Comparison

PlayTime vs PTO Minder

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

Head to head
About

PlayTime

Features
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Plan your time off with confidence. PlayTime helps you track and plan your PTO before it's even approved. See exactly how much time you'll have available months in advance. Smart PTO Tracking - Enter your starting balance, accrual rate, and carryover limits - Automatically calculates your balance for any future month - Schedule time off and instantly see how it affects your future PTO - Plan vacations before requesting approval Stay Organized - Calendar and list views of your time off - Automatic Google Calendar sync (one-way) marks you out of office - Glanceable dashboard with upcoming PTO and key stats - Home screen widgets: countdown to next PTO, current balance, year-end projection Personalize Your Experience - Multiple, customizable color themes - Clean, intuitive interface - Works offline Stop guessing if you'll have enough PTO. Start planning with PlayTime. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PTO Minder

Features
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Stop guessing how much PTO is actually safe to use. PTO Minder helps you forecast your future paid time off balance based on your accrual schedule, booked time off, holidays, and upcoming pay periods. Instead of only showing what you have today, it helps answer two practical questions: “Will I have enough PTO for this trip?” and “How much can I safely use now without jeopardizing plans I already booked?” Use PTO Minder to plan vacations, long weekends, sick days, personal days, and holidays with a clearer view of what your future balance will look like. Plan trips with clear readiness labels: • On Track: your projected balance covers the time off • At Risk: the plan is tight and worth watching • Short: you are projected to come up short Know your Safe to Use amount: • See how much PTO is available after protecting upcoming planned time off • Decide whether a random 3-day weekend fits your plan • Avoid accidentally spending PTO you were counting on later • Model new time off before requesting it through work PTO Minder is built for real-world time off planning: • Add, move, and model trips before making an official request • Track PTO balances by employer and bank • Forecast balances across future pay periods • Add vacations, sick days, personal days, holidays, and unpaid leave • View trips and holidays together on a calendar • Review a pay-period ledger with accrual, usage, and running balances • Reconcile against the numbers from your employer or HR portal • Export and import your data with JSON backup PTO Minder is a planning tool, not an HR system. It does not log in to payroll, HR, calendar, or employer systems. You enter your own PTO rules and plans, then officially request time off through your employer’s normal process. The free version is fully useful for simple PTO planning, including one employer, one balance-bearing PTO bank, forecasting, calendar planning, holidays, reconciliation, and backup. PTO Minder Plus adds more power when you need it: • Unlimited additional PTO banks • Multiple active employers • iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad • Accrual caps and proactive alerts • Carryover and use-by expiration tracking • Scheduled future accrual changes • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Apple Watch app and complication No account required. No ads. No third-party tracking. PTO Minder is for anyone who wants to use time off confidently without accidentally undermining future plans.

Screenshots

PlayTime4 screens
PTO Minder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PlayTime at none against PTO Minder's 1. On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PTO Minder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PlayTime asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PlayTime ships an update every 3 weeks, PTO Minder fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
PlayTime versus PTO Minder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlayTimePTO Minder
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSempurna LLCBrown's Tech Co. LLC

In-app purchases

None

PlayTime

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PTO Minder

One-time1
  • PTO Minder Plus$24.99

Questions

Is PlayTime free?
PlayTime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PTO Minder free?
PTO Minder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PlayTime or PTO Minder have ads?
Neither PlayTime nor PTO Minder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PlayTime or PTO Minder?
PlayTime ships an update every 3 weeks, and PTO Minder fortnightly. Most recently, PlayTime was updated on October 12, 2026 and PTO Minder on October 16, 2026.

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