Walden vs TimeEcho
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Walden
This app helps manage personal time with integrated to-do lists, a Pomodoro timer, progress tracking for goals, and a flash notes feature for capturing thoughts and practicing writing. It aims to provide a quality personal management experience.
- Integrated To-Do List with priority scheduling
- Pomodoro timer with daily goals
- Goal progress tracking with grouping
- Flash notes with custom tags and search
- Repeat schedules and reminders
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Walden is an App focused on personal management, carefully designed to bring users only a quality experience, hope you like it. Function Introduction To-Do List Integrate the four quadrants of work, according to the priority of the task rational scheduling. Support repeat schedule and reminders. Pomodoro Walden's built-in tomato clock is designed strictly according to the tomato work method You can set daily tomato clock goals, rest time, and select the tasks to focus on from the to-do list Progress Management Quantify your goals, support goal grouping and progress notes, with a simple and beautiful progress bar, clearly track your goal progress. Flash Notes Integrate custom tags, support full-text search and display by tags. In our daily life, there will always be a moment of light and whimsy, it can be the emotion after reading a text, it can be the resonance of listening to a song, or simply want to record the moment's thoughts. If you are like me and want to practice writing long articles, then you can start by writing a paragraph every day and gradually improve your writing skills day by day. ----------------- Subscription Instructions --Subscription period: 1 month, 1 year (non-automatic renewal, please feel free to purchase) -- Payment: Payment will be deducted through the user's iTunes account, and payment will be made once the user confirms the purchase. --User Terms: http://freelancer-x.com/app-terms/ -- Privacy Policy: http://freelancer-x.com/app-privacy-policy/
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 rating: Walden at 4.8 against TimeEcho's 4.2. Walden also leads on review sentiment (90% vs 50%) and ratings volume (41 vs 5). TimeEcho's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). 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. Walden sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 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.
Walden holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Walden has 41 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Walden's written reviews are positive against 50% of TimeEcho's.
Walden ships an update monthly, TimeEcho weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Walden | TimeEcho |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (41 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Huizhou Walden Information Technology Co., Ltd. | 浩 张 |
Customer experience
Walden
TimeEcho
In-app purchases
Walden
- Monthly Membership$2.991 Month
- Quarterly Membership$4.993 Months
- Yearly Membership$7.991 Year
- 月度会员$0.99
- 年度会员$3.99
- 年度会员升级终身会员$12.99
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- Lifetime - Education$12.99
- Lifetime Membership$19.99
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








