Takeoff Timer vs Hey Robin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Takeoff Timer
This app calculates the optimal time to depart for your flight by analyzing 17 real-time factors. It provides a personalized timeline from leaving home to takeoff, ensuring you arrive at the airport with the right amount of time.
- Real-time factor analysis
- Personalized departure timeline
- Live traffic and TSA wait times
- Smart departure notifications
- Home screen countdown widget
- Works with all flights
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Never stress about when to leave for the airport again. Takeoff Timer turns your flight into one exact departure time — built from 17 real-time factors like live traffic, TSA waits, and how you travel. Then it keeps watching your flight and tells you the moment anything changes. NEW — FLIGHT DELAY ALERTS • We monitor your saved flights around the clock • Delayed or cancelled? A push hits your phone within minutes • Your lock-screen countdown updates automatically • You decide: keep your original plan, or shift your whole timeline to the new departure — recalculated with fresh traffic HOW IT WORKS 1. Search your route (LAX → JFK) 2. Pick your flight from real-time results 3. Get your personal timeline: leave home → drive → security → boarding → takeoff WHAT WE ANALYZE — 17 FACTORS • Live traffic on your exact route • Real-time TSA waits, direct from 18 airports' own feeds • Weather, federal holidays, and peak travel days • Airport size and terminal complexity • Checked bags, TSA PreCheck, CLEAR • Alternative flights on your airline if you miss it • Kids, elderly, or slower-moving travelers • Parking, rideshare, or transit • …and more FEATURES • Live countdown on your lock screen and home screen widget • Flight delay + cancellation alerts • Smart "time to leave" notifications • A travel profile that tunes every timeline to you • Works with all US domestic and international flights TRUSTED BY TRAVELERS 770,000+ travelers helped in the last 90 days. As featured in USA TODAY, Yahoo, MSN, and AOL. Built by a frequent flyer who was tired of guessing. Privacy Policy: https://www.takeofftimer.com/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Hey Robin
This travel app creates personalized itineraries based on your interests, budget, and pace. It provides on-the-go guidance with expert-curated information and can even suggest activities for a free day.
- Personalized itinerary planning
- Expert-curated local guides
- Real-time navigation and information
- Dynamic day adjustments
- Budget tracking
- Pre-trip preparation resources
- Photo recognition for information
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Hey Robin plans your trip and then comes along. Built together with real local experts, Robin plans around your interests and budget. When you get there, it guides you throughout the day with expert-curated guides. PLANNING Give Robin the basics: where, when, who's coming, what you're into, and roughly what you want to spend. It comes back with a full day-by-day plan. The famous sights are in there, but so are the neighborhood places and the restaurants that fit your budget. Days are timed so you're not crossing the city three times before lunch. Don't like something? Drag a stop to another day, or tell Robin "make Tuesday slower" and it will. Your bookings, reservations and budget all sit in one place, so you can see what's confirmed, what still needs booking, and what the whole thing costs. WHEN YOU'RE THERE On the day, open the map. Your stops are numbered in walking order with the route drawn between them. As you reach each one, Robin tells you what you're looking at and why it matters. Read it, or have it read to you while you walk. Wondering what a dish is, or what that odd building on the corner used to be? Take a photo and ask. Robin tells you what it knows and admits it when it isn't sure. If it's going to pour on the day you planned the gardens, Robin reworks the day. If there's a concert or a street festival near you tonight, it shows up next to your plan. You decide. IT GETS TO KNOW YOU Nothing here is generic. Robin starts from your interests, your pace and your budget, and the more trips you take, the better it gets at guessing what you'll like. NO TRIP? ASK "WHAT SHOULD I DO TODAY?" Robin also plans a day out from wherever you are. A free Saturday, a few hours in a new city, an afternoon in your own town you've never really explored. ALSO IN THE APP • Prepare: visa and health rules, money tips, a few phrases with pronunciation, and books and films to get you in the mood • Budget: what you've booked, plus realistic estimates for the rest • Reservations: which tables, tickets and tours to book before you go • Gifts: ideas for the people back home, and where along your route to find them • Sharing: post your trip as a code so friends and family can follow along, or copy it and make it theirs Organizing your trips with Robin is free. Your first planned trip is free too. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Hey Robin at none against Takeoff Timer's 2. Takeoff Timer's advantage is ratings volume (17 vs 3). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Takeoff Timer sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Hey Robin asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Takeoff Timer against 5.0 for Hey Robin. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Takeoff Timer has 17 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Takeoff Timer | Hey Robin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (17 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Takeoff Timer LLC | Nuthatch LLC |
Customer experience
Takeoff Timer
Hey Robin
In-app purchases
Takeoff Timer
- TakeoffTimer Pro (Weekly)$0.997 Days
- TakeoffTimer Pro (Annual)$24.991 Year
Hey Robin
No in-app purchases









