Comparison

Life Widget vs Halftime

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

Head to head
About

Life Widget

This minimalist app visually tracks the passage of time, serving as a constant reminder to make the most of every moment. It helps users cherish their limited time by making its flow tangible.

Highlights
  • Minimalist time progress tracker
  • Visualizes time passage
  • Reminds users to seize moments
  • Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and Mac
Features
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Life is short, cherish your time. Life Widget is a minimalist time progress tracker that visually displays the passage of time. Making time visible, reminding you to seize every moment. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. term of use: https://merciful-sugar-3e6.notion.site/Term-of-use-181317b960068057b611dc4b87526758

About

Halftime

Visualize your life's progress and remaining time through a unique dot-based matrix. Track days, weeks, years, and significant events with focus timers and shareable progress cards. Designed for mindful living and intentional time management.

Highlights
  • Visual Time Matrix
  • Life Progress Visualization
  • Focus Timer
  • Special Day Trackers
  • Home and Lock Screen Widgets
  • Apple Watch Support
  • Shareable Timeline Cards
Features
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How much time do you actually have left? Halftime helps you see time clearly, from the next hour to the shape of your entire life. Instead of hiding time inside lists, charts, or abstract numbers, Halftime turns your day, week, month, year, and life into a quiet matrix of dots. Each dot is a moment. Some have passed. Some are still ahead. Some can still be filled with focus, meaning, and intention. Halftime is not a traditional to-do list, habit tracker, or productivity system. It is a visual time tracker designed to help you understand where you are, what matters, and how you want to spend the time you still have. Key Features • Visual Time Matrix See your Day, Week, Month, Year, and Life as clean dot-based timelines. Zoom from the micro view of today to the macro view of your life. • Life Progress Set your birthday and expected lifespan to visualize your life progress in weeks and years. A simple, powerful reminder to make the present count. • Focus Timer Start a focused session with a simple gesture. Turn passing time into visible progress and transform grey dots into colorful records of attention. • Special Days Track birthdays, anniversaries, trips, deadlines, goals, and meaningful moments with countdowns and progress views. • Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets Keep your Life, Day, Week, Month, Year, and Special Days progress visible without opening the app. • Apple Watch Support Check your time progress from your wrist. Add Halftime complications to your watch face for Life, Year, Month, Week, Day, and selected Special Days. • Visual Heatmap Your effort is more than a number. Watch your timeline light up as you focus, build routines, and create a visual record of how your time is spent. • Shareable Timeline Cards Create clean visual cards for your time progress and share your Day, Month, Year, or Life timeline. Why Halftime? Halftime is for people who want to: • Feel the passage of time more clearly • Track life progress without anxiety or clutter • Build focus with a minimal timer • Visualize habits, effort, and attention • Remember important dates and countdowns • Use widgets and Apple Watch complications as gentle reminders • Spend less time scrolling and more time living Design Philosophy Halftime is intentionally simple. No ads. No noisy social features. No complicated project systems. No endless settings. Just a calm, visual way to understand time and make better choices with it. Time does not become longer when you track it. But when you can see it, you can choose it more deliberately. Stop scrolling. Start living. Welcome to Halftime. Take control of your second half. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://limxfx.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-21528332de66804d9c3fcacd01e709b1

Screenshots

Life Widget4 screens
Halftime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Halftime at 5.0 against Life Widget's 3.9. Halftime also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Life Widget's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 4). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Life Widget sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Halftime sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Halftime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Life Widget has 31 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Life Widget's written reviews are positive against 100% of Halftime's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Life Widget ships an update every 9 days, Halftime fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Life Widget versus Halftime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLife WidgetHalftime
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (31 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer定荣 郭虎 伏

Customer experience

Life Widget

All ratings31 ratings
Positive74.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.8%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive75.5%
Neutral3.8%
Negative20.8%

Halftime

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Life Widget

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
One-time2
  • Lifetime$12.99
  • Premium Lifetime$12.99
3 purchases

Halftime

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$6.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$8.99

Questions

Is Life Widget free?
Life Widget is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Halftime free?
Halftime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Life Widget or Halftime?
Halftime is rated higher. Life Widget averages 3.9 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Halftime averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Life Widget or Halftime have ads?
Neither Life Widget nor Halftime shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Life Widget or Halftime?
Life Widget ships an update every 9 days, and Halftime fortnightly. Most recently, Life Widget was updated on October 1, 2026 and Halftime on October 2, 2026.

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