Comparison

Clocktower Time Tracker vs SideQuest

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

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About

Clocktower Time Tracker

Features
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Log your day in a swipe and watch your billable total add up. Clocktower is a visual time tracker for people who bill for their hours: drop your hours as a stack of colored blocks, assign each to a project, and see the total in real time. LOG WITH JUST A SWIPE Swipe up to drop a time block, then tap a project to assign it. No forms, no fiddly start and stop. Add a note if you want one. BUILT TO INVOICE Give each project its own hourly rate and Clocktower turns tracked hours into billable totals automatically. When it is time to bill, filter by project and date range and export a clean timesheet. REMINDERS SO NOTHING SLIPS Turn on daily reminders to log your hours. Your timesheet stops being a guess at the end of the week. KNOW WHERE THE HOURS WENT Reports break your time down by project and by week, with earnings shown in your own currency. START A TIMER IN A TAP Running late on logging? Start a live timer from the app, the home screen widget, or the Lock Screen, and it lands in the right block. ON EVERY DEVICE Clocktower runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and your hours sync privately through iCloud across all of them. There is no account to create and no sign up. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Clocktower has no ads and no tracking. Your time data stays in your own iCloud, not on our servers. Clocktower is free to track up to five projects. Clocktower Pro unlocks unlimited projects. Clocktower Pro is available as an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one time lifetime purchase. Subscription prices are shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. A subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://clocktowerapp.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://clocktowerapp.com/privacy/

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SideQuest

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SideQuest turns self-improvement into a game you can't quietly quit. Create quests for the things you actually need to do workouts, studying, chores, deep work each with a deadline, difficulty, and XP reward. Complete them to earn XP, level up, and build streaks. Miss a deadline? Now you're in debt. And debt in SideQuest doesn't disappear it grows every day until you pay it off with real effort: FITNESS camera-verified pushups with on-device rep counting (form-checked: no cheating) FOCUS timed deep-work sessions WELLNESS breathe, stretch, or walk it off CHORES knock out your task list CUSTOM log any honest effort Every point of debt you repay earns coins. Spend them in the shop on power-ups like Streak Shields, Debt Freezes, and Deadline Extensions or go on the offensive with a Debt Bomb or Taunt aimed at a friend. COMPETE WITH FRIENDS Add friends, climb the leaderboard through Bronze to Diamond leagues, and challenge each other head-to-head: most quests completed or most debt paid in 3โ€“30 days. TRACK YOUR JOURNEY Streak milestones and badges, XP levels, 14-day activity charts, and an all-time progress view keep the momentum visible. Your camera is used only for counting pushup reps, and all video is processed entirely on your device โ€” nothing is ever recorded or uploaded. Turn discipline into a game. Your quests are waiting.

Screenshots

Clocktower Time Tracker4 screens
SideQuest4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SideQuest at none against Clocktower Time Tracker's 3. Clocktower Time Tracker's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Clocktower Time Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. SideQuest asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Clocktower Time Tracker versus SideQuest: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClocktower Time TrackerSideQuest
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size22 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLauri KieksiSteven Luong

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Clocktower Time Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Clocktower Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Clocktower Pro Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Clocktower Pro (Lifetime)$49.99
None

SideQuest

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Clocktower Time Tracker free?
Clocktower Time Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SideQuest free?
SideQuest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Clocktower Time Tracker or SideQuest have ads?
Neither Clocktower Time Tracker nor SideQuest shows ads.

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