Comparison

MotherWell vs Time Blocking

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

Head to head
About

MotherWell

Features
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MotherWell is a calm, supportive space designed to hold the mental load for you, from birth through the early years. When your head is full, MotherWell helps you remember, organise, and gently guide what matters most. The app brings together everything mothers may want to stay on top of — baby care, tasks, meal planning, budgets, and the all important time for self care — into one thoughtfully designed ecosystem. No noise. No pressure. Just quiet support, when you need it. And now, you don't have to hold it all alone. Share the load with your partner, or anyone who helps out. BRAINDUMP: Empty your head in seconds. Everything is sorted into Now and Soon, and any thought can become a task, a shopping item or a calendar event in a tap. CALENDAR: Your day, week and month at a glance, with gentle reminders, routines that fold away, and time away like holidays shown clearly across the days. BABY AND CHILD: See what's coming up for each little one at a glance. Keep feeds, sleep, milestones, growth and medicines in one place, with age appropriate activity ideas. MEALS AND SHOPPING: Plan the week's meals and add them to your shopping list in one tap. Keep wishlists and lists for everything else too. BUDGET: Your monthly budget, spending, bills with gentle reminders, savings pots and baby costs, all in one calm view. SELF CARE: One small moment picked for you each day, even if you only have a minute. A gentle evening wind down, habits that never make you feel behind, mood check ins, and little wins that only ever count up. Stay close to the people who matter, and keep on top of the house with a calm home reset if that helps you feel more like you. SHARE THE LOAD: Ask for a hand in a couple of taps, whether it's the dishes, dinner or an hour to yourself. Keep a list of what really helps, so the people around you know without being asked. Invite your partner, a grandparent or anyone who helps out to share the budget and/or take tasks off your plate. They choose when they'll help, reminders go to them, and you only see what you need to. Up to 5 people can join you for free, covered by your subscription. MADE FOR YOU: Choose the colours that feel calm to you, use light or dark mode, and hide anything you don't need. PRIVATE BY DESIGN: Your information is never sold. Only what you choose to share is ever shared, and everything else stays yours. MotherWell is free to try for 7 days. After that it's £7.99 a month, or £5.99 a month billed yearly. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.dearrainstudio.com/ Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Time Blocking

Visualize your day with an hour-by-hour timeline, assigning names, colors, and durations to each activity. Track where your time actually goes with visual charts and a daily completion score. Plan your next day each evening with helpful coaching.

Highlights
  • Hour-by-hour timeline visualization
  • Realistic planning with start times and durations
  • Pre-set day templates
  • Daily completion score and insights
  • Evening planning nudges
  • No ads or tracking
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Time blocking, done properly: give every hour of your day a name, a color, and a place on a real timeline — then find out where those hours actually went. Most planners hand you a list and hope for the best. A list has no width, so it never warns you that your "quick morning" is already seven hours long. TimeBlock puts your day on an hour-by-hour timeline you can see: each block sits at its real start time, at its real length, in its own color. The moment your day is overbooked, the timeline shows it — before the day starts, not after it collapses. WHAT YOU GET - A day you can actually see: blocks sit on an hour-by-hour timeline with a live "now" line, so you always know what you should be doing this minute - Realistic plans instead of wishful lists: set a start time and a duration, and an overloaded day becomes obvious at a glance - A planned day in one tap: pick Deep Work Day, Study Day, Creative Day, or Balanced Day and the whole timeline fills in - The truth about your week: donut and bar charts, a 7-day activity map, hours planned, and your most-repeated blocks - A finish rate you can defend: tick blocks off and watch your daily completion score in the Coach tab - A nudge every evening so tomorrow gets planned tonight, plus coaching on time boxing, buffer time, theme days, and strategic breaks PERFECT FOR - Deep-work professionals protecting long, uninterrupted focus windows - Students building study sessions with breaks that are planned, not accidental - Freelancers and creatives who need work, admin, and rest to coexist in one day - Anyone whose to-do list keeps growing while the day keeps disappearing WHY NOT JUST USE A TO-DO LIST OR YOUR CALENDAR? A to-do list is infinite; your day is not. A calendar is built for meetings other people booked, not for the focus time you owe yourself. TimeBlock does one job only — laying out your own hours, in color, and showing you afterwards how you really spent them. Nothing to invite, nothing to negotiate, no meeting requests in the way. PRIVACY Every block, note, and template you apply stays on your iPhone. No account, no sign-up, no ads, no third-party analytics, no tracking. Nothing you plan ever leaves the device. FULL ACCESS Full access unlocks everything in the app: unlimited time blocks, all eight block colors and per-block notes, the full day-template library, the Insights dashboard with charts and your 7-day activity map, and the Coach tab with your daily score, tips, and planning methods. Available as a weekly subscription, a yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the current period ends; manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Open the Today tab, add your first block for tomorrow morning, and see how much day you really have. Terms of Use (EULA): https://web-levi.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://web-levi.web.app/privacy-policy Questions? tphuc.work@gmail.com

Screenshots

MotherWell4 screens
Time Blocking4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MotherWell at none against Time Blocking's 3. MotherWell also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). Time Blocking's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Time Blocking sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. MotherWell asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MotherWell ships an update weekly, Time Blocking every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MotherWell versus Time Blocking: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMotherWellTime Blocking
PriceFreeFree
Rating—1.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDear Rain StudioPhuc Pham

In-app purchases

None

MotherWell

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Time Blocking

Subscriptions2
  • Timebox Coach: Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Task Timetable: Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Routine Agenda: Pay Once$29.99

Questions

Is MotherWell free?
MotherWell is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Time Blocking free?
Time Blocking is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MotherWell or Time Blocking have ads?
MotherWell shows ads; Time Blocking does not.
Which is updated more often, MotherWell or Time Blocking?
MotherWell ships an update weekly, and Time Blocking every 4 weeks. Most recently, MotherWell was updated on October 31, 2026 and Time Blocking on October 31, 2026.

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