Comparison

Timebox Pacer vs Arikh

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

Head to head
About

Timebox Pacer

This app helps you stay on track with your goals by guiding your work and break times. It calculates the average pace needed to finish your tasks and helps you manage your time distance from that pace.

Highlights
  • Flexible timeboxing
  • Goal progress tracking
  • Work and break time management
  • Pace guidance
  • Time distance visualization
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Add a bit of flexibility to your timeboxing using Timebox Pacer and let it help you finish your intended activities on time and hassle-free. Decided to make some progress on: - the exam you want to pass? - the book you want to read? - the book you want to write? - the app you want to code? - the song you want to write? - the educational course you want to listen to? - some other goal? Just define upfront: - how long you want to work on your goal now, - how much total time you want for breaks along the way. Timebox Pacer will guide you towards the finish by showing your time distance from the average pace required to finish on time. Manage that distance to keep your work and break times in your desired balance. Happy timeboxing!

About

Arikh

A fast and simple native text editor for iPad and iPhone. It offers robust code editing with syntax highlighting for numerous languages, and prose writing features like Markdown preview and export options. Designed for professional use with a focus on privacy and a one-time purchase model.

Highlights
  • Syntax highlighting for 20+ languages
  • Markdown preview and export
  • Auto-save and tab management
  • Find and replace with regex
  • Split View and Slide Over support
  • One-time purchase for iPad and Mac
Features
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Arikh is a native text editor for iPad and iPhone. Fast, direct, and refreshingly simple: open a file, edit it, save it. EDIT ANYTHING Open files from the Files app, iCloud Drive, external drives, or any storage provider Twenty languages with syntax highlighting, plus plain text, CSV, and Markdown Tabs with drag-and-drop reordering Your open tabs come back exactly as you left them, unsaved work included New documents open instantly; choose where to save on the first save Auto-save keeps your files current as you type WRITE CODE Live syntax highlighting for Swift, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, JSON, XML, YAML, SQL, Go, Rust, Kotlin, Dart, PHP, Ruby, shell scripts, and more Seven highlighting themes Line numbers and Go to Line Format Document: Swift formatted with Apple's swift-format, JSON and XML re-indented, whitespace tidied everywhere else Find and replace with case-sensitive, whole-word, and regular-expression matching, including capture groups External keyboard shortcuts throughout WRITE PROSE Markdown preview that renders headings, lists, tables, task lists, code blocks, and images Export to Rich Text, HTML, and CSV, or share anywhere with the iOS share sheet Five text colors chosen to be easy on the eyes against the dark interface, and adjustable font size DESIGNED FOR iPAD Native performance with instant launch Split View and Slide Over Status bar with live word, line, and character counts and cursor position Document Info with size, dates, encoding, and line endings Recent files on the start screen and in the toolbar ONE PURCHASE, iPAD AND MAC Buy Arikh once and it is yours on both. No subscription, no account, no upsell. PRIVACY FIRST Your files stay in your Files app or iCloud Drive. No tracking, no analytics, nothing phones home. Arikh — Text Editor for iPad and iPhone By Deep Dark Abyss Productions Professional tools for professional work

Screenshots

Timebox Pacer4 screens
Arikh4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Timebox Pacer at Free against Arikh's $19.99. Timebox Pacer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Arikh's advantage is update cadence (every 7 months vs every 19 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On rating, ads 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

Timebox Pacer is free to download; Arikh costs $19.99 up front. Arikh sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Timebox Pacer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Timebox Pacer against 5.0 for Arikh. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timebox Pacer ships an update every 19 months, Arikh every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Timebox Pacer versus Arikh: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimebox PacerArikh
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.5 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJovan JovanovskiJames Nerlinger

Customer experience

Timebox Pacer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Arikh

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Timebox Pacer

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Arikh

One-time3
  • Supporter$1.99
  • Patron$4.99
  • Champion$9.99

Questions

Is Timebox Pacer free?
Timebox Pacer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arikh free?
Arikh costs $19.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Timebox Pacer or Arikh?
Timebox Pacer and Arikh are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Timebox Pacer or Arikh have ads?
Neither Timebox Pacer nor Arikh shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timebox Pacer or Arikh?
Timebox Pacer ships an update every 19 months, and Arikh every 7 months. Most recently, Timebox Pacer was updated on October 14, 2026 and Arikh on October 20, 2026.

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