Comparison

TimePod vs Goldday

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

Head to head
About

TimePod

Effortlessly track your time for work, study, or personal activities. Quickly record durations with start/stop buttons or manual entry. Analyze your time usage with detailed reports and calendar views.

Highlights
  • Start/stop time recording
  • Manual time entry
  • Pomodoro focus timer
  • Categorization by category, project, and tag
  • Calendar view of records
  • Detailed time reports
Features
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TimePod is an app that records your daily work time. It can be used not only for work but also for daily exercise, housework, study, and other time recordings. You can enter it quickly and easily at any time, and later you can check the total time from various perspectives. ■ Record You can easily record by pressing the start and stop buttons. It also supports time input, so you can record all at once after work is completed. ■ Focus You can use the focus mode as a timer for the Pomodoro technique. It is a time management method that repeats work every 25 minutes and breaks every 5 minutes to maximize concentration. You can change the work and break time respectively, so please customize it. ■ Classification Each record can be categorized using categories, projects and tags. Feel free to use it according to your lifestyle, such as dividing it into projects for each business partner, dividing work and private life, and studying by subject / unit. ■ Calendar You can check the recorded contents on the calendar every 3 days / 7 days. You can take a quick look at what work you spent this week and how much time you spent. ■ Report You can narrow down the total work time by any period, category, project, and tag to check. Please check the transition of working hours and the ratio for each category / project and use it for improvement.

About

Goldday

Features
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Goldday is a beautifully designed productivity app that helps you cherish every moment. Track anniversaries, build daily habits, and stay focused — all in one place. ANNIVERSARY COUNTDOWN Never miss an important date again. Create countdown events for birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, and more. Watch a real-time countdown with days, hours, minutes, and seconds. A progress bar shows how close you are to your special day. PLAN BOARD — YOUR DAILY HABIT TRACKER Set daily goals with target minutes for activities like studying, exercising, or reading. Track your progress with two pinned plans and a full plan library. View your consistency on a GitHub-style heatmap spanning 13 weeks, and celebrate streaks and weekly completion rates. FOCUS TIMER Start a focused session with preset durations (15, 25, or 45 minutes) or set a custom time. The timer integrates with your plans — completed focus minutes are automatically logged to your daily goals. Track daily and weekly focus stats, current streaks, and total sessions. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Two beautiful widgets keep you motivated at a glance: • Countdown Widget — See your nearest event with a live day count • Plan Board Widget — Check daily plan progress with rotating inspirational quotes MORE FEATURES • iCloud Sync — Keep your data in sync across all your devices • 5 Color Themes — Personalize your app with Ocean, Forest, Sunset, Violet, or the default Coral theme • Smart Notifications — Get reminders for upcoming events, daily plan progress, and completed focus sessions • Custom Quotes — Add your own inspirational quotes that rotate on the widget hourly • Data Backup — Export and import your data as JSON • Privacy First — All data stored locally and in your iCloud; no third-party tracking Goldday supports English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, and French.

Screenshots

TimePod4 screens
Goldday4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Goldday at none against TimePod's shown. TimePod's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TimePod sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Goldday sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
TimePod versus Goldday: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimePodGoldday
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNaia Inc.Zhoukou Tuman Technology Co., Ltd

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TimePod

One-time1
  • Pro$6.99
1 purchases

Goldday

One-time1
  • Premium$2.99

Questions

Is TimePod free?
TimePod is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Goldday free?
Goldday is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TimePod or Goldday have ads?
TimePod shows ads; Goldday does not.
Which is updated more often, TimePod or Goldday?
TimePod ships an update every 2 months, and Goldday every 2 months. Most recently, TimePod was updated on November 3, 2026 and Goldday on October 31, 2026.

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