Comparison

Perspectiva vs Timeview

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

Head to head
About

Perspectiva

This app offers advanced calendar visualization with extensive graphic customization, event mapping, and time usage charting. It supports multiple calendar services and provides various export options for both data and graphics.

Highlights
  • Graphic customization of calendar and chart views
  • Event mapping with location integration
  • Time usage charts and event logging
  • Support for macOS Calendar, iCloud, and CalDAV
  • Multiple calendar views (List, Day, Week, Month, Year, Charts)
  • Exportable graphics in PDF format
  • CSV/TSV export of event logs
Features
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Perspectiva is a calendar app providing extensive graphic customization, event mapping, time usage charts, keyword filtering, time calculations, event log and graphics exporting. Perspectiva displays macOS Calendar, iCloud and CalDAV events on iPad, iPhone, iPod touch. Perspectiva features several views including List, Day, Week, Month, Year, Pie Chart and Bar Chart. The tool bar provides Display, Calculations, Actions, Filter, Add Event and Help views. The event activities popover includes Mail, Message, Bluesky, Facebook, Copy, Edit, View and Location. Views and Navigation • List, Day, Week, Month, Year, Pie Chart and Bar Chart • Use swipe and tap gestures to navigate to different time views • Navigation is animated to illustrate changing context • All views are printable via AirPrint to AirPrint compatible printers • All views are exportable in graphic PDF format via e-mail • To hide or show the toolbar at the top with a two-finger tap or tap on the triangle in the upper right corner Map Integration (Event Mapping Level 1 In-App Purchase required) • Map view helps display and select event locations on the map • Perspectiva supports both street address and coordinate location formats • Coordinate locations can be selected while offline with available cached map data • Add Event and Set Location options include With Contact, At Current Address, and At Current Coordinate • Display pins for multiple events on map • Enter a contact name in event Location field and Perspectiva will look up the street address for map lookups if available Graphic Customization of Views • Perspectiva supports Dark Mode in iOS 13 or later, and in-app 'dark mode' in earlier versions of iOS • Use pinch touch gestures to instantly change the size of the text • Customize graphic elements for beautiful calendar and chart views and export • Customize text font, size, color and opacity for event text, titles, and day numbers • Customize layout of Day and Week views with Time Blocks or Text Listing view modes • Customize background color, background image and opacity • For new background images, choose from built-in images, use photos from your Photo Library, or take a picture with camera • Print or export PDF format Calendar Support • Perspectiva is compatible with macOS Calendar events, Google, Yahoo and other CalDAV calendars • Create new calendars and edit calendar titles and colors • Use the Filter to customize which calendars are visible • Search calendars for text, and export the results if desired • User setting for First Weekday: Sunday or Monday • The Now indicator shows the current time location in the Day and Week views • Add Event activities include At Current Time, At Next Hour, With Contact, At Current Address, At Current Coordinate. Export • Copy filtered event log text, with or without calculations, to the clipboard for use in other apps • E-mail filtered event logs as CSV (Comma-Separated Values) or TSV (Tab-Separated Values) files • Export view graphics as PDF format files via e-mail • Use Copy Text, E-mail, Message, Bluesky and Facebook to share single events Essential Additional Features • Customize the tab bar at the bottom on the iPhone or iPod touch to use your favorite views • Perspectiva Help displays several chapters of information for all of Perspectiva's elements

About

Timeview

Analyze your calendar events to understand how you spend your time. Create custom statistics and visual cards to track work, private events, and more. Offers a free version with limited cards and a one-time purchase for unlimited access.

Highlights
  • Customizable event statistics
  • Visual statistic cards
  • Rule-based data filtering
  • Elegant, one-handed UI
  • Dark mode support
  • Universal iOS app
  • Interactive home screen widget
Features
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Gain insights about your calendar. Look back at your past weeks or plan ahead. With its perfectly adaptable interface Timeview is your iOS calendar companion. - Statistics Make statistics for things like "all my calendar events from work containing the word 'meeting'" or "all my private events with an alarm set". With Timeview the possibilities are almost endless. - Cards Every statistic about your calendar is a card. You can add as many as you wish and customise them to your needs. - Rules A card takes its data from one or multiple calendars and can apply a set of rules (defined by you). Thanks to this system you can track almost everything you can imagine. - Elegant The user interface was built with our big devices in mind. All important buttons are placed on the bottom and can be reached with one hand. Also: buttons finally look like buttons again. - Dark mode and context menus - Universal One app for your iPhone and your iPad. While on smaller devices the cards are presented in a list, on your iPad you'll be greeted with a beautiful grid. - Free to try Timeview is free forever with up to two cards. With a one time purchase you can add as many cards as you want and also unlock some alternative icons. No subscription or hidden fees. - Useful interactive widget to have your calendar statistics and insights directly on your home screen It's useful for planning your time ahead, looking back how you spent your time, having an overview over your work times, events, everything is imaginable as long as it's in your calendar!

Screenshots

Perspectiva4 screens
Timeview3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Timeview at Free against Perspectiva's $9.99. Timeview also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (67% vs 50%). Perspectiva's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases 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

Timeview is free to download; Perspectiva costs $9.99 up front. Perspectiva sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Timeview sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timeview holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timeview has 32 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Perspectiva's written reviews are positive against 67% of Timeview's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Perspectiva ships an update every 4 weeks, Timeview fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Perspectiva versus Timeview: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPerspectivaTimeview
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.8 (32 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings432 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB5 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperImajaSandro Pennisi

Customer experience

Perspectiva

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Timeview

All ratings32 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral20.8%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Perspectiva

One-time1
  • Event Mapping$2.99
1 purchases

Timeview

One-time1
  • Pro Version$3.69

Questions

Is Perspectiva free?
Perspectiva costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Timeview free?
Timeview is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Perspectiva or Timeview?
Timeview is rated higher. Perspectiva averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Timeview averages 4.8 from 32 ratings.
Do Perspectiva or Timeview have ads?
Neither Perspectiva nor Timeview shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Perspectiva or Timeview?
Perspectiva ships an update every 4 weeks, and Timeview fortnightly. Most recently, Perspectiva was updated on November 1, 2026 and Timeview on November 2, 2026.

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