Comparison

Timity vs Start

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

Head to head
About

Timity

Calculate the time elapsed between past or future events and the current moment. You can also find the duration between two specific dates or add/subtract time intervals from any given date. It also provides sunrise and sunset times for your location.

Highlights
  • Calculate elapsed time to current time
  • Calculate time between two events
  • Add/subtract time intervals
  • Determine sunrise and sunset
Features
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Every moment, counted. Timity keeps the dates that matter in sight — birthdays, trips, exams, anniversaries — and counts the days to each, or since it happened. By the day, or live to the second. COUNTDOWNS AND COUNT-UPS • Count down to a date ahead, or up from one behind you — like the day you quit smoking • Repeats from daily to yearly, even in the Chinese, Hebrew and Islamic calendars • Make each one yours with a color and symbol, a photo, notes, a checklist, a progress bar, reminders and lists • Pin the ones that matter most • Every detail of the date: its weekday and week, and for birthdays and anniversaries the exact time since the very first one, from years down to seconds QUICK TO FILL • Just type “Mum’s birthday on 3 March” and Timity fills in the rest • Import birthdays and anniversaries from Contacts, events from Calendar, and public holidays for many countries • Ready-made events: New Year’s Eve, payday, the weekend, summer, the next public holiday A CALCULATOR FOR EVERY QUESTION ABOUT TIME Time Between, Find a Date, Workdays, Bridge Days, Week Number, Calendar Converter, Add Up Times, Work Hours, Time Zones, Flight Arrival, Bedtime, Exact Age, Milestones and Life in Weeks — each answers one question, as you type. SUN AND MOON Sunrise, sunset, golden and blue hour and twilight, plus today’s moon phase, moonrise and moonset and the year’s full moons — for where you are or any city in the world, each in its own time zone. EVERYWHERE • Widgets for the Home Screen, the Lock Screen and the Mac desktop • Live Activities on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • An Apple Watch app with complications • A native Mac app with your next countdowns in the menu bar, keyboard shortcuts and events in windows of their own • Siri, Shortcuts, Control Center and Spotlight • iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch • On iPad and Mac: a sidebar for everything, with your list and countdown side by side PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your events live on your devices and in your private iCloud — nobody else can read them, including us. FREE Every feature is free. If you love Timity, you can support its development with a tip or a subscription and pick an alternative app icon as a thank-you. Privacy Policy: https://timity.linkandreas.de/privacy/en/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Start

Easily track elapsed and remaining time for daily tasks. Register time entries with start and end reservations, receive notifications, and categorize activities. Visualize ongoing tracks and search past records to improve life quality.

Highlights
  • Time tracking registration
  • Ongoing track visualization
  • End reservation and push notifications
  • Category classification
  • Search past records
Features
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Have you ever thought, "How much time has passed?" in your daily life? 'Start-End' is an app developed to provide a little help in such questions. When time tracking is needed, you can easily register and visualize elapsed time and remaining time with just a few settings. Through repeated records, pattern recognition is possible, contributing to improving the quality of life. [ Key Features ] 1. Time Tracking Registration - Easily register with just a few settings such as name (required), start and end reservation time, and notification preference. 2. Ongoing List - Easily visualize all ongoing tracks in a list format. 3. End Reservation & Push Notifications - Specify the end reservation time to check the remaining time and receive notifications at the end time. 4. Category Classification - Provides 10 categories for easy classification according to your preferences. (Name changes can be made through settings) 5. Search - Provides a search function to easily find past records. [ App Permissions ] * Required Permissions - None * Optional Permissions - App Tracking: User data is used for providing personalized advertisements. - Notifications (Push): Receive notifications when registered items end. [ Contact/Feedback ] * Email Inquiry: lawtinapps@gmail.com [ License ] * Image : https://lawtinapps.blogspot.com/2024/01/start-end-image-license.html

Screenshots

Timity4 screens
Start4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Start at none against Timity's 5. Start also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (67% vs 57%). Timity's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (26 vs 1). On price 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

Both are free to download. Timity sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Start asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Start holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timity has 26 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Timity's written reviews are positive against 67% of Start's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timity ships an update every 3 months, Start every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Timity versus Start: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimityStart
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (26 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS27.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndreas LinkBeomSeok Chae

Customer experience

Timity

All ratings25 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative4.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral14.3%
Negative28.6%

Start

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Timity

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Support$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Support$12.991 Year
One-time3
  • Small Support$2.99
  • Support$4.99
  • Generous Support$8.99
None

Start

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timity free?
Timity is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Start free?
Start is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Timity or Start?
Start is rated higher. Timity averages 4.7 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while Start averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Timity or Start have ads?
Start shows ads; Timity does not.
Which is updated more often, Timity or Start?
Timity ships an update every 3 months, and Start every 6 months. Most recently, Timity was updated on November 13, 2026 and Start on November 4, 2026.

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