MOONLAB vs Time Pencil
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MOONLAB
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Digital Display for your NFT, The most authentic way to display your digital assets.
Time Pencil
Visualize your schedule by drawing events directly onto a clock face. This app offers intuitive tap-to-edit functionality and haptic feedback for a tactile planning experience. It seamlessly syncs with your iOS Calendar and iCloud, and includes widgets for your home and lock screens, plus an Apple Watch app.
- Draw events around a clock
- Tap to edit and move events
- Haptic feedback for tactile precision
- Automatic fading of past events
- Syncs with iOS Calendar and iCloud
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
- Apple Watch companion app
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Time Pencil is a clock with some markers to visualise your day with time YOUR CALENDAR, AROUND THE DIAL Time Pencil reads your existing calendars and lays each event as a colored arc on the clock. Overlaps, gaps, the shape of a busy afternoon — it's all visible at once, the way time actually feels. DRAW YOUR DAY Block out focus time, a workout, a break, or "leave for the airport" by drawing an arc right onto the clock. Drop a note sticker anywhere. Planning becomes a two-second gesture instead of a form to fill in. ALWAYS IN VIEW • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep today's clock a glance away. • A Live Activity counts down your next block in the Dynamic Island. • Apple Watch support to carry your day on your wrist. MAKE IT YOURS • 12-hour or 24-hour dial. • Sky mode paints the clock with the real sky — dawn, daylight, dusk, night — as the day moves. • Zen mode strips everything back to the essentials. • Marker colors, hourly chimes, and more. FREE TO SEE YOUR DAY Your calendar around the clock and the widgets are free, forever. Unlock drawing, the 24-hour dial, and Sky and Zen modes with a one-time purchase or a monthly plan — with a free trial so you can try everything first. Time Pencil speaks 20 languages, and no account is required to get started.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MOONLAB at none against Time Pencil's 2. MOONLAB also leads on iOS requirement (13.4 vs 16.1). Time Pencil's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 2 months). 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
Both are free to download. Time Pencil sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. MOONLAB asks for nothing beyond the download.
MOONLAB ships an update every 2 months, Time Pencil monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MOONLAB | Time Pencil |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 16.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Moon Laboratory LLC | Vineet Kapil |
In-app purchases
MOONLAB
No in-app purchases
Time Pencil
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Lifetime$14.99
