Comparison

Clockwise vs Timo

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

Head to head
About

Clockwise

Features
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Clockwise is a powerful, privacy-first time tracker built for freelancers, consultants, and anyone who wants to understand where their time goes. Start a timer, plan your week, block distractions, and review your hours β€” all from one app. TRACK YOUR TIME Start and stop timers with a single tap. Enter a quick title, assign a client, and let Clockwise handle the rest. Your timer keeps running even if you close the app, and picks up right where you left off when you relaunch. Pause and resume anytime. Paused time is automatically excluded from your totals so your records stay accurate. PLAN YOUR DAY Create tasks with estimated durations and schedule them throughout your week. Set recurring tasks for daily or weekly routines. Start a timer directly from any planned task β€” Clockwise links your tracked time back to your plan so you can see what's on track and what's falling behind. FOCUS MODE Block distracting apps while you work. When you start a timer with Focus Mode enabled, Clockwise uses Screen Time to keep you on task. When you stop, your apps come back. Simple. ORGANIZE WITH CLIENTS & TAGS Create clients and tag your entries for easy filtering. Whether you're juggling multiple freelance clients or organizing personal projects, Clockwise keeps everything sorted. REVIEW YOUR ENTRIES Browse all your time entries in one place. Search by title or client, group by date, and tap any entry to edit the details. See daily summaries at a glance. WIDGETS & LIVE ACTIVITIES Glance at your running timer from your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Clockwise widgets show your active session so you always know what you're working on. PRIVACY FIRST All your data lives on your device. Clockwise does not collect, upload, or share any of your information. No analytics. No tracking. Just your data, on your device. DESIGNED FOR IPHONE & IPAD Clockwise adapts to your device with a tab bar on iPhone and a sidebar on iPad, so it feels right at home everywhere. --- Whether you bill by the hour or just want to be more intentional with your time, Clockwise gives you the tools without the complexity. Download Clockwise and take control of your time.

About

Timo

Easily share your schedule with family, friends, or colleagues without creating accounts. Sync events instantly across devices and manage all aspects of your day, from daily tasks to travel plans, with rich event details and smart notifications.

Highlights
  • Share calendars via invite code or link
  • Automatic event sync across devices
  • Offline event synchronization
  • Detailed event management (location, participants, reminders)
  • Dedicated travel dashboard
  • Searchable events with filters
  • Attach photos and videos to events
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Timo is a calendar for sharing your days with the people who matter. No email exchange. No account to create. Send an invite code or a link, and you're sharing. β–  Share with just an invite code Make a calendar for each part of your life β€” Family, Us two, Work β€” and invite people with an 8-character code or a link. From the moment they join, your events stay in sync on both devices. Changes you make offline arrive as soon as you're back online. β–  Your own devices, already together An iPhone and an iPad on the same Apple Account show the same plans the moment you open them. Nothing to set up, no account to create, no code to type. For a device on a different Apple Account, you can sign in with your email address instead. β–  Everything an event needs Title, date and time, all-day, location, notes, URL, participants and color. Reminders range from presets like "10 minutes before" and "the day before" to any date and time you choose. Events can repeat daily, weekly (on several weekdays), monthly or yearly, and when you change or delete one you can choose whether it applies to this event only, this and all future events, or all of them. β–  Month, week, day β€” and Home Switch between the whole month, the week's timetable and a single day's timeline with one tap. The Home screen gathers today's events, what's next, and the events you've pinned. Swipe right to complete, left to delete. Holidays are shown in color. β–  Travel gets its own dashboard Flight number, boarding time, seat and gate, hotels, a day-by-day timeline, a packing checklist, expenses, tickets (images and PDFs), local weather and currency, and emergency numbers. The countdown to departure appears on your Lock Screen, and when there's a time difference, local time and Japan time sit side by side. β–  Find what you're looking for Search by title, place, notes, participants, calendar name or destination. Combine filters like Today, This week, Trips and Has photos. β–  Photos and videos, kept with the day Attach photos and videos to an event. Tap the day and the time you spent comes back in order. ―――――――――――――――― 【Timo Premium】Β₯300/month or Β₯3,000/year β–  Family plan Up to 4 people including you. Everyone you invite gets the Premium features. β–  Advanced location sharing Automatic alerts like "Arrived at the hotel" and "Left the airport", a heads-up when you're nearby, location sharing for a set time, and scheduled starts. Every decision is made on your device, and no location history is kept. β–  Design themes Twenty themes in all. Five of them β€” Standard, Mono, Sky, Mint and Apricot β€” are free. The other fifteen are part of Premium. The palette and the cards change the feel of the whole app. β–  Smart notifications "Time to head out." "Rain is forecast today." Notifications that fit your events, the weather and your trip β€” all worked out on your device. β–  Premium widgets Glass, Photo, Travel and Dark widgets for the Home Screen, plus Lock Screen widgets. Today's events, what's next, and the countdown to your trip at a glance. ―――――――――――――――― β–  About privacy Events in a shared calendar are visible only to the people in it. Photos and profile pictures are stored on your device. There are no ads and no tracking. β€”β€” Simple, beautiful, and never in your way. Timo quietly keeps up with you and the people you share your days with. ―――――――――――――――― β–  About Timo Premium (auto-renewable subscription) Β· Monthly plan: Β₯300 for 1 month Β· Yearly plan: Β₯3,000 for 1 year Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically at the same price unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the period. You can cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://1984agentoffice-eng.github.io/timo-legal/privacy.html

Screenshots

Clockwise4 screens
Timo4 screens

Verdict

The call

Clockwise and Timo 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. Clockwise sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Timo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Clockwise versus Timo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClockwiseTimo
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsβ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyβ€”Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetizationβ€”Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS17.6 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size3 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKarma Farm, LLCDaisuke Iwamoto

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Clockwise

One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$9.99
2 purchases

Timo

Subscriptions2
  • Timo PremiumοΌˆζœˆι‘οΌ‰$1.991 Month
  • Timo PremiumοΌˆεΉ΄ι‘οΌ‰$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Clockwise free?
Clockwise is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timo free?
Timo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Clockwise or Timo have ads?
Neither Clockwise nor Timo shows ads.

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