Comparison

TimeBloc vs living

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

living

This app rewards you with points for spending less time on selected applications. Lock distracting apps to earn points and maintain streaks, with bonuses for deep focus. Widgets and live activities provide at-a-glance tracking.

Highlights
  • Lock selected apps
  • Earn points for screen time reduction
  • Deep focus bonus for screen-off time
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Daily goals and streaks
  • Private by design, no data collection
Features
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Living Points turns time off your phone into points. It's the opposite of a screen-time scolding app. There's no shaming, no nagging, no leaderboard. Just a simple loop: pick the apps that pull you in, lock them, and watch your score rise like a game. Unlock and you'll feel the points slip away. The longer you hold, the more you bank. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose the apps you want to lock, social, games, news, whatever you wish you used less. 2. Tap the lock. Living Points starts ticking up every second. 3. Hit your daily goal to extend your streak. Miss a day and the streak resets. THE MORE YOU LOCK, THE FASTER YOU EARN Locking 3 apps scores less than locking 20. Living Points scales the rate with how many apps you choose, so the people doing the hard work get rewarded for it. DEEP FOCUS BONUS Lock the apps AND put the phone down (screen off, phone in your pocket) and you'll earn at the bonus Deep Focus rate. This is for the moments that actually matter, dinners, walks, work, time with the people you love. ALWAYS-ON WIDGETS Drop a Living Points widget on your Home Screen or Lock Screen to see your score and toggle the lock without opening the app. A Control Center toggle and a Live Activity keep the score one glance away. DAILY GOALS & STREAKS Set a daily target that feels honest for you. Hit it, build a streak. Miss it, start fresh tomorrow. No guilt trips. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Living Points has no accounts, no servers, no analytics, no ads, no trackers. Everything stays on your device. I don't want your data, I want you off your phone. Living Points uses Apple's Screen Time and Family Controls APIs to lock apps locally. Nothing about your usage ever leaves the device.

Screenshots

TimeBloc4 screens
living4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: living at 100% against TimeBloc's 42%. living also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 11). TimeBloc's advantage is ratings volume (7.4K vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price, ads and device support 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. living asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

living holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TimeBloc has 7.4K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of TimeBloc's written reviews are positive against 100% of living's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
TimeBloc versus living: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeBlocliving
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (7.4K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings7.4K — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size116 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKodeon, Inc.Tyler Eftink

Customer experience

TimeBloc

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

living

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

living

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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 trial2 variants$99.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Membership$19.99
None

living

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TimeBloc free?
TimeBloc is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is living free?
living is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TimeBloc or living?
living is rated higher. TimeBloc averages 4.3 out of 5 from 7.4K ratings, while living averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do TimeBloc or living have ads?
Neither TimeBloc nor living shows ads.

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