FastFinga 3 vs TIME REC.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FastFinga 3
Create handwritten notes, personalized emails, and social media posts with this versatile app. It offers extensive customization for pens, backgrounds, and fonts, and allows easy sharing to cloud services and social media.
- Handwritten notes and emails
- Customizable pens and colors
- Insert photos and emojis
- Export to Evernote, Twitter, Dropbox
- Organize notes by folders
- Sketch Pad integration
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FastFinga is a fantastic, fast and easy handwriting application for iPhone/iPod touch and iPad. This #1 selling app has evolved since its creation and continues to get better with each update. FastFinga 3 includes our other very popular Sketch Pad 3 app so you can now choose to create FastFinga documents or SketchPad documents. ■ SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS and IDEAS... FastFinga's amazing inking enables you to… - Make fast hand-written notes - Send personalized emails in YOUR handwriting - Create hand-written Tweets - Post hand-written notes direct to Evernote, Twitter and Dropbox ■ SIMPLE AND EASY TO USE… - Choose a pen size and color and write a word on the screen - Use Cut and Paste to reorganize document. ■ SIMPLE FEATURES… - 3 pen size - 4 pen color palette allowing unlimited customization. - Easy eraser - Undoable pen strokes - Undoable editing - Cut & paste - Fast and simple inserting of photos - Fast and fun inserting of emojis - Customizable button locations - Customizable background colors - Customizable Fonts - Choose left-to-right/right-to-left directions setting for each document depending on your language preference - Organize by folders. ■ FEATURES IN DETAIL… - Universal binary… works on both iPad and iPhone. - Built-in emoji keyboard. - Keyboard for inserting typed text. - Quick number and special character popup keys above keyboard. You can quickly insert special characters. - Special character popup keys is customizable. - Customizable font… more than 40 font families, or install your favorite font via iTunes. - Compatible with left-to-right and right-to-left writing direction. - Insert handwritten note - Handwriting pad contains palm-rest in iPad version which prevents unwanted smudging. … suitable for both left-handed and right-handed. - Tap enter to insert handwritten word into document, or enable automatic inserting. - Handwriting pad is customizable for your preferred writing size. - Insert checkbox - Insert "Quote" … you can quickly copy frequently used sentences such as email template. - Insert alarm - Insert voice note (mp3, both in a note and as a separate file) - Insert time stamp … in customizable format - Insert photo (both in a note and as a separate file) - Insert Sketch Pad (both in a note and as a separate file) - Landscape and portrait compatible both on iPad and iPhone version. - Create standard note with styled text, plain-text, Sketch Pad, voice note, and photo. - Export note to printer, other apps including "Photos" app, Evernote, Twitter, Google docs, Google Picasa web, Dropbox. - Pre-set email recipients. - Synchronization with Dropbox … sync in both directions. - Import files from Dropbox. - Voice recorder can record MP3. - Built in photo browser for jpeg and png files. - Built in movie browser for videos. - Search by contents and filename. - Selectable from thumbnail style browser and list style browser. - Rocket start for note… customizable so the app creates new blank note when opened. ** Sketch Pad features ** - Unlimited canvas size - Trackpad for easy scrolling - Detach and position tool-bar where you want - Customizable grid lines - Customizable background color - Smooth line with rounded ends - Organizing document folders - Export to Twitter, Evernote, Google docs, Picasa, Dropbox, printer, other apps, email, photo library and Mac. - Flag a sketch or note - Assign Alarm to a sketch or note - Palm Rest (ideal for stylus users)... Fully adjustable for either right-handed or left-handed users (iPad only) - Two finger scrolling in writing mode - Zooming in/out by double tapping in browse mode - Zooming by pinching gesture can also be selectable -------- iPad 3rd generation with Retina Display requires free upgrade to iOS 6 to use this app. With Love by Tony on the Moon http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tonyonthemoon/Poem-index.html
TIME REC.
Easily log any activity with timestamps for better personal record-keeping. Track everything from meals and exercise to study sessions and shopping trips. This app helps you manage your time effectively by providing a simple way to record your daily events.
- Log any activity with timestamps
- Versatile for various record-keeping needs
- Simple and intuitive interface
- Track meals, exercise, study, and more
- Effective time management tool
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- What would you like to log the time for? - You can log anything related to time! EXAMPLES AS A TIME LOGGER: • Breakfast log • Jogging log • Lunch log • Study log • Shopping log • Yoga log • Dinner log • And more...! Perfect for all your record-keeping needs! TERMS OF USE: https://note.com/timerec/n/n4c30f980829c PRIVACY POLICY: https://note.com/timerec/n/n3a282937e3b7
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TIME REC. at Free against FastFinga 3's $9.99. TIME REC. also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (75% vs 61%). FastFinga 3's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 3.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). On ratings volume 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
TIME REC. is free to download; FastFinga 3 costs $9.99 up front. TIME REC. sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. FastFinga 3 asks for nothing beyond the download.
FastFinga 3 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of FastFinga 3's written reviews are positive against 75% of TIME REC.'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
FastFinga 3 ships an update every 6 weeks, TIME REC. every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FastFinga 3 | TIME REC. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) — better | 3.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.6% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Catalystwo | Yoshinori Tsuchiya |
Customer experience
FastFinga 3
TIME REC.
In-app purchases
FastFinga 3
No in-app purchases
TIME REC.
- 1 Week Plan$0.997 Days
- 1 Month Plan$1.991 Month
- 2 Months Plan$2.992 Months
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- 3 Months Plan$3.993 Months
- 6 Months Plan$6.996 Months
- Annual Plan$12.991 Year
- Lifetime Plan$17.99









