点滴时间 vs TimeEcho
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
点滴时间
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The app is inspired by Lyubichev's time management method, with a simple interface and smooth interaction, allowing you to focus only on your own time. You can use it to record time, analyze time, eliminate time waste, and rearrange your time. 【Tip Time】: -Animation: A lot of animation elements have been added to enhance the user experience and make your interaction smoother. -Statistics: You can freely analyze any events in any time period to better manage every day in your life -Recording: simple event recording with three elements, simple and efficient -Backup: Provide iCloud backup and export mailbox data to ensure your data security 【Member Service Agreement】: https://acg.mephisto.site/protocol/time/vipprotocol.html 【Privacy agreement】: https://acg.mephisto.site/protocol/time/contract.html The main points of Ljubischev's time management law: ⑴ Maintain the authenticity and accuracy of time records. Truth refers to the record of the work site, not the supplementary record. Accuracy requires that the error of the record is not more than 15 minutes, otherwise the record has no use value; ⑵Don’t believe in the estimation from memory, people’s memory of time as an abstract material is very unreliable; ⑶The selected time recording section should be representative; ⑷ Adjust the time allocation plan in time. When checking the time record, find out the difference between the planned time and the actual time spent in the previous period, and use this as a basis to reallocate the time consumption in the next period; ⑸ Persistence is success
TimeEcho
This app helps you understand how you spend your time by tracking daily activities, habits, and focused tasks. It offers visual timelines, habit heatmaps, and journaling to provide deeper self-insights and improve productivity.
- Timeline of daily activities
- Habit dedication tracking
- Focus timers with continuation
- Journaling for private thoughts
- Visual habit heatmap
- Book reading milestones
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Time gets spent. It is not always easy to say where it went. TimeEcho helps you keep a record of your focus sessions, habits, journal notes, and daily timeline. After a while, you can look back and see what you kept showing up for, and what quietly took more time than you expected. You can use TimeEcho to record things like: - How much time you spent studying, working, exercising, or reading today - How many days you have kept a habit going, and how many hours you have put into it - When a focus session started, when it ended, and what happened during it - How much of your day was actually spent in focus - How long a book, project, or personal milestone really took - Private notes, thoughts, and journal entries that are only for you TimeEcho is not trying to turn your life into a spreadsheet. It is closer to a daily notebook that quietly organizes your time. 【Daily timeline】 The records page shows your day as a timeline. You can see what you focused on, how long it took, and add notes when you want more context. When you come back to a past day, you see more than a list of numbers. You see what that day felt like. If you only want the summary, switch to concise mode and check how much time each activity took. 【Habit tracking and time totals】 Create habits for study, work, exercise, reading, writing, or anything else you want to keep track of. TimeEcho shows how much time you have spent on each habit, along with its daily history. The heatmap makes consistency easier to read. You can quickly see which days you showed up, which days you missed, and when you put in more time. 【Countdown, stopwatch, and Pomodoro】 Use a countdown when you want a fixed block of time. Use the stopwatch when you just want to start and record naturally. Use Pomodoro when you prefer a steady rhythm. If the countdown ends and you are still focused, you can keep timing. If you forget to save, you can correct the end time later. Tracking should not interrupt the work itself. 【Private journal and notes】 Write a daily journal, or add notes to any focus session. When time records and written notes stay together, it becomes much easier to remember what actually happened. None of this needs to be posted anywhere. It can simply be your own record. 【Goals and milestones】 Set goals under a habit, such as a book, a project, or a stage of study. When you finish a goal, TimeEcho keeps the time you spent on the way there. Over time, you get a clearer sense of how long meaningful things really take. 【Small details】 - Pause habits you are not using, and restore them later - Set a daily focus goal - Correct time records when you forgot to save - Mark habits as good or bad habits - Review trends, heatmaps, and history TimeEcho was inspired by Lyubishchev's time tracking method, Atomic Habits, the Pomodoro Technique, the 10,000 hour idea, and The 100-Year Life. You do not need to follow any method perfectly. The point is simpler: when time becomes visible, it becomes easier to treat it with care. 【Auto-renewable subscription】 We do not show ads. A lifetime purchase option is available for a limited time and includes future updates. If you choose a subscription, you can cancel it anytime in Settings - Apple ID - Subscriptions, then select this app and follow the instructions. Subscriptions renew automatically. After confirmation, the subscription is charged to your Apple ID. Your account will be charged within 24 hours before the current period ends, and the subscription will renew for the next period. Subscriptions are linked to your Apple ID. 【Contact】 Feedback email: mark_labs@163.com Terms of Use: https://www.lovetime.life/UserAgreement Privacy Policy: https://www.lovetime.life/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: TimeEcho at none against 点滴时间's shown. TimeEcho also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, in-app purchases 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. 点滴时间 sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and TimeEcho sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
点滴时间 ships an update every 2 months, TimeEcho weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 点滴时间 | TimeEcho |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 丽花 王 | 浩 张 |
In-app purchases
点滴时间
- 点滴时间会员连续包月$0.991 Month
- 点滴时间会员连续包半年$4.496 Months
- 点滴时间会员连续包年$7.991 Year
- 点滴时间永久会员$29.99
TimeEcho
- 月度会员$1.991 Month
- Annual Membership$14.991 Year
- 终生会员$17.99
- 终生会员$19.99








