Comparison

Time’s Up! vs The Log

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Time’s Up!

This app offers a fun and engaging way to track time with visually appealing countdowns. It's perfect for managing tasks, study sessions, or bedtime routines for both children and adults. Choose from unique visual styles or traditional clocks, and customize alerts for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Visual countdown styles (Reveal, Pixelate, Puzzle)
  • Customizable alert sounds and colors
  • iCloud timer syncing across devices
  • Live Activities for Lock Screen and Dynamic Island
  • Guided Access for child lock
  • AirPlay and tvOS support for TV display
  • Minute-by-minute audio updates
Features
Read full description

Time’s Up! is a fun, visual timer that you’ll actually want to use. Whether it’s for you, your kids, or someone else, Time’s Up! will make counting down much more engaging. Timers can be used at work and at home, whether you’re making sure you take a break or telling kids it’s bedtime.  Timers exist everywhere, but none of them are fun and visually appealing — and that can be important when you’re dealing with kids big and small! Time’s Up! has the features you need to make time fun again — try it for free, NO ADS. Time’s Up! isn’t just for kids and workaholics, though. The possibilities are endless: • Adults who need to set timers to stop them from working for too long without a break. • Kids who don’t want to do their homework but can be convinced to work in smaller chunks. • Setting reading or other activity timers before bed time. • Helping bigger kids focus on an activity for a set amount of time. • Setting timers for exercises — put Time’s Up! on your TV screen using AirPlay and turn a timer into the focal point for your exercise group. • Anything that’s based on a specific amount of time! What makes a timer fun? Time’s Up! has 5 fun styles to choose from, including:  • “Reveal” a photo from your Photo Library as the seconds tick down.  • “Pixelate” makes a photo more clear as a timer gets closer to completion. • “Puzzle” breaks a photo into jigsaw puzzle pieces and then puts the pieces into their places as time progresses. Alternatively, there are more traditional clock faces if you just want a simple timer. Timers can be customized with their own alert sound and color, too. Other key features include: • Sync your timers between iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV using iCloud. • See your timers on your Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, and Apple Watch with Live Activities (requires iOS 18). • Guided Access to prevent kids from switching apps and changing timers, making sure only you have the power to control time. • Airplay and tvOS support so you can put a timer up on a TV screen. • Get audio updates each minute or countdown the last 10 seconds. • On macOS, you can float the timer window above other apps so it’s always visible. Time’s Up! is a free download with a trial limit of five countdowns. After that, there is a small one-time purchase that unlocks the app on all your devices, forever. ——————— What’s the difference between “Time’s Up! — Visual Timer” and “Time’s Up! Timer (VPP)”? You are looking at the free-to-download version of Time’s Up! that lets you try the app five times before upgrading via in-app purchase. “Time’s Up! Timer (VPP)” is the same app but available paid-upfront with no limits in the app itself. “Time’s Up! Timer (VPP)” exists so educators can purchase the app through Apple’s Volume Purchase Program (VPP) for Education. ——————— Time’s Up! has no ads or data trackers. We believe your data is your own and we don’t collect any of it.

About

The Log

This app helps parents track potty training and elimination communication for babies and toddlers. It digitally logs potty times, offers reminders based on your child's patterns, and provides reports to understand their natural intervals. Stop guessing and become a potty pro with digital insights.

Highlights
  • Digital potty observation logging
  • Track baby signals and observations
  • Generate PDF reports of potty intervals
  • Set custom potty time alarms
  • Support for multiple babies
  • Free online classes
Features
Read full description

Stop over-offering and second-guessing yourself…and become a potty pro (or at least better than you were last week!) with this app. Whether you are potty training your toddler or doing elimination communication (EC or infant potty training) with your 0-18 month baby, you need this app! Observation time is key for knowing your little one’s natural timing intervals (how often s/he goes potty) and keeping track of any baby signals (or “peepee dances”) you see. But forget that printable log you got from my website! You can now digitally track how often your baby pees or poops during observation time, or potty training, with ease. If you’ve wondered: “How often does my baby pee or poop?” “When should I offer the potty to my little one?” “If I want to set a potty time reminder on my phone, how long should I set it for?” …The Log is your answer. No more paper printouts and chicken-scratch logging, no more guessing “how often does my little actually pee or poop?”…now you can simply open the app and, starting at either waking or feeding, track how often your baby or toddler goes. Then download a PDF of your results. *You can also take a note of your little one’s signals or other observations by long-pressing the activity button, as you go. After starting potty training, or if you’re doing EC…after a few hours of observation time (or a few days if you’re really inquisitive)…visit the Reports screen to easily see your baby’s intervals in graph or written format. Set a potty time alarm based on your baby’s actual timing intervals, so your smart phone can remind you throughout the day when to offer a “pottytunity” - or chance to go potty. If you have a toddler you’re potty training or wrapping up EC with, you can use this app to set an alarm based on your observations - welcome to your new potty training alarm app! Track one or more babies, keep the logs separate, and easily re-set the data to start a new observation sesh any time (I recommend you re-log your child’s rhythms every few months or so to keep it fresh!). Stop over-offering and second-guessing yourself…and become a potty pro (or at least better than you were last week!) with this app. Developed by me, Andrea Olson, author of Go Diaper Free and The Tiny Potty Training Book, whose 5 children were all out of diapers by walking, none requiring potty trained…a mom who has hardly had to change a poopy diaper and has saved over $10,000 in diapers across their babyhoods…you’re in good hands when it comes to observing your baby for elimination communication. Learn more at godiaperfree.com or via the app, itself. PS - if you’re stinking at potty training, learn more with the free classes inside the app. If you don’t know what EC is, it’s the natural alternative to diaper dependence and potty training, and it starts as early as birth to 18 months. It’s what people have done for all of human history, long before diapers were invented. We also have a free class and books on that.

Screenshots

Time’s Up!4 screens
The Log4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Log at none against Time’s Up!'s 1. The Log also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.4). Time’s Up!'s advantage is review sentiment (84% vs 61%) and ratings volume (435 vs 20). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Time’s Up! sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. The Log asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Time’s Up! holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Time’s Up! has 435 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Time’s Up!'s written reviews are positive against 61% of The Log's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time’s Up! ships an update every 6 weeks, The Log every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Time’s Up! versus The Log: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime’s Up!The Log
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (435 ratings) — better4.4 (20 ratings)
Positive reviews84.3% of reviews — better61.1% of reviews
Number of ratings435 — better20
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.411.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOverdesigned, LLCAndrea Olson Productions LLC

Customer experience

Time’s Up!

All ratings435 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral3.9%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews121 reviews
Positive84.3%
Neutral6.6%
Negative9.1%

The Log

All ratings20 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive61.1%
Neutral27.8%
Negative11.1%

Bugs and requests

Time’s Up!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Hotkey functionality broken after update
  • Timer not working after app update
  • No sound at the end of timer

Requested features

5 requests
  • Allow longer timer durations
  • Add ability to set multiple timers
  • Improve customization options
  • Provide more sound/alert options
  • Add child-proof timer lock feature

The Log

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Time’s Up!

One-time1
  • Time’s Up! Unlimited$5.99
None

The Log

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Time’s Up! free?
Time’s Up! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Log free?
The Log is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Time’s Up! or The Log?
Time’s Up! is rated higher. Time’s Up! averages 4.6 out of 5 from 435 ratings, while The Log averages 4.4 from 20 ratings.
Do Time’s Up! or The Log have ads?
Neither Time’s Up! nor The Log shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time’s Up! or The Log?
Time’s Up! ships an update every 6 weeks, and The Log every 2 months. Most recently, Time’s Up! was updated on October 20, 2026 and The Log on October 6, 2026.

Other comparisons