Check Up vs Standing Desk Timer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Check Up
Easily manage your social connections by logging interactions, taking notes, and setting reminders to check in regularly. Strengthen relationships by ensuring you stay in touch with friends and family.
- Add and manage contacts
- Log interactions and notes
- Set regular check-in reminders
- Track time spent with contacts
- Unlimited contacts with Premium
- Privacy-focused, data stays local
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Check Up helps you stay connected with the people who matter most. Easily add your friends, family, and loved ones to your list, log your interactions, take notes, and set reminders to check up on them regularly. Whether it's a phone call, video chat, or meet-up, keep track of your time together and never let months pass by without checking in. With Check Up, maintaining and strengthening your relationships is effortless. Check Up is free to use with a limit on the number of contacts you can add. Upgrade to Check Up Premium to unlock unlimited contacts. Your privacy is important; all contact data you import remains solely on your device and is never transmitted elsewhere. Terms of Use: https://checkup.ginkgolabs.dev/checkupterms.html Privacy Policy: https://checkup.ginkgolabs.dev/privacycheckup.html
Standing Desk Timer
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DeskMode turns the low-intensity movement of a desk day into one honest number. Time how long you sit, stand, walk on a treadmill desk, or pedal an under-desk bike, and see the calories you burn ABOVE just sitting - never inflated, never guilt-tripped. One thing, done well. Not a food logger, not a workout app. Just the four modes you actually switch between at a desk, and the honest math behind them. HONEST, NET CALORIES - Calories are the extra above resting - sitting is your baseline and does not pad the number. Only standing, walking and cycling add to it. - Validated MET values (Ainsworth 2011) x your real body weight, with a plain +/-20-30% disclaimer. Better to be calibratable than fake-precise. - Tap any figure to see a per-activity breakdown and exactly how it is worked out. GLANCEABLE FROM ACROSS THE ROOM - Big timer, one tap to start, one tap to flip sit to stand. A quick-switch strip keeps every mode a thumb away. - A live speed dial for the treadmill desk and a resistance dial for the bike, so calories track your real pace. APPLE WATCH, IN SYNC - Start, flip, pause and stop from your wrist as one shared timer with iPhone. - The same honest "above sitting" calories, a today summary, and a Digital Crown mode switch. COMFORT COACHING AS YOU GO - While a timer runs, DeskMode surfaces a short, activity-specific comfort and mobility tip - calf raises and hip openers for long standing, ankle circles for cycling - rotating every few minutes. Around 70 cues, each cited to a real source (Cornell Ergonomics, OSHA, NIOSH, ACSM, NASM, AHA). Guidance, not medical advice. A WEEK THAT FITS - Build named profiles ("Office" with a desk bike Mon/Wed/Fri, "Home office" Tue/Thu) that scope which modes and reminders show each day. One tap to "Use today" when plans change. - Opt-in stand and sit nudges that offer to switch or snooze - never automatic, never naggy. PROGRESS, WITHOUT THE PRESSURE - Levels, ~40 collectible badges, and a GitHub-style activity heatmap. - A no-shame streak: a quiet day is rest, not a red mark. - Explore every chart - scrub the trends, tap the split, read exact values. APPLE HEALTH - Reads your latest weight for accurate calories and saves sessions as workouts. Syncs when you open the app; nothing is ever duplicated. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT - Your activity stays on your device. No accounts, no tracking, no ads. Lock Screen Live Activity, Dynamic Island, and Home-Screen widgets keep today's on-feet minutes and calories a glance away. DeskMode Pro unlocks the whole app - every mode, chart, badge, widget, the Apple Watch app and weekly profiles. Start with a 3-day free trial, then choose a monthly or yearly subscription. No free tier, nothing held back behind a second purchase. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Standing Desk Timer at every 3 days against Check Up's every 6 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Check Up sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Standing Desk Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Check Up ships an update every 6 months, Standing Desk Timer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Check Up | Standing Desk Timer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ginkgo Labs LLC | NICHOLAS LUKE THOMAS |
In-app purchases
Check Up
- Check Up Premium - Monthly$1.991 Month
- Check Up Premium - Yearly14 Days trial$9.991 Year
Standing Desk Timer
- DeskMode Pro3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- DeskMode Pro3 Days trial$14.991 Year









