Comparison

Timora vs Burrow Tunnel

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

Head to head
About

Timora

This app provides hands-free time announcements through voice or chimes, ideal for when you can't look at your screen. Customize reminders, create personalized announcements, and integrate with iOS features for seamless timekeeping.

Highlights
  • Voice and chime time announcements
  • Customizable periodic reminders
  • Personalized announcement scripts
  • Import custom audio notifications
  • Back Tap and Action Button integration
  • iOS Shortcuts support
  • Intelligent volume ducking
Features
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Do you ever find yourself deep in work, driving, or exercising, wanting to know the time but unable to look at your phone? TimeKeeping is your personal voice-activated time assistant. Stay on rhythm without missing a beat—our app tells you the time through high-quality voice or elegant chimes, precisely when you need it. 【Core Highlights】 1. Hear the Time, Eyes-Free Featuring high-quality natural voices in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, and Russian. Choose between a crisp hourly announcement, a simple chime, or a "Chime + Voice" combo for a more ritualistic experience. 2. Fully Customizable to Your Rhythm Periodic Reminders: Set custom intervals (e.g., every 15 minutes) to maintain your Pomodoro flow or workout pace. Personalized Scripts: Create custom announcements for specific times (e.g., "3:00 PM, time for a water break!") to add a personal touch to your day. Custom Sounds: Import your favorite MP3 or audio files to create a truly unique notification experience. 3. Seamless iOS Integration Back Tap: Announce the time instantly by double or triple-tapping the back of your iPhone (no screen activation required). Action Button: For iPhone 15 Pro and later, trigger the timekeeper with a single press—perfect for eyes-free control. Shortcuts Support: Integrate time announcements into your personalized automations and workflows. 4. Minimalist Design, Pure Experience A stunning dark-mode aesthetic with fluid gradients and a glassmorphism interface. Features intelligent volume ducking to ensure you hear the time clearly without interrupting your other audio. 【Ideal Scenarios】 Deep Work: Stay aware of time passing without breaking your focus. Fitness & Sports: Track your progress during runs or yoga sessions without checking your watch. Eye Care: Set periodic reminders to rest your eyes and stay healthy. Hands-Free Moments: Know the time instantly while cooking, cleaning, or in low-light environments.

About

Burrow Tunnel

Features
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Burrow is a frp client built for developers and homelab tinkerers. It lets you securely connect from your phone to your own Mac, Linux, NAS, or GPU machine at home, and keep doing the things you would normally do in front of a computer. [Why Burrow] The local AI agent era is here. You might be running Claude Code, Cursor agents, local LLMs, Stable Diffusion, or other self-hosted services on a workstation, Mac mini, or NAS at home. When you are out, you want to use your phone to check progress, tweak configs, transfer files, run maintenance scripts. Exposing ports directly to the public internet is dangerous. Commercial remote-desktop tools route your traffic through their servers. Burrow uses frp's stcp visitor mode: - End-to-end encrypted; the key stays only between you and your devices - No public ports exposed on your home machines - All traffic flows only through your own frps server, with no third-party relay - We cannot, and never will, see any of your data [Three access modes] 1. Shell (PTY terminal) A full SSH terminal with support for vim, htop, tmux, color output, and ANSI escapes. Password and public-key authentication. Built-in favorites and runbooks: pin commands like "restart service", "tail logs", or "kick off training run", and execute them in one tap. 2. SFTP (file browser) Browse the remote filesystem by directory. Upload, download, rename, delete. Useful for pulling trained model weights, generated images, or logs back to your phone. 3. HTTP (in-app browser) A built-in WebView for accessing intranet web services: Jupyter, Open WebUI, Home Assistant, Grafana, the frps dashboard, your router admin page, self-hosted photo libraries, and so on. Self-signed certificate trust supported. [Who Burrow is for] - People running AI agents, local LLMs, or self-hosted services at home who need safe remote access - Developers who want to do server ops, check logs, or run scripts from their phone - Homelab enthusiasts and self-hosters who already run their own frps and at least one Linux or macOS machine [Who it is not for] - Users who want zero-config, install-and-go (you need to understand frp configuration) - Anyone needing graphical remote desktop (Burrow only does command line, files, and web) - Anyone expecting the app to run continuously in the background (limited by iOS foreground model) [What you need before starting] 1. A frps server you have deployed (a VPS, or another machine on your network) 2. A frpc daemon already running on the home machine you want to reach, with an stcp-type proxy configured 3. The same sk (shared key) on both sides 4. SSH enabled on the remote if you want shell, or a web service running if you want HTTP The "User Guide" section inside the app has a full getting-started walkthrough with example configs. [Privacy] Burrow does not collect any user data. All connection configurations (addresses, passwords, keys) are stored only on your device, in the iOS Keychain. No accounts. No login. No analytics. No third-party SDKs. [Feedback] This is the work of a solo developer. There is a feedback channel at the bottom of the in-app User Guide. If something does not work for you, please tell me.

Screenshots

Timora4 screens
Burrow Tunnel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Burrow Tunnel at Free against Timora's $0.99. On update cadence, ads, 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

Burrow Tunnel is free to download; Timora costs $0.99 up front. Timora sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Burrow Tunnel sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timora ships an update fortnightly, Burrow Tunnel every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Timora versus Burrow Tunnel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimoraBurrow Tunnel
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews90.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB45 MB
Age rating4+9+
Developer兵 王鑫 姜

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Timora

One-time3
  • Small Coffee$0.99
  • Medium Coffee$1.99
  • large coffee$2.99
1 purchases

Burrow Tunnel

One-time1
  • Burrow Pro$14.99

Questions

Is Timora free?
Timora costs $0.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Burrow Tunnel free?
Burrow Tunnel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Timora or Burrow Tunnel have ads?
Neither Timora nor Burrow Tunnel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timora or Burrow Tunnel?
Timora ships an update fortnightly, and Burrow Tunnel every 2 weeks. Most recently, Timora was updated on October 11, 2026 and Burrow Tunnel on October 3, 2026.

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