Comparison

Progress Clock vs TimerBar

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

Head to head
About

Progress Clock

Visualize your entire life in weeks and track the passage of time with beautiful progress bars. This app offers inspirational quotes and goal tracking to help you understand what truly matters and find the courage to pursue your aspirations.

Highlights
  • Life Calendar (90-year visualization)
  • Progress tracking for Day, Week, Month, Year
  • Inspirational quotes on time and courage
  • Goal tracking and insights
  • Widgets for at-a-glance tracking
  • Premium themes and Dark Mode
Features
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Progress Clock shows time as progress, not just hours and minutes. Open it and see how much of today has already passed, how much is left, and the same view for this week, this month, and this year. The Arcs face draws each one around the clock. Analog hands stay in the center. Dial is there if you want the classic sweep. Keep a countdown to a date, a timer to a date and time, or time since a day that mattered. One goal is included. Edit and delete from the Goal tab. Set a birthdate and Life draws every week as a dot, childhood through later decades on one calendar. Progressium is free. Other themes, large and Lock Screen widgets, the Goal widget, and extra goals are Progress Clock Premium, an optional monthly subscription. Purchases and cancellation go through your Apple ID. Birthdate, goals, and settings stay on your device. No account. No analytics. Terms of Use: https://unobatbayar.github.io/ProgressClock/terms/ Apple Standard EULA: www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://unobatbayar.github.io/ProgressClock/privacy/

About

TimerBar

This app provides a clean, visual timer with a progress bar, ideal for presentations, meetings, or focused work sessions. Customize its appearance and control the timer with simple gestures. An optional premium version offers advanced themes and fonts.

Highlights
  • Live progress bar
  • Fullscreen clock
  • Quick start, pause, restart, stop
  • Remaining-time display option
  • Always-on display support
  • Premium themes and fonts
Features
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TimerBar is a minimal, beautiful clock with a live progress bar. It is perfect for presentations, meetings, focus sessions, and any timed workflow. Features: - Set a timer by duration or end time - Fullscreen clock with an elegant progress bar - Quick start, pause, restart, and stop controls - Optional remaining-time display - Always-on display support - TimerBar+ customization with premium themes, fonts, and colors Stay focused and stay in control with TimerBar. Terms of Use: https://asdftq.github.io/timerbar/terms.html

Screenshots

Progress Clock4 screens
TimerBar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TimerBar at Free against Progress Clock's $0.99. TimerBar also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months). On rating, ratings volume, 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

TimerBar is free to download; Progress Clock costs $0.99 up front. Progress Clock sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and TimerBar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Progress Clock against 5.0 for TimerBar. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Progress Clock ships an update every 5 months, TimerBar every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Progress Clock versus TimerBar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterProgress ClockTimerBar
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUsukhbayar BatbayarHwechul Cho

Customer experience

Progress Clock

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TimerBar

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

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Progress Clock

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Themes$0.991 Month
One-time3
  • Support $5$4.99
  • Support $25$24.99
  • Support $100$99.99
2 purchases

TimerBar

Subscriptions2
  • TimerBar+ Monthly$0.991 Month
  • TimerBar+ Yearly7 Days trial$4.991 Year

Questions

Is Progress Clock free?
Progress Clock costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is TimerBar free?
TimerBar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Progress Clock or TimerBar?
Progress Clock and TimerBar are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Progress Clock or TimerBar have ads?
Neither Progress Clock nor TimerBar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Progress Clock or TimerBar?
Progress Clock ships an update every 5 months, and TimerBar every 3 weeks. Most recently, Progress Clock was updated on October 23, 2026 and TimerBar on October 24, 2026.

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