Comparison

Daboo vs TimeAware

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

Head to head
About

Daboo

This app helps you reduce your daily phone usage by turning it into a competition with friends. It automatically tracks your screen time and displays your progress against a set goal, with a leaderboard to see who is using their phone the least.

Highlights
  • Automatic screen time tracking
  • Daily goal setting
  • Friend leaderboards
  • Daily and weekly progress reports
  • Privacy-focused design
  • No ads or trackers
Features
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Your screen time, next to your friends'. Least time wins. 5 hours a day on your phone is 76 days a year. Daboo helps you win them back by turning it into a daily race with the people who'll actually notice. IT TRACKS ITSELF Give Daboo Screen Time access once and it counts your daily total automatically. Nothing to type, nothing to remember. SET A GOAL Pick a daily limit and see every day against it. Time over your goal shows up in orange, so a bad week is obvious at a glance. RACE YOUR FRIENDS A daily leaderboard ranks you and your friends by who used their phone least. Switch between yesterday, your 7-day average and your 30-day average. KNOW WHERE YOU STAND A morning notification tells you how you placed, and a weekly recap shows how your week went. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Only a rounded daily total leaves your phone, never which apps you used, and only friends you add can see it. No ads. No third-party trackers. Delete your account and all your data any time. Put the phone down. Your friends will notice.

About

TimeAware

This app provides gentle hourly "time anchors" with chimes or voice announcements to help individuals with ADHD and time blindness stay grounded. It features a shame-free design, customizable sounds and themes, and smart features like calendar sync.

Highlights
  • Gentle hourly time anchors
  • Customizable chimes and voice announcements
  • Shame-free design
  • Warm, dopamine-friendly interface
  • Calendar sync for meetings
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Home Screen Widget
Features
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You're not broken. You just lose track of time. TimeAware is the gentle time awareness app built for brains that experience time blindness — a core struggle for adults with ADHD and anyone who chronically loses hours without noticing. Instead of dozens of annoying alarms, TimeAware gives you pleasant hourly "time anchors" — soft chimes or voice announcements that gently remind you what time it is, keeping you grounded in the present moment. HOW IT WORKS Every hour (or at your custom interval), TimeAware plays a gentle chime or speaks the time aloud. That's it. Simple, consistent, life-changing. Choose between: - Chimes — 12 beautiful sound effects from Gentle Bell to Tibetan Bowl - Voice Announcements — 12 distinct voices from Calm to ASMR whisper - Haptic Only — silent vibrations, perfect for meetings and classrooms DESIGNED FOR ADHD BRAINS TimeAware isn't another productivity app pretending to understand you. It was built specifically for time blindness: - Low cognitive load — one clear purpose, no feature bloat - Shame-free design — no streaks that punish you, no guilt trips - Warm, dopamine-friendly interface — amber tones, smooth animations, sensory delight - Analog, Digital & Minimal clock faces with a visual time-remaining arc SMART FEATURES - Calendar Sync — automatically pauses chimes during your meetings (Pro) - Quiet Hours — set different schedules for weekdays and weekends - Custom Schedule — toggle individual hours on or off - Focus Mode Aware — silences when your phone's Focus mode is active - Apple Watch — feel time on your wrist with haptic taps (Pro) - Lock Screen Live Activity — always-visible countdown to your next chime - Home Screen Widget — see your next chime at a glance, pause/resume instantly MAKE IT YOURS 6 beautiful themes: Dawn, Midnight, Forest, Lavender, Sunset, Ocean 3 clock styles: Analog, Digital, Minimal — all with smooth animated seconds 24 sound options across chimes and voice announcements TIMEAWARE PRO Free users get 2 voices, 2 chimes, and 2 themes — everything you need to start. Pro unlocks the full experience: - All 12 voices & 12 chimes - All 6 themes - Calendar sync & smart suggestions - Apple Watch haptic chimes - Haptic-only silent mode - New sounds added regularly Try Pro free for 7 days. Cancel anytime. PRIVACY FIRST - All data stays on your device. Period. - No analytics, no tracking, no accounts required - No ads, ever WHY TIMEAWARE? Millions of adults experience time blindness — hours pass unnoticed, deadlines get missed, daily life becomes a source of frustration. Existing solutions (setting dozens of alarms, generic clock apps) are either too annoying, too easy to dismiss, or not designed for how ADHD brains actually work. TimeAware does one thing extraordinarily well: it anchors you in time, gently and consistently, so you can focus on living. Your brain deserves better tools. --- Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you. Contact: mohsin@dnadeveloper.com Privacy Policy: https://timeaware.space/privacy Terms: https://timeaware.space/terms

Screenshots

Daboo3 screens
TimeAware4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Daboo at 5.0 against TimeAware's 4.0. Daboo also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). TimeAware's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume and ads 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

Both are free to download. TimeAware sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Daboo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Daboo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Daboo's written reviews are positive against 67% of TimeAware's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Daboo ships an update every 4 months, TimeAware every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Daboo versus TimeAware: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDabooTimeAware
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better4.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB196 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperRyan TishMuhammad Mohsin Ajmal

Customer experience

Daboo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TimeAware

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

Daboo

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

TimeAware

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Weekly7 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$19.99

Questions

Is Daboo free?
Daboo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TimeAware free?
TimeAware is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Daboo or TimeAware?
Daboo is rated higher. Daboo averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while TimeAware averages 4.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Daboo or TimeAware have ads?
Neither Daboo nor TimeAware shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Daboo or TimeAware?
Daboo ships an update every 4 months, and TimeAware every 3 weeks. Most recently, Daboo was updated on November 5, 2026 and TimeAware on November 5, 2026.

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