Comparison

Time U Control vs The Y Principle

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

Head to head
About

Time U Control

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Time U Control is the most simple, easy-to-use tool for controlling which tasks you spend your time working on. Do you want to know how much of your day you devote to each project or task? Do you want to charge the exact value of your time to each client or project? Are you having trouble concentrating on a task and want to know how much productive time you spend on it? Time U Control is the application for you: •Be more productive from day to day: simply by knowing what you have spent your time on in the past, you can analyze the information and optimize your time management in the future. •Simple is better: The best part of "Time U Control" is that it's simple, easy to use and easy to learn. Forget about those complicated applications where you get lost in a multitude of options. "Time U Control" does only what you need it to do, but it does it efficiently. •Speed: You can add a new task or edit an existing task with just two taps. Controlling your daily activities won't take more than a few seconds of your valuable time. •Simplicity: Keep a record of today's activity in sight at all times to review it and edit it. •Security: Make backup copies in iCloud so you don't lose your data. Excellent application for: lawyers, translators, freelancers, independent contractors, consultants, IT specialists, programmers, students,... Available languages: English and Spanish FEATURES: PROJECTS AND TASKS: •Create, edit and rename your projects and tasks the easy way. •Add a new activity with a couple of taps. •Change from one date to another with a simple screen swipe or select a specific day on the calendar. REPORTS: •Immediately get daily, weekly, monthly or yearly summary reports. •Sort your reports by project or by task. •Send the results from your reports by email to your spreadsheet in csv format. •Send your activity data just the way you entered it in csv format to perform whatever kind of analysis you want in your spreadsheet. •iCloud: Make an automatic or manual backup copy of your data in iCloud to transfer it to another device or just in case you need to reinstall your current one. •Help: Initial help is available on each screen, which will teach you in a few seconds everything you need to know to use the application efficiently from the very start. •Alarms: Activate periodic alarms so you don't forget to change activities. •Formats: Different date formats are supported (DD-MM-YYYY or MM-DD-YYYY), and you can choose which day is the first day of the week and the decimal mark that is used in your country (point or comma).

About

The Y Principle

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Prioritize your tasks and goals, take ownership and get results! To-do lists are fundamentally broken. By breaking down everything into tiny details you get easily lost and lose the ability to prioritize. You are busy all the time - but not getting anywhere or at least very inefficient. The Y Principle helps you to get your focus back on the things that matter. Based on Theory X / Y by Douglas McGregor and OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) by Andy Grove, the Y Principle App helps you prioritize the objectives you want to achieve and define the key results you need. The Y Principle App gives you a leverage list of things that make a huge impact. And it helps you sort out the things that eat up time but do not bring you anywhere.

Screenshots

Time U Control4 screens
The Y Principle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Time U Control at none against The Y Principle's 5. Time U Control also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14). The Y Principle's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. The Y Principle sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Time U Control asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time U Control ships an update every 5 months, The Y Principle every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Time U Control versus The Y Principle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime U ControlThe Y Principle
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better14
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdryco Estudio SLtaskfabric ltd

In-app purchases

None

Time U Control

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

The Y Principle

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Pro Quarterly$15.993 Months
  • Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time2
  • "Ask AI" Token Base Pack$2.99
  • "Ask AI" Token Big Pack$7.99

Questions

Is Time U Control free?
Time U Control is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Y Principle free?
The Y Principle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Time U Control or The Y Principle have ads?
Neither Time U Control nor The Y Principle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time U Control or The Y Principle?
Time U Control ships an update every 5 months, and The Y Principle every 3 weeks. Most recently, Time U Control was updated on October 3, 2026 and The Y Principle on October 4, 2026.

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