Comparison

Timeblocks Planner ADHD vs Dim

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

Head to head
About

Timeblocks Planner ADHD

This app helps you organize your day and boost productivity through visual time blocking. It transforms scattered tasks into a clear timeline with customizable blocks, reminders, and progress tracking. Advanced features include subtasks and intelligent overlap avoidance for enhanced focus.

Highlights
  • Visual time blocking
  • Customizable task blocks
  • Calendar synchronization
  • Smart reminders and notifications
  • Progress tracking
  • Subtasks and task management
  • Intelligent overlap avoidance
Features
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Plan your day with visual time blocks, on iPhone and iPad. Turn an overloaded task list into a realistic timeline. When plans change, drag and resize your day without starting over. Then see how the day actually went. NEW: ALIGN FOR IPAD Align is now on iPad, free just like on iPhone. • See several days side by side on a wide canvas. • Drag a time block to any visible day. • Open more than one window. • Your date browser and widgets stay in sync with your iPhone. FREE • Unlimited time blocks on a clear daily timeline. • Works with your calendars: events from the calendars you choose appear as time blocks, and new time blocks are saved back to them. • Drag and drop to reschedule. Push a time block to the edge of the screen to move it to the next day. • Resize a time block by dragging its top or bottom edge. • Icons and colors for every time block. • Custom alerts for each time block, plus an optional daily review reminder. • Recurring time blocks for the routines you repeat. • Mark time blocks complete and watch your daily progress. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets: see what's next, check off time blocks, and add a new one without opening the app. ALIGN PLUS • Insights: daily, weekly, and monthly views of how your plan really goes. See what you completed, how loaded the day was, and what still fits before it ends. • Streaks: clear every time block in a day to start a run. • Shareable day cards: turn a good day into an image you can send. • Insights widgets for your pace, day load, and streak. • Overlap avoidance: drag or resize a time block and the surrounding ones move out of the way. • Time block locking: keep important time blocks fixed while you rearrange the rest. • Subtasks: break a time block into steps and check them off. • Custom day start and end: set the timeline to your own hours. Align Plus is available as a subscription with a free trial, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. WHO IT'S FOR Align is a time blocking daily planner for anyone whose to-do list never fits the day: people with ADHD who plan better when they can see time, students balancing classes and study, and professionals planning around meetings. Align is made by an independent developer. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Dim

Effortlessly organize your thoughts and ideas. This application automatically categorizes your notes with relevant tags as you write, saving you time and improving recall. Focus on capturing inspiration while the app handles the organization.

Highlights
  • Automatic note tagging
  • Effortless organization
  • Intuitive writing interface
  • Improved recall
  • Idea capture
Features
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Dim adds tags to your notes automatically. You can just write whatever comes to mind. Dim handles the rest.

Screenshots

Timeblocks Planner ADHD4 screens
Dim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dim at none against Timeblocks Planner ADHD's 4. Dim also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Timeblocks Planner ADHD's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (60 vs 6). On price, device support 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. Timeblocks Planner ADHD sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Dim asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dim holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Timeblocks Planner ADHD has 60 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Timeblocks Planner ADHD's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dim's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timeblocks Planner ADHD ships an update fortnightly, Dim every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Timeblocks Planner ADHD versus Dim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimeblocks Planner ADHDDim
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (60 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings60 — better6
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size75 MB275 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOscar Vicente Gonzalez Greco碧玉 卢

Customer experience

Timeblocks Planner ADHD

All ratings60 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative9.1%

Dim

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Timeblocks Planner ADHD

Subscriptions3
  • Align Plus - Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Align Plus - Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Align Plus - Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Align Plus - Lifetime$79.99
None

Dim

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timeblocks Planner ADHD free?
Timeblocks Planner ADHD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Dim free?
Dim is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Timeblocks Planner ADHD or Dim?
Dim is rated higher. Timeblocks Planner ADHD averages 4.6 out of 5 from 60 ratings, while Dim averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Timeblocks Planner ADHD or Dim have ads?
Timeblocks Planner ADHD shows ads; Dim does not.
Which is updated more often, Timeblocks Planner ADHD or Dim?
Timeblocks Planner ADHD ships an update fortnightly, and Dim every 2 months. Most recently, Timeblocks Planner ADHD was updated on October 30, 2026 and Dim on October 24, 2026.

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