1000 Hours Outside vs Custom Paws
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
1000 Hours Outside
Track your time spent outdoors with an easy-to-use timer that runs in the background. Enhance your experience by journaling adventures, adding photos, and creating profiles for family members. Unlock badges, connect with friends, and visualize your progress.
- Background time tracking
- Journaling and photo uploads
- Multiple family profiles
- Milestone badges
- Friend connections
- Color-coded time chart
- Community map feature
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Effortlessly keep a digital record of your hours spent outside with the Official 1000 Hours Outside app. Easy timer functionality - just open the app and click play to start the timer, then put the phone down and enjoy the outdoors! The app will track your time in the background so you don't have to think about it. Additionally, you can become a member so you can: • Keep a journal of your adventures by jotting down notes • Upload photos for memory keepsakes for any day • Add up to nine additional profiles to track individual hours for members of your family • Unlock hours, place and streak milestone badges to share with friends • Add friends who also use the app to see what they've been up to • Color your own time tracking chart • Use our map feature to see where other 1KHO members have gone on adventures or left reviews - or leave some of your own! Think of this app as your outdoors companion, but one that isn't designed for endless scrolling - just simple, fun utility to help you unlock all the wonderful cognitive, physical, emotional and mental health benefits of prioritizing time outside! EULA agreement can be found here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Custom Paws
Manage your pet's care with ease. Schedule appointments, get real-time updates with photos, communicate directly with staff, and handle payments securely. Experience top-tier pet services.
- Schedule appointments
- Receive pet status updates
- View pet photos
- Chat with staff
- Contactless payments
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Custom Paws offers the very best in pet care! Use our app to schedule appointments, receive status updates & pet pictures, chat with us, make contactless payments, and much more! Come see us at Custom Paws where we delight you and your pets!
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Verdict
1000 Hours Outside and Custom Paws both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 83% of Custom Paws's written reviews are positive against 47% of 1000 Hours Outside's. Custom Paws also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). 1000 Hours Outside's advantage is ratings volume (7.8K vs 19) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating and update cadence 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. 1000 Hours Outside sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Custom Paws asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for 1000 Hours Outside against 4.8 for Custom Paws. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 1000 Hours Outside has 7.8K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 47% of 1000 Hours Outside's written reviews are positive against 83% of Custom Paws's.
1000 Hours Outside ships an update every 3 weeks, Custom Paws every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | 1000 Hours Outside | Custom Paws |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (7.8K ratings) | 4.8 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.3% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7.8K — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 124 MB | 140 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Team Yurich LLC | iTrust Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
1000 Hours Outside
Custom Paws
Bugs and requests
1000 Hours Outside
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes frequently
- Timer stops working when app is in background
- Issues with logging and syncing data across profiles
- Inconsistencies in time tracking and reporting
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to view and edit individual timer entries
- Implement weekly/monthly summary views
- Introduce a widget for quick access on the home screen
- Allow syncing of data across multiple devices
- Add more customization options and data visualizations
Custom Paws
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
1000 Hours Outside
- Adventure Map (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Premium Subscription Monthly$2.991 Month
- Membership Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
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- Adventure Map (Yearly)$19.991 Year
- Premium Subscription Yearly$24.991 Year
- Membership Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Badge Set 2$0.99
- Badge Set 3$0.99
- PDF Journal Export$1.99
Custom Paws
No in-app purchases
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