Comparison

Control Mark vs Elapsed Time Adder

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

Head to head
About

Control Mark

Create quick access shortcuts to your favorite websites. Add any webpage and place these shortcuts on your lockscreen, as action buttons, or as Control Center widgets for instant access.

Highlights
  • Add any webpage as a shortcut
  • Share sheet extension for easy adding
  • Customizable shortcut symbols
  • Lockscreen quick actions
  • Control Center widget integration
  • Action Button support
Features
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Control Mark lets you create quick access shortcuts to your favorite websites. Add any website in the Control Mark or while browsing using the Add Page to Control Mark action. You can then place your favorite websites on your lockscreen as quick action button, as action for the Action Button, or as Control Center Widget. Features: - Add any webpage as Control Mark - Action Extension for the Share sheet to add a Control Mark directly from the browser - Choose an individual symbol for the Control Mark - Add Control Marks to your lockscreen as quick action, to the Control Center, or the Action Button

About

Elapsed Time Adder

Easily add and subtract elapsed time for various projects. Handles time segments in audio, video, or personal projects, displaying totals in a clear, plain-language format. Export your calculations to CSV or HH:MM:SS format.

Highlights
  • Add and subtract elapsed time
  • Handles time segments
  • Plain-language total display
  • Export to CSV
  • Export to HH:MM:SS format
  • On-device data storage
Features
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Elapsed Time Adder runs on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS to help you add and subtract elapsed time. You might ask why not just use a spreadsheet for this? Sadly, while spreadsheets are great at doing calculations, they don't know how to work with elapsed time; they think in time-of-day. Try adding 23 hours plus 7 hours in a spreadsheet — you won't get 30, you'll get 6 (AM)! If you need to add split times for running or walking, or keep track of time segments in audio or video recording, or time spent on projects, all of these efforts work great with ElapsedTimeAdder. Enter the times in each row, along with an optional title for each row, and watch the total update automatically in a plain-language way (e.g., "1 hr 23 min 45 sec"). You can type 384.6 seconds, or 74 minutes, and Elapsed Time Adder will easily work with it. If you want to subtract a row, simply hit the +/- toggle, and you'll see the row turn from green to pink. Use the "Add Another Row" button to have more rows in your calculations. If you're on a Mac or an iPad with a keyboard, hitting Tab at the end of the last second cell will add a new row too. Want to start over? Use the Reset button, and you'll be back to the default number of rows, and they'll all be empty. When you're finished, you can copy your data to a CSV suitable for opening in a spreadsheet application, or you can copy in HH:MM:SS format along with the titles for each row. Note that nothing is stored in a back-end system or in the cloud; all of your data is kept on-device only.

Screenshots

Control Mark3 screens
Elapsed Time Adder4 screens

Verdict

The call

Control Mark and Elapsed Time Adder both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Elapsed Time Adder's written reviews are positive against 0% of Control Mark's. Elapsed Time Adder also leads on price (Free vs $0.99). On rating, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Elapsed Time Adder is free to download; Control Mark costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Control Mark against 5.0 for Elapsed Time Adder. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 0% of Control Mark's written reviews are positive against 100% of Elapsed Time Adder's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Control Mark versus Elapsed Time Adder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterControl MarkElapsed Time Adder
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArno AppenzellerAllison Sheridan

Customer experience

Control Mark

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

Elapsed Time Adder

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Control Mark

No in-app purchases

None

Elapsed Time Adder

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Control Mark free?
Control Mark costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Elapsed Time Adder free?
Elapsed Time Adder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Control Mark or Elapsed Time Adder?
Control Mark and Elapsed Time Adder are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Control Mark or Elapsed Time Adder have ads?
Neither Control Mark nor Elapsed Time Adder shows ads.

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