Comparison

Time Progress Gauges vs Current

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

Head to head
About

Time Progress Gauges

This app helps you visualize your life's progress and manage your time effectively. Track your life, year, and month as percentages, and create custom gauges for personal goals or projects. Utilize widgets and Apple Watch complications for constant motivation.

Highlights
  • Track life, year, and month percentages
  • Create custom time period gauges
  • Lock screen widgets
  • Apple Watch complications
  • Customizable gauge labels and colors
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Life moves forward a little each day. Time Progress Gauges visualizes the progress of your life, this year, this month, and any meaningful period you choose as simple progress gauges. ⌚ On Apple Watch and iPhone See your gauges through Apple Watch complications, the Apple Watch app, iPhone Lock Screen widgets, and Home Screen widgets. You do not have to open the app. A glance at your watch or phone shows where that time stands now. - Time you can turn into gauges Your life progress. Time left in the year. This month's progress. A project deadline. The days until an exam. A family milestone. Any period that matters to you can become a gauge and stay visible in the places you already look. Main Features - Preset gauges for Life, Year, and Month - Custom gauges with your own start and end dates - Days elapsed, days remaining, and progress percentage - Apple Watch complications - Apple Watch app - iPhone Lock Screen widgets - iPhone Home Screen widgets - Custom labels and colors for gauges Supported Places - Apple Watch faces with complications - Apple Watch app - iPhone Lock Screen widgets - iPhone Home Screen widgets Premium Premium is a one-time upgrade that includes: - Up to 50 custom gauges - Color customization for the preset Life, Year, and Month gauges This app is not meant to make time feel stressful or urgent. It is a small tool for keeping meaningful time quietly visible: a way to notice, at a glance, that the time you care about has moved forward again today. It is more than a countdown. You can see how much time is left, but also how far the whole period has progressed. Time Progress Gauges helps you see life and goals as time you can keep in sight.

About

Current

Personalize your lock screen with custom text. Display any phrase or letters you choose directly on your device's lock screen and StandBy mode. Enhance your device's appearance with unique text widgets.

Highlights
  • Customizable text display
  • Lock screen widgets
  • StandBy mode integration
  • Personalized phrases and letters
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You can configure what phrase or letters you want to display on your lock screen. Privacy Policy: https://current.anybox.cc/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://current.anybox.cc/terms-of-service

Screenshots

Time Progress Gauges4 screens
Current4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Time Progress Gauges at Free against Current's $0.99. Time Progress Gauges also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and device support (3 vs 1). Current's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Time Progress Gauges is free to download; Current costs $0.99 up front. Time Progress Gauges sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Current sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Time Progress Gauges holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Current has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on July 10, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Time Progress Gauges versus Current: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime Progress GaugesCurrent
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.3 (8 ratings)
Positive reviews—77.8% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperINCREDIBLE FOX, Inc.Anybox LTD

Customer experience

Time Progress Gauges

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Current

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral11.1%
Negative11.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Time Progress Gauges

One-time1
  • LTL Premium$4.99
4 purchases

Current

One-time4
  • Buy Me a Soda$0.99
  • Buy Me Some Chips$1.99
  • Buy Me a Coffee$4.99
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  • Buy Me a Pizza$9.99

Questions

Is Time Progress Gauges free?
Time Progress Gauges is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Current free?
Current costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Time Progress Gauges or Current?
Time Progress Gauges is rated higher. Time Progress Gauges averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Current averages 4.3 from 8 ratings.
Do Time Progress Gauges or Current have ads?
Neither Time Progress Gauges nor Current shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Progress Gauges or Current?
Time Progress Gauges ships an update every 2 months, and Current every 2 months. Most recently, Time Progress Gauges was updated on July 10, 2026 and Current on September 25, 2026.

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