Checkmate vs TimelyCal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Checkmate
Organize daily tasks, notes, and calendar events in a single application. Utilize customizable Groups to consolidate related information for quick access. Streamline your workflow and eliminate the need for multiple productivity tools.
- Task management
- Note-taking
- Calendar integration
- Customizable Groups
- Unified productivity
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With Checkmate, you can organize your daily tasks, notes, and calendar events in one place. Keep relevant data together using customizable Groups, which allow you to easily access everything with the press of a button. Gone are the days of needing three separate apps to stay productive. Simplify everything with Checkmate. Generative artificial intelligence was used lightly in the development of this app.
TimelyCal
This AI-powered scheduling app helps college students and young professionals manage their busy lives. It simplifies event capture and organization, allowing users to stay on top of classes, meetings, work, and social plans with ease.
- AI-powered scheduling
- Instant event capture
- Organized planning
- Student-focused
- Young professional friendly
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College life moves fast; your calendar should keep up. TimelyCal is an AI-powered scheduling app designed for college students and young professionals who juggle classes, meetings, work, and social plans. Instead of manually typing events into your calendar, TimelyCal helps you capture plans instantly and stay organized with ease.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TimelyCal at 15.1 against Checkmate's 17.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Checkmate against 5.0 for TimelyCal. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
| Parameter | Checkmate | TimelyCal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tanner George | Timely Calendar, Inc. |
Customer experience
Checkmate
TimelyCal
In-app purchases
Checkmate
No in-app purchases
TimelyCal
No in-app purchases
