Comparison

TimePDCA vs Shelf Life Management

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

Head to head
About

TimePDCA

Organize your day into 48 time blocks for study, work, and life. Receive smart reminders to stay on schedule or make instant adjustments. Automatically track your progress against your plan with clear statistics to help you improve daily.

Highlights
  • 48 time blocks for planning
  • Smart reminders
  • Automatic plan vs. reality tracking
  • Clear statistics and completion rates
  • Instant adjustments to schedule
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- Plan your day in 48 time blocks for study, work, rest, and life. - Get smart reminders to stay on track or adjust instantly. - Automatic records match plan vs reality, no extra effort. - Clear stats & completion rates help you improve every day.

About

Shelf Life Management

Features
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RATE, REMEMBER AND PRINT Add a star rating and notes to each item. Matching entries in Shopping show past ratings and recent notes for your next purchase. Choose a month, filter by category or location, and select items to create a one-page A4 expiry calendar with photos. Print it for the fridge or export a PDF. Keep track of what you have. Plan what to buy next. Share the work. Shelf Life Management brings expiry tracking and shopping lists together, for you and the people you live or work with. Record food, skincare, medicines and other everyday items using a name or photo. SHARED SPACES, CLEAR PERMISSIONS Create separate spaces for home, housemates or the office and invite people through iCloud. Keep your personal items separate. Owners manage invitations and members; editors can add, update and delete items; readers can view records and copy items to their own space. Each shared space has its own items, categories and locations. SHOPPING THAT REMEMBERS YOUR STOCK Long-press an existing item to add it to Shopping, keeping the original record. Or tap + in Shopping to create a new entry with a name or photo and choose an existing category or location. Matching history shows previous usable days, used and wasted counts, current stock and items nearing expiry, helping you decide what to buy and how much. COMPLETE IT YOUR WAY After checking a shopping entry, choose to add it to expiry tracking and confirm its dates, or complete it without tracking. Completed shopping records stay in a collapsed section and can be moved back to Shopping if you tap by mistake. Cancelling the date form keeps the entry in Shopping. SEE WHAT EXPIRES NEXT View active items by expiry date, search names, and combine category and location filters. Enter an expiry date directly, or calculate it from a production date and shelf life. Copy items or use Save and Add Another to reduce repeated entry. REMINDERS AND QUICK SHARING Choose expiry-day, advance or custom reminders and check the reminder time before saving. For shared items, reminders are personal to your device. Long-press an item to send its photo and status-based expiry message through the system share sheet. The recipient does not need the app. KEEP USEFUL HISTORY Mark items used or wasted without entering a reason. In your personal space, Undo appears briefly; historical items can still be restored later. Delete through the long-press menu with confirmation. A welcome guide and Help explain the actions, and the Home Screen quick action opens a new item. No app-specific account is required. iCloud sharing and synchronization require an available Apple account and compatible device settings; invited members need the app. Supports iPhone and iPad, with English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Shopping estimates come from your own records, not the shelf life printed on the package. Confirm the actual package date after buying. Notification permission is required for reminders. Expiry and shopping widgets show the currently selected space on your Home Screen. Tap an item to open the app and handle it or complete a purchase. Photo-assisted entry is available on supported devices with Apple Intelligence; review all suggestions before saving. Availability depends on your device, system, language and service settings.

Screenshots

TimePDCA4 screens
Shelf Life Management4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TimePDCA at Free against Shelf Life Management's $0.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

TimePDCA is free to download; Shelf Life Management costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
TimePDCA versus Shelf Life Management: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimePDCAShelf Life Management
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWuhan Zhiant Technology Co., Ltd.inact

In-app purchases

None

TimePDCA

No in-app purchases

None

Shelf Life Management

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TimePDCA free?
TimePDCA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shelf Life Management free?
Shelf Life Management costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do TimePDCA or Shelf Life Management have ads?
Neither TimePDCA nor Shelf Life Management shows ads.

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