SIMTA vs TickTrail

SIMTA is a timer you read at a glance. Set a time and the whole screen fills with color. As the seconds run out the color drains away, so you can tell how much is left from across the room without reading a number. SIMPLE BY DESIGN • Spin the dial, press start. That is the whole setup. • No accounts and no subscriptions. • Red is free, with nine more colors in SIMTA Pro. SIMTA PRO — ONE PURCHASE, NOT A SUBSCRIPTION • Nine more colors, with the home screen icon to match. • Every time you have run, kept in Recent. • No ads. MADE TO BE GLANCED AT • Horizon Lock keeps the color level with the room as you tip the phone or prop it in a stand. • The controls fade away once the timer is running, so nothing sits on top of the color. • Hide the digits entirely if you only want the color. • Keep the screen awake while a timer runs. • The countdown carries on to the Lock Screen and the Dynamic Island, with pause, resume and stop right there. RELIABLE • The countdown stays accurate after you switch apps or lock the phone. • A running timer survives the app being closed. • The alarm is audible even with the silent switch on. Good for cooking, focus sprints, workouts, study blocks, and anything where you would rather feel time pass than watch a number.

Two focus timer modes to suit your needs: Pomodoro Timer: Default 25-minute focus + 5-minute break, fully customizable. Driven by "time pressure," it's great for quick starts and beating procrastination, keeping your brain in a productive rhythm. Stopwatch (Count-up): Starts from zero and accumulates until the task is done. Driven by a "sense of completion," it's ideal for deep creative work and immersive thinking, without disrupting your flow. Recommendation: Use Pomodoro for routine tasks and Stopwatch for deep work. Switch flexibly to double your efficiency. You can change labels and adjust duration even during a focus session. To-dos and daily reviews: List a few tasks for today, link them to focus tags, and check them off when done. Unfinished items can be rolled over to tomorrow with one tap. Jot down a quick review each day, choose your mood and weather, and browse through daily, weekly, or monthly logs. Habit tracking for visible consistency: Create custom habit check-in labels and add reminders to your system calendar. Each check-in triggers a celebratory animation—a little reward for yourself. Deep stats to truly see where your time goes: Drill down into your timeline by day, week, month, or year. Heatmaps show your most productive hours, with tag rankings, weekday vs. weekend comparisons, and focus quality at a glance. All records can be filtered by tag and status. Today overview, all on one page: Total focus time, completion rate, tag distribution, and comparison with last week—just a glance and you'll know where you stand. Immersive experience, your style your way: Multiple themes to choose from, with automatic light/dark mode switching. Freely adjust navigation style, corner radius, card layout, and color scheme. System integration for speed and convenience: Real-time progress on the lock screen, widgets for a quick glance, and notification center controls for instant status switching. Enhanced alerts when a session ends. Data security you can trust: Local-first, so it works even without internet. Apple ID one-click login, encrypted cloud backup, and seamless iCloud sync across all your devices. Supports import/export for easy backups anytime. Cross-platform sync keeps your data with you wherever you go.