Comparison

Time Tracker vs Planner

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

Head to head
About

Time Tracker

This app helps you track time spent on personal projects and tasks. It allows for detailed breakdown of work with projects, tasks, and tickets, and helps you manage time goals with quotas. Export your tracked time in CSV or PDF formats.

Highlights
  • Tap On / Tap Off time tracking
  • Projects and Tasks for detailed activity breakdown
  • Tickets for specific work items
  • Quotas for goal setting and progress monitoring
  • Exportable reports in CSV and PDF
Features
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Time Tracker is a time accounting tool, designed for personal use. This app does not connect to any web service, accounts or subscriptions to operate. Just start it up, set up projects, and start tracking time against them. • Tap On / Tap Off Simple Start / Stop action will allow you account for your time to the minute. • Projects and Tasks Got a client who needs billable hours and non-billable hours? Want to track your time spent on proposals separately from the project? or maybe just track how long you weeding on your gardening project? Projects and Tasks allow you to account for the various activities within a project. • Tickets Need to package up your work into smaller parts? or, perhaps you use some other task management system? Tickets allow you to set up a project / task combination, and attach a work description to them. Ticket Identifiers can match your other systems for easy data transfer, if that's what you're in to. You can even just "tick off" a task when its done, and move on to the next. • Quotas Promised that you would put a certain amount of time into something, but never seem to find the time to do it? Need to ensure that you meet a number of billable hours in your week? Quotas can help you here. Quotas are shown on the main dashboard as a progress bar that will help you achieve your goals, or in some cases not go over them. Simply set up a quota with a project and task combination, then you can start and stop time against it to fill the progress bar. Pre-plan your time, using quotas to specify weekly, monthly, or annual goals • Exportable Reports Did we mention that this was a standalone app, for personal use only? Still need to fill in your timesheet somewhere else? All reports have export options that will allow you to send data using common standards such as CSV or PDF. This allows you to communicate what you need want with other apps and web services accurately and quickly. Filtering your reports will also filter the exported data, so if need to send different reports to different places, just filter the information and send it off.

About

Planner

This app combines a notepad, planner, reminder, calendar, habit tracker, and to-do list into one digital tool. It offers a user-friendly interface that mimics a paper notebook, allowing you to effortlessly create and track plans to achieve your goals.

Highlights
  • Digital notepad, planner, and reminder
  • Habit tracker and to-do list
  • Paper notebook-like interface
  • Full week and detailed daily views
  • Customizable backgrounds and text formatting
  • Voice notes and stylus support
  • iCloud sync and backup
Features
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Diary, Calendar, Organizer, Planner combines a notepad, planner, reminder, calendar, habit tracker, and to-do list into one easy-to-use app for both your personal life and work. It replaces your traditional paper planner with a fully digital version, letting you effortlessly create and track your plans to achieve your goals. A dream written next to the date becomes a goal! Millions of people worldwide rely on our planner. Organize class schedules, keep notes, manage client tasks, create shopping lists, build habits, boost productivity, and never forget important things. The planner’s interface mimics the classic paper notebook used for generations. It’s the simplest, most user-friendly way to plan—like a school agenda or minimalist paper planner. View your entire week’s plans on one screen—the perfect timeframe for smart scheduling. Easily swipe through weeks, months, or years. Add, edit, or remove tasks, plans, and habits with ease. No complicated forms or data entry—just type or speak your notes, just like making an ordinary memo. Key Features of Diary, Calendar, Organizer, Planner: • Enjoy a satisfying page-flip experience like a paper calendar or planner—no need to carry a physical notebook anymore. • See your full week at a glance plus a detailed daily view for extra notes. Keep all your plans in clear sight. • Choose from a variety of backgrounds to fit your style—and change them as often as you like. • Quickly navigate to any date, past or future. • Highlight notes with color, underline, strikethrough, bold, or italics to prioritize and mark tasks complete. • Maintain a separate notes list (to-do list) untethered to dates—perfect for shopping lists or jotting down ideas. • Display week numbers and jump back to today’s date anytime. • Customize colors and font sizes of your entries. • Change app language settings. • Select your preferred first day of the week. • Add voice notes or use a stylus on tablets. • Sync and back up with iCloud. • Search for words within your notes and plans. Also included: • Recurring events (daily, yearly, etc.) for birthdays, workouts, and more. • Automatic reminders. • Checkboxes to mark completed tasks. • Integration with your iPhone Calendar. Coming soon: • Hourly day views for detailed scheduling. • Options to share your calendar with colleagues, friends, and family. • Integration with other calendar services like Google Calendar. • And much more. The essential features of Diary, Calendar, Organizer, Planner are always free. Upgrade to Premium via one-time purchase or subscription for additional features. Questions or feedback? Contact us at appweeklyplanner@gmail.com Standard Apple LICENSED APPLICATION END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT applies to this app: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Time Tracker3 screens
Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Planner at Free against Time Tracker's $1.99. Planner also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and review sentiment (59% vs 25%). Time Tracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Planner is free to download; Time Tracker costs $1.99 up front. Planner sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Time Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Planner holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Planner has 736 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Time Tracker's written reviews are positive against 59% of Planner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Tracker ships an update every 9 months, Planner monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Time Tracker versus Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime TrackerPlanner
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating1.0 (3 ratings)4.7 (736 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews59.4% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3736 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB1.5 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristopher ScottDigital Legal Tech

Customer experience

Time Tracker

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative58.3%

Planner

All ratings736 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews466 reviews
Positive59.4%
Neutral10.9%
Negative29.6%

Bugs and requests

Time Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Planner

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Reorder of tasks doesn't save properly
  • Repeat/recurring event functionality not working
  • Crashes and data loss issues after updates
  • Sync between iPhone and iPad not working
  • Cut/copy/paste functionality not working
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  • Formatting options (bold, underline, etc.) not working in Pro version
  • Inability to add time/hour indicators for events in Pro version
  • Search functionality not available despite being advertised

Requested features

14 requests
  • Add ability to add images and handwrite with Apple Pencil
  • Add more color options for customization
  • Add ability to add links
  • Add ability to set recurring events
  • Add ability to set reminders/alarms
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  • Add ability to change text formatting (bold, underline, etc.)
  • Add ability to set time/hour indicators for events
  • Add ability to search through past entries
  • Add ability to print or export to PDF
  • Add ability to sync across devices automatically
  • Add ability to set password or fingerprint protection
  • Add ability to add voice notes
  • Add ability to create multiple note pages per day
  • Add ability to change page backgrounds and themes

In-app purchases

None

Time Tracker

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Planner

Subscriptions2
  • PREMIUM 1 month3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • PREMIUM 1 year7 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time8
  • Holiday designs (lifetime)2 variants$1.99
  • 3D Shapes (lifetime)$1.99
  • Art Lines (lifetime)$1.99
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  • Textures (lifetime)$1.99
  • Gradients (lifetime)$1.99
  • Daily Planner PRO (lifetime)$6.99
  • PREMIUM for PRO (lifetime)$11.99
  • PREMIUM (lifetime)$23.99

Questions

Is Time Tracker free?
Time Tracker costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Planner free?
Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Time Tracker or Planner?
Planner is rated higher. Time Tracker averages 1.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Planner averages 4.7 from 736 ratings.
Do Time Tracker or Planner have ads?
Neither Time Tracker nor Planner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time Tracker or Planner?
Time Tracker ships an update every 9 months, and Planner monthly. Most recently, Time Tracker was updated on October 1, 2026 and Planner on October 16, 2026.

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