Comparison

TimeBloc vs pocketgg

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

Head to head
About

TimeBloc

This app helps you organize your day by breaking it down into manageable tasks. It allows you to create detailed schedules with customizable events and recurring routines. Visualize your progress and integrate with your existing calendar for a streamlined planning experience.

Highlights
  • Timelines for event blocking
  • Customizable event icons and colors
  • Drag and drop rescheduling
  • Routine creation and integration
  • Calendar synchronization
  • Event notifications
  • Progress statistics
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See your whole day as blocks of time — not a list you'll never finish. TimeBloc turns your day into visual, colour-coded blocks with icons, tags and live countdowns, so you can feel how much time you actually have. Built for anyone who loses track of time. Plan once with Routines, pull in your existing calendars, and let TimeBloc keep the day moving. Download TimeBloc and start getting organized now with: • Timelines Block your day into multiple events. By the hour or minute, leisure or work, personalize your day with TimeBloc's intuitive design. Distinguish events with icons and colored tags. Easily reschedule your events by dragging and dropping them across the timeline. • Routines Creating a routine is simple. Just plan it once and let TimeBloc integrate it into your timeline. • Calendar integration Effortlessly incorporate your existing calendar events into your plans. • Home Screen & Lock Screen widgets See what's next without opening the app. • Notifications Get notified of every event. • Statistics Visualize your progress over time. ---------- TimeBloc Premium Features • Unlimited Routines • Unlimited Calendars • Advanced Notifications • Statistics After the free trial, your iTunes Account will be charged for TimeBloc Premium. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24h before the current period ends. Subscriptions may be managed by going to your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Pricing for TimeBloc Premium may vary by location. ---------- Terms of Service: https://kodeon.ai/terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://kodeon.ai/privacy-policy

About

pocketgg

This app provides a mobile interface for start.gg, allowing users to easily find and follow esports tournaments. View event details, live streams, registration links, and navigate tournament brackets with intuitive controls. Track your favorite players and organizers, and manage your own tournament participation.

Highlights
  • Discover upcoming tournaments
  • View tournament details
  • Access live streams and registration
  • Native bracket view with zoom
  • Follow tournament organizers
  • Search start.gg tournaments
  • View personal tournament participation
Features
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pocketgg is a client app for start.gg that makes it easy to keep up with the latest tournament results. Discover upcoming tournaments for your favourite video games, or view details of tournaments happening right now. Once you've selected a tournament, information like location, contact info, live streams, or even registration are all just a tap away. View event details from entrant standings all the way down to individual games for a specific match. And when you want to get a bird's-eye view of the entire bracket, use the native bracket view (complete with pinch-to-zoom controls) and see your favourite player's progression through the tournament. Features: • Discover upcoming and featured tournaments for your favourite video games • View tournament details such as events, location, contact info, etc. • Easy access to tournament live streams and registration • Native bracket view with pinch-to-zoom controls for single/double elimination and round robin brackets • Follow tournament organizers to see when the next local or regional is • Search for any tournament on start.gg • Profile page where you can view tournaments that you're organizing or competing in • Pin your favourite tournaments for easy access pocketgg is in no way affiliated with start.gg.

Screenshots

TimeBloc4 screens
pocketgg4 screens

Verdict

The call

TimeBloc and pocketgg both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 82% of pocketgg's written reviews are positive against 42% of TimeBloc's. pocketgg also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10). TimeBloc's advantage is ratings volume (7.4K vs 76). On price, rating, update cadence 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. TimeBloc sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. pocketgg asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for TimeBloc against 4.4 for pocketgg. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TimeBloc has 7.4K ratings behind it against 76, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of TimeBloc's written reviews are positive against 82% of pocketgg's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeBloc ships an update monthly, pocketgg every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TimeBloc versus pocketgg: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeBlocpocketgg
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (7.4K ratings)4.4 (76 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.9% of reviews81.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.4K — better76
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKodeon, Inc.Gabriel Siu

Customer experience

TimeBloc

All ratings7,399 ratings
Positive81.4%
Neutral5.8%
Negative12.8%
Written reviews475 reviews
Positive41.9%
Neutral13.3%
Negative44.8%

pocketgg

All ratings70 ratings
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive81.6%
Neutral10.5%
Negative7.9%

User reviews

TimeBloc

From 7.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Efficient scheduling
  • 🔒 Secure and private
  • 👍 Visually appealing
  • 👍 Helpful for productivity
  • 👍 Customizable routines

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Glitchy and unreliable
  • 🔋 Drains battery
  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 💰 Aggressive upselling
  • 👎 Lacking key features

pocketgg

From 76 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Smoother than website
  • 👍 Great for tournament management
  • 👍 Easy to use interface
  • 👍 Better mobile experience
  • 👍 Follow organizers feature

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Search feature is poor
  • 🐛 Old tournaments in search
  • 🐛 Cannot view seeding
  • 🐛 Doesn't update immediately
  • 🐛 Tournament search worthless

Bugs and requests

TimeBloc

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Syncing issues with calendar events
  • Inconsistent notification delivery
  • Routine management bugs
  • Time block ordering problems

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to check off completed tasks
  • More customization options for colors and icons
  • Weekly/monthly calendar view
  • Sync across devices and platforms
  • Improved routine management
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  • Smarter time block adjustments

pocketgg

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Old tournaments in search
  • Cannot view seeding
  • Doesn't update immediately after bracket is live
  • Tournament search feature is basically worthless
  • Featured and Upcoming tournaments list doesn’t acknowledge geography
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  • Nothing loads on the app. Everything is labeled as “Unable to load tournament.”
  • App has stopped loading tournaments
  • Search feature is pretty poor
  • Search function is very limited
  • Search button isn’t quite working

Requested features

19 requests
  • Add editing profile feature
  • Add filtering to search/home tabs
  • Add ability to accept invites
  • Add notifications for invites
  • Add way to see registered people
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  • Add support for character data in bracket
  • Add roster view in bracket/standings
  • Add notifications for following organizers
  • Add pending invites/active roster view
  • Add tournament time
  • Add rule sets for tournaments
  • Add ability to follow players
  • Add search for specific players
  • Add bookmark/pin tournament feature
  • Make bracket the first tab
  • Add radius setting for location
  • Add attendees list
  • Add tournament descriptions
  • Add Spanish language support

In-app purchases

8 purchases

TimeBloc

Subscriptions7
  • Growth Bundle: Monthly$4.991 Month
  • TimeBloc Premium 1 Year7 Days trial$26.491 Year
  • TimeBloc Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • TimeBloc Premium1 Year trial2 variants$39.991 Year
  • TimeBloc Premium1 Year trial2 variants$59.991 Year
  • TimeBloc Premium7 Days trial$59.991 Year
  • Growth Bundle: Yearly1 Year trial$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Membership$19.99
None

pocketgg

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TimeBloc free?
TimeBloc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is pocketgg free?
pocketgg is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TimeBloc or pocketgg?
pocketgg is rated higher. TimeBloc averages 4.3 out of 5 from 7.4K ratings, while pocketgg averages 4.4 from 76 ratings.
Do TimeBloc or pocketgg have ads?
Neither TimeBloc nor pocketgg shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeBloc or pocketgg?
TimeBloc ships an update monthly, and pocketgg every 2 months. Most recently, TimeBloc was updated on November 5, 2026 and pocketgg on November 3, 2026.

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