Comparison

Bits vs TimeWell ShieldApp

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

Head to head
About

Bits

This app helps professional stand-up comedians organize their writing process. Quickly capture ideas, add notes, build and reorder sets, and use on-stage mode for performances. Organize jokes with labels and track their status.

Highlights
  • Quickly capture joke ideas
  • Add detailed notes to each bit
  • Build and reorder performance sets
  • On-stage mode for live shows
  • Organize bits with custom labels
  • Track bit status (draft, done, gold)
  • Estimate and time bit performance
Features
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Bits is an app for professional stand-up comedians. It’s designed to keep your writing process fast and organized so you can focus on your comedy instead of the tools. Here's what it offers: *WRITE BITS* Whenever a funny thought pops into your brain, you can quickly add it to your infinite bits list. Just open the app, hit that plus button, and start writing. All your bits are saved securely*, instantly, and automatically so you won’t have to worry about that. *ADD NOTES* Writing the perfect bit comes with lots of experimentation and small details to remember. To help you with the ongoing process of adjustments, each bit has its section of notes. Bits and notes always come together so you won’t be able to lose important notes you’ve written to yourself. *BUILD SETS* We all wish for the perfect set. The set will catch the crowd on its first bit and finish with resounding laughter. This glory set is the easiest to build and manage. You can add bits to existing sets or create a new set and add bits to it. Simply drag & drop to reorder the bits and have them ready one by one. Move jokes up and down, remove and add until you find that perfect balance of laughs. *ON STAGE MODE* The old days of paper pages on a stool are over! When you’re up there on stage, you can switch to the on-stage mode and have your set ready for your performance. The screen will remain turned on and all black. While you perform, you can swipe right or left to indicate if the joke did well or not so you can come back to it later and reshape it the way you think best. *ORGANIZE WITH LABELS* Planning a Christmas set? And how about those airport bits? Or where did you put all of your funny bits about your dad? Oh, they’re all labeled! Label each bit with any label(s) you want. Either apply labels from the bit screen or add bits to an existing label from the labels screen. Access by bit the themes you think are most suitable for your next set. *SET STATUSES* Writing a bit is a process. It starts with a thought and moves up the ladder until it’s done. Draft, done, or gold - these are predefined statuses for your bits which will help you plan ahead and easily see which bits need more work, which can be performed and get laughs, and which are so good that you can close and get max cheers from your crowd. *TIME YOUR BITS* You got only 5 minutes, 5:10 at most. Which bits can be squeezed in to fit that time limitation? Oh, that’s easy. Each bit is generated with an approximate time it’ll take you to perform it, but you can always tweak it and make sure you can plan every bit to fit perfectly into its time slot. ---- --- *Please note that material backup, bit feedback, and custom icons are available to paid subscribers only. ---- --- I’d love to answer your questions or just hear what you think about Bits. Find me online at: amitay@thebits.club Twitter: @standUpBitsApp ---- --- Privacy Policy: https://www.thebits.club/privacy-policy Terms & Conditions: https://www.thebits.club/termsnconditions

About

TimeWell ShieldApp

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Reels. Shorts. For You. Explore. Autoplay. Like counts. Every one of them is a feature somebody designed to keep you scrolling, and not one of them has an off switch. TimeWell is the off switch. Open Instagram, YouTube, X and Facebook inside TimeWell and the addictive parts are gone before the page finishes loading. Your messages, your profile and the people you actually follow stay exactly as they were. You sign in on each platform's own site, so TimeWell never sees your password. TURN OFF WHAT YOU WANT TURNED OFF Every filter is a switch. Flip one, or flip them all. * Reels — Instagram and Facebook * Shorts — YouTube * For You — X opens on Following instead * Explore — Instagram's algorithmic grid * Suggested posts — your feed goes back to people you follow * Trends and Who to follow * Like, view and follower counts * Ads and sponsored posts * AI-generated posts and AI persona accounts * Comments * Grayscale — drain the colour out of every feed * The small engagement tricks that don't have names Coming soon: TikTok, Snapchat. FOCUS, SLEEP AND LIMITS Start a focus session and the feeds are paused while the ring counts down. Set a sleep window and the apps shut overnight, every night. Give any app a daily limit — and lock it, if you already know what you'd do at 11pm. TODAY One ring: your screen time against the daily goal you set, how today compares with yesterday, where the time actually went app by app, and a streak for every day you stayed under. SOL An AI companion for the ten minutes after you put the phone down — the one place in TimeWell for "why do I keep doing this" rather than "how long was I on it". Your conversation is stored on your phone and nowhere else. BUILT TO BE PRIVATE The filtering runs entirely on your phone. Nothing you browse is collected, sent anywhere, or sold — not the feeds you read, not the accounts you follow, not a single post. Screen Time uses Apple's own API, which is designed so that even we cannot see which apps you picked. An account is optional and everything works without one; if you make one, you can delete it permanently from inside the app. FAMILY A parent can set the filters on a child's phone and lock the ones that need to stay on. REMINDERS, AND ONLY FOUR When a focus session ends, at 90% of your daily goal, when you reach it, and shortly before sleep mode closes the apps. No streak nagging. Nothing that says "come back to TimeWell". You don't have to delete anything. You don't have to quit. You just have to be able to turn the addictive parts off — and now you can.

Screenshots

Bits4 screens
TimeWell ShieldApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TimeWell ShieldApp at 16.4 against Bits's 18.6. On price, update cadence, 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. Bits sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and TimeWell ShieldApp sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bits ships an update fortnightly, TimeWell ShieldApp every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Bits versus TimeWell ShieldApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBitsTimeWell ShieldApp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (229 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings229 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size263 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmitay TweetoFortunas

Bugs and requests

Bits

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App fails to save edits and loses material
  • Cross-platform synchronization not working properly
  • Entire joke libraries deleted without warning
  • Writing streak counter resets unexpectedly
  • Bits randomly dropped from sets
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  • Text formatting jumps to bottom of page when adding line breaks
  • Sets page pops up repeatedly when trying to navigate back
  • Gags stuck scrolled to top when editing
  • Keyboard stays on screen blocking text visibility
  • Showtime swipe function has unintuitive directional logic
  • Data loss on app updates or device transfers

Requested features

17 requests
  • Font size adjustment for visually impaired users
  • Better web version functionality
  • iPad-optimized version
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to record and playback jokes
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  • Keyword search functionality for set building
  • Performance tracking with worked/didn't work indicators
  • Gag title feature for better organization
  • Bullet points and checkbox formatting within gags
  • Drag-and-drop custom gag organization
  • Social component to connect with other comedians
  • Timer with toggle visibility during showtime
  • Better text formatting and color highlighting
  • Improved showtime display with larger text
  • Filter and sort gags by status (drafts, completed, etc.)
  • Ability to edit gags while in a set
  • Auto-correct and spell-check functionality

TimeWell ShieldApp

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Bits

Subscriptions14
  • Monthly Written Back Up7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Written Back Up7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Monthly Written Back Up7 Days trial$7.991 Month
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  • Yearly Written Back Up1 Month trial$9.991 Year
  • Monthly Written Back Up7 Days trial2 variants$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Written Back Up3 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Written Back Up7 Days trial$11.991 Month
  • Yearly Written Back Up1 Month trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Written Back Up14 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Written Back Up1 Month trial2 variants$39.991 Year
  • Yearly Written Back Up14 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Yearly Written Back Up1 Month trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Written Back Up7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Written Back Up1 Month trial$59.991 Year
3 purchases

TimeWell ShieldApp

Subscriptions3
  • Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Subscription7 Days trial$22.993 Months
  • Subscription7 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Bits free?
Bits is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimeWell ShieldApp free?
TimeWell ShieldApp is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bits or TimeWell ShieldApp have ads?
Neither Bits nor TimeWell ShieldApp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bits or TimeWell ShieldApp?
Bits ships an update fortnightly, and TimeWell ShieldApp every 3 weeks. Most recently, Bits was updated on October 24, 2026 and TimeWell ShieldApp on October 29, 2026.

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