Comparison

Track Attendance vs Surface Time

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

Head to head
About

Track Attendance

Features
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Attendance Tracking Thingy is a revolutionary mobile application that makes your school life easier. It is the most effective way to avoid failing your classes by tracking your absences. Now you are just a tap away from dealing with your absenteeism worries. Attendance Tracking Thingy helps you organize your educational life by allowing students to instantly see their attendance status in their classes. Our app's clean interface makes it easy to track your absences without dealing with complicated menus. Thus, you can focus on your goals and achieve success without getting lost in the chaos of your university life. As a goal-oriented application, Attendance Tracking Thingy offers you a real solution to absenteeism problems. Remember, a successful university life is planned free of absenteeism worries and Attendance Tracking Thingy offers you the perfect guidance in this regard. Highlights of Attendance Tracking Thingy: Track your absences instantly and avoid failing classes. Easy to use and practical thanks to its clean interface. Organize your lessons and step into success with the goal-oriented application. It's the perfect companion for absenteeism and course tracking, making your university life easier.

About

Surface Time

This app encourages you to put your phone down with an intuitive, button-free timer. It uses subtle haptics and visual cues to guide you, and offers unique notification options like LED flash or calming sounds. Track your progress towards daily goals and customize them for different tasks.

Highlights
  • Button-free timer operation
  • Intuitive haptic feedback
  • Visual timer progression
  • LED flash notifications
  • Calming sound alerts
  • Customizable daily goals
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Timer apps are usually always simple with few buttons, but Surface takes this simplicity to the next level. With no buttons, taps, or swipes, the timer just turns on and off. It is designed to intuitively encourage you to put your phone down. The timer values peek from a small circle, and as you move your iPhone across angles, the circle expands with subtle haptics, nudging you to keep going and rest your phone on the surface facing down. The hidden yet visible options for Settings and Goals are not only designed to prevent opening when you might accidentally touch or swipe when flipping your phone, but are also intentionally uninviting for you to interact. However, the moment you choose to do interact, it transforms itself into a beautiful control. A control that encourages you to make a gesture and intentionally reveal the hidden features. The app is mainly aimed to help you stay focused in your work while keeping your phone at arms reach. But it is truly versatile, and I personally found myself using this everywhere. For instance in the kitchen, when my hands are dirty and I don't want to touch the screen or shout at my voice assistants, or to monitor my workouts with intervals. I'm sure there are many more ways to use this! For basic timer features, you'll never have to touch the screen or press any buttons. Just flip your iPhone back up to reveal the screen and the timer pauses. Then, you can shake to reset or flip back down to resume. Notifications: Surface uses backside LED flash to signal when timer begins. You can also set periodic notifications using LED flash or using calming sounds, such as of Himalayan Bowl or Guitar Strum to keep rough track of duration without looking at your timer. Goals: By default, your surface time per day is always saved and visible from the Goals view. You can adjust this goal to whatever duration you want. Plus, you can create custom everyday color-coded goals for different tasks and monitor your everyday progress.

Screenshots

Track Attendance2 screens
Surface Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Surface Time at none against Track Attendance's shown. Surface Time also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). Track Attendance's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price and in-app purchases 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. Track Attendance sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Surface Time sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Track Attendance ships an update every 6 months, Surface Time weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and August 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Track Attendance versus Surface Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrack AttendanceSurface Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size81 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperARDA ERBAHARLINeel Makhecha

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Track Attendance

One-time1
  • Reklamları kaldır$0.99
1 purchases

Surface Time

One-time1
  • Surface - One Time Purchase$5.99

Questions

Is Track Attendance free?
Track Attendance is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Surface Time free?
Surface Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Track Attendance or Surface Time have ads?
Track Attendance shows ads; Surface Time does not.
Which is updated more often, Track Attendance or Surface Time?
Track Attendance ships an update every 6 months, and Surface Time weekly. Most recently, Track Attendance was updated on September 17, 2026 and Surface Time on August 22, 2026.

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