Time Tracker vs Open Invite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Time Tracker
This app helps you understand where your time goes by combining time tracking with goal setting. Monitor activities, set targets, and gain insights through reports and statistics to build better habits and align your time with what's important.
- Track work, study, exercise, and more
- Set daily, weekly, or monthly goals
- Utilize stopwatch, countdown, or Pomodoro timers
- View time patterns with charts and reports
- Organize activities into categories and tasks
- Home screen widgets and Live Activity support
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Track your time. Set goals. Build better habits. Timelog combines time tracking and goal tracking in one app — so you can see exactly where your time goes and make sure it aligns with what matters to you. TRACK ANYTHING Whether it's work, study, exercise, reading, music, or side projects — start a timer, log your hours, and see your patterns over time. Use a stopwatch, countdown, or Pomodoro timer depending on how you work best. SET MEANINGFUL GOALS Set daily, weekly, or monthly targets and limits for any activity. Track your streaks. Get predictions on whether you'll hit your goals based on your current pace. Stay motivated with reminders. GET CLEAR INSIGHTS See where your time actually goes with charts, statistics, trends, and weekly/monthly reports. Activity patterns, mood tracking, and task breakdowns help you understand not just how much time you spend — but how you spend it. STAY ORGANIZED Group activities into categories. Break them into tasks. Add notes and track your mood. Use it your way — Timelog adapts to how you work, study, or live. DESIGNED FOR YOU - Light, dark, and true black (OLED) modes - Home screen widgets - Live Activity with Dynamic Island - Available in multiple languages WHY TIMELOG? Most habit trackers just count checkmarks. Timelog tracks the time behind the habit — because spending 5 hours a week reading matters more than checking a box. You have more time than you think. Timelog helps you find it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula
Open Invite
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Welcome to Open Invite — the beautiful way to open .ics calendar files on iOS. • Tap to open calendar invitations from Mail, Safari, or Files • Preview events before adding with gorgeous invitation cards • Catch scheduling conflicts with visual timeline view • Choose which calendar to use for each event • Swipe through multi-event files as a card stack • Complete privacy — everything happens on-device Open Invite handles .ics files the way they should work — tap, preview, add. One second, not one minute. Stop forwarding calendar invites to yourself: Receive a meeting invitation in Mail, download an event from Safari, or find an .ics file in Files? Just tap it. Open Invite shows you a beautiful preview card with every detail — title, time, location, organizer, attendees, notes — so you can decide before it touches your calendar. SEE BEFORE YOU COMMIT Preview the full event as a beautiful invitation card. No more blind adds. No more calendar clutter from events you didn't mean to accept. CATCH CONFLICTS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN See a visual timeline of your day alongside the new event. Spot double-bookings before you commit. KEEP WORK AND LIFE SEPARATE Pick exactly which calendar to use. Client meetings go in Work, soccer games in Family. Just want speed? Basic access adds to your default calendar instantly. ONE TAP FROM ANYWHERE Works with Mail, Safari, Files, or any app that handles calendar files. Open Invite registers as a native file handler — no forwarding to yourself, no copy-pasting dates. MULTIPLE EVENTS? NO PROBLEM Some invites contain a full season schedule or conference agenda. Swipe through them like a card deck and add events one at a time. YOUR CALENDAR STAYS YOURS Everything happens on your iPhone. Zero cloud servers. Zero tracking. Zero accounts. Progressive calendar access means you choose what the app can see — write-only to add events, or full access for conflict detection and calendar selection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Time Tracker at fortnightly against Open Invite's every 7 months. Time Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Time Tracker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Open Invite sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Time Tracker ships an update fortnightly, Open Invite every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 5, 2026.
| Parameter | Time Tracker | Open Invite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (89 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 89 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | C.G CodeGamma Software Technologies LTD | Christian Tietze |
In-app purchases
Time Tracker
- Timelog Plus monthly$1.991 Month
- Timelog Plus yearly7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Timelog Plus yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
- Timelog Plus$17.99
- Timelog Plus (Lifetime)$35.99
Open Invite
- Thank You$0.99
- Appreciation Tip$2.99
- Showing Support$4.99









