Comparison

timespent vs Shasks

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

Head to head
About

timespent

Track your goals, habits, skills, and activities with a flexible timer and progress tracker. Visualize your journey with widgets, charts, and calendars to stay motivated and achieve milestones.

Highlights
  • Focus and activity timer
  • Habit and routine tracker
  • Workout and fitness log
  • Daily checklist and task tracker
  • Skill and practice journal
  • Home screen widgets
  • Heatmap calendars
Features
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** AWARDED BEST NEW APPS CATEGORY — APP STORE EDITORS ** hi, i'm Cal. i built timespent to be the simplest, most flexible way to track your goals, habits, skills, and activities. for those who used my old activity timer app, you'll find everything you loved and a whole lot more. timespent takes tracking to a new level, letting you measure activities by weight, distance, or volume—or just keep a simple tally too. here are just a few ways you can use timespent: – focus & activity timer log focused work sessions with the built-in focus timer, perfect for pomodoro-style sprints or deep work. track your hours spent studying, meditating, or mastering a skill on your way to 10,000 hours. – habit & routine tracker build powerful routines and track your progress. minimize screentime, create a reading log, maintain a gratitude journal, or track any habit you want to build or break. see your consistency grow day by day. – workout & fitness log create a complete workout history. log strength training with sets, reps, and weight. track your cardio sessions by distance and time, whether you're running, cycling, or swimming. count your yoga poses or push-ups. every bit of progress, logged. – daily checklist & task tracker stay on top of your recurring tasks. did you water the plants? take your medications or supplements? complete your daily chores? use quick tallies to check things off and free up your mind. – skill & practice journal use the focus timer to record practice sessions that level-up your skills. they say it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert—now you can track your journey there. watch your dedication pay off, whether you're practicing an instrument, coding a new project, or learning a new language. plus, timespent is more than just a list of numbers. it helps you visualize your journey with powerful, but simple, tools: – home screen widgets: keep your progress front and center so you never lose sight of your goals. – heatmap calendars: get a beautiful at-a-glance view of your consistency. – personal goals: set daily or weekly targets to stay motivated and celebrate every milestone you reach. – clean charts & stats: understand your trends without overwhelming or cluttered graphs. – reminders: send yourself notifications and words of encouragement. – arcs: track and organize your routines with a gentler approach to streaks & goals. – apple watch & fitness integration: import workouts automatically. start tracking what matters most. a better you is just one tap away. — Cal.

About

Shasks

Organize tasks and projects with a daily planner and natural language input. Capture thoughts, set recurring projects, and manage deadlines. Integrates with iOS Share sheet for easy capture of links, text, photos, and files.

Highlights
  • Natural language task input
  • Recurring project templates
  • iOS Share sheet integration
  • Focus views (Today, Upcoming, Anytime, Someday)
  • Task and project organization with tags and areas
  • Apple Watch support
Features
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A little structure. A lot more headspace. Shasks brings tasks and projects together on iPhone and Apple Watch. Capture a thought in natural language, make a plan, and reuse the projects you come back to. BUILD THE PLAN ONCE. USE IT AGAIN. Give a project its tasks, sections, and deadlines. Complete it when the work is done, or set it to repeat for your next weekly review, monthly checklist, or recurring process. Repeating projects carry their template tasks and sections into the next occurrence. TYPE THE TASK. SET THE DETAILS. Write “Call Alex tomorrow 3pm p1” and Quick Add recognizes the date, time, and priority. Add deadlines, choose an existing list with #, or an existing tag with @. See the recognized details before you save. You can also dictate a task instead of typing. REPEAT ON YOUR SCHEDULE. Choose a regular calendar schedule or repeat after completion. Every Friday and a week after you finish are different plans; Shasks supports both for tasks and projects. CAPTURE WHAT YOU FIND. Send links, text, photos, and files to Shasks from the iOS Share sheet. Keep notes, checklists, and attachments with the task so the details are there when you need them. MAKE ROOM FOR TODAY. • Focus with Today, Upcoming, Anytime, and Someday • Organize with areas, projects, headings, and tags • Set dates, deadlines, time reminders, and optional location reminders • View read-only calendar events alongside your tasks, or copy a task to Calendar • Access tasks locally and keep them synchronized through your account • Check Inbox and Today from Apple Watch Shasks has no advertising and does not track you across apps or websites.

Screenshots

timespent4 screens
Shasks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shasks at none against timespent's 4. timespent's advantage is ratings volume (176 vs 1) and iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. timespent sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Shasks asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for timespent against 5.0 for Shasks. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: timespent has 176 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

timespent ships an update every 4 days, Shasks weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
timespent versus Shasks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertimespentShasks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (176 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews98.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings176 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB105 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGlasshouse Studio, LLCJoe Lindmeier

Customer experience

timespent

All ratings176 ratings
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.6%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive98.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.8%

Shasks

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

timespent

Subscriptions3
  • Boundless (Weekly)$0.997 Days
  • Boundless (Monthly)$2.991 Month
  • Boundless (Yearly)$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Boundless (Forever)$49.99
None

Shasks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is timespent free?
timespent is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shasks free?
Shasks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, timespent or Shasks?
Shasks is rated higher. timespent averages 4.9 out of 5 from 176 ratings, while Shasks averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do timespent or Shasks have ads?
Neither timespent nor Shasks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, timespent or Shasks?
timespent ships an update every 4 days, and Shasks weekly. Most recently, timespent was updated on November 8, 2026 and Shasks on November 6, 2026.

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