Comparison

Notebook vs Time Zone Buddy

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

Head to head
About

Notebook

This app transforms spoken words into text, allows for quick note-taking, and offers robust to-do list management. Organize your thoughts with customizable, colorful notebooks and enhance them with markdown formatting. Capture every idea without limits in a secure and private environment.

Highlights
  • Speech to Text conversion
  • Quick note creation
  • To-Do list management
  • Customizable notebooks
  • Color-coded organization
  • Markdown formatting
  • Unlimited notes
Features
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Notes, voice notes and to-do lists in one simple app. Speak instead of typing, jot down a quick idea, or tick off today's tasks — everything stays organised in your own notebooks. Key features • Voice to text – speak and your words appear as a note • Quick notes – capture ideas, reminders and lists in seconds • To-do lists – set priorities and check off tasks as you go • Notebooks – group notes into notebooks with the cover you like • Colour labels – sort notes by colour so they are easy to find • Formatting – bold, italic and coloured text to highlight what matters • Unlimited notes – write as much as you want Great for school, work, meetings, shopping lists and everyday ideas. Subscription Some features require a subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://habbithubdevelopers.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://habbithubdevelopers.com/terms.html

About

Time Zone Buddy

Easily track multiple world times and plan meetings across different zones. Features a visually appealing aurora-inspired design and intelligent zone cards with daylight status and holiday alerts. Offers a time-shift slider for future planning and a meeting hub for real-time collaboration insights.

Highlights
  • Aurora-inspired daylight-aware design
  • Time-shift slider for future planning
  • Meeting Hub with live dashboard
  • Intelligent zone cards with alerts
  • Drag-to-reorder functionality
  • Widgets for Home and Lock Screen
  • DST and public holiday notifications
Features
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Time Zone Buddy is a beautiful world clock and meeting planner for people who work, travel, or collaborate across time zones. Calling Tokyo, checking if London is still in the office, or planning a meeting across five time zones — it makes the world easy to read. TRAVEL MODE — HOME & AWAY Pin your Home city so its time, public holidays, and clock changes are always close — free, on every tier. When your device changes time zone, an Away card appears beside Home. DAYLIGHT AT A GLANCE Open a city and its sky fills the screen — deep night, golden hour, or mid-afternoon, from that city's own sunrise and sunset. Every card changes with the sun. SEASONS A city's page shows the season there, counted the way people in that country count it, with the local word. Your Home city's is free; the rest are Plus/Lifetime. HEADS-UP Clock changes, public holidays and market closures in your cities, on a timeline you can tap. Every city's clock changes are free for the next 30 days. TIME SHIFT & PLANNING A docked time-shift slider lives at the bottom of every tab. Pick a future date and time, choose which zone you're planning from, and see what time it will be everywhere. MEETING HUB See who's in work hours now, who's coming online soon, and overlap at a glance. Tap "Plan a Meeting" to find a time across every zone, read in your own time. DETAIL THAT DELIGHTS Tap any zone for the sky over that city right now, a daylight bar, hour-by-hour comparison, work hours, clock changes, holidays, and a share card. "Best Time to Call" shows the clearest call time between you and that city, free. APPLE WATCH Your cities on your wrist, with complications and a Smart Stack card. Round complication free; the rest Plus/Lifetime. GROUPS & ORGANISATION (PLUS/LIFETIME) Create named groups for your team, family, or travel contacts. Each group gets one line: when everyone is free, the closest time, or who is off. Share a group's times as an image. MEETING OVERLAP (PLUS/LIFETIME) Find the best time to meet across any set of time zones, with you counted in. Options are ranked so the cost is shared rather than landing on one person. Share as an image or plain text. WIDGETS & STANDBY • Home & Away (free) — Home at a glance, and Here when you travel • Multi-City Clock — a "wall of clocks"; 2 cities free, up to 6 with Plus/Lifetime • Single Zone (free) — any city's live time, daylight-shaded • Lock Screen clocks — circular free; inline & rectangular Plus/Lifetime • Meeting Hub (Plus/Lifetime) — who's working now across your zones • Heads-up (free) — the next two weeks of clock changes and holidays, a day at a time • StandBy (free) — a dimmable bedside clock while charging CLOCK CHANGES Every city's clock changes for the next 30 days, free. Plus/Lifetime adds the whole year, with notifications a week before, the business day before, on the day and after. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS (PLUS/LIFETIME) Today's holiday on every zone card, and a full year per city. About 250 countries, with state and regional holidays in 35. Built in, so they work offline. MARKET HOURS (PLUS/LIFETIME) When 27 stock exchanges open, close early or shut for a holiday, in your own time. Your Home city's markets are free. SIRI & SHORTCUTS "Hey Siri, plan a meeting in Time Zone Buddy" ACCESSIBILITY Full VoiceOver support, Dynamic Type, and Reduce Motion. PRIVACY FIRST No account required. Your saved cities, groups, and preferences stay on-device unless you enable private iCloud sync (Plus). No ads or tracking. PRICING One app on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. Plus and Lifetime unlock it everywhere you're signed in. • Free — up to 5 zones, daylight-aware cards, time shift planner, Best Time to Call, free widgets • Lifetime — one-time purchase, all features unlocked forever (except iCloud Sync) • Plus — subscription with iCloud Sync, Annual-plan Family Sharing, and early access Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Notebook4 screens
Time Zone Buddy4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Time Zone Buddy at 100% against Notebook's 33%. Time Zone Buddy also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and device support (4 vs 2). Notebook's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Notebook sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and Time Zone Buddy sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notebook ships an update every 2 months, Time Zone Buddy every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Notebook versus Time Zone Buddy: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotebookTime Zone Buddy
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (35 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings35 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHabbitHubScott Breen

Customer experience

Notebook

All ratings35 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Time Zone Buddy

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Notebook

Subscriptions2
  • Upgrade Premium Version7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Upgrade to Premium7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Upgrade for Lifetime$14.99
4 purchases

Time Zone Buddy

Subscriptions3
  • iCloud Sync for Lifetime$0.991 Year
  • Plus Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Plus Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Time Zone Buddy Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Notebook free?
Notebook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Time Zone Buddy free?
Time Zone Buddy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Notebook or Time Zone Buddy have ads?
Neither Notebook nor Time Zone Buddy shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notebook or Time Zone Buddy?
Notebook ships an update every 2 months, and Time Zone Buddy every 2 weeks. Most recently, Notebook was updated on October 25, 2026 and Time Zone Buddy on October 25, 2026.

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