New Time bar vs Progress_widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
New Time bar
Easily manage your events with customizable time bars. Track past and future durations for occasional or recurring activities. A full-screen view keeps important events in sight.
- Customizable event time bars
- Occasional and repeatable events
- Automatic time bar scheduling
- Full-screen event view
- Duration rebalancing
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New Time bar is the perfect application to manage your events, check how much time has passed and how much is left. -Each event has its own time bar, which can be customized as you wish, with different colors and styles, in order to mark your activities in a different way. -Events can be occasional or repeatable: in fact, you won't need to manually start your time bars, because you can just enter the starting time, the end time, the desired days of the week and the time bar will run automatically! - An easy full screen view is also available, so you can constantly keep an eye on an important event. -If it seems that a time bar is scrolling too slowly, it is also possible to rebalance the duration by counting the time already elapsed. Are you carrying out a boring and hard activity? Set a time bar, so you can watch how much time is left at any time. New Time bar is a totally free application: all the major features are immediately available: you will not be asked to pay to unlock anything else!
Progress_widget
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Show progress throughout the year, Automatically calculate and display what percentage of the year has passed based on the current date. Displays a clear percentage of the year and the number of days in progress/total days. Provides a widget that allows you to check your progress throughout the year on the home screen. Run the app to check your progress throughout the year, and decorate your program bar with a variety of themes. The changed theme applies directly to the widget.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Progress_widget at every 9 days against New Time bar's every 3 months. New Time bar's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
New Time bar ships an update every 3 months, Progress_widget every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and June 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | New Time bar | Progress_widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days โ better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 โ better | 17.6 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fabio Giuliani | SEOK HO JEON |
In-app purchases
New Time bar
No in-app purchases
Progress_widget
No in-app purchases
Questions
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