Peek Message vs Things take time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Peek Message
Pin a single, personalized message to your lock screen or home widget. It serves as a digital reminder, note, or compliment for your future self. Designed for simplicity and privacy, it keeps your important thoughts in sight without distractions.
- Pin single message to lock screen
- Display message on home widget
- Personalized message content
- Edit message anytime
- Use for notes, reminders, quotes
- Private, device-only storage
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A message. From you, for you. Peek Message allows you to pin a single message to your lock screen or home widget. It's like a digital post-it, a message in your fridge or a silent note for your future self. You decide what he says. Use it to remember something important. Mark a special day. Write down a password that you always forget. Or give yourself a little compliment for the day. Peek Message is designed to do one thing well: save an important message for you. It's not a to-do list. It's not a notification system. It is a space for a thought that deserves to be in sight. Minimalist. Personal. Private. What you can do with Peek Message: - Set a personalized message at the same time - Show it on your lock screen or widget - Edit it at any time with a few taps - Use it for notes, reminders, quotes or whatever you want to keep in mind Peek Message doesn't sync to the cloud, doesn't connect to messaging platforms, doesn't store your data elsewhere. Your message lives alone on your device. Less noise. No distractions. Just a message that matters. From you, for you. Https://www.ocho.so/privacy Https://www.ocho.so/terms
Things take time
This app helps you track habits, routines, and personal metrics to visualize compounding progress over time. It displays multiple trackers simultaneously to reveal patterns and understand your growth. Designed for ease of use, it focuses on making tracking effortless and insightful.
- Track any habit, routine, or metric
- View multiple trackers side-by-side
- Visualize monthly progress at a glance
- Intuitive and effortless tracking design
- Detailed analytics for pattern recognition
- Privacy-focused with on-device data storage
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Good things take time. Real progress is built through small things done consistently — it won’t feel like much, until it does. Things take time is an app for tracking what matters, the small things, and seeing how they compound over time. KEY FEATURES • Track anything From habits and routines to personal metrics, notes, and daily actions — build trackers that fit your life, not the other way around. • See everything side by side Most apps show one tracker at a time, which hides the bigger picture. This one shows them all together so you can see patterns across your month. • Your month at a glance See how small things add up across your month, so you can stay consistent and notice real progress. • Built for ease of use Tracking should feel effortless. Everything is designed to be fast, simple, and intuitive. • Understand your patterns Detailed analytics for every tracker to help you uncover trends and better understand your progress over time. • Privacy first Your data stays on your device or in your iCloud. Nothing is collected, and nothing is tracked. Progress is often invisible in the moment. Things take time was built to make it visible — by showing how small things add up over time. Terms & Privacy: https://github.com/chesterhow/things-take-time/blob/main/terms-privacy.md
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Peek Message at free against Things take time's freemium. Peek Message also leads on ratings volume (214 vs 7) and update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly). Things take time's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Peek Message sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Things take time sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Things take time holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Peek Message has 214 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Peek Message's written reviews are positive against 100% of Things take time's.
Peek Message ships an update every 3 days, Things take time weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Peek Message | Things take time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (214 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 214 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ocho | Chester How |
Customer experience
Peek Message
Things take time
In-app purchases
Peek Message
- Lifetime$9.99
Things take time
- Things take time + Monthly$2.991 Month
- Things take time + Lifetime$34.99
