Comparison

AuraBar vs OwnTime.

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

Head to head
About

AuraBar

Read full description

AuraBar turns your Dynamic Island, Lock Screen widgets, and Live Activity into a living mood bar. The limited β€œHappy New Year” pack lights up with animated fireworks and greetings across Dynamic Island, Live Activity, and widgets. β€’ Personalize mood text (now up to 6 characters, including Chinese) and color β€’ Animated fireworks celebrate Lunar New Year across widgets and Live Activity β€’ Multiple atmospheric scenes such as city nights, auroras, and rain β€’ Live Activity keeps your current mood in sync while working out, commuting, or focusing Launch AuraBar to refresh your Dynamic Island with festive vibesβ€”more limited themes will roll out throughout the season.

About

OwnTime.

Features
Read full description

Track the time you mean to spend. Most time trackers answer "where did my hours go?" OwnTime answers a better question: which of the things you care about are you neglecting right now? You define a small set of priorities β€” the parts of your life that actually matter β€” and give each one a daily budget. Then you start and stop sessions as the day unfolds. At a glance you see what still has time left and what you've been ignoring. IPHONE AND APPLE WATCH OwnTime works on its own on iPhone β€” start, stop, and log sessions, get budget alarms, and follow the live session on the Lock Screen and Home Screen. Add an Apple Watch and it becomes a first-class second surface, built for the next two seconds of intent: start, stop, glance. Your priorities and sessions sync directly between your own devices, and neither one needs the other nearby. BUDGETS, NOT TIMESHEETS Each priority has a daily budget, so neglect is visible at a glance β€” no spreadsheets, no billing, no projects. Optional alarms warn you before a budget runs out. YOUR DATA, IN A FILE YOU OWN One tap exports your complete history as a standard SQLite database β€” the same file the app itself uses. Open it with any tool you like, or keep it as a backup. No export format to decode, no account to request it from. PRIVATE BY DESIGN OwnTime has no server and no account. Your priorities and sessions live on your iPhone and Apple Watch and sync directly between your own paired devices over Apple's WatchConnectivity β€” never through us, never to the cloud. No analytics, ever. ALSO INCLUDED β€’ Home Screen widgets (small and medium) with your remaining budget at a glance β€’ Live Activity on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island β€’ Start, stop, and log past sessions with Siri and Shortcuts β€’ Quick edits on iPhone or Apple Watch β€” name, daily budget, colour β€’ Light and dark appearance OwnTime is for personal attention, not invoicing. If you want to see whether you're actually living by your priorities β€” not just logging hours β€” this is the tracker for you.

Screenshots

AuraBar4 screens
OwnTime.3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: AuraBar at Free against OwnTime.'s $1.99. AuraBar also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.1). OwnTime.'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

AuraBar is free to download; OwnTime. costs $1.99 up front. AuraBar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OwnTime. asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AuraBar ships an update monthly, OwnTime. every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences Β· 2 level
AuraBar versus OwnTime.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAuraBarOwnTime.
PriceFree β€” better$1.99
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better26.1
Further details β€” not scored
Size1 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerθ€€ε…‰ 杜Sta Labs FlexCo

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AuraBar

One-time1
  • AuraBar ζ°›ε›΄ηŠΆζ€ζ $0.99
None

OwnTime.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AuraBar free?
AuraBar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OwnTime. free?
OwnTime. costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do AuraBar or OwnTime. have ads?
Neither AuraBar nor OwnTime. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AuraBar or OwnTime.?
AuraBar ships an update monthly, and OwnTime. every 4 days. Most recently, AuraBar was updated on September 9, 2026 and OwnTime. on September 17, 2026.

Other comparisons