.7%
Neutral0.5%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews245 reviews
Positive76.3%
Neutral7.8%
Negative15.9%

Bugs and requests

Timemator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Soulver 4

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes when using certain emojis in sheet titles
  • Issues with iCloud sync and data migration from older versions
  • Inconsistent behavior when modifying variables and formulas

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved iPad and iPhone UI/UX
  • Enhanced data export and sharing options
  • More advanced mathematical and scientific functions
  • Ability to define custom units and unit conversions

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Timemator

One-time1
  • Full License$7.99
14 purchases

Soulver 4

Subscriptions1
  • AI Assistant, Stocks & Weather$26.001 Year
One-time13
  • Complementary UpgradeFree
  • 30-day free trial (for iPhone)Free
  • 60-day free trial (for iPad)Free
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  • 60-day free trial (for Mac)Free
  • Soulver 4 for iPhone (upgrade)$7.49
  • Soulver 3 for iPhone$14.00
  • Soulver 4 for iPhone$15.00
  • Soulver 3 for iPad$20.00
  • Soulver 4 (Upgrade from Soulver 3)$29.00
  • Soulver 4 (Promotion)$39.00
  • Soulver 3 for Mac$39.00
  • Soulver 4$54.00
  • Soulver 4$59.00

Questions

Is Timemator free?
Timemator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Soulver 4 free?
Soulver 4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Timemator or Soulver 4?
Soulver 4 is rated higher. Timemator averages 4.7 out of 5 from 171 ratings, while Soulver 4 averages 4.9 from 429 ratings.
Do Timemator or Soulver 4 have ads?
Neither Timemator nor Soulver 4 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timemator or Soulver 4?
Timemator ships an update every 2 months, and Soulver 4 monthly. Most recently, Timemator was updated on October 22, 2026 and Soulver 4 on October 21, 2026.

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