Once vs Cycle Timers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Once
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Once Every memory has its own season, even the ones quietly resting in the depths of your photo library. Open Once, and you’ll meet the version of yourself who once lived on this very day. It isn’t a diary, yet it is more honest than one. It isn’t a time machine, yet it takes you back to a specific moment in your life with ease and warmth. Once shows you the photos and Live Photos taken on the same day in past years, allowing forgotten stories to return and gently illuminate your present. Contact Information · Email: qiu5630@163.com
Cycle Timers
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Know when you last cleaned it, and when it’s due again. Free to start. Cycle Pro is an optional one-time in-app purchase, no subscription. Cycle is a cleaning and chores tracker built around two dates: last done and next due. The bathroom drain, the washing machine drum, the range hood filter, the cat litter, the bed sheets, the smoke alarm battery. Give each one a rhythm and Cycle shows how long ago you did it and when it’s due again. Every task is a ring that slowly drains from green to yellow to orange, and turns red when it’s overdue. One glance tells you what’s fine, what’s coming, and what needs doing today. One tap marks it done, right from your Home Screen widget, without opening the app. START IN A MINUTE • Pick a pack: Cleaning, Household chores, Home maintenance, Pets, Plants, Food & expiry or Personal • Tell Cycle roughly when you last did each thing, or say you’re not sure and it’s due now • Or add your own: name, icon, place, how often EVERY KIND OF SCHEDULE • Count from the day you finish: every 2 weeks, every 3 months • Or keep fixed days: every Monday, the 1st of the month, the first Saturday, once a year KNOW WHEN YOU LAST DID IT • Every task keeps its history, with optional notes • A calendar shows what you completed, day by day • Backdate a task when you did it yesterday, and undo an accidental tap ROOM BY ROOM • Give tasks a place: kitchen, bathroom, toilet, living room, bedroom, entryway, balcony, car, or your own • Sort by what’s due soonest or group by place. Overdue tasks always stay on top WHEN LIFE HAPPENS • Skip this time, snooze for 1, 3 or 7 days, or pause a task while you’re away. Nothing is lost WIDGET-FIRST • Interactive Home Screen widgets show your most urgent tasks. Tap a ring to mark it done • Choose exactly which tasks each widget shows • Lock Screen widgets keep what’s due one glance away (Cycle Pro) • The Small widget is free; Medium and Large widgets, plus Extra Large on iPad, come with Cycle Pro REASSURING, NOT NAGGING • Calm green for most of a cycle; warm colors only when it matters • One local notification when something comes due, with a Mark Done button right on it • Optional app badge showing the overdue count • Siri and Shortcuts: say “Mark cat litter done in Cycle” PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no tracking • Your tasks stay on your device and are never sent to us • Cycle uses RevenueCat only to count purchases (an anonymous ID and your App Store purchases), and never to track you FREE TO START • Free: up to 4 tasks and one Small Home Screen widget • Cycle Pro is an optional one-time in-app purchase: unlimited tasks, Medium and Large widgets (plus Extra Large on iPad), and Lock Screen widgets • Cycle Pro also unlocks Cycle Wrapped, your year in Cycle: a year-end recap you can share • Cycle Pro also lets you message the developer straight from Settings • No subscription, no recurring charges
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Once at none against Cycle Timers's 1. Once also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Cycle Timers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Once asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Once | Cycle Timers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 永劲 邱 | Izotz Cristobal Mota |
In-app purchases
Once
No in-app purchases
Cycle Timers
- Cycle Pro Lifetime$5.99









