Session vs 10,000 hours
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Session
Track your progress towards mastering skills by logging dedicated practice time. Manually log sessions or use the automatic timer to record your efforts. Start making measurable progress on your goals today.
- Create custom activities
- Manual session logging
- Automatic timer
- Track progress towards goals
- Skill mastery tracking
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ty for 5+ years of Session! but it's time to start a new arc. search timespent on the app store to see what's next. —cal --- "The secret to getting ahead is getting started." ―Mark Twain They say it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to master a skill, but who's counting? Now, you can with Session. Create an activity, and log sessions manually or with the automatic timer. Whether it's for 10 hours, 100, 10,000 or more – start making progress towards your goals today.
10,000 hours
This app helps you track your progress in mastering new skills by setting daily practice goals and calculating estimated completion dates. It offers a leveling system, statistics, achievements, and character customization to motivate your self-improvement journey.
- Create and manage skills
- Track daily practice progress
- Automated goal date calculation
- Leveling system with milestones
- Skill statistics and history
- Character customization
- Unlockable achievements
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New development - Create skills - Track progress of skills - Reach new levels - View statistics - Dress up your character - Get achievements 10000 hours A study has been conducted that on average it takes about 10,000 hours to be successful in any business. Create skills When creating a skill, you can specify how long you want to practice per day or week or month and in the "10,000 hours - skill tracker" application will automatically calculate the end date for the selected goal. Let's go self-improvement. Track progress of skills When you add hours to a skill in the "10,000 hours - skill tracker" application, you will be able to get levels and intermediate levels. Let's go self-development. Main levels In the application "10,000 hours - skill tracker" if there are 6 main levels - Beginner - Amateur. It takes 800 hours to reach. - Experienced. It takes 2500 hours to reach. - Professional. It takes 5000 hours to reach. - Expert. It takes 7500 hours to reach. - Master. It takes 10,000 hours to reach. Statistics In the "10,000 hours - skill tracker" application you can view skill statistics. You can also view the skill history. Dress up your character In the application "10,000 hours - skill tracker" you can dress your character. There are 5 costumes at the moment: - Standard - King - Jazz suit - Hip-hop suit - Rock suit Achievements 10000 hours - skill tracker have got many achievements. If you get achievement then y can open new character. Let's go self-development. Terms of Use: http://time-management-studio.com/10000_hours/eula.html Privacy Policy: http://time-management-studio.com/10000_hours/privacy_policy_ios.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Session at none against 10,000 hours's 5. Session also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (937 vs 59). 10,000 hours's advantage is review sentiment (94% vs 77%). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. 10,000 hours sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Session asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Session against 4.7 for 10,000 hours. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Session has 937 ratings behind it against 59, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 77% of Session's written reviews are positive against 94% of 10,000 hours's.
Session ships an update every 4 months, 10,000 hours every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Session | 10,000 hours |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (937 ratings) | 4.7 (59 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.8% of reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 937 — better | 59 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Glasshouse Studio, LLC | Sergey Lomakin |
Customer experience
Session
10,000 hours
Bugs and requests
Session
Reported bugs
3 issues- Timer inconsistencies when exiting the app
- Inability to add time manually (only minutes, not hours)
- App crashes when trying to add a session manually
Requested features
6 requests- Add delete and rename session functions
- Implement activity editing (color, icon, name, description)
- Provide activity reordering capability
- Include activity time tracking by day/week/month/year
- Add Pomodoro timer functionality
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- Integrate music playback or nature sounds
10,000 hours
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Session
No in-app purchases
10,000 hours
- Annual pro version$9.991 Year
- Big chest$0.99
- Huge chest$1.99
- Pro version of forever$19.99
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- Pro version of forever$39.99
