Comparison

Veks vs Simple Sprint Timer

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

Head to head
About

Veks

Log life events, journal your thoughts, and gain insights into patterns and triggers. Understand how your habits and daily activities impact your well-being with smart analytics and AI-driven reports.

Highlights
  • One-tap event logging
  • Habit tracking and progress
  • Recurring events
  • History and calendar view
  • Charts and analytics
  • AI reports (Premium)
Features
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Veks is a smart life event tracker and personal journal that helps you understand the patterns behind your everyday life. Instead of relying on memory, log what happens as it happens. Veks turns your daily events into clear analytics, trends, and AI-powered insights — helping you discover patterns and potential triggers you might otherwise miss. **Use Veks to:** * Find potential triggers for headaches and symptoms * Understand what affects your stress and mood * See how habits relate to your well-being * Track symptoms, treatments, and changes over time * Understand recurring events and patterns in your daily life **Track anything that matters** Log health events, medications, allergies, habits, routines, doctor visits, personal milestones, or everyday tasks. Create custom events and record them in one tap. **Analytics & AI Insights** Veks transforms your logs into clear charts and reports, making it easier to see how often things happen, how they change over time, and what may be connected. Built-in AI analyzes your data to help surface meaningful patterns and relationships between events. AI-generated reports require a Premium subscription. **Features:** * One-tap event logging * Custom events and categories * Recurring events * Event history and calendar * Charts and analytics * Track events as habits * AI-powered reports (Premium) * Minimalist design with dark mode Your data stays focused on one thing: helping you understand your life through the events you record. **Note:** Access to AI-powered insights and reports requires an optional Premium subscription. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Simple Sprint Timer

Features
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I originally built this app for my wife, and wanted to share it in case anyone else finds it useful. It's still in very early beta — expect rough edges, and feel free to reach out with feedback. I've released the source code for free on GitHub in case anyone wants to tinker with it: https://github.com/jasonnmark/SprintTimer

Screenshots

Veks4 screens
Simple Sprint Timer3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Sprint Timer at none against Veks's 3. Simple Sprint Timer also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks). Veks's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Veks sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Simple Sprint Timer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Veks ships an update every 4 weeks, Simple Sprint Timer weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Veks versus Simple Sprint Timer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVeksSimple Sprint Timer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB4 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDmytro KurdiukovJason Mark

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Veks

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Annually$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99
None

Simple Sprint Timer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Veks free?
Veks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Sprint Timer free?
Simple Sprint Timer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Veks or Simple Sprint Timer have ads?
Neither Veks nor Simple Sprint Timer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Veks or Simple Sprint Timer?
Veks ships an update every 4 weeks, and Simple Sprint Timer weekly. Most recently, Veks was updated on October 24, 2026 and Simple Sprint Timer on October 24, 2026.

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