Comparison

Get Hobson vs Timo

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

Head to head
About

Get Hobson

This app consolidates your household calendars, automates carpool coordination, and generates to-do lists for events. It provides timely nudges and reminders, designed to reduce mental load for busy individuals and families.

Highlights
  • Consolidated calendar view
  • Automated carpool coordination
  • Event-based to-do list generation
  • Smart nudges and reminders
  • Household member collaboration
  • Optional Apple Health integration
Features
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Hobson sits above your calendars and handles the coordination you shouldn't have to think about — carpools, to-dos, and the nudge you need before you need it. Built for parents, caregivers, and anyone whose brain is full. Most apps want your attention. Hobson's job is to give it back. ONE VIEW OF EVERYTHING Connect every calendar in the household — yours, your partner's, the kids', the school's. Hobson reads them all and surfaces only what needs a decision. No more Sunday-night archaeology across four apps. CARPOOLS WITHOUT THE GROUP CHAT Who's driving, who's riding, who forgot — coordinated quietly, confirmed automatically, with none of the 47-message thread. TO-DO LISTS THAT WRITE THEMSELVES Trip coming up? Holiday? Birthday party? Hobson builds the checklist for the event and hands it to you finished. You just check the boxes. Or assign to people in your circle. NUDGES WITH JUDGMENT Hobson reminds you when something needs doing — and notices when something hasn't been done in a while. Firm enough to work. Polite enough that you don't resent it. BUILT FOR FULL BRAINS If your mind keeps seventeen tabs open, Hobson closes sixteen of them. Gentle, persistent, shame-free reminders that work with how your brain actually works — including ADHD brains. WHO KEEPS A BUTLER THESE DAYS? Parents running the family logistics operation. Caregivers coordinating for others. Professionals whose personal life became a second job. Anyone who'd like the mental load carried by someone else for a change. HEALTH, IF YOU WANT IT Hobson can optionally use Apple Health (steps and workouts) to time fitness-related nudges. Only with your permission — and your health data never leaves your device. PLANS Everything above is included free on the Solo plan — calendars, nudges, circles, carpools, and shared lists — with a monthly allowance of AI assists. • Solo — Free forever. • Household (paid subscription) — $8.99/month or $79.99/year. Unlimited AI assists, medication refill and Care-Shuttle coordination, and coverage for you plus five household members. • Founders (paid subscription) — $39.99/year. All Household features at limited launch pricing, locked in for life. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.gethobson.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.gethobson.app/privacy

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
Features
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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. ■ Share with just an invite code Make a calendar for each part of your life — Family, Us two, Work — 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. ■ 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. ■ 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. ■ Month, week, day — 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. ■ 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. ■ 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. ■ 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】¥300/month or ¥3,000/year ■ Family plan Up to 4 people including you. Everyone you invite gets the Premium features. ■ 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. ■ Design themes Twenty themes in all. Five of them — Standard, Mono, Sky, Mint and Apricot — are free. The other fifteen are part of Premium. The palette and the cards change the feel of the whole app. ■ Smart notifications "Time to head out." "Rain is forecast today." Notifications that fit your events, the weather and your trip — all worked out on your device. ■ 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. ―――――――――――――――― ■ 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. —— Simple, beautiful, and never in your way. Timo quietly keeps up with you and the people you share your days with. ―――――――――――――――― ■ About Timo Premium (auto-renewable subscription) · Monthly plan: ¥300 for 1 month · Yearly plan: ¥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

Get Hobson4 screens
Timo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Get Hobson at 15.1 against Timo's 18.0. On price, review sentiment, 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. Get Hobson sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Get Hobson versus Timo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGet HobsonTimo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRodney JonesDaisuke Iwamoto

Customer experience

Get Hobson

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Timo

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Get Hobson

Subscriptions3
  • Household Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Founders Plan$39.991 Year
  • Household Annual$79.991 Year
2 purchases

Timo

Subscriptions2
  • Timo Premium(月額)$1.991 Month
  • Timo Premium(年額)$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Get Hobson free?
Get Hobson is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timo free?
Timo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Get Hobson or Timo have ads?
Neither Get Hobson nor Timo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Get Hobson or Timo?
Get Hobson ships an update every 3 days, and Timo every 3 days. Most recently, Get Hobson was updated on October 10, 2026 and Timo on October 3, 2026.

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