Comparison

Plan&Journal vs TimeMaxx

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

Head to head
About

Plan&Journal

Features
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* Get a birds-eye view of your week. * Capture your todos in one place to be dealt with later * Keep on top of life on a week by week basis * Keep a record of your accomplishments

About

TimeMaxx

This app helps you understand how your time is actually spent by combining time boxing, journaling, and planning vs. actual tracking. It allows you to compare your intended day with what happened, identify dead time, and improve your daily execution.

Highlights
  • Time boxing
  • Interstitial journaling
  • Plan vs Done tracking
  • Execution Score review
  • Daily breakdowns
  • Local-first and personal
  • Quick time logging
Features
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TimeMaxx helps you understand how your day is actually spent. Traditional to-do lists track tasks, but they don’t show how your time is really used. It’s easy to overestimate what you can get done, underestimate how long things take, and lose track of where the day went. TimeMaxx combines time boxing, interstitial journaling, and Plan vs Done tracking to help you compare your intended day with what actually happened. Create Plan blocks to time-box your day. Use Done blocks, Start Now, and quick time logging to capture reality as you switch tasks. Review your Execution Score and daily breakdowns to see where your day aligned, where it drifted, and where deadtime appeared. TimeMaxx is local-first and personal. It works like a private notebook for your time, not a cloud productivity platform. I built TimeMaxx because this was a problem in my own life. It’s free because I don’t want cost to be a barrier if it can help someone else too.

Screenshots

Plan&Journal4 screens
TimeMaxx4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TimeMaxx at 15.1 against Plan&Journal's 18.6. On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plan&Journal ships an update monthly, TimeMaxx every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Plan&Journal versus TimeMaxx: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlan&JournalTimeMaxx
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDAN CONSTANTIN CONDURATJACOB CHAR CHIN

In-app purchases

None

Plan&Journal

No in-app purchases

None

TimeMaxx

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Plan&Journal free?
Plan&Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimeMaxx free?
TimeMaxx is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Plan&Journal or TimeMaxx have ads?
Neither Plan&Journal nor TimeMaxx shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plan&Journal or TimeMaxx?
Plan&Journal ships an update monthly, and TimeMaxx every 6 weeks. Most recently, Plan&Journal was updated on October 17, 2026 and TimeMaxx on October 15, 2026.

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