Comparison

SimpleTime vs FlowTally

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

FlowTally

Features
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FlowTally is a private, 100% offline focus timer for deep work. Pick a category, start the timer, and watch your focus add up — no account, no sign-up, free to start. Every session is logged automatically, so you always know where your time goes and can build a focus habit that lasts. FEATURES • Category focus timer with a clean circular progress ring • Focus sounds — white, pink or brown noise that plays while you focus • Tasks with pomodoro estimates — see when your whole list will be done • Week, month and year stats vs last period, with your peak hour and strongest day • Automatic session logging — just start and stop • Daily, weekly and monthly stats and charts • GitHub-style annual focus heatmap of your whole year • Category ranking to see where your focus really goes • Hour-of-day distribution to find your most productive hours • Export everything to CSV or JSON — your data stays yours • Send sessions to your device calendar — see your deep work where you already plan • Home screen widget for one-tap focus • 100% offline and private — your data never leaves your device GOALS & STREAKS Set a weekly goal for each category and fill your daily goal gauge. A monthly streak calendar, milestone badges for total focus hours and streak days, and a weekly review that compares this week with last week keep your habit alive. ONE-TIME UNLOCK Start free, then unlock everything forever with a single purchase: one lifetime unlock removes the ads and opens every premium feature. No subscription, no hidden fees — pay once and own it for life. Whether you study, code, write or run a business, FlowTally helps you focus deeply and truly understand your time. Start your first session today.

Screenshots

SimpleTime4 screens
FlowTally4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: SimpleTime at none against FlowTally's shown. SimpleTime also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). FlowTally's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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 FlowTally sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpleTime ships an update every 5 days, FlowTally every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SimpleTime versus FlowTally: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleTimeFlowTally
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLuca Efingermint-soft

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
1 purchases

FlowTally

One-time1
  • flowtally Pro (Lifetime)$5.99

Questions

Is SimpleTime free?
SimpleTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FlowTally free?
FlowTally is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SimpleTime or FlowTally have ads?
FlowTally shows ads; SimpleTime does not.
Which is updated more often, SimpleTime or FlowTally?
SimpleTime ships an update every 5 days, and FlowTally every 2 weeks. Most recently, SimpleTime was updated on September 30, 2026 and FlowTally on September 28, 2026.

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