Comparison

Now Then Time Tracking Pro vs Timelogger Plus

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

Head to head
About

Now Then Time Tracking Pro

This app helps you understand where your time is spent by tracking your tasks. It provides visual charts to identify time-wasting activities, allowing you to improve productivity and simplify timesheet completion.

Highlights
  • Rapid time tracking
  • Hierarchical task lists
  • Visual charts for time analysis
  • Task and date filtering
  • Recording reminders
  • Data sharing via CSV and images
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Are you spending lots of your time on low value tasks? You might find your time doesn't get spent where you think it does. First, measure where your time goes, then reduce, or eliminate your biggest time wasting tasks. Use the knowledge acquired to improve your habits, and then see this feed through in terms of actual results. Recording this information also makes completing work time sheets a breeze, and over time lets you see what can be done to improve your productivity. RAPID, EASY TIME TRACKING • Simple and focused time keeper. Focused on tracking time, and nothing else. • We do not complicate the interface by trying to do too many things in one place. • Record the hours worked on your important tasks, clocking in and out with ease. • Accurately track how your time is spent. • Quickly change the current task you're recording. • Use a task list that suits you. We do not prescribe the structure of your task list. • The task list is hierarchical and can be as flat and simple, or as deep and complex as you wish. • Stays out of your way. You are in and out quickly, with the minimum number of taps. • Use of the keyboard is kept to a minimum. IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY • Use the crisp, colourful charts to quickly identify misused time. • Use the knowledge gained to make the changes required to boost your productivity. • Find out where your time actually goes, rather than scheduling what you expect to do. FEATURES • Now View - A simple, rapid task selector for recording what you are doing now. - Simply tap to start and stop tasks, or tap on another to switch to it immediately. - Edit the task list as you go using Now. - Order tasks how you want. - Move entire branches from one part of the list to another by changing the parent task. • Then View - What you were doing, and when. - View by day, week or month. - A visual log of how your time was spent. - Edit recorded events. - Or add forgotten events afterwards. • Chart View - See the proportion of time spent on each task, or group of tasks. - View bar charts and pie charts by day, week, month, or year. • Filter both Then and Chart by task, date, or by time. • Remind Me - It can be tricky remembering to record what you're doing, especially when you're busy. - Use Remind Me to be notified on a regular interval that a task is still recording. - You can also be reminded when you’re not recording anything. • Share Images - Share via Mail, Messages, and social services such as Facebook or Twitter. - Save to Photos, copy and paste into another app, or print directly. • Share Data - Use Open in… to open images and data in other apps. - Open in apps like Dropbox for cloud storage, or open a data file directly in Excel. - Open in… works with any apps that open CSV files, or PNG images. • iCloud Sync - Keeps your data in sync across all your iOS devices. • Backup and Restore - Make your own backups and store them externally. - This is in addition to the backups you get by using iCloud sync. • Designed for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. USES • Low-value task identification • Project Time Tracker • Timesheet Assistant • Study Tracker • Work Log Book • Activity Timer Get Now Then Pro today and find out where your time really goes. To try it out first for free, tap on Related above and get basic version.

About

Timelogger Plus

This app helps you actively manage and monitor your time across multiple Apple devices. It offers features like stopwatches, goal setting, and detailed reporting, making it ideal for freelancers, managing daily routines, or personal projects.

Highlights
  • Record time with stopwatches
  • Set daily, weekly, or monthly goals
  • Synchronize across devices via iCloud
  • Generate PDF and CSV reports
  • Manual time input
  • Multiple active stopwatches
  • Home and Lock Screen Widgets
Features
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Track your time, build routines, and keep client work organized with Timelogger Plus. Use stopwatches, time reports, and daily, weekly, or monthly goals on iPhone, iPhone Duo, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. See how much time you spend on freelance projects, study, household tasks, hobbies, or personal goals. Record a session as you work, add time you forgot to track, and review your progress in one place. TIME TRACKING THAT FITS YOUR DAY • Start and stop a task's stopwatch with a tap. • Run multiple stopwatches when you need to track different activities. • Add or edit time entries, including their start and end times. • Add notes to record what you worked on. • Set reminders for running stopwatches. ORGANIZE TASKS AND SET GOALS • Group tasks into folders for clients, projects, or routines. • Use tags to organize tasks, time entries, and notes. • Choose colors to make tasks and folders easier to recognize. • Set daily, weekly, or monthly time goals for a task, folder, or tag. • Follow goal progress and review past days, weeks, and months. • Archive completed work while keeping its history. UNDERSTAND YOUR TIME AND BILLABLE WORK • Review tracked time, activity, and trends in the dashboard. • Filter your reports by task, folder, or tag. • Set hourly rates for tasks and folders to calculate billable amounts. • Add billable notes for work that does not use a stopwatch. • Generate PDF reports for a chosen date range. • Export entries to CSV for use in spreadsheets and other tools. • Import CSV data and create manual backups. MADE FOR YOUR APPLE DEVICES Enjoy a refreshed design with Liquid Glass and layouts that fit the screen you use. On iPhone Duo, move between a compact view and a spacious layout with task lists and details side by side when you unfold the display. On iPad, use the sidebar, resizable windows, and multitasking to keep your work in view. On Mac, start and stop timers from the menu bar without opening the main window. Add desktop widgets for quick access to tasks and running stopwatches. On Apple Watch, start and stop timers for selected tasks from your wrist. Use watch face complications and Smart Stack widgets to check running timers. The Watch app syncs with your paired iPhone. Use Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and automate actions with Shortcuts. On iPhone, follow running timers on the Lock Screen and in Dynamic Island with Live Activities. Sync your iPhone, iPad, and Mac through iCloud, and choose a light or dark appearance. Some features require Premium, available through in-app purchase. Questions or suggestions? Contact timeloggerapp@gmail.com. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Now Then Time Tracking Pro4 screens
Timelogger Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Timelogger Plus at Free against Now Then Time Tracking Pro's $2.99. Timelogger Plus also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Now Then Time Tracking Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (91% vs 76%). On rating, 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

Timelogger Plus is free to download; Now Then Time Tracking Pro costs $2.99 up front. Timelogger Plus sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Now Then Time Tracking Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Now Then Time Tracking Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 302 and 76 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 91% of Now Then Time Tracking Pro's written reviews are positive against 76% of Timelogger Plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Now Then Time Tracking Pro ships an update every 3 months, Timelogger Plus every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Now Then Time Tracking Pro versus Timelogger Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNow Then Time Tracking ProTimelogger Plus
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (302 ratings) — better4.6 (76 ratings)
Positive reviews91.2% of reviews — better76.5% of reviews
Number of ratings302 — better76
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAngry Aztec LtdFilipe Martins

Customer experience

Now Then Time Tracking Pro

All ratings302 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative3.0%
Written reviews251 reviews
Positive91.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative6.0%

Timelogger Plus

All ratings76 ratings
Positive92.1%
Neutral1.3%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive76.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative19.6%

User reviews

Now Then Time Tracking Pro

From 302 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Easy to use
  • 👍 Intuitive interface
  • 🔍 Detailed time tracking
  • 📊 Helpful data visualization
  • 💻 Seamless cross-device sync

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional freezing or crashing issues
  • 🔄 Difficulty moving or merging tasks
  • 🕰️ Lack of Apple Watch integration
  • 🔍 Limited search functionality

Timelogger Plus

From 76 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Exactly what I needed
  • 🏆 GOAT of time tracking apps
  • 📈 Detailed reporting capabilities
  • 🎯 Great for habit tracking goals
  • 📱 Seamless cross-device sync

Room to improve

  • 💸 Overpriced monthly service (perceived)
  • 📉 Busy and crowded circular chart
  • 📱 Single Timer not working on iPad
  • 🐛 Old task continuing after new task
  • 🐛 Mac app font size hard to see

Bugs and requests

Now Then Time Tracking Pro

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • iCloud sync not working for some users
  • App freezing when switching between chart views

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add Apple Watch app
  • Improve iCloud sync reliability
  • Implement a search function
  • Allow simultaneous task tracking
  • Add more customization options (e.g., themes, custom colors)

Timelogger Plus

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Single Timer does not work on iPad
  • Old task will continue after clicking a new task
  • iCloud sync broken
  • Apple Watch doesn’t work
  • Syncing between Mac, iPhone and iPad is iffy
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  • List of apps does not sync in their proper order on the Home page
  • Home Screen flickers in and out
  • Confusing Interface (Plus version)
  • Widgets not available as advertised
  • Single Timer feature gone
  • iCloud sync is buggy
  • Apple Watch app keeps running after session ends
  • iCloud integrity check crashes app and deletes tasks
  • Timer still running in widget after stopped in-app
  • Task on iPad keeps running after stopping on phone
  • Refusing to stop a task for whatever reason
  • Mac app font size hard to see
  • Task name overlaps time info on the right side

Requested features

25 requests
  • Bar chart instead of circular chart in Time Distribution
  • Toggle switch for time and percent in task total time chart
  • Larger start timer button
  • Add Limits for tasks to goals
  • Manual sort of tasks
Show 20 more
  • Sort tasks by spend time in reports (not alphabet)
  • Show each activity with time and percent in reports
  • Ability to set recurring reminders when a timer is running
  • Notifications to start timers
  • Add an email address for feature requests
  • Automatically discard tasks running for very short time
  • Ability to link a 'goal' to a combo of tasks from different folders
  • Widget for the main screen
  • Planning (to-do lists) implemented
  • White theme option
  • Task name overlap issue fixed
  • Other sync options like NextCloud
  • Menu in Finder top navigation
  • Stop all timers Siri shortcut
  • One at a time timer option
  • Lock the app function
  • Aggregate color-based charts by groups or use text labels
  • See timeline and daily distribution of entries by group
  • Share text from reminder/meeting to automatically create an entry with text in notes
  • Ability to lock minutes to 15 min increments, or 6 or 10 for manual entries

In-app purchases

None

Now Then Time Tracking Pro

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Timelogger Plus

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$24.99

Questions

Is Now Then Time Tracking Pro free?
Now Then Time Tracking Pro costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Timelogger Plus free?
Timelogger Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Now Then Time Tracking Pro or Timelogger Plus?
Now Then Time Tracking Pro is rated higher. Now Then Time Tracking Pro averages 4.8 out of 5 from 302 ratings, while Timelogger Plus averages 4.6 from 76 ratings.
Do Now Then Time Tracking Pro or Timelogger Plus have ads?
Neither Now Then Time Tracking Pro nor Timelogger Plus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Now Then Time Tracking Pro or Timelogger Plus?
Now Then Time Tracking Pro ships an update every 3 months, and Timelogger Plus every 2 weeks. Most recently, Now Then Time Tracking Pro was updated on October 20, 2026 and Timelogger Plus on October 16, 2026.

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