Comparison

Time Blocking for ADHD vs Timlin

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

Head to head
About

Time Blocking for ADHD

Plan your day visually with time blocks, ideal for managing tasks and schedules. Reschedule and resize blocks easily as plans change, then review how your day unfolded. Offers free basic features and a premium subscription for advanced insights and customization.

Highlights
  • Visual time blocking
  • Drag and drop rescheduling
  • Calendar integration
  • Progress tracking
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Advanced insights and streaks (Plus)
  • Subtasks (Plus)
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

Timlin

Features
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Plan your day. Then see how long it actually took. Most task apps only record whether you finished something. Timlin measures the time you actually spent and puts it next to what you planned. ■ Planned vs. actual Start a timer on any task. Timlin logs the real duration and shows it against your estimate. After a few days, patterns appear — the 30-minute task that always takes 50. ■ A vertical timeline for the day Drop tasks onto the timeline and drag to adjust start and end times. You can see the density of your day at a glance, and notice when it's overloaded. ■ Brain dump Write everything down first. Decide order and timing later. ■ Focus timer Tap a task to start. The remaining time stays visible, and the measured time becomes your record. ■ Built for plans that change Long-press to move tasks around when the day shifts. Timlin doesn't assume you'll follow the plan exactly. ■ Pricing Timlin requires a Timlin Pro subscription. A 3-day free trial is included — cancel during the trial and you won't be charged. Timlin Pro includes: - Daily timeline planning - Time tracking and logs - Brain dump - Focus timer - Morning carry-over - AI planning and task breakdown - Google Calendar sync - Automatic rescheduling - Themes and colors Monthly / Yearly / Lifetime options available. ■ Made by one person Built by an indie developer in Japan, originally for personal use. I read every review. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Time Blocking for ADHD4 screens
Timlin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Timlin at none against Time Blocking for ADHD's shown. Timlin also leads on iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Time Blocking for ADHD sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Timlin sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time Blocking for ADHD ships an update fortnightly, Timlin every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Time Blocking for ADHD versus Timlin: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime Blocking for ADHDTimlin
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (61 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings61 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.616.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOscar Vicente Gonzalez GrecoSaiki Iijima

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Time Blocking for 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
3 purchases

Timlin

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Montly3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Pro Annual3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro LifeTime$59.99

Questions

Is Time Blocking for ADHD free?
Time Blocking for ADHD is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timlin free?
Timlin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Time Blocking for ADHD or Timlin have ads?
Time Blocking for ADHD shows ads; Timlin does not.
Which is updated more often, Time Blocking for ADHD or Timlin?
Time Blocking for ADHD ships an update fortnightly, and Timlin every 2 weeks. Most recently, Time Blocking for ADHD was updated on November 8, 2026 and Timlin on October 30, 2026.

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