Comparison

Time Box Planner vs Arca

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

Head to head
About

Time Box Planner

Organize your day with a time-blocking planner. Schedule tasks by time, review your progress, and receive daily motivational quotes. Features include a timetable view, notifications, and statistics on task completion.

Highlights
  • Time-based to-do list creation
  • Daily retrospective feature
  • Motivational daily quotes
  • Time table view of tasks
  • Customizable notifications
  • Task completion statistics
Features
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Timebox is Harvard's number one time management and productivity tool. You can manage your day by entering what you need to do every day and looking back. Function 1. Create and manage to-do by time - Manage repetitive tasks easily and comfortably 2. a day-ending retrospective 3. A wise saying that starts the day and inspires life 4. View and organize what to do at a glance through the time table 5. Notification function - Notification that takes time to plan your day at 7 o'clock when you start the day - Notification to review the day at 10pm at the end of the day - Send notification 15 minutes before work 6. Statistics - You can view the number of days to do, completed, and incomplete on a daily, monthly basis.

About

Arca

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Arca keeps useful links organized without turning your reading list into noise. Create focused collections and folders, save links in seconds, and return to what matters. Start in local mode without an account, or sign in with Google or Apple to sync your link library across devices. Share a page from Safari or another app, choose Arca, and save it directly to the collection and folder you want. With Arca you can: • Save links with page titles and notes • Organize links into collections and nested folders • Move and reorder saved links • Save directly from the iOS share sheet • Keep using your local library offline • Sync signed-in libraries across devices Forget the link. Keep the value. Privacy Policy: https://breakbook.notion.site/Arca-Privacy-Policy-39d0ed6ecbf481e9a300d861d6ce3b2a Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Time Box Planner4 screens
Arca4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Time Box Planner at none against Arca's 2. Arca's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price 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. Arca sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Time Box Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Box Planner ships an update every 3 weeks, Arca every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Time Box Planner versus Arca: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime Box PlannerArca
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developersuchang myoungMIN KYU KANG

In-app purchases

None

Time Box Planner

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Arca

Subscriptions2
  • Arca Basic Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Arca Basic Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Time Box Planner free?
Time Box Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arca free?
Arca is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Time Box Planner or Arca have ads?
Time Box Planner shows ads; Arca does not.
Which is updated more often, Time Box Planner or Arca?
Time Box Planner ships an update every 3 weeks, and Arca every 8 days. Most recently, Time Box Planner was updated on November 4, 2026 and Arca on October 25, 2026.

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