Sessions vs Time Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Sessions
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Ever wonder where your day went? Sessions is a simple time tracking app that helps you understand and improve your habits. By visualizing your day as colorful blocks on a 24-hour timeline, you can instantly see how you spend your time and boost your productivity. # Key Features Effortless Tracking: Just pick a category, start the timer, and focus on your task. When you're done, rate your focus level and add a quick note to track the quality of your time. 24-Hour Timeline: Watch your day fill up with color-coded blocks. Easily spot where your time goes, identify gaps, and tap any block to quickly edit or delete it. Simple Stats: Get clean daily, weekly, and monthly charts that show exactly how you spend your time. Discover your most productive hours and track progress toward your goals. Flexible Customization: Create your own categories with unique colors and icons to perfectly match your routine. Complete Privacy: No account needed. No cloud sync. Your data stays on your device and is never uploaded. Download Sessions today and take back control of your time! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://codingbear.dev/policy/privacy
Time Journal
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Where did today actually go? Most of us can't say. Time Journal keeps an honest record of how you spend your hours, so instead of guessing, you know. Start a timer when you begin something and stop it when you're done. Or skip the timer and fill the day in later. Then look at the breakdown and decide for yourself what it means. That's the whole app. No advice, no scores, nobody looking over your shoulder. Two ways to log ⢠Live timer: one tap on an activity starts tracking. Switch to a different activity without stopping first. A running timer appears as a Live Activity on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so you never lose track of what's counting. ⢠Quick log: add an entry after the fact with a start time, an end time, and an activity. Suggestions from your recent entries make it quick. Missed a few days? Fill them in whenever you like. The app won't mention it. See your time ⢠Day view: every logged hour as a color-coded timeline. One glance shows what the day was actually made of, and where the gaps are. ⢠Breakdown chart: your time by activity, filtered to today, this week, last month, or any range you pick. ⢠Trends: how each activity moves week over week, so you can watch a change take hold instead of guessing at it. Set a budget, if you want one Pick an activity and a weekly hour target. Five hours of exercise. Three hours of reading. A ceiling on social media. Progress updates as you log, and each week starts fresh. Goals are entirely optional. Ignore them and the app works exactly the same. Make it yours Nine activities are ready to go: Work, Projects, Cooking, House Chores, Entertainment, Learning, Social Media, Exercise, and Sleep. Turn off the ones that don't fit, add your own, give each one a color, and reorder them so what you use most sits at the top. Light and dark themes included. Notifications you control Two of them, and you can switch either off: ⢠A nudge when a timer has been running longer than you'd expect, in case you forgot to stop it. ⢠A periodic check-in asking what you're doing right now, only during the hours you choose. That's all. No streak reminders, no "we miss you," no marketing. Your data stays on your phone ⢠Works completely offline. No connection needed for anything. ⢠No account, no sign-up, no email address. ⢠Nothing is uploaded, synced, or sold. Your entries stay on your device. ⢠No ads. Built to be usable Full VoiceOver support, Dynamic Type handled throughout, and contrast that holds up. Activities are never identified by color alone. What it won't do It won't tell you you're spending too long on anything. It won't break a streak or dock you points for a day you didn't log. It won't turn your life into a leaderboard. It keeps the record. What you do with it is yours to decide.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Time Journal at none against Sessions's 2. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Sessions sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Time Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Sessions | Time Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad ā better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 ā better | 17.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Coding Bear (KR) | Daniel Linares Saab |
In-app purchases
Sessions
- Premium Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Premium Yearly14 Days trial$29.991 Year
Time Journal
No in-app purchases









