Comparison

SimpleTime vs Hour Mark

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

Head to head
About

SimpleTime

Effortlessly track your daily activities, from work and studies to personal projects. Organize tasks, view your day at a glance, and gain insights with automatic statistics. Securely back up your data and export it for further analysis.

Highlights
  • Instant time tracking
  • Structured tasks and subtasks
  • Daily view and timeline
  • Automatic statistics and charts
  • iCloud backup
  • CSV export
  • Private and secure data
Features
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SimpleTime tracks where your time goes. One tap starts it, one tap stops it. No account, no sign-up, no ads. Your hours stay on your device and in your iCloud. TRACKING • One tap starts and stops – in the app, from the Home Screen, from Control Center, or with Siri • Tasks with subtasks, nested as deeply as your work is • Forgot to start? Add time afterwards and edit it whenever you like • Colour, symbol, favourites, and an order you set yourself YOUR DAY • A list or a timeline from 0 to 24, with a marker for the current time • Notes on any entry • How today compares to yesterday, right at the top INSIGHTS • Pie charts by task and by productivity • Day, week, month, year • Statistics: comparison with the previous period, trend, spread across the day, longest and shortest entry • Every task with its own numbers – first entry, longest, this week, this year • Share any chart as an image REPORTS AND EXPORT • A PDF report whose sections you choose and arrange yourself • CSV for Excel and Numbers • Backups in iCloud Drive, automatic and password-encrypted if you want WIDGETS • Today, running entry, week, and quick start • On the Lock Screen and in Control Center • Siri and Shortcuts: “Start work” is enough ON EVERY DEVICE • iPhone, iPad, and Mac, kept in sync through iCloud • 40 languages, independent of your device language • VoiceOver and Dynamic Type throughout YOUR DATA • App lock with Face ID, Touch ID, or a code of your own • Privacy on one page: every permission and all your data at a glance • No accounts, no servers of ours, no ads, no tracking • Erase everything at once – on the device, in iCloud, and in the backups SIMPLETIME PRO Everything above stays free. Pro adds: • Apple Watch: start and stop from your wrist, with the running time on your watch face • Reviews: your week, month and year as cards – to page through and share • Places: tasks start on their own when you arrive – after a waiting time, if you like • Year at a glance: every day of the year as one picture, with your streaks • Goals per task – for the day, the week, or the month • Focus filter: your work focus turns on, the list shows only work, the clock is already running • A quick-start widget you fill yourself • Seven accent colours or one of your own, plus sixteen app icons • Extra sections in the PDF report: trend, daily spread, comparison, goals Pro comes monthly, yearly, or once and for good. Prices are shown in the app. Monthly and yearly renew automatically until you cancel, which you can do at any time in your App Store settings. Whatever comes later is included. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.simple-time.app/privacy/ Made for anyone who wants to know where their time actually goes – at work, at university, in training, or for themselves.

About

Hour Mark

Features
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Hour Mark sends you a gentle reminder every hour (or at your chosen interval). You tap, log what you just did, and move on. In seconds. Hour asks you. You answer. That's it. HOW IT WORKS • Get a notification every 30, 60, or 120 minutes • Tap to log what you were doing — takes under 10 seconds • See your full day visualized as a color-coded timeline • Split any time slot to log multiple activities YOUR TIME, YOUR ACTIVITIES Start with presets like Work, Study, Gym, and Sleep — or create your own. Each log is a tap on an activity button. Need to split an hour between a meeting and email? Drag the slider to divide it exactly. SEE YOUR PATTERNS Your daily timeline fills in as you go. At a glance, you'll know how much time went to deep work, how many hours you scrolled your phone, and where the day actually went. PREMIUM Unlock the full picture with Hour Mark Premium: • Unlimited history (free tier: 4 days) • Weekly and monthly analytics views • CSV export for your own analysis • Unlimited custom activities (free tier: 8) • Local backup to keep your data safe DESIGNED TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY No complicated setup. No manual timers. No guilt. Just a quick tap every hour that builds an honest record of how you spend your time. Privacy first: all data is stored locally on your device. Local backup available for Premium users. Terms of Use: https://hour-mark-landing.vercel.app/terms

Screenshots

SimpleTime4 screens
Hour Mark4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Hour Mark at 13.0 against SimpleTime's 26.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SimpleTime sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Hour Mark sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
SimpleTime versus Hour Mark: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleTimeHour Mark
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuca EfingerKwangho Kim

In-app purchases

3 purchases

SimpleTime

Subscriptions2
  • SimpleTime Pro – Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • SimpleTime Pro – Yearly7 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • SimpleTime Pro – Lifetime$44.99
2 purchases

Hour Mark

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Montly$1.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly$9.991 Year

Questions

Is SimpleTime free?
SimpleTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hour Mark free?
Hour Mark is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SimpleTime or Hour Mark have ads?
Neither SimpleTime nor Hour Mark shows ads.

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