TimeEcho vs Planist
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TimeEcho
This app helps you understand how you spend your time by tracking daily activities, habits, and focused tasks. It offers visual timelines, habit heatmaps, and journaling to provide deeper self-insights and improve productivity.
- Timeline of daily activities
- Habit dedication tracking
- Focus timers with continuation
- Journaling for private thoughts
- Visual habit heatmap
- Book reading milestones
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Time gets spent. It is not always easy to say where it went. TimeEcho helps you keep a record of your focus sessions, habits, journal notes, and daily timeline. After a while, you can look back and see what you kept showing up for, and what quietly took more time than you expected. You can use TimeEcho to record things like: - How much time you spent studying, working, exercising, or reading today - How many days you have kept a habit going, and how many hours you have put into it - When a focus session started, when it ended, and what happened during it - How much of your day was actually spent in focus - How long a book, project, or personal milestone really took - Private notes, thoughts, and journal entries that are only for you TimeEcho is not trying to turn your life into a spreadsheet. It is closer to a daily notebook that quietly organizes your time. 【Daily timeline】 The records page shows your day as a timeline. You can see what you focused on, how long it took, and add notes when you want more context. When you come back to a past day, you see more than a list of numbers. You see what that day felt like. If you only want the summary, switch to concise mode and check how much time each activity took. 【Habit tracking and time totals】 Create habits for study, work, exercise, reading, writing, or anything else you want to keep track of. TimeEcho shows how much time you have spent on each habit, along with its daily history. The heatmap makes consistency easier to read. You can quickly see which days you showed up, which days you missed, and when you put in more time. 【Countdown, stopwatch, and Pomodoro】 Use a countdown when you want a fixed block of time. Use the stopwatch when you just want to start and record naturally. Use Pomodoro when you prefer a steady rhythm. If the countdown ends and you are still focused, you can keep timing. If you forget to save, you can correct the end time later. Tracking should not interrupt the work itself. 【Private journal and notes】 Write a daily journal, or add notes to any focus session. When time records and written notes stay together, it becomes much easier to remember what actually happened. None of this needs to be posted anywhere. It can simply be your own record. 【Goals and milestones】 Set goals under a habit, such as a book, a project, or a stage of study. When you finish a goal, TimeEcho keeps the time you spent on the way there. Over time, you get a clearer sense of how long meaningful things really take. 【Small details】 - Pause habits you are not using, and restore them later - Set a daily focus goal - Correct time records when you forgot to save - Mark habits as good or bad habits - Review trends, heatmaps, and history TimeEcho was inspired by Lyubishchev's time tracking method, Atomic Habits, the Pomodoro Technique, the 10,000 hour idea, and The 100-Year Life. You do not need to follow any method perfectly. The point is simpler: when time becomes visible, it becomes easier to treat it with care. 【Auto-renewable subscription】 We do not show ads. A lifetime purchase option is available for a limited time and includes future updates. If you choose a subscription, you can cancel it anytime in Settings - Apple ID - Subscriptions, then select this app and follow the instructions. Subscriptions renew automatically. After confirmation, the subscription is charged to your Apple ID. Your account will be charged within 24 hours before the current period ends, and the subscription will renew for the next period. Subscriptions are linked to your Apple ID. 【Contact】 Feedback email: mark_labs@163.com Terms of Use: https://www.lovetime.life/UserAgreement Privacy Policy: https://www.lovetime.life/privacy
Planist
This app offers a minimalist approach to task management, focusing on completion rather than strict time tracking. It functions as a flexible text editor where tasks can be quickly recorded, organized, and marked as done with simple gestures. Data syncs across devices, ensuring your plans are always accessible.
- Text-based task entry
- Swipe gestures for task management
- Cross-device data synchronization
- Minimalist and visually appealing design
- Default plan templates
- iCloudKit and Git sync support
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## We're not good at time, but stronger at Done We're not good at managing time, maybe it's a fact. The more we strive to manage time, the more time we end up wasting on managing time itself. Interestingly, even though we are not good at managing time, we are good at completing many tasks and make theme done well. Perhaps it's time to reconsider and try a different approach. Perhaps letting go of time management will allow us to be friend with time and achieve something even more remarkable? ## "Another" Todo App? When it comes to Todo Apps, everyone has a general imagination, but these traditional apps simply cannot meet our daily needs. Take ourselves as independent developers, for example. We get overwhelmed by endless small tasks, and gradually discover some tricks. In short, we remove the factor of “time” from Todo because we simply don’t have time to manage time. Yes, "no time"! Our approach is simple yet efficient enough to handle the complexities of daily tasks while fostering creativity. We believe we are not alone in this. And thus, by turning ourselves into a method, Planist was born. # Do you also need Planist? Whether it’s a todo list or a plan, there are essentially two states: deep focus or quick recording. Planist is primarily a text editor composed of individual text cells. Even writing a checklist with 100 items, maybe it's no need to lift your fingers off the keyboard. This eliminates the distraction of constant tapping, typing, tapping, and dragging that traditional to-do apps often bring. But Planist is not like a regular text editor either. Each text line of record can be swiped to delete, archive, switch to-do status, or drag to change the orders. In addition to being sufficiently concise, it also needs to have a visually appealing design. A visually appealing App can indeed enhance our mood and create a more enjoyable experience. If we spend a significant amount of time using one App, its aesthetics become crucial as they contribute to overall our satisfaction. Whether it’s on iPhone, iPad, or Mac, Planist is easily accessible. For example, you can plan and create checklists on your iPad or Mac, and then mark tasks as done on your iPhone anytime, anywhere. The data is synced across different devices, but it remains fully under the control of the user. There is no need to pay expensive server related yearly fees. In order to achieve this, Planist utilizes iCloudKit + iCloud Drive for syncing by default, and also supports sync by Git. All the data belongs to you! ## Planning, Achieving, and Growing Planist is a minimalist and flexible system that can handle tasks and facilitate effective planning. It even includes commonly used strategic thinking methodologies as default plan templates. We believe that taking the time to plan for the long term, and effectively completing and cleaning daily tasks, will inevitably lead to achievements and personal growth. - - - - - - - - - - - - Privacy Policy: http://markeditor.com/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: http://markeditor.com/page/terms.md
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Planist at 5.0 against TimeEcho's 4.2. TimeEcho's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. TimeEcho sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Planist sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Planist holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively.
TimeEcho ships an update weekly, Planist every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | TimeEcho | Planist |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 浩 张 | Hangzhou Quanduan Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
TimeEcho
Planist
In-app purchases
TimeEcho
- 月度会员$1.991 Month
- Annual Membership$14.991 Year
- 终生会员$17.99
- 终生会员$19.99
Planist
- Planist Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Planist Yearly3 Days trial$6.991 Year
- Lifetime$9.99
- LIfetime Edition Flash Sale$14.99









