Comparison

TimeDraw vs Open Invite

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

Head to head
About

TimeDraw

This app transforms your calendar and reminders into a visual clockface, making your schedule easy to understand at a glance. Create and customize events with notes and recurrences directly from the main screen.

Highlights
  • Clockface schedule visualization
  • Easy event and reminder creation
  • Customizable display options
  • Smart recurrence and notes
  • Clean, modern interface
Features
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Visualize your time. TimeDraw transforms your calendar and reminders into an intuitive clockface display. Instantly understand your schedule at a glance. Events and reminders before noon are displayed as lines inside the clock, while those after noon appear outside. It’s a whole new way to understand your time. Key Features - Clockface Visualization: See all your events and reminders mapped onto an analog clock. Instantly spot your free time and busy hours. - Easy Event & Reminder Creation: Add new events or reminders right from the main screen. Set recurrences, add notes, choose custom calendars, and more—all in a few taps. - Customizable Experience: Open the settings page to personalize TimeDraw to fit your workflow. Choose which calendars to display, adjust visual preferences, and make the app truly yours. - Smart Recurrence & Notes: Support for recurring events and reminders, with the ability to add detailed notes for every item. See your day in a new way. Download TimeDraw and visualize your time!

About

Open Invite

Features
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Welcome to Open Invite — the beautiful way to open .ics calendar files on iOS. • Tap to open calendar invitations from Mail, Safari, or Files • Preview events before adding with gorgeous invitation cards • Catch scheduling conflicts with visual timeline view • Choose which calendar to use for each event • Swipe through multi-event files as a card stack • Complete privacy — everything happens on-device Open Invite handles .ics files the way they should work — tap, preview, add. One second, not one minute. Stop forwarding calendar invites to yourself: Receive a meeting invitation in Mail, download an event from Safari, or find an .ics file in Files? Just tap it. Open Invite shows you a beautiful preview card with every detail — title, time, location, organizer, attendees, notes — so you can decide before it touches your calendar. SEE BEFORE YOU COMMIT Preview the full event as a beautiful invitation card. No more blind adds. No more calendar clutter from events you didn't mean to accept. CATCH CONFLICTS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN See a visual timeline of your day alongside the new event. Spot double-bookings before you commit. KEEP WORK AND LIFE SEPARATE Pick exactly which calendar to use. Client meetings go in Work, soccer games in Family. Just want speed? Basic access adds to your default calendar instantly. ONE TAP FROM ANYWHERE Works with Mail, Safari, Files, or any app that handles calendar files. Open Invite registers as a native file handler — no forwarding to yourself, no copy-pasting dates. MULTIPLE EVENTS? NO PROBLEM Some invites contain a full season schedule or conference agenda. Swipe through them like a card deck and add events one at a time. YOUR CALENDAR STAYS YOURS Everything happens on your iPhone. Zero cloud servers. Zero tracking. Zero accounts. Progressive calendar access means you choose what the app can see — write-only to add events, or full access for conflict detection and calendar selection.

Screenshots

TimeDraw4 screens
Open Invite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TimeDraw at none against Open Invite's 3. TimeDraw also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Open Invite sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. TimeDraw asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimeDraw ships an update every 2 months, Open Invite every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TimeDraw versus Open Invite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeDrawOpen Invite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael EllisChristian Tietze

In-app purchases

None

TimeDraw

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Open Invite

One-time3
  • Thank You$0.99
  • Appreciation Tip$2.99
  • Showing Support$4.99

Questions

Is TimeDraw free?
TimeDraw is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Open Invite free?
Open Invite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TimeDraw or Open Invite have ads?
Neither TimeDraw nor Open Invite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TimeDraw or Open Invite?
TimeDraw ships an update every 2 months, and Open Invite every 7 months. Most recently, TimeDraw was updated on September 29, 2026 and Open Invite on October 5, 2026.

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