Comparison

Repeaters vs Timely

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

Head to head
About

Repeaters

This app helps you manage recurring tasks and life events. Track daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly items, and see when they were last completed or are overdue.

Highlights
  • Track daily, weekly, monthly, yearly tasks
  • View last completion date
  • Identify overdue items
  • Life event tracking
Features
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Repeaters is a life-event tracker that allows you to configure long-term items that need completed daily, weekly, monthly, or even yearly. With Repeaters, see when you last completed things, and when things are overdue.

About

Timely

This app ensures tasks are completed by sending persistent, configurable reminders until marked done. It offers high-priority alarms, location-based alerts, and voice input for easy task management. Customize your experience with themes and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Persistent notifications until task completion
  • Configurable reminder frequency per task
  • High priority alarms that break through silent modes
  • Location-based reminders (arrival/departure)
  • Voice input via Siri for task creation and management
  • Natural language input for task scheduling
  • Mac menu bar app for cross-device syncing
Features
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Most reminder apps nudge you once, then give up. Easy to miss, easy to ignore — and the thing doesn't get done. Timely keeps reminding you until you actually mark it complete. Persistent notifications Pick how often you're reminded per task: every 5 minutes, every 15, every hour. Timely keeps nudging until it's done. Configure it task-by-task. High priority alarms For the things you truly can't miss, turn on High priority and Timely sounds an audible alarm at the due time, breaking through Silent and Focus modes, and staying on screen until you act on it. Part of Timely Pro. Location-based reminders Get reminded when you arrive somewhere or leave it: take out the trash when you get home, grab milk when you leave work. Give a reminder a due date too, and whichever comes first wins. Part of Timely Pro. Make it yours Choose a font, an accent color and a background for your list, or use one of your own photos, and show your reminders as cards. Part of Timely Pro. Add reminders by voice Just ask Siri: “Add a to-do in Timely.” Say what you want, when, and how often — hands-free. When Siri reads a reminder on your AirPods, say “mark it done” or “snooze it.” Natural language input Type it like you'd say it. "Call mom every Sunday." Timely parses the date, time, and repeat settings automatically, and "when I get home" sets it to one of your saved places. Also on your Mac Timely has a native Mac app that lives in your menu bar, reminds you there, and shares one list with your iPhone. Timely Pro is a universal purchase, so one subscription covers both. Flexible repeat scheduling Daily, weekly, custom intervals, or complex patterns. Build the exact schedule you need. Perfect for Medications, water breaks, habits, chores, appointments, follow-ups — anything you can't afford to forget. — Privacy Policy: https://www.andyreed.design/timely/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Repeaters4 screens
Timely4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Timely at 100% against Repeaters's 0%. Timely also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Repeaters's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Timely sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Repeaters asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Timely holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Repeaters's written reviews are positive against 100% of Timely's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Repeaters ships an update every 2 weeks, Timely every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Repeaters versus Timely: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRepeatersTimely
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatthew WalerANDREW ROBERT REED

Customer experience

Repeaters

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Timely

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Repeaters

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Timely

Subscriptions2
  • Timely Pro - Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Timely Pro - Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is Repeaters free?
Repeaters is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Timely free?
Timely is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Repeaters or Timely?
Timely is rated higher. Repeaters averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Timely averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Repeaters or Timely have ads?
Neither Repeaters nor Timely shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Repeaters or Timely?
Repeaters ships an update every 2 weeks, and Timely every 4 days. Most recently, Repeaters was updated on November 4, 2026 and Timely on November 5, 2026.

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