Comparison

aTimeLogger Time Tracker vs Penned

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

Head to head
About

aTimeLogger Time Tracker

Effortlessly monitor your daily activities with a single touch. Gain insights into your time management through detailed daily, weekly, and monthly statistics presented in clear diagrams and graphs. This app helps you control and manage your time effectively across various aspects of your life.

Highlights
  • Single-tap start/stop
  • Intuitive interface
  • iOS widget
  • Customizable activities with icons
  • Pause and resume
  • Detailed statistics and reports
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Track your time with single touch in aTimeLogger 2! Spending only a few minutes a day on this app you will get daily, weekly and monthly statistics in the form of diagrams and graphs. Using this data you'll be able to control and manage your time. aTimeLogger is the right solution for: • Track tasks and projects at Work • Track Studies and Homework • Track Sport exercises • Track Sleeping • Track Baby or Child daily activities • Or any activities people want to track and control Some of the key features include: • Start and Stop is done with just one tap • Easy and intuitive interface • iOS widget for quick start/stop activities • Customisation of activities with a set of unique icons to choose from. You can also upload your own icon • Pause and resume activities • Simultaneous activities (enable them in Settings) • Many statistics available in form of graphs and pie charts • Reports in different formats (CSV and HTML) • Goals • Groups • Backup and restore • Apple Watch integration • Siri Shortcuts • Account registration for automatic sync between multiple devices • the best support :-)

About

Penned

A minimalist handwriting app designed for privacy, keeping all your notes securely on your device. It features natural writing with Apple Pencil, on-device AI text recognition, and smart tagging for easy searching. Export your notes as PDFs in a clean, distraction-free interface.

Highlights
  • Natural Apple Pencil writing
  • On-device AI text recognition
  • 100% private, no cloud
  • Export beautiful PDFs
  • Smart tagging and search
  • Distraction-free interface
Features
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Your thoughts deserve privacy. Penned Notes is a minimalist handwriting app that keeps everything on your device. - Natural Apple Pencil writing - AI text recognition (on-device) - 100% private - zero cloud required - Export beautiful PDFs - Smart tagging & search - Clean, distraction-free interface Unlike other note apps, Penned Notes uses Apple's Neural Engine to recognize your handwriting locally and nothing leaves your device. No accounts, no tracking, no subscriptions to complex features you don't need. Perfect for: - Daily journaling - Class notes & studying - Meeting notes - Sketches & brainstorming - Sensitive work documents Privacy-first architecture means your notes stay truly yours. Download Penned Notes.  Where your thoughts are penned, not surveilled.

Screenshots

aTimeLogger Time Tracker4 screens
Penned4 screens

Verdict

The call

aTimeLogger Time Tracker and Penned both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of aTimeLogger Time Tracker's written reviews are positive against 50% of Penned's. aTimeLogger Time Tracker also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 87). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

aTimeLogger Time Tracker costs $4.99 and Penned $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for aTimeLogger Time Tracker against 4.6 for Penned. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: aTimeLogger Time Tracker has 1.1K ratings behind it against 87, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of aTimeLogger Time Tracker's written reviews are positive against 50% of Penned's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

aTimeLogger Time Tracker ships an update monthly, Penned every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
aTimeLogger Time Tracker versus Penned: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteraTimeLogger Time TrackerPenned
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better4.6 (87 ratings)
Positive reviews88.3% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1.1K — better87
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.3 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBGCIEdwing H Santos Mena

Customer experience

aTimeLogger Time Tracker

All ratings1,142 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral3.2%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews699 reviews
Positive88.3%
Neutral5.2%
Negative6.6%

Penned

All ratings87 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral3.4%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral21.4%
Negative28.6%

Bugs and requests

aTimeLogger Time Tracker

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Automatic time zone adjustments causing issues
  • Widget not updating correctly
  • Inability to edit past entries
  • Sync problems between iPhone and Apple Watch

Requested features

5 requests
  • Recurring activity scheduling
  • Mileage tracking integration
  • Deeper statistical analysis and reporting
  • Siri/Shortcuts integration
  • Apple Watch complication support

Penned

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

aTimeLogger Time Tracker

No in-app purchases

None

Penned

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is aTimeLogger Time Tracker free?
aTimeLogger Time Tracker costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Penned free?
Penned costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, aTimeLogger Time Tracker or Penned?
aTimeLogger Time Tracker is rated higher. aTimeLogger Time Tracker averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while Penned averages 4.6 from 87 ratings.
Do aTimeLogger Time Tracker or Penned have ads?
Neither aTimeLogger Time Tracker nor Penned shows ads.
Which is updated more often, aTimeLogger Time Tracker or Penned?
aTimeLogger Time Tracker ships an update monthly, and Penned every 2 months. Most recently, aTimeLogger Time Tracker was updated on October 17, 2026 and Penned on October 10, 2026.

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