Comparison

Things take time vs Desktop

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

Desktop

This app allows you to save any content you find online, from social media posts to videos and links. It then organizes your saved items for easy retrieval and allows you to revisit them later.

Highlights
  • Save content from any app via Share Sheet
  • Browse all saved items in one place
  • Automatic organization by source and topic
  • Search your personal library
  • Revisit recent saves
  • Open saved content in original app
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Desktop is a save-for-later app for everything you find online. Save posts, videos, links, photos, and more from your favorite social apps, browsers, and photo library. Desktop organizes what you save so you can actually find it again later. • Save from your favorite apps with the Share Sheet • Browse everything you've saved in one place • Automatically organize saves by source and topic • Search your personal library • Revisit recent saves quickly • Customize your Desktop • Open saved content back in its original app • Sync your library across iPhone, iPad and Mac • Organize saves in folders, and share a folder with anyone as a private link Instead of sending things to yourself, leaving tabs open, or losing posts in different apps, save them to Desktop. Privacy Policy: https://arkive.tech/desktop/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Things take time4 screens
Desktop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Things take time at 9 against Desktop's 2. On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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 Desktop sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 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 Desktop. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Things take time versus Desktop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThings take timeDesktop
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (9 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better2
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChester HowVRKIVE LLC

Customer experience

Things take time

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

Desktop

All ratings2 ratings
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
1 purchases

Desktop

Subscriptions1
  • Desktop Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month

Questions

Is Things take time free?
Things take time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Desktop free?
Desktop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Things take time or Desktop?
Things take time and Desktop are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 9 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Things take time or Desktop have ads?
Neither Things take time nor Desktop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Things take time or Desktop?
Things take time ships an update weekly, and Desktop weekly. Most recently, Things take time was updated on October 31, 2026 and Desktop on October 31, 2026.

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