Comparison

ZanZan vs Time Jars

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

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About

ZanZan

Features
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Turn effort into rewards. ZanZan is a to-do list and habit tracker with rewards you choose. Plan your day, log reading or exercise, and earn Effort Coins using rules you set. Save up for a movie night, a coffee you love, or time for a game. Connect what you want to do with something to look forward to. You choose the activities, the coin rules, and the rewards. For example, you could earn 1 Effort Coin for reading a chapter and redeem a movie night for 20 coins. You decide what to do, how many coins to earn, and what to reward yourself with. TO-DO LIST & RECURRING TASKS Create one-time or recurring tasks for work, study, and daily life. Assign coin rewards to your tasks and earn them when you meet the rules you've set. HABIT TRACKING & ACTIVITY LOGS Log reading time, running distance, or other everyday activities. Create your own repeatable activities, add numbers, notes, and photos, and choose how each activity earns coins. CHOOSE YOUR OWN REWARDS Add a reward you'd enjoy, set its coin cost and requirements, and work toward it at your own pace. Redeem it when you have enough coins and meet the requirements, then look back through your reward history. EFFORT COINS & PROGRESS STATS Create different coin types for areas such as study, exercise, or daily life. See your balances, check where each coin came from, and follow your progress over time. FOCUS TIMER, WIDGETS & ICLOUD SYNC Start a focus timer when it's time to begin. Keep tasks and progress close with widgets. Store your data on your device, with optional iCloud sync. Start with one small task. Save up for something you want to reward yourself with. Effort Coins are for personal motivation within the app. They are not real money and cannot be exchanged for cash. You choose and arrange your own rewards; ZanZan does not provide or deliver prizes. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Time Jars

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Time Jars is a satisfying visual time tracker built around a simple idea โ€” every 30 minutes of focused work earns you a marble. Drop marbles into your jars to watch your time and effort build up over days, weeks and months. Create jars for each area of your life โ€” work projects, fitness, learning, hobbies โ€” and watch them fill up as you invest time into the things that matter. MARBLE JARS Create as many jars as you like, name them, pick a colour, and start dropping marbles. Each marble represents 30 minutes of focused time. Watch your jars fill up with satisfying physics and animations. TIMER Use the built in timer to track your work sessions. When the timer ends you'll be prompted to log your time and drop your marbles automatically. TASKS & TODOS Create a task list and assign each task to a jar. Tick off tasks as you complete them and log your time directly from the task screen. PLANNER Plan your day, week and month by scheduling your tasks into time slots. See exactly what you should be working on and when. TARGETS Set daily, weekly and monthly marble targets for each jar. Track your progress and celebrate when you hit your goals. STATS View detailed charts showing how you've spent your time across days, weeks, months and years. See which goals are getting your attention and which need more focus. - Works fully offline โ€” your data stays on your device - Dark and light mode - Satisfying marble physics and animations - Visual progress tracking - No subscription required

Screenshots

ZanZan3 screens
Time Jars4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Time Jars at none against ZanZan's 2. Time Jars also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.2). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. ZanZan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Time Jars asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
ZanZan versus Time Jars: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZanZanTime Jars
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS18.215.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size38 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerๆ˜Šๅฒฉ ้ฒHenry Puttock

In-app purchases

2 purchases

ZanZan

Subscriptions1
  • Steps Monthly Membership$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • Steps Lifetime Access$6.99
None

Time Jars

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ZanZan free?
ZanZan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Time Jars free?
Time Jars is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ZanZan or Time Jars have ads?
Neither ZanZan nor Time Jars shows ads.

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