Super Productivity vs TimeGlow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Super Productivity
This app helps you plan, focus, and complete your work with a to-do list, time tracker, and integrations. It offers features for deep work, privacy, and seamless connection with project management tools.
- Fast to-do list
- Precise time tracking
- Pomodoro and focus timers
- Drag-and-drop planner
- Jira, GitHub, GitLab integration
- Focus mode and break reminders
- Keyboard shortcuts
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Plan. Focus. Ship work. Super Productivity combines a fast to-do list, precise time tracking, and smart integrations in one local-first app for macOS. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Capture and prioritize tasks without friction • Track time per task (Pomodoro and focus timers included) • Plan your day and week with a clear, drag-and-drop planner • Export clean timesheets and work reports INTEGRATED, NOT INTRUSIVE • Connect Jira, GitHub, GitLab, and OpenProject • Import issues, filter what matters, and stay updated without noise BUILT FOR DEEP WORK • Focus mode, break reminders, and lightweight self-reviews • Wide keyboard shortcut coverage for a fast workflow PRIVATE & LOCAL-FIRST • Open source, no accounts, no data collection • Your data stays on your device; backups and exports are always available WHO IT’S FOR Developers, freelancers, and teams who care about clarity, speed, and privacy.
TimeGlow
This app helps you stay focused with visual timers for single tasks or multi-step routines. It uses color transitions and status cues to guide your focus, breaks, and transitions. An AI feature can even generate practical focus sequences based on your goals and available time.
- Focus Sessions for single activities
- Focus Sequences for multi-step routines
- AI-generated Focus Sequences
- Timed breaks between activities
- Background notifications
- Activity history and focus insights
- Categorization for various activities
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TimeGlow is a visual focus timer designed to help you stay focused without constantly watching the clock. Create a simple Focus Session for one task, or build a Focus Sequence with multiple timed steps and breaks. TimeGlow uses clear color transitions and status cues to help you know when to focus, wrap up, take a break, and move on. Need help getting started? Use AI to turn a goal and an available amount of time into a practical Focus Sequence. For example, tell TimeGlow you have 45 minutes for a workout and it can organize that time into warm-up, cardio, strength, and recovery steps. TimeGlow includes: • Focus Sessions for single activities • Focus Sequences for multi-step routines • AI-generated Focus Sequences • Optional timed breaks between activities • Notifications to keep sessions moving when your device is locked or TimeGlow is in the background • Activity history and focus insights • Categories for Fitness, Work, Study, and more • Simple visual transitions that reduce the need to watch a countdown clock • TimeGlow Pro for unlimited AI sequences, expanded insights, and an ad-free experience Whether you’re exercising, studying, working, or simply trying to make better use of a block of time, TimeGlow helps turn your intention into a clear plan and keeps you moving through it. Plan less. Focus more. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Super Productivity at none against TimeGlow's 2. Super Productivity also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (37 vs 1). TimeGlow's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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. TimeGlow sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Super Productivity asks for nothing beyond the download.
TimeGlow holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Super Productivity has 37 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Super Productivity ships an update weekly, TimeGlow every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Super Productivity | TimeGlow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (37 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 37 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Johannes Millan | DozenRed LLC |
Customer experience
Super Productivity
TimeGlow
In-app purchases
Super Productivity
No in-app purchases
TimeGlow
- TimeGlow Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
- TimeGlow Pro Annual$7.991 Year









