Comparison

Funnel vs Chronicler

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

Head to head
About

Funnel

Quickly capture thoughts, tasks, notes, photos, sketches, and songs to your favorite apps. Integrates with popular productivity tools and offers convenient widgets for instant access.

Highlights
  • Capture tasks to multiple to-do apps
  • Send notes and photos to PKM apps
  • Capture sketches and calendar events
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets
  • Shortcuts and Share Sheet support
  • Built-in document scanner
  • Song capture via Shazam integration
Features
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Funnel allows you to effortlessly capture your thoughts and moments to various apps and services. The inspiration to capture something quickly comes from ideas written by David Allen, in his book Getting Things Done. Features: ======= • Capture tasks to Reminders, Todoist, OmniFocus or Things with due dates in natural language. • Capture notes and photos to a variety of popular note taking and personal knowledge management apps. • Capture sketches and calendar events • Beautiful Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets • Shortcuts Support • A built in document scanner. • Use Shazam to capture your songs directly to your apps. • iCloud Sync for your Destinations • A timeline showing your recent captures • A selection of delightful app icons to pick from. • A lock screen widget to easily access Funnel from your lock screen. • Drag and drop images or text from other apps into Funnel. • Once you capture something with Funnel, Funnel also provides you with a link to easily switch to the newly captured item. • Long press the Funnel icon for quick home screen actions. • Integration with the iOS Share Sheet (currently within the Funnel app only) • Dynamic Island/Live Activities Support • Control Center Widgets Creating Destinations: ================ To link Funnel to your note-taking or task management apps, navigate to the 'Destination' Tab, select 'Add New Destination', and choose an app from the provided list. After adding a Destination, you can click on it for further customization. You can also define templates that get appended or prepended along with your capture. Your Destinations and the order of your Destinations are all synced to your private iCloud account. Funnel offers 30 captures for free, and then requires a subscription or a lifetime purchase. All Yearly Subscriptions come with a 1-week free trial. Enjoy Funneling! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Chronicler

Features
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Chronicler makes time tracking effortless. Tap a category to start, tap again to stop. It’s that simple. Whether you’re logging work hours, study sessions, workouts, creative projects, daily habits, or focused Pomodoro sessions, Chronicler helps you understand where your time goes without getting in your way. Your day is shown as a clean, visual timeline, making it easy to review every session at a glance. With powerful insights, weekly summaries, category breakdowns, and activity charts, Chronicler turns simple time entries into meaningful patterns. See your totals, spot your most time-consuming activities, and build a clearer picture of your routines over time. For moments when you want extra focus, Chronicler also offers Pomodoro timers, a simple way to structure work and breaks while keeping everything connected to your time tracking. Designed to be fast, intuitive, and beautiful, Chronicler is time tracking that feels natural.

Screenshots

Funnel4 screens
Chronicler4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Chronicler at fortnightly against Funnel's every 6 weeks. Chronicler also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Funnel sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Chronicler sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Funnel ships an update every 6 weeks, Chronicler fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Funnel versus Chronicler: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFunnelChronicler
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (43 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings43 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.4
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB9 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNoteSight Labs ApSMARIUS LANG

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Funnel

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime: Early Discount$39.99
  • Lifetime$49.99
1 purchases

Chronicler

One-time1
  • Unlimited Categories$12.99

Questions

Is Funnel free?
Funnel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chronicler free?
Chronicler is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Funnel or Chronicler have ads?
Neither Funnel nor Chronicler shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Funnel or Chronicler?
Funnel ships an update every 6 weeks, and Chronicler fortnightly. Most recently, Funnel was updated on October 7, 2026 and Chronicler on October 7, 2026.

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