Timely vs ToteTracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Timely
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Timely puts countdowns on your Lock Screen, Dynamic Island, Apple Watch, and Mac, so the remaining time is always in sight even while your phone is locked. When you add a location to a countdown, Timely accounts for traffic, prep time and how early you want to arrive. When it’s time to go, start turn-by-turn navigation with a tap, even for multi-stop trips. Adding new countdowns is fast and easy. You can even pick an event right from your calendar. Timely can be automated through the Shortcuts app. Add countdowns automatically without opening the app, or even unlocking your phone. Every countdown gets an emoji. Private, on-device AI picks one based on your title, while still making it easy to choose your own. Built by one independent developer. There are no ads and no accounts. Timely Plus adds extended Shortcuts actions and server-assisted Live Activity starts and dismissals. Timely can be particularly useful for people with ADHD or time blindness, as well as anyone who finds abstract clock times difficult to hold in mind. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.rowanstrang.com/timely/privacy
ToteTracker
Easily catalog and locate your belongings with smart scanning, voice commands, and powerful search. Organize items into nested containers and share inventories with household members. Access your data online or offline with robust security.
- Smart Photo Scan for items and shelves
- Import receipts and scan barcodes
- Voice assistant for hands-free cataloging
- Intelligent search by meaning and image
- Nested container organization with labels
- Household sharing and collaboration
- Offline access and data encryption
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Know where everything is. ToteTracker keeps a searchable inventory of your whole home — names, categories, values, and locations, all in one place. Catalog a room in minutes, and when you need something later it's a search, not an excavation. Adding things • Smart Photo Scan — photograph an item and review what the scan found: name, category, and an estimated value. Confirm it or correct it. • Smart Multi-Item Scan — one photo of a full shelf, each item cataloged on its own. • Import Receipt — photograph a paper receipt, or pick a screenshot or PDF of an order confirmation, and each product line becomes a draft you review. Groceries and other consumables are skipped and listed, so you can still include one if you want it. • Barcode lookup — point the camera at a product barcode and pull details from a database of millions of products. • Product Lookup — scan any barcode for product details on the spot, without adding it to your inventory. • Iris, the voice assistant — tell Iris what you're putting away and keep your hands free. Finding things again • Smart Search matches meaning, not exact words. Search "winter gear" and find the jacket and the gloves, even if you never typed those words. • Search with the camera, too — snap a photo and Smart Search finds the items that look like it. • Organize items into nested containers (rooms, shelves, totes, boxes) so every item has a place — and mark an item as in use when it leaves its spot. • Container labels — print QR labels for your containers, or blank labels you claim as you pack, and stick them on. Scanning one with ToteTracker or any camera app opens that box's contents. Labels your boxes already carry can be linked and scanned the same way. • Duplicate detection checks your inventory daily, flags items that look logged twice, and merges the ones you confirm. Scan a barcode you already logged and ToteTracker offers to open that item instead of adding it again. Made for iPhone and iPad • App lock — switch it on and ToteTracker asks for Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode before it opens. • Push notifications — an alert when you're invited to a shared inventory, when someone joins yours, or when your trial is about to end. • Sign in with Apple — sign up or sign in with your Apple Account. Share with your household Invite your partner, family, or roommates by email and everyone sees and edits the same inventory. Sharing is part of Plus: the owner needs Plus, and the people they invite can be on any plan. On every device, online or off Your inventory syncs across your devices and stays readable offline, so you can look things up in a basement or a storage unit with no signal. Encrypted in transit and at rest. Row-level security means only you and the people you invite to a shared inventory can read it. Export your data anytime. Getting started Every new account starts with a 7-day free trial of Plus, no credit card required. After the trial your account moves to the Free plan with everything still there: up to 50 items and 10 containers in one inventory, and 10 Smart Actions a month for photo scans, receipt import, and Iris. Plus, billed monthly or annually, adds Smart Search, barcode lookup, sharing, duplicate detection, room for the whole house, and 100 Smart Actions a month that roll over. One-time Smart Action packs are available on either plan. A ToteTracker account is required. Subscription details ToteTracker Plus is an auto-renewable subscription, available as Plus Monthly (1 month) and Plus Annual (1 year). Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://www.totetracker.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: ToteTracker at 15.0 against Timely's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Timely sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and ToteTracker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $7.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Timely ships an update every 11 days, ToteTracker every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Timely | ToteTracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ROWAN STRANG | ARTIFICERS ANVIL LLC |
In-app purchases
Timely
- Timely Plus (Monthly)$0.991 Month
- Timely Plus (Yearly)$8.991 Year
- Add Countdown Extended$12.99
- Refresh Timely$12.99
ToteTracker
- Premium Monthly$7.001 Month
- Premium 6-Month$35.006 Months
- Premium Annual$59.001 Year
- 500 Smart Actions$5.00
- 1200 Smart Actions$10.00









