Comparison

Hacking Timer vs Today

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

Head to head
About

Hacking Timer

Features
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Time Hack marks time at 30-minute or 1-hour intervals within your selected hours and days. Choose repeating iPhone alarms or notifications that run on Apple Watch. Repeating iPhone alarms (iOS 26 or later) • AlarmKit stores the selected times and weekdays as a schedule that repeats every week. • Choose a 30-minute or 1-hour interval and one alert timing: at the scheduled time or a chosen number of minutes before it. • Select weekdays, weekends, or every day and set your operating hours. • Overnight windows and 24-hour operation are supported. • Alert times also stay inside the operating window. • The next alarm displays the nearest future time from the registered weekly schedule. • Stop silences the current alarm; Off also removes future alarms. • Alarm authorization is required on iPhone. These audible alarms can sound during Focus and Silent Mode. Apple Watch notifications • Configure times, days, and vibration patterns directly on Watch. • Choose one alert timing and a 30-minute or 1-hour interval. • Schedules that fit the system's notification budget repeat automatically. • Larger schedules reserve the nearest notifications first and refill when the app opens or receives a background refresh. This mode needs opportunities to refill. • Switching to iPhone alarms waits for Watch notifications to be removed. Changes remain pending while communication is unavailable. • Presentation of iPhone alarms on Watch depends on the connection, OS, and system settings. Requirements The iPhone app requires iOS 17 or later. iPhone alarms require iOS 26 or later. Standalone Watch notifications require watchOS 11.4 or later. No account or subscription is required. Settings stay on your devices and synchronize between iPhone and Watch. No developer data collection or advertising tracking.

About

Today

This productivity app offers a unique approach to task management by gamifying your to-do list. Tasks that are repeatedly postponed escalate and demand attention, while completed tasks contribute to your "K/D Ratio" and career progression. It features interactive notifications and lock screen widgets for seamless task handling.

Highlights
  • Escalating tasks that demand attention
  • K/D Ratio tracking (Kills vs. Dodges)
  • Interactive notifications with action buttons
  • Lock screen and home screen widgets
  • Ambient lighting themes and custom sounds
  • Private by design, no accounts or tracking
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Today is one clean list for today and the six days ahead. No calendars, no projects, no clutter — just what needs to happen now. But here's the twist: Today fights back. Push a task off too many times and it escalates — flaming on your list, taking over your lock screen, re-alerting until it's handled. Handle it, and the fire goes out. YOUR STATS, LIKE A SCOREBOARD Every completion counts. Track your K/D RATIO — Kills (tasks you finished) vs Dodges (tasks you kept pushing off until they caught fire) — build streaks, and climb career ranks from Recruit to Legend on your own after-action report. ACT FROM ANYWHERE Press and hold any reminder — Done, +1 Hour, and Tomorrow buttons appear right on the notification. Widgets keep your mission on the lock screen and home screen. MADE TO FEEL PREMIUM Ambient lighting themes, a console-style startup, and a Sound Lab where every sound is yours to choose. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No tracking. Your data never leaves your device. Free: your daily list, times, reminders, notification actions, and automatic rollover of unfinished tasks. Today Pro: urgent re-alerts, widgets, themes and ambient colors, extended history and planning. Privacy Policy: https://goatedtoday.app/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hacking Timer1 screens
Today4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hacking Timer at none against Today's 2. Today's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Today sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per 7 days. Hacking Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hacking Timer ships an update every 5 weeks, Today every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hacking Timer versus Today: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHacking TimerToday
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerhiroaki yuasaISAIAH MICHAEL PARADA

In-app purchases

None

Hacking Timer

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Today

Subscriptions2
  • Today Pro$8.997 Days
  • Today Pro$99.991 Year

Questions

Is Hacking Timer free?
Hacking Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Today free?
Today is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hacking Timer or Today have ads?
Neither Hacking Timer nor Today shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hacking Timer or Today?
Hacking Timer ships an update every 5 weeks, and Today every 8 days. Most recently, Hacking Timer was updated on October 6, 2026 and Today on October 18, 2026.

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