Comparison

Things take time vs Takeover

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

Head to head
About

Things take time

This app helps you track small, consistent actions to visualize compounding progress over time. Monitor habits, routines, and personal metrics with detailed analytics and a unique side-by-side view of multiple trackers. Designed for ease of use and privacy, it makes invisible progress visible.

Highlights
  • Track any habit or metric
  • View multiple trackers side-by-side
  • Monthly progress overview
  • Intuitive and fast interface
  • Detailed analytics for patterns
  • On-device and iCloud privacy
Features
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Good things take time. Real progress is built through small things done consistently — it won’t feel like much, until it does. Things take time is an app for tracking what matters, the small things, and seeing how they compound over time. KEY FEATURES • Track anything From habits and routines to personal metrics, notes, and daily actions — build trackers that fit your life, not the other way around. • See everything side by side Most apps show one tracker at a time, which hides the bigger picture. This one shows them all together so you can see patterns across your month. • Your month at a glance See how small things add up across your month, so you can stay consistent and notice real progress. • Built for ease of use Tracking should feel effortless. Everything is designed to be fast, simple, and intuitive. • Understand your patterns Detailed analytics for every tracker to help you uncover trends and better understand your progress over time. • Privacy first Your data stays on your device or in your iCloud. Nothing is collected, and nothing is tracked. Progress is often invisible in the moment. Things take time was built to make it visible — by showing how small things add up over time. Terms & Privacy: https://thingstaketime.app/terms-privacy

About

Takeover

Regain control of your phone usage with a focus session that locks distracting apps. Track tasks, habits, health, and finances, all contributing to a daily score that reflects your productivity.

Highlights
  • App blocking with lock screen
  • Floating timer
  • Task management with subtasks
  • Habit tracking with streaks
  • Health and finance tracking
  • Daily Takeover Score
Features
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Takeover is a screen time control app and app blocker. Pick the apps that eat your day, and Tako, a small 3D robot, locks them at bedtime, during work or study, while you focus, or once today's limit is used up. Open a locked app and Tako asks first: do you really need it right now? BLOCK APPS ON YOUR SCHEDULE • Routines lock your chosen apps at set times: bedtime, work hours, study time, a slow morning. • App limits give a group of apps a daily time budget, like 30 minutes of social media. When it runs out, those apps stay locked until midnight. • Focus sessions lock everything you chose, from 15 minutes to two hours, with one tap. A PAUSE BEFORE THE SCROLL • A locked app shows Tako's block screen instead of your feed. • Unlock on your terms: a short breathing pause for a few minutes of access, a walk of a few hundred steps, or strict mode with no unlocks at all. • Optional Tako Gate: a Shortcuts automation can send a blocked app straight to Takeover's check-in. SEE YOUR SCREEN TIME • Today's screen time, your week and your most-used apps, shown privately by iOS. • Tako counts the opens you resisted and the minutes you stayed focused. • Set a daily goal and see how many hours a week it gives back. ONE SCREEN, ONE ROBOT Everything sits on one home screen around Tako: Apps, Routines, Limits, Focus and Stats. No feeds, no badges, no clutter. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account and no sign-up. • No ads. • Your goals, routines and stats stay on your phone. iOS doesn't even tell Takeover which apps you picked: the Screen Time framework keeps that private. HOW IT WORKS Takeover uses Apple's Screen Time framework (Family Controls) to block apps on your own iPhone. iOS asks for your permission once. You can change or remove the apps Takeover guards at any time. It is made for managing your own screen time, not for parental control. SUBSCRIPTION Takeover is a premium app: choose a subscription to use it. Eligible new subscribers start with a free trial. The plan, trial length and price are shown before you confirm. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple Account settings. Promo and offer codes can be redeemed in the app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://takeover.cloud/privacy.html

Screenshots

Things take time4 screens
Takeover4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Things take time at 10 against Takeover's 1. Things take time also leads on iOS requirement (18.6 vs 26.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Things take time sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Takeover sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Things take time against 5.0 for Takeover. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Things take time has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Things take time versus Takeover: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThings take timeTakeover
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (10 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChester HowMuhammed Hamza Cakmak

Customer experience

Things take time

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Takeover

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Things take time

Subscriptions1
  • Things take time + Monthly$2.991 Month
One-time1
  • Things take time + Lifetime$34.99
2 purchases

Takeover

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Yearly$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Things take time free?
Things take time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Takeover free?
Takeover is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Things take time or Takeover?
Things take time and Takeover are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 10 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Things take time or Takeover have ads?
Neither Things take time nor Takeover shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Things take time or Takeover?
Things take time ships an update weekly, and Takeover weekly. Most recently, Things take time was updated on November 9, 2026 and Takeover on October 31, 2026.

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