Comparison

Towns vs OnTime

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

Head to head
About

Towns

This app merges group chat functionality with a self-custody cryptocurrency wallet. Users can discuss financial markets, share investment ideas, and securely manage their digital assets directly within the application.

Highlights
  • Group chat for friends
  • Self-custodied wallet
  • Secure USDC purchase
  • Send and receive assets
  • Manage assets on your terms
Features
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Towns combines group chat with a self-custody wallet — so you can gather your community, talk markets, share ideas, and hold your assets directly. - Group chat built for communities - Self-custodied wallet — you control your keys - Send, receive, and manage assets on your terms - Your wallet. Your keys. Your conversations.

About

OnTime

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OnTime turns "where is everyone?" into one shared live map - no group chat pings, no "u there?" texts. Start a Radar, add zero, one or several stops, and share a 6-character code or link with your group. Everyone who joins shows up live on the same map, with their distance and ETA to their own next stop, updating in real time. Built For Your Family and Friends: - Works for pure group location watching - a Radar doesn't need a destination. - Convoy-friendly: add multiple stops and everyone tracks progress to their own next one. - Tap "Check In" to confirm you've reached a stop. - Live Activity and Dynamic Island support - check the trip without opening the app. - Location keeps sharing in the background so your trail stays live even with the phone locked. - Trip summary at the end shows how far everyone got. Perfect For: - Road trips and convoys - Hikes and group outings. - Crowd festivals and events. - Or any time a family/friend group needs to find where each other is. We Care About Your Privacy: OnTime uses Google or Apple sign-in. We store your account identifier, the profile you set up once (name, avatar, distance unit), and your Radar activity — nothing more. See our privacy policy at https://ontimeapp.live/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: Questions or feedback? Please feel free to reach out to us at hey@ontimeapp.live or https://ontimeapp.live/support

Screenshots

Towns4 screens
OnTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Towns at none against OnTime's 2. Towns also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement 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. OnTime sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Towns asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Towns ships an update every 10 days, OnTime every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Towns versus OnTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTownsOnTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (94 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings94 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.416.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size119 MB66 MB
Age rating17+9+
DeveloperHere Not There, Inc.Huong Bui Viet

In-app purchases

None

Towns

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

OnTime

Subscriptions2
  • Group Event Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Group Event Yearly$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Towns free?
Towns is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is OnTime free?
OnTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Towns or OnTime have ads?
Neither Towns nor OnTime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Towns or OnTime?
Towns ships an update every 10 days, and OnTime every 2 weeks. Most recently, Towns was updated on October 30, 2026 and OnTime on October 31, 2026.

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