Comparison

Timebook vs Nostora

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

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Timebook

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Timebook is a time tracker that records how you spend your day, turns it into habits you can keep, and helps you discover the patterns hidden inside it. No separate check-off: log what you set as a habit, and today's progress fills automatically. Whether you want to build better habits, stay focused on deep work, or fix your sleep schedule, Timebook helps you see what your days really look like β€” and shape them on purpose. Skip the complicated forms. Start and stop activities with a single tap. The more you log, the better Timebook understands your day - and surfaces insights that lead to better habits. β–  Habits your records keep for you β€’ Today's habits on the home screen β€” tap a record-based habit to start logging β€’ Set what counts: simply logging it, or a duration, amount, or count goal β€’ Habits tied to a record are judged automatically, with no separate check-off β€’ Streaks and a footprint board show every day you kept β€’ Rest days and skipped days never count as failures β–  Challenges, from 7 days to 100 β€’ Put a window around a habit you already keep: 7, 21, 30, 60, or 100 days β€’ A different badge for each length, and a special trophy when three or more habits started together all succeed β€’ Save and share the result as a badge image β–  One-tap time tracking β€’ Tap a quick-action button to start logging in a second β€’ Watch your current session progress on a circular timer β€” perfect for Pomodoro-style focus sessions β€’ Edit start and stop times freely β€’ Capture moments with timestamped notes β–  Two ways to revisit your day β€’ Timeline: replay your day moment by moment β€’ Grid: see your whole day as a colorful mosaic β–  Heatmaps that reveal your patterns β€’ Activity frequency by day of week and time of day β€’ Category-level breakdown of where your time goes β€’ A clear picture of what you actually do, hour by hour β–  Routine templates to plan the day ahead β€’ Design your daily plan as a reusable template β€’ Separate templates for weekdays, weekends, and other contexts β€’ Review your routines and see how your days align over time β–  In-depth sleep analysis β€’ Bedtime and wake-time patterns over time β€’ Sleep duration and consistency by day of week β–  More β€’ Dark mode β€’ Available in 13 languages Start tracking with Timebook and become someone who spends time on what matters. Terms of Use: https://timebook.kr/terms

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Nostora

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You remember the ten o'clock meeting. Lunch. The call that ran long. But the two hours in between? At the end of the month you estimate. And because you are a decent person, you estimate against yourself. Nostora brings those hours home. One tap on play and the timer runs β€” no project to create, no client to pick, no form to fill. Time tracking never fails in week one. It fails in week three, when the tracking itself becomes the work. TWO DIRECTIONS, ONE PATH The way back records what happened β€” to the minute, no guessing. The way forward is the Day Planner. It drafts your day from what your real weeks have revealed about you. Not a wish-list calendar that collapses at five. SIX LIVES, ONE APP Tobias, student. Twenty hours of assistant work, a master's thesis, a hackathon team. On Fridays, a PDF to his boss in under a minute. The follow-up questions have stopped. The Sommer family. Three profiles on one device, each with its own colour and its own statistics. After two weeks David corrected his β€œclub business” from one hour a day to two and a half. It was a peaceful evening β€” the numbers had taken over the arguing. Marie, UX consultant. For years she gave away ten to fifteen percent of her hours. Today her rates live on the categories, the timer starts from her Apple Watch, and Fridays are for invoices. Markus, engineer. Timer off, and the worklog is on the Jira issue β€” to the minute, with his note. No server in between. Friday at 4:30 pm has lost its terror. Carla, therapist. What convinced her was not a feature but a sentence: there is no server anything is sent to. Jan, project manager. He imports his 400-line project plan and gets a planned-versus-actual comparison that carries the next quote. WHAT IS INSIDE - Unlimited timers, categories, activities, notes - Day Planner with templates for every weekday - Statistics, weekly review, PDF and CSV reports - Hourly rates, flat fees, weekly budgets - Places with automatic detection - Apple Watch, widgets, Siri, Shortcuts, calendar - Profiles with their own colour and logo - Jira integration, import of MS Project plans YOUR HOURS BELONG TO YOU No account. No sign-in. No cloud. No ads. No tracking. There is no server anything is sent to β€” there is simply no server. Where Nostora uses artificial intelligence, in the weekly review and the Day Planner, it runs on your iPhone with Apple's on-device models. WHAT IT COSTS, HONESTLY Free: up to six active tasks and two profiles. Nothing else is held back β€” timers, statistics, the weekly review, PDF and CSV reports, Apple Watch, widgets, calendar and places are all included. The limit counts active tasks only; finished ones free the slot and stay in your reports. Plus, one-time: unlimited tasks and profiles, backup across all profiles, Day Planner with suggestions and an AI draft. Pro, subscription: everything in Plus, plus the Jira integration. If you don't use Jira, you don't need Pro. Project Import, one-time: MS Project and ProjectLibre plans, planned-versus-actual reports. Independent of the rest. Anyone who bought Premium before version 5.0 keeps Plus and the Jira integration for life. Nostora β€” from nΓ³stos, the homecoming, and hora, the hour. The hours are not gone. They are just not home yet. Built by devForPeople, a one-person workshop in Oelde, Germany. IN-APP PURCHASES - Nostora Plus β€” one-time purchase, lifetime, €9.99 - Project Import β€” one-time purchase, lifetime, €4.99 - Nostora Pro β€” auto-renewable subscription: €1.99/week, €6.99/month or €49.99/year, with 7 days free Prices may vary by region. Pro renews automatically until you cancel. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase; renewal is charged within 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.devforpeople.de/privacy.html

Screenshots

Timebook4 screens
Nostora4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Timebook at none against Nostora's 6. Timebook also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Nostora sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Timebook asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Timebook ships an update every 3 days, Nostora weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Timebook versus Nostora: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimebookNostora
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days β€” betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS15.5 β€” better18.6
Further details β€” not scored
Size148 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYoungsoo ChoeAndreas Maser

In-app purchases

None

Timebook

No in-app purchases

6 purchases

Nostora

Subscriptions3
  • Pro Β· Weekly$1.997 Days
  • Pro Β· Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Pro Β· Yearly$44.991 Year
One-time3
  • Project Import$3.99
  • Trackers Premium$3.99
  • Trackers Plus$8.99

Questions

Is Timebook free?
Timebook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nostora free?
Nostora is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Timebook or Nostora have ads?
Neither Timebook nor Nostora shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Timebook or Nostora?
Timebook ships an update every 3 days, and Nostora weekly. Most recently, Timebook was updated on October 1, 2026 and Nostora on October 7, 2026.

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