Comparison

生日本 vs BlockyTime Lite

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

Head to head
About

生日本

This app helps you remember important dates like birthdays for family and friends. It offers various sorting options, including by zodiac sign, Chinese zodiac, days lived, and countdowns. It also supports Lunar calendar dates and provides timely reminders.

Highlights
  • Birthday contact management
  • Advanced sorting (zodiac, countdown)
  • Lunar calendar support
  • Birthday countdowns
  • Today in history feature
  • Notification center widget
  • Import from contacts
Features
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~ App Store 中国免费排行榜 Top 3 ~ 『生日本·Days Matter』 是一个专门帮助你记住家人和朋友生日的小工具,可以帮助你非常方便的按照星座、生肖、出生了多少天、生日倒数来给联系人进行排序,支持农历和通知提醒。 主要功能: 1.生日通讯录:超强排序功能,星座、生肖、月份、出生日、倒数日 2.我的生日页:我出生已经多少年、月、日 3.支持 iOS 8 通知中心挂件 4.历史今天:有谁和你同一天出生? 5.生日提醒:不要忘了买蛋糕和礼物哦 6.快捷添加:关联本地通讯录以及联系人生日批量导入 7.完整支持农历

About

BlockyTime Lite

Effortlessly log your time without manual start/stop. Categorize events, add comments, and visualize your time usage with insightful charts. Set goals and back up your data to improve productivity.

Highlights
  • Rapid time tracking by blocks
  • Custom event classification
  • Event and object linking
  • Detailed event comments
  • Pie and bar chart statistics
  • Line chart trend analysis
  • Goal setting
  • iCloud data backup
Features
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BlockyTime, A simple time logger no need to tap Start/Stop. ### App Store Featured of 2016 in China & HongKong ### ### Top 10 Productivity apps in China ### Everybody has his own demand on tracking time, but most people can't persist on it for long time because the traditional time-tracking App is way too professional, and it costs too much energy to use a stopwatch. BlockyTime is very different from traditional time-tracking App, it never needs to tap "Start/Stop". Months of research of users experience made us to work out a better tracking method which is more suitable for people's thinking. No worries to forget to start or stop stopwatch, just take a few seconds in leisure time, like playing game, select, tap, a whole day is tracked. When tracking time no longer has pressure but becomes relaxing, it solves the persistence problem easily. Even people don't has huge perseverance can be good at time management. [Features] • Super easy and rapid method to track time spending on every event • Custom classification of event Not only by event type (eg. work, rest), but also by specific details (eg. Game, music), also by priorities (such as four quadrants) • Unique link of event and object, analyze event from different angle • Comment, record details of event like writing a diary • Statistics, analyze time occupation by pie or bar chart • Trend, check and compare events time spending in line chart by day or month • Goal, such as reach 10000h in 5 years on drawing • Backup data to iCloud or computer, never lose it • Selected color themes, and colorblind mode is added [Suitable for] • Students Track time spending on subjects, analyze it and make a better study plan • Researchers Track time spending on research, analyze and make a more efficient research plan • Managers Who have many projects to do and needs to know time spending on every project • People with part-time jobs Track time on every work and analyze earnings • Salespeople Record time and frequency of contacting clients • New moms and dads Get to know baby's regular life and make a plan to rest • People haven't know the value of time Keep tracking time for a while, the statistics will shock you • People want to analyze time and make him better • People want to know what costs time • People are not satisfied with current situation, want to learn how to manage time and improve himself [Q & A] Q: Why named "BlockyTime"? A: Though time is continuous, for rapid tracking, we separate time into blocks by half an hour at the expense of accuracy. This period not only meets the need of statistics, but also is convenient for people to remember event. Q: Why make 30 minutes a block? This is not accurate. A: Statistics is meaningful only when people persist for a long time. Look at statistics in week or month, 30 minutes a blocks hardly make negative effects on analysis. Compared to spending more energy to make it accurate, track time quicker, take advantage of saved time on other things makes it better. Q: I have OCD, inaccuracy makes me uncomfortable. A: Just stand back and think about it, if you pursue the accuracy, after every time of record, should you add an event called "Tracking time"? Then it takes some time to track this one, so you have to record again, and then, endless loop… Never spend much time on tracking time, this is truly using time effectively. [Users' comments] “The most time-saving tool ever” “It makes me not to spend time on recording, reveals the essence of tracking. I must rate this truly efficient app” “One of my favourite time management/tracking apps!” “Very easy to use and intuitive” “Easiest time tracking tool I ever used” “Milestone app of time tracking” -- zhihu.com If you like this app, just take one minute to rate it, we'll appreciate it! [Contact me] Got some ideas in your mind? Let’s get in touch! Say hello to hi@anniapp.com

Screenshots

生日本4 screens
BlockyTime Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: BlockyTime Lite at 4.8 against 生日本's 4.1. BlockyTime Lite also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (89% vs 58%). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. 生日本 sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. BlockyTime Lite asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BlockyTime Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BlockyTime Lite has 374 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 58% of 生日本's written reviews are positive against 89% of BlockyTime Lite's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

生日本 ships an update every 7 months, BlockyTime Lite every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
生日本 versus BlockyTime Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter生日本BlockyTime Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (17 ratings)4.8 (374 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.9% of reviews88.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17374 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiDaily Corp.妮 安

Customer experience

生日本

All ratings17 ratings
Positive70.6%
Neutral23.5%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive57.9%
Neutral15.8%
Negative26.3%

BlockyTime Lite

All ratings374 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral2.9%
Negative1.6%
Written reviews169 reviews
Positive88.8%
Neutral6.5%
Negative4.7%

Bugs and requests

生日本

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

BlockyTime Lite

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Home screen icons cannot be removed after deletion
  • M1 Mac version fails to open
  • Reminder notifications cannot be disabled without clicking 'nope' repeatedly
  • App does not work beyond 2024 (year limitation)

Requested features

20 requests
  • 12-hour time format (AM/PM) option
  • iPad landscape orientation support
  • Cross-device iCloud synchronization
  • Home screen widget
  • Smaller time block options (5, 10, 15 minutes)
Show 15 more
  • Data export to Excel/CSV
  • Google Calendar integration
  • Apple Watch support
  • Customizable day reset time
  • Recurring/template time blocks for daily routines
  • Ability to disable reminder notifications by default
  • macOS and Windows desktop versions
  • Android version
  • Weekly view with all days visible
  • Multiple activities per time block
  • Custom icons or labels for activities
  • Statistics and trend analysis improvements
  • Drag-and-drop functionality for time blocks
  • Activity grouping/categorization
  • Landscape mode for iPad

In-app purchases

3 purchases

生日本

One-time3
  • 咖啡$2.99
  • 银币$5.99
  • 金币$14.99
None

BlockyTime Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 生日本 free?
生日本 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BlockyTime Lite free?
BlockyTime Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 生日本 or BlockyTime Lite?
BlockyTime Lite is rated higher. 生日本 averages 4.1 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while BlockyTime Lite averages 4.8 from 374 ratings.
Do 生日本 or BlockyTime Lite have ads?
Neither 生日本 nor BlockyTime Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 生日本 or BlockyTime Lite?
生日本 ships an update every 7 months, and BlockyTime Lite every 4 weeks. Most recently, 生日本 was updated on November 6, 2026 and BlockyTime Lite on November 6, 2026.

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