Epistle vs TimeBlocks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Epistle
This app facilitates communication and financial support for missionaries. It allows for easy sharing of ministry updates with photos and videos, automatically sending them to ministry partners who can respond with engagement. It simplifies the process of connecting with supporters and managing ministry outreach.
- Share ministry updates with photos and video
- Automatic update distribution to partners
- Ministry partner engagement (likes, prayers, comments)
- Manage ministry sites
- Connect with ministry partners
- Automated email platform
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Epistle is used by thousands of missionaries to stay connected and funded. It has never been easier to share ministry updates with photos and video. No more hassle with email templates, scheduling, etc. Epistle sends your updates to ministry partners, automatically, using our world-class email platform and gives them the opportunity to respond with likes, prayers and comments. Both missionaries and ministry partners love Epistle: "The greatest thing I could do for my ministry partners." "HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! Do the two week trial." Supporter: "I feel confident I'm investing well." With paid Epistle subscription you can manage your Epistle site, send updates, and connect with ministry partners. Ministry partners can access Epistle sites to read and respond to your updates without payment. Terms of Use: https://www.epistle.org/terms-of-use/
TimeBlocks
This app helps you understand how your time is spent by quickly logging activities with category selections. It provides a visual overview of your day and week, revealing patterns to ensure your time aligns with your priorities and responsibilities.
- Quickly log activities with category selection
- Review daily timeline at a glance
- Visualize weekly time patterns
- Organize time with custom categories
- Support for flexible work hours and split shifts
- Sync across iPhone and Mac
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TimeBlocks helps you answer a simple but important question: Is my time reflecting my mission? Throughout your schedule, lightweight prompts let you record what you are doing with a quick category selection. Over time, those entries create an honest picture of where your attention is going—so you can see whether your days align with your priorities, responsibilities, and the work that matters most. Use TimeBlocks to: • Capture activities without starting and stopping timers • Review today’s timeline at a glance • See patterns across your week in a visual grid • Organize time using categories that fit your work and mission • Choose workdays and flexible work hours, including split shifts • Keep your TimeBlocks account in sync across iPhone and Mac Personal studies are free. If your organization invites you to a team study, sign in with that invitation to participate; your organizer purchases and manages team-study seats on our website. Invited participants do not pay in the app. Built as a mirror, not surveillance. TimeBlocks never watches your screen, records apps or keystrokes, or grades you on “productivity.” You choose what to log. You interpret the pattern. Capture on iPhone when you’re away from your desk. Sync with Mac. Review on the web when you need distance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TimeBlocks at none against Epistle's 5. TimeBlocks also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Epistle's advantage is ratings volume (9 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Epistle sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. TimeBlocks asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Epistle against 5.0 for TimeBlocks. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Epistle has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Epistle ships an update every 3 weeks, TimeBlocks weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Epistle | TimeBlocks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Epistle LLC | Ryan Hinkle |
Customer experience
Epistle
TimeBlocks
In-app purchases
Epistle
- One Epistle Site$17.991 Month
- Two Epistle Sites$39.991 Month
- Three Epistle Sites$59.991 Month
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- Four Epistle Sites$79.991 Month
- Five Epistle Sites$89.991 Month
TimeBlocks
No in-app purchases








