Comparison

TimePod vs Show Time

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

Show Time

Features
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See the current time and elapsed show time at a glance. Show Time is a clear, easy-to-use clock and stopwatch for live events, stage productions, streaming, rehearsals, and presentations. FEATURES • Large current-time and elapsed-time displays • Start, stop, resume, and reset the timer • Set a break duration and see the scheduled resume time • Track show time excluding breaks • Edit on-screen notes and adjust their alignment • Choose 12-hour or 24-hour time and show or hide seconds • Portrait and landscape layouts for iPhone and iPad • Switch between Japanese and English in Settings No account is required. Core features work offline, and your notes and display settings are stored locally on your device. Enable the Break feature and choose your display language in the app’s Settings.

Screenshots

TimePod4 screens
Show Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TimePod at Free against Show Time's $2.99. Show Time's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement 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

TimePod is free to download; Show Time costs $2.99 up front. TimePod sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Show Time asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TimePod ships an update every 2 months, Show Time monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TimePod versus Show Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimePodShow Time
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating2.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNaia Inc.Kantaro Kobayashi

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TimePod

One-time1
  • Pro$6.99
None

Show Time

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TimePod free?
TimePod is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Show Time free?
Show Time costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do TimePod or Show Time have ads?
TimePod shows ads; Show Time does not.
Which is updated more often, TimePod or Show Time?
TimePod ships an update every 2 months, and Show Time monthly. Most recently, TimePod was updated on October 15, 2026 and Show Time on October 3, 2026.

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