Comparison

Timezone Planner vs Zonal Time

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

Head to head
About

Timezone Planner

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Timezone Planner is a focused desktop app for coordinating across time zones. Keep a set of cities, view local times in one place, and identify the best overlap for meetings or deadlines. Convert times instantly, pin favorites, and compare multiple locations without spreadsheets or guesswork. The interface is clean and fast, built for daily planning by distributed teams, freelancers, and frequent travelers. Whether you’re scheduling calls or planning a trip, Timezone Planner keeps everyone in sync with less effort.

About

Zonal Time

Features
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Zonal is a beautifully crafted world clock for people who live, work, and connect across time zones. Whether you're scheduling a call with a client in Tokyo, checking in on family in London, coordinating with a remote team in New York, or planning a trip to SΓ£o Paulo β€” Zonal makes it effortless to know what time it is, anywhere in the world, at any moment. Your world, on one screen. Add any city from over 100 destinations worldwide, or choose from all 50 US states and Washington DC. Each location appears as a sleek card showing the local time, date, timezone abbreviation, UTC offset, and a live day-progress bar that visualizes exactly where in the 24-hour cycle that place currently sits. A time-of-day phase label β€” Dawn, Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Night, or Late Night β€” tells you at a glance whether your contact is starting their day or winding down for the night. Slide through time. Zonal's timeline slider lets you move forward or backward up to 12 hours and watch every city on your list update simultaneously. Finding a meeting window that works for everyone has never been simpler. See the overlap, pick the time, and get on with your day. Set any time, any city. Tap the time display on any card to set a specific local time for that city using an elegant iOS-style wheel picker. Dial in the exact hour and minute and Zonal instantly converts it across every location on your list β€” accounting for timezone offsets and daylight saving rules automatically. Need to pin a specific date and time? Use the built-in date and time picker to lock in any moment, past or future. Daylight saving, handled automatically. Zonal applies daylight saving rules for every location based on the exact date you're viewing. Scroll forward to November and watch US cities shift back an hour. Jump to summer in Australia and see the southern hemisphere DST come into effect. A clear DST badge on each card tells you when a clock has shifted so there are never any surprises. Reorder your world your way. Press and hold the drag handle on any card to pick it up and move it to exactly where you want it. A smooth floating preview follows your finger while a gold indicator shows precisely where the card will land. Designed to be enjoyed. Zonal ships with two refined themes β€” a deep dark mode with warm gold accents for night-time use, and a light parchment mode that's equally premium in daylight. Your preference is saved automatically. Every detail, from the serif clock numerals to the hairline progress bars and the gentle animations, has been considered as part of a cohesive, considered design. Zonal isn't just a utility you reach for reluctantly. It's an instrument you'll actually enjoy using.

Screenshots

Timezone Planner4 screens
Zonal Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

Timezone Planner and Zonal Time are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Timezone Planner versus Zonal Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTimezone PlannerZonal Time
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac β€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRajan PanchalRami AlZaid

In-app purchases

None

Timezone Planner

No in-app purchases

None

Zonal Time

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Timezone Planner free?
Timezone Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Zonal Time free?
Zonal Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Timezone Planner or Zonal Time have ads?
Neither Timezone Planner nor Zonal Time shows ads.

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