Aim vs Things take time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aim
This app helps you achieve long-term goals by tracking your progress and providing motivation. It offers a distraction-free experience with customizable reminders and visualizations to celebrate your successes.
- Set long-term goals
- Track progress and celebrate completion
- Distraction-free experience
- Motivation widgets
- Customizable reminders
- Private and secure data
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While it's important to make small, incremental progress towards our goals every day, research has shown that focusing on longer-term goals can be more effective in achieving success. In fact, a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology followed a group of participants over the course of several weeks and found that those who regularly reflected on their long-term goals were 33% more successful in achieving those goals than those who focused solely on their daily tasks. Additionally, research has shown that setting and achieving goals can lead to increased self-esteem and a sense of accomplishment, which are both associated with increased happiness and well-being. We understand the importance of this balance, so this app aims to help individuals stay focused on their long-term goals while still making and tracking progress on a regular basis. We believe that goal-setting and tracking should be straightforward and hassle-free, so we've designed our app with that in mind. Whether you're a seasoned goal-setter or new to the process, making your goals a reality should be enjoyable, motivating, and playful - just like our app. But it's not just about setting goals - it's about crushing them. That's where our progress visualization and motivation tools come in. Celebrate your wins along the way and stay accountable with year progress visualization and reminders. But we know the latter can be annoying, so we've designed our app to send friendly nudges rather than overwhelming you with alerts. You'll receive notifications once a week or once a month, depending on your preference, to check in on your progress and keep you motivated. Not sure what goals to set for yourself? Think of your latest new year resolutions, a dream job, health goals, or that skill you wanted to pick up. Someone once said, "The beauty of having small, achievable goals is that you get to experience the joy of accomplishment more frequently." KEY FEATURES + Set long-term goals for a year or any other time period. + Track your progress and celebrate goal completion. + Enjoy an distraction-free experience with essential features and a clean, intuitive design. + Stay motivated with a widget showing how much time is left in the year. + Review your goals and progress regularly with friendly reminders, customized to your preference. + Focus on what matters. No streaks, no punishment, no judgement from our side. + Keep your data private and secure on your device. PREMIUM FEATURES Aim premium features are available as a one-time purchase. These premium features include unlimited goals, priority support, and lifetime access to all future updates. If you decide to upgrade, payment will be charged to your iTunes account upon confirmation of the purchase. GET IN TOUCH Privacy Policy: https://pupishi.com/policies#privacy Terms of service: https://pupishi.com/policies#terms Contact us: hi@pupishi.com
Things take time
This app helps you track habits, routines, and personal metrics to visualize compounding progress over time. It displays multiple trackers simultaneously to reveal patterns and understand your growth. Designed for ease of use, it focuses on making tracking effortless and insightful.
- Track any habit, routine, or metric
- View multiple trackers side-by-side
- Visualize monthly progress at a glance
- Intuitive and effortless tracking design
- Detailed analytics for pattern recognition
- Privacy-focused with on-device data storage
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Good things take time. Real progress is built through small things done consistently — it won’t feel like much, until it does. Things take time is an app for tracking what matters, the small things, and seeing how they compound over time. KEY FEATURES • Track anything From habits and routines to personal metrics, notes, and daily actions — build trackers that fit your life, not the other way around. • See everything side by side Most apps show one tracker at a time, which hides the bigger picture. This one shows them all together so you can see patterns across your month. • Your month at a glance See how small things add up across your month, so you can stay consistent and notice real progress. • Built for ease of use Tracking should feel effortless. Everything is designed to be fast, simple, and intuitive. • Understand your patterns Detailed analytics for every tracker to help you uncover trends and better understand your progress over time. • Privacy first Your data stays on your device or in your iCloud. Nothing is collected, and nothing is tracked. Progress is often invisible in the moment. Things take time was built to make it visible — by showing how small things add up over time. Terms & Privacy: https://thingstaketime.app/terms-privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Things take time at 100% against Aim's 50%. Things take time also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Aim's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Aim sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Things take time sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Things take time holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 22 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Aim's written reviews are positive against 100% of Things take time's.
Aim ships an update every 11 days, Things take time weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aim | Things take time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (22 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | times twelve OU | Chester How |
Customer experience
Aim
Things take time
In-app purchases
Aim
- Aim Premium$1.99
Things take time
- Things take time + Monthly$2.991 Month
- Things take time + Lifetime$34.99









