Timemator vs Satchel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Effortless time tracking
- Organize tasks by project/client
- Timeline management
- Insightful productivity reports
- Automatic revenue calculation
- Offline functionality
- iCloud sync
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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.
Satchel
Save web pages and links as clean, portable Markdown files. Keep your saved content in your private iCloud, accessible across devices. Search and organize your library with tags and full-text search.
- Save links and web pages as Markdown
- Store content in private iCloud
- Export as .md files with frontmatter
- Search titles, tags, and full text
- Organize with tags and filters
- Ad-free and private by design
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Satchel saves links and whole web pages as clean, readable Markdown, and keeps them in your own iCloud, not on someone else's server. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE • Safari: tap the page menu, then Satchel, to save the link or the whole page. • Any app: share a link to Satchel from Notes, Messages, Mail, and more. Satchel fills in its title, site, and preview image. • Add tags and a note as you save, or just tap once. READABLE, PORTABLE PAGES • Pages are converted to clean Markdown with headings, lists, code, tables, and footnotes, without the ads and clutter. • Export any item as a .md file with frontmatter, or copy its Markdown, to use in your favorite Markdown editor. YOUR LIBRARY • Search titles, tags, and the full text of saved pages. • Filter by pages, links, or tag. • Read saved pages in a clean view; links open in Safari. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Everything lives in your private iCloud database, and it counts toward your iCloud storage. • No sign-up, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. • Images from websites load only if you choose to. • Saving works offline, and items sync when you're back online.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Satchel at none against Timemator's 1. Satchel also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Timemator's advantage is ratings volume (173 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. Timemator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Satchel asks for nothing beyond the download.
Satchel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timemator has 173 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Timemator | Satchel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (173 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 173 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Catforce Studio | CedarLogic,LLC |
Customer experience
Timemator
Satchel
In-app purchases
Timemator
- Full License$7.99
Satchel
No in-app purchases









