Comparison

TILT vs Tempo

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

Head to head
About

TILT

Features
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A focus timer you tilt, not tap. No buttons and no setup between you and the work. TILT TO FOCUS The screen splits into a FOCUS timer and a BREAK timer. Turn your phone LEFT and FOCUS starts. Turn it RIGHT for a break. SHAKE to reset. Your phone becomes the timer. BUILT FOR BRAINS THAT STRUGGLE TO START Starting is the hard part, so TILT removes every step between deciding and doing. Begin with intention: one slow breath and one clear task before every session. A reminder can nudge you at the time you usually begin. BLOCK DISTRACTIONS Pick the apps and sites that steal your attention. TILT blocks them while you focus and unblocks them during your breaks. KEEP GOING Continuous mode rolls focus into a break and back again, with a longer break every few sessions. Tap the dots to add a session or stretch the long break. ON YOUR WRIST TILT on Apple Watch works with simple, intuitive gestures: turn the Crown to set the time, tap to start, swipe to switch. It runs on its own or stays in step with your iPhone, and complications and the Smart Stack keep the time left in view. ON YOUR MAC TILT for Mac keeps your timer in the menu bar. With TILT Plus, a session you start on your iPhone shows on your Mac within seconds, and the other way round. ON IPHONE DUO Closed, tilt it. Open, tap it. Fold it on your desk and each half holds a timer: tip it over to switch. ON YOUR LOCK SCREEN A live countdown on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, so you never have to open the app to check the time. Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen show today's focus, your week and your deep work. Tap Start on a widget and a focus session begins. SOUNDSPACES Set the mood with rain, forest, ocean, cafรฉ, deep calm, singing bowls or ASMR, or play a playlist, album or song from Apple Music. Pick a different sound for focus and for break. SEE YOUR DEEP WORK Insights tracks your deep work: every focus session of 20 minutes or more. Set a weekly goal, get a Monday recap, find the session length you actually finish and the times of day you focus best, and see where your hours go across labels like STUDY and WORK. MAKE IT YOURS Save a preset for each kind of work, with its own label, length, colors and sound. Make a palette from any two colors, use your own photos, or choose Aura, a mesmerizing gradient that drifts while you work. Then pick a timer font. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts. No ads. No tracking. Everything stays on your devices, and syncing goes through your own iCloud. ACCESSIBLE Touch mode lets you tap to start and swipe to switch when tilting isn't handy. VoiceOver, Reduce Motion and high-contrast palettes are supported too. FREE, WITH TILT PLUS WHEN YOU WANT MORE TILT is free with 25-minute focus and 5-minute break sessions, touch mode, the Apple Watch app, the Today widgets, the Live Activity and reminders. TILT Plus adds sessions up to 120 minutes, continuous mode, the App Blocker, Insights, soundspaces and Apple Music, the start ritual, live sessions with your Mac, every palette, font and photo, plus presets and labels. Try Annual free for 7 days, or pay once for Lifetime. Prices are shown in the app. Privacy Policy: https://code.roydsantiago.com/tilt/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Tempo

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Life doesn't follow a schedule. Tempo does. Tempo is a smart daily planner that automatically adapts your schedule when real life interrupts. Late start? Back-to-back meeting ran long? Unexpected task dropped in your lap? Tempo quietly reshuffles your day so your priorities survive, your habits hold, and nothing important gets lost. **Your tasks, ranked by what matters** Tempo organizes everything you need to do into four clear tiers: - Non-Negotiable โ€” fixed commitments that never move (meetings, classes, appointments) - Identity Habits โ€” the daily practices that define who you are (workouts, journaling, reading) - Flexible Tasks โ€” important work that can shift when needed - Optional Goals โ€” aspirations that flow around everything else When your day runs over, Tempo knows exactly what to protect and what to rearrange. **Intelligent conflict resolution** Add a new task and it overlaps with something already scheduled? Tempo instantly suggests the best resolution โ€” move the new task, shift the existing one, or keep both with a clear view of the overlap. You decide. Tempo executes. **Habits that survive a bad day** Most planners let habits disappear when life gets busy. Tempo compresses identity habits to their minimum useful duration rather than dropping them entirely. A 60-minute workout becomes a 15-minute session. Your streak stays alive. **Calendar import** Pull your Apple Calendar events directly into Tempo as non-negotiable tasks. Your existing commitments land exactly where they belong, automatically protected from being overwritten. **Recurring tasks built in** Set tasks to repeat daily or weekly. Tempo handles the scheduling automatically, resolving conflicts across recurring and one-off items together. **Timeline view** See your entire day at a glance on a clean hour-by-hour timeline. Overlapping tasks display side by side. Open gaps show exactly how much time you have to fill. The current time indicator keeps you anchored in the present. **Private by design** Everything stays on your device. No accounts, no servers, no cloud sync, no ads. Your schedule is yours. --- **Why Tempo?** Most planners are just lists. Tempo understands that a schedule is a living thing โ€” it bends, compresses, and recovers. It helps you end every day having protected what matters most, even when the day tries to take it all away.

Screenshots

TILT4 screens
Tempo3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tempo at none against TILT's 3. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. TILT sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Tempo asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TILT ships an update weekly, Tempo fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
TILT versus Tempo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTILTTempo
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, Mac, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size31 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAVE ROYD SANTIAGOAshish kattamuri

In-app purchases

3 purchases

TILT

Subscriptions2
  • TILT Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • TILT Plus Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • TILT Plus Lifetime$29.99
None

Tempo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TILT free?
TILT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tempo free?
Tempo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TILT or Tempo have ads?
Neither TILT nor Tempo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TILT or Tempo?
TILT ships an update weekly, and Tempo fortnightly. Most recently, TILT was updated on October 31, 2026 and Tempo on October 25, 2026.

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