Comparison

SimpleTime vs ZeroPhone

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, from iPhone search, 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 AND SIRI • Today, running task, and week on your Home Screen • The running time on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • A switch in Control Center that starts and stops tracking • Siri and Shortcuts: start, stop, or ask what’s running ON EVERY DEVICE • iPhone, iPad, and Mac, kept in sync through iCloud • 41 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, start earlier, keep an eye on your day, week and goals – 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. New subscribers get a free week, and with Family Sharing up to six people can use Pro. 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://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

ZeroPhone

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Less screen. More life. ZeroPhone blocks the apps and websites that pull you in, using Apple's Screen Time, and turns the iPhone you already own into a simpler, quieter phone. BLOCK AUTOMATICALLY - Blocking Hours: choose the days and times apps stay blocked. - Blocking Places: block apps while you are at places you choose, such as your office. - Block Now: start a block with one tap whenever you need it. CHOOSE HOW HARD IT IS TO UNLOCK - Wait: a short countdown before the app opens. - Tap repeatedly: tap Continue a set number of times. - Earn time: complete a healthy activity on a timer to earn screen time. - Passcode: only a passcode opens the app. Have someone else set it so you cannot unlock apps yourself. - Locked: no way in until the block ends. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS The Statistics page shows your time on blocked apps, your total screen time and your top apps, so you can keep improving. A QUIET HOME SCREEN - A minimalist launcher widget with up to twelve apps of your choice. - Clock and weather widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://zerophone.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

SimpleTime4 screens
ZeroPhone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ZeroPhone at none against SimpleTime's 3. ZeroPhone also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). SimpleTime's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks) and device support (4 vs 1). On price 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. SimpleTime sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ZeroPhone asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpleTime ships an update every 5 days, ZeroPhone every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SimpleTime versus ZeroPhone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleTimeZeroPhone
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuca EfingerRaag Consulting

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
None

ZeroPhone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SimpleTime free?
SimpleTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ZeroPhone free?
ZeroPhone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SimpleTime or ZeroPhone have ads?
Neither SimpleTime nor ZeroPhone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimpleTime or ZeroPhone?
SimpleTime ships an update every 5 days, and ZeroPhone every 2 weeks. Most recently, SimpleTime was updated on October 24, 2026 and ZeroPhone on October 15, 2026.

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