WaiTime vs Ritual
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
WaiTime
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Your time tells a story โ and it's not just about hours. WaiTime is a calendar-based time tracker that goes beyond logging what you did. It captures how you felt doing it โ your mood, your energy, your state of mind. No running timers, no pressure. Just drag on the timeline to fill in your day. AI Assistant Log time by chatting โ type, dictate, or send a screenshot. Say "2 hours on Design" and WaiTime creates the entry for you. Connect your Telegram account to log time on the go. A Calendar, Not a Stopwatch Forget start/stop timers. WaiTime uses a familiar calendar timeline where you drag to create time blocks. Fill in your day at your own pace โ morning, evening, or whenever it feels right. Mood & Energy Tracking Each time block can capture your emotional state (5 levels from excited to upset) and energy level (high, medium, low). Blocks without mood data appear faded, giving you a visual nudge to reflect. 10 Personalized Insights WaiTime analyzes your data to surface patterns you might miss: - Happiness Boosters โ activities that make you happiest - Energy Boosters โ what gives you the most energy - Sweet Spots โ high mood + high energy combinations - Peak Hours โ your best time of day - Best Day โ your happiest day of the week - Mood Drainers โ activities that bring you down - Energy Drainers โ what leaves you depleted - Burnout Zones โ low mood + low energy warning signs - Mood Trends โ are things getting better or worse? - Tag Correlations โ which tags relate to positive feelings Beautiful Reports See your time through charts: project distribution donuts, daily hour breakdowns, emotion distributions, energy patterns, and time-of-day analysis. Organized Your Way Create projects with custom colors. Add tags. Write descriptions. Keep everything structured and meaningful. Sync Everywhere Sign in with your email and access your data on iPhone and the web at time.waiwai.is. All changes sync automatically across devices. Export to CSV anytime. Built on Trust - No subscriptions, no ads - No third-party analytics or tracking - All insights computed locally on your device - Privacy policy: time.waiwai.is/privacy
Ritual
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Build daily rituals that create lasting habits. Ritual turns the routines you wish you had into something you actually run โ a guided sequence of timed tasks that flows from one to the next, hands-free, with calm precision. Start with a 5-minute morning anchor. A 25-minute deep work block. A 10-minute wind-down before bed. Whatever shape your day takes, Ritual gives it structure without rigidity. Designed for consistency. Every routine you complete builds a streak. The Insights tab shows your 14-week heatmap, weekly cadence, top routines, and favourite time of day โ so the habits you're building become visible, not just hopeful. Designed for you. Schedule routines by day of week. Pick from 20 timer colour pairings and 8 app-wide background gradients. Light mode, dark mode, your mode. Pre-loaded with six research-backed starter routines โ Morning, Deep Work, Midday Reset, Evening Shutdown, Weekly Reset, Student Study (Pomodoro). Or design your own from scratch. Designed for honesty. 1-tap mood reflection after each completion. An optional "why does this matter?" intention you can set per routine and pause on before the timer starts. Eight quiet milestones (First Step, Week Warrior, 30-Day Chain, the 66-day Automatic mark) that celebrate real behavioural inflection points โ not arbitrary numbers. What's not in Ritual. โข No subscription. Core features are free, forever. โข No ads. โข No accounts, no cloud, no tracking. Your data lives on your device. โข No streak-shame, no notifications begging you to come back. An optional one-time Supporter purchase unlocks the custom colour wheel โ paint any timer you can imagine โ and helps cover ongoing development. The full preset palette and every core feature stay free. Built by one person who wanted a habit app that respects the user. No unnecessary updates or bloatware to disrupt you. If that sounds like what you've been looking for, welcome. Routines that flow. Rituals that stick.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Ritual at 15.1 against WaiTime's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
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Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | WaiTime | Ritual |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | โ |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod โ better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 โ better |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | WaiWai | GEORGE EMMANUEL LIVANOS |
In-app purchases
WaiTime
No in-app purchases
Ritual
No in-app purchases









